| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Jerome moves to Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | November 17, 1997 (season premiere) | ||||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird goes for a walk and greets everyone he meets, singing "Walkin' Down My Street." He passes Hooper's Store, the Furry Arms Hotel, Gina's Day Care Center, Finders Keepers, Celina's Dance Studio, the playground, and Oscar's newsstand. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
As he finishes the song, Big Bird returns to his nest and gazes outside. "Sesame Street," he sighs. "Not just a street - a way of life. Home!" |
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Animation | The word LOVE is formed on paper. (First: Episode 3586) |
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Film | A mom takes her son for a walk in the stroller, and he sees all he can see. |
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Cartoon | Mary Shaboom reluctantly moves to a new house, and muses about the consequences. (new sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2959) |
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Muppets | Natasha has 15 seconds to say everything she knows about noses. She grabs Humphrey's nose. (First: Episode 3617) |
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Cartoon | Parts of a face are drawn in black on-screen before forming a picture. (First: Episode 3320) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird takes another walk around the corner and finds a little boy crying. He's sad because he's moving to Sesame Street; his family is staying at the Furry Arms until they can find a place. Big Bird doesn't understand why the boy is sad as Sesame Street is a great place - but to the boy, it's not home. He shows Big Bird a picture of him and his best friend, Elizabeth. Big Bird understands how the boy feels about moving away from his best friend - after all, Big Bird would be sad if he or his best friend moved away. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Even though Big Bird is no replacement for Elizabeth, the boy, who introduces himself as Jerome, agrees to be friends with him. Big Bird offers to show Jerome around Sesame Street, showing that lots of nice people (and seals) live there; Jerome agrees. |
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Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) |
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Film | L is for look, legs, light, lemonade, and ladybug. (First: Episode 3427) |
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Cartoon | A salesman (voice of Martin P. Robinson) hawks the letter L in a commercial. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3306) |
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Muppets | Grover and Elmo sing "Red and Blue." |
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Cartoon | Babies and doggies pattern: What comes next? Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3039) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird tells Jerome that he and Elizabeth are welcome to sleep over at his nest if they want when Big Bird's best friend arrives. Jerome becomes frightened at first when he sees the giant Mr. Snuffleupagus, but Big Bird assures him that Snuffy is nothing to be afraid of. They decide to introduce Jerome to their other friends, and as they leave, Jerome looks at his picture and remarks, "Elizabeth, you're not going to believe this!" |
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Cartoon | "Island of Emotion" (new sound effects added) Aritst: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2822) |
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Film | Growing Numbers #20 (First: Episode 2967) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks a boy how much he can count. The boy says he can count "millions of hundreds," and is hesitant at first, but Grover assures him that they have enough time to count. The boy gets up to 22 before Grover cuts him off. (First: Episode 3132) |
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Animation | Masked March #20 (First: Episode 3365) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | The Count counts how many times Jock Soto and Lourdes Lopez spin around. Finally, they spin him around. (First: Episode 3638) |
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Cartoon | A group gives a newcomer funny looks, which hurts his feelings, but then they invite him to play marbles with them. He turns out to be a good player. (audible dialogue) Artist: Joanna Priestley (First: Episode 2840) |
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SCENE 4 | Jerome is introduced to Oscar the Grouch and the Grouchketeers, who are about to yell the alphabet. Jerome wants to join them, so Oscar promptly dubs him a Grouchketeer. Jerome puts a can lid on his head and has fun yelling the alphabet with the rest of them, hoping Elizabeth can join the Grouchketeers when she visits. |
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Cartoon | "Alphabet Jungle" (First: Episode 2733) |
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Film | "In the middle of the city we have a garden..." (First: Episode 2889) |
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Insert | "Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate open and closed, but his efforts backfire. (First: Episode 3637) |
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Cartoon | The word OPEN is spelled out in jack-in-the-boxes. (First: Episode 3561) |
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SCENE 5 | Jerome claims he has never seen or played with a monster before when he meets Elmo, whom he at first mistakes for a Grouch. Elmo shows him how to play "Wubba Wubba Boing Boing," and he has so much fun doing it that Big Bird and Snuffy want to join them (though Snuffy's boings tend to rattle the street a little). |
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Film | "Jump Human Letters at the Beach" (First: Episode 3528) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "Things That I Remember." Ernie and Bert recall the things that they remember, over a montage of classic Ernie and Bert clips. |
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Cartoon | An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 1301) |
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Film | Alphaboy: L Alphaboy leaps into lots of lovely leaves and becomes lazy. (First: Episode 3580) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird, Snuffy, and Jerome encounter Baby Bear having an argument with Goldilocks over who gets to introduce the letter of the day, L. Jerome is surprised to learn that a lot of fairy tale characters live on Sesame Street, and points out to the feuding duo that he and Elizabeth argue sometimes. It doesn't affect their friendship - if they both want to say or do something, they do it together. This logic helps solve the argument between Baby Bear and Goldilocks, who introduce the letter L along with the rest of them. The letter remarks, "It's about time somebody said it!" |
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Cartoon | "The Little Letter L: A Poem by Louise" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1526) |
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Film | A group of girls do a playground cheer ("Ooh I'm so happy!"). (First: Episode 3017) |
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Cartoon | In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callowmouse hosts the "Mother Goose Jamboree" at night in a bookstore. (First: Episode 3653) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs: Little Jack Horner (First: Episode 3460) |
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SCENE 7 | Everyone from Sesame Street gathers around to meet Jerome, including Bob, Linda, Gordon, Susan, Miles, Luis, Maria, Mr. Handford, Carlo, Gina, Zoe, Rosita, Telly, the Count, a Honker, a Dinger, Celina, Ruthie, Lexine, Tarah, and even Benny. Big Bird introduces Jerome to each of them, and they sing a reprise of "Walking Down My Street." |
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Jerome can't wait until Elizabeth can visit... and suddenly, she arrives! She says she loves it at the Furry Arms Hotel where's she's staying, and will surely visit Jerome and Sesame Street many more times. Just then, the closing music begins which means it's time to say goodbye. Big Bird announces the sponsors (which Elizabeth finds impressive), and everyone on Sesame Street waves goodbye. A full credit crawl follows. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Papa Bear takes Baby Bear to the Refrigerator Museum of Art, and Baby Bear is impressed with what he sees. |
Supporting cast[]
- Martin P. Robinson as the window
- Joey Mazzarino as the letter L
Notes[]
- When meeting Jerome, Snuffy comments that nobody has ever been scared of him before. However, during his first year on the show, there have been moments when he has shocked Grover (in Episode 0393) and a group of screaming children (in Episode 0405).
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