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| Telly wants to be a bear | |||||||
| Air date | December 3, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||
| Written by | Joey Mazzarino | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Telly is visiting the cottage of the Three Bears for breakfast. After the Bear Family Breakfast, they do their Bear Family Clean-up, followed by Bear Family Exercises and end with a big Bear Family Hug. Telly sees how much fun they have together and believes that if he were a bear too, he could participate. He recruits Baby Bear to teach him the ways of a bear. |
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Film | A boy dances his way into his family's portrait. (First: Episode 3129) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Marilyn Horne sings an opera version of "C is for Cookie." (First: Episode 3189) |
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Cartoon | A fan reveals the letter C. (First: Episode 2746) |
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Animation | Letters on the Street: the letter C is found on a city street. (First: Episode 3366) |
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards Big Bird visits Guadalupe, Arizona, and conducts a child mariachi band, who sing "Viva Mexico." (First: Episode 3012) |
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Cartoon | Campers don't want to play ring toss with Zork, until their counselor reminds them about being judgmental. (First: Episode 2761) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly sings "Teach Me to Be a Bear," listing all the bear things he wants to do. Baby Bear suggests that he instead learn from someone older, who has much more bear experience. On cue, Papa Bear arrives with a big hello, startling Telly with his booming voice. |
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Cartoon | A seal and a bear fight over a circus ball, but learn to cooperate. Artist: Frank Gresham (First: Episode 3282) |
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Film | Lindsey practices her basketball shooting with Steph. (First: Episode 3517) |
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Cartoon | Ball-dribbling characters count the feet on a wall ruler. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3227) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "Little Miss Count Along" with Zoe. (First: Episode 3393) |
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Film | "Simple Pleasures" by Bobby McFerrin is played over footage of a girl trying to play frisbee with a dog on the beach. (First: Episode 2876) |
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SCENE 3 | Papa Bear agrees to teach Telly about being a bear. He and Baby Bear demonstrate their bear growls, though Telly doesn't seem to get the hang of it. Papa Bear knows he'll get better with practice when Telly finally lets out a great, big growl, though only because Papa Bear has stepped on his foot. |
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Cartoon | A girl practices to roller skate over many days. (First: Episode 3556) |
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Film | A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus. (First: Episode 2889) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | Rap #9 (First: Episode 2509) |
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Film | Milo Counting: 9 (First: Episode 3578) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #9 (First: Episode 2876) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly's growling and bear walk have improved and now, he will learn how to climb a tree in the park. Baby Bear demonstrates, but due to his lack of claws, Telly has a hard time following. A free-range chicken (John Kennedy) happens by and demonstrates how she climbs a tree. Telly makes progress imitating the chicken's method - using his head as leverage, then clinging on for dear life. An egg then falls from the tree; Baby Bear hopes it's from the chicken. |
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Cartoon | A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1394) |
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Film | A park ranger speaks to a group of kids about trees and the fruits that come from them. Then all the kids hug a tree. (First: Episode 2891) |
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Cartoon | Leaves form a SH. (First: Episode 3127) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Eating Cookie" -- there's another reason every season. (First: Episode 3467) |
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Cartoon | C for candle (blows man away). (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | Kid jungle explorers find a wild letter C. (First: Episode 3519) |
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Animation | "Wild West Letter C" (First: Episode 3579) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly has disappeared and returns with a bear-ish costume, ready to do some bear activities with his best friend. Baby Bear notices that Telly doesn't look much like his old self, and he would much rather sing "The Alphabet Song" instead of growling or bear exercises. Baby Bear then proposes playing checkers, but Telly remains all gung ho in being a bear and questions Baby Bear's status: "What kind of bear are you, anyway? You don't even like to do bear stuff!" Baby Bear, with his feelings hurt, leaves. |
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Cartoon | Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Muppets | Elmo tries to see what Herry is reading, but since Herry's too big. He tries to stand at various angles to look around his shoulders. (First: Episode 3631) |
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Cartoon | Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Song | "What's Inside?" (Cookie Monster cameo) (First: Episode 3134) |
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Cartoon | Anansi the Spider tells a story of how he helped the monkey and the baboon reach a compromise. (First: Episode 3361) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon comes across Baby Bear playing checkers all by himself in the park. He explains his situation to Gordon, who recommends that he and Telly talk about how he feels. Telly startles him with a bear growl, and Baby Bear admits that he misses having his regular, monster friend. Telly takes off his costume one piece at a time until Baby Bear is satisfied and happy to have his old friend again, though Telly asks if he can still be a bear every once in a while. Baby Bear permits this (on the condition he's warned first) as the two begin playing, and Gordon announces the sponsors. In certain airings of this episode, the sponsors did not appear on-screen. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: A farmer brings in what he believes to be a chicken to lay an egg, but Snuffy and Big Bird know it's really a cow. |
Notes[]
- This episode was replaced with the street scenes and segments from Episode 3663 in the summer repeats.
- Telly Bear would make a return in Episode 3927, this time with a more realistic bear disguise.
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