| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Monster Day | |||||||
| Air date | January 27, 1998 | ||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||
| Written by | Mo Willems | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | Big Bird wonders why Maria and Luis are rushing their stuff into the Fix-It Shop. They explain today's "Monster Day," the day where monsters celebrate being monsters. A blue monster (David Rudman) lands next to the work table and begins celebrating as Maria and Luis lock themselves inside. |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo, Rosita, Frazzle, Merry and other monsters appear, singing the Monster Day song. Big Bird thinks he's going to enjoy today. (YouTube) |
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Cartoon | Are you the monster that ate the television? (First: Episode 1970) |
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Insert | "Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate near and far, with help from Maria's voice. (First: Episode 3617) |
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Cartoon | A girl notices some footprints near and far to her. They belong to a giant purple bird. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3134) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Get Moving — Bert joins Ernie in listening to a radio exercise program. (First: Episode 1025) |
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Song | "Jump" (soul) (First: Episode 3136) |
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Cartoon | Buttons ride a rollercoaster "up and down." (First: Episode 3207) |
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Film | A boy draws a picture of his friend, Kerry. (First: Episode 2776) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Jug band dance Part 1 (First: Episode 3552) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird asks Rosita what monsters do on Monster Day. The monsters respond by bouncing the letter of the day. Since today's letter is B, they all bounce off a giant rubber wall with a "B" on it. Big Bird thinks it looks fun...if you're a monster. |
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Cartoon | B for banana and ballerina (First: Episode 2515) |
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Song | "B is for Bubble" (remake) (First: Episode 3266) |
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Muppets | Grover recites a poem about a bubble. (First: Episode 3155) |
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Song | Hoots the Owl sings "This is How We Take a Bath." (First: Episode 3216) |
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Cartoon | Water travels from a cloud to a river, into a reservoir, and through pipes, and finally ends up in a bathroom sink. (First: Episode 2708) |
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Muppets | Zoe sings "My Name Is Zoe." (First: Episode 3387) |
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Cartoon | A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh". The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Jug band dance Part 2 (First: Episode 3552) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird laments to Mr. Handford about feeling left out of the Monster Day festivities, when the monsters arrive. Mr. Handford has prepared the traditional Monster Day 7-Layer Cake and they all count the seven different flavored layers. They reveal the significance of the 7 isn't the layers -- it's the number of seconds they have to eat it! They dine and dash, leaving Big Bird without a slice. |
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Cartoon | Rap #7 (First: Episode 2506) |
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Muppets | Count von Count and The Countess sing about "Seven." (First: Episode 3634) |
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Cartoon | A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | Cheri goes fishing with her abuelo. (First: Episode 2784) |
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Muppets | "Big Round Nose" (First: Episode 1950) |
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Cartoon | A cartoon man (voiced by Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0769) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Telly makes sure Dennis Franz knows the alphabet, and offers to be his "alphabet partner." |
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Cartoon | Two girls sing a reggae rendition of the alphabet. (First: Episode 3269) |
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Muppets | Bip Bipadotta sings about "Air." (First: Episode 2568) |
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Cartoon | Counting to 10 Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3042) |
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Film | A girl in Jamaica goes to school and attends drum class. (First: Episode 3145) |
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Cartoon | A girl describes why she likes the color black. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3105) |
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Muppets | After fighting with each other, the Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Love" and forgets their feud. (First: Episode 1282) |
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Animation | The word LOVE is formed on paper. (First: Episode 3564) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird tells Lexine how he feels, when the monsters appear to give a big hug to someone special. Big Bird thinks it's him, but it is revealed to be Lexine! Big Bird storms off in a huff. |
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Song | "You're Important" (First: Episode 3396) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster visits the local bakery to talk about "important". He shows off the different kinds of cookies that are important to him. (First: Episode 3235) |
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Animation | B for bounce, break, blue, boat (First: Episode 3061) |
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Film | B for ball, bat, base and baseball. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: B for Ball (First: Episode 0829) |
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Muppets | Zoe, Telly, and Prairie Dawn sing "That's the Way I Read." (First: Episode 3651) |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about nature through winter and spring. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cartoon | A red scribble demonstrates out and in. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3128) |
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SCENE 5 | Elmo, Rosita, Frazzle, and the blue monster find a sad Big Bird at the park. Elmo thinks Big Bird can join their festivities by pretending he's a monster. The rest of the monsters join them, and they all sing the Monster Day song. Maria announces the sponsors as they party down. |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | "And Slimey's spaceship is still on the way to the moon!" |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Baby Bear pulls his tie from a washtub...it's shrunk! |
Notes[]
- Assorted scenes from this episode have been used in international versions of the show as stand-alone Muppet bits, including Sesamstrasse and Plaza Sésamo.
- Additional performers include John Tartaglia (green monster) and Lisa Buckley (small blue monster).
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