| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Refrigerator Museum of Art | |||||||
| Air date | November 18, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||
| Written by | Mo Willems | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | Papa Bear takes Baby Bear to the Refrigerator Museum of Art, specifically the gallery showcasing the best kids drawings from around the world on the world's best fridges. Baby Bear loves what he sees and immediately wants to leave, having become inspired to make his own masterpiece worthy to hang at the museum. |
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SCENE 1 | Baby Bear (now sporting a beret) sets up his art station in the yard. He plans on drawing the letter A when Goldilocks shows up with her art supplies, setting them up nearby. Baby Bear begins to accuse Goldilocks of wanting to draw an A to put in the museum as well, but she assures him that she's never even heard of the museum and just wants to draw. |
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Animation | Pencil box A/a (First: Episode 3082) |
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Film | A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Muppets | The Martians: Alphanumeric Quickies — The Martians present the letter A. (First: Episode 3387) |
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Cartoon | "Part of the Whole" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2714) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Statue of Bert — Ernie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Song | Leon Redbone sings "Blueberry Mouth." (First: Episode 3300) |
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Cartoon | "Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange. (new music and sound effects) Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2087) |
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SCENE 2 | Goldilocks surprises Baby Bear when she asks to borrow a brown crayon, causing him to break one of his other crayons in the process. He suggests she get her own when Goldilocks reminds him of how easier it is to cooperate. He gives her the brown crayon, but realizes that he messed up his drawing and starts over. The same thing happens when she asks to borrow a yellow crayon. Baby Bear soon finds himself in the opposite position when he needs an indigo-mauve-moonlight hue crayon, but is delighted when Goldilocks is able to supply one for him... though he breaks it when Goldilocks surprises him again. ("I heard of artists suffering before, but this is widiculous!") |
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Cartoon | Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music. (First: Episode 3460) |
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Film | A three-year-old African boy narrates a film about a day in his life. (First: Episode 3267) |
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Cartoon | A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. (First: Episode 2627) |
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Muppets | "African Alphabet Song" (First: Episode 2360) |
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Cartoon |
Two viewers with Picassoesque facial features in an art gallery critically examine the portrait of a viewer. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3442) |
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Film | A girl draws a picture of her friend, Dai Xi. (First: Episode 2791) |
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Animation | A group of round crayons draws a house, and is hesitant to let a square yellow crayon join, until it draws the sun. They all cooperate to make a rainbow. (First: Episode 3105) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon passes by and admires both their drawings. Baby Bear wonders what Goldilocks has drawn, but she wants to keep it a secret until she's finished. Big Bird and the Birdketeers arrive to do their "Up and Down Dance" in their usual spot, which blocks Baby Bear's view from the A. He gets further annoyed as Goldilocks joins Big Bird's dance along with some penguins and chickens. (Baby Bear: "I'll bet Picasso never had to deal with a chicken!") |
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Animation | Luxo Jr.: Up and Down (First: Episode 3130) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Little Richard sings "Rosita," a song about feelings, to Rosita. (First: Episode 3225) |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #16 (First: Episode 2996) |
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Animation | Masked March #16 (First: Episode 3372) |
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Film | Kids paint a mural of the number 16. (First: Episode 3625) |
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Cartoon | A man has a small octopus on his head, but a little boy has a big octopus. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3270) |
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Cast | Ruthie laughs uncontrollably after watching the previous segment. (First: Episode 3648) |
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Song | "I Put My Leg in My Pants" (First: Episode 3402) |
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Cartoon | Different emotions are drawn on a face, until the character grabs the pencil. (First: Episode 3531) |
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Muppets | Grover and Mr. Johnson: Photo Studio (First: Episode 3232) |
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Cartoon | Soul A! (First: Episode 3359) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form the letter A, which stands for artist and airplane. (First: Episode 3534) |
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Animation | Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase A. (First: Episode 3209) |
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SCENE 4 | Baby Bear finishes his piece but wonders how he'll be able to enter it. Out of the blue, Hilton Creamer (the museum's art critic) happens by to the applause of an unseen audience, the scent of crayons having led him to Sesame Street. He observes both pieces of art and passes on Baby Bear's; they're not looking for any letter As at the current time. He does accept Goldilocks' drawing of Baby Bear holding the letter A, which she calls "A Great Artist." He reports that his movers will arrive later to pick it up as he leaves to more applause. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Baby Bear feels happy and sad at the same time when Papa Bear arrives to pick him up. Baby Bear breaks the bad news to him, but Papa Bear claims he's happy the museum didn't take his drawing - now they can put it on their fridge at home! He and Goldilocks share a big bear hug with Papa Bear. |
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Animation | The word "LOVE" in various situations. (First: Episode 3569) |
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Muppets | Elmo sings "Right in the Middle of My Face" while walking through an animated art gallery. (First: Episode 3130) |
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Animation | Yellow drops don't want to play with a red ball at first, but they make a good flower together. (First: Episode 1895) |
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Song | "You're Important" (First: Episode 3396) |
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Cartoon | A boy draws a portrait of himself and calls it ME. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 2085) |
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SCENE 5 | Baby Bear and Goldilocks decide to draw pictures of each other, but begin to squabble as the other moves around too much when they begin drawing. Papa Bear announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Frazzle is surprised to learn that Maria used to be a baby. |
Guest cast[]
- The Kids: Veronica Kelly, Alberto C. Suarez, Fiona Tang, Hatsumi F. Yoshida
- Museum extras: Margarita Cartagena, Milagros Y. Strack, Gerri Igarashi, Peter Yoshinda, Bruce Connelly (as the museum guard), Nicholas Wuehrmann
Notes[]
- This episode was repeated as Episode 3759 during summer reruns.
- One of the artworks displayed at the Refrigerator Museum of Art is Big Bird's picture of a bus that he made for Leo Birdelli in Episode 3611.
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