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| Slimey to the Moon: Gordon and Elmo do exercises | |||||||||
| Air date | March 2, 1998 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Gordon are going to exercise together, starting with some stretches in order to loosen up their muscles. The two stretch their arms, waists, and legs before shaking their entire bodies out. Elmo shakes himself a little too hard and falls over. |
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Film | Kids dance around at gymnastics to "Rockin' Robin." (First: Episode 3147) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Gymnast Dominique Dawes demonstrates up, down, fast and slow for Telly. (First: Episode 3705) |
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Animation | Computer: forward / backward (First: Episode 3077) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | A detective decides to exercise on a slow day, as a crook attempts to get rid of him. (First: Episode 2607) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon and Elmo finish their stretches before moving onto jumping jacks. Elmo constantly stops Gordon to ask questions about the importance of exercise, claiming this is to exercise his mouth. |
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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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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is It — Ernie wants to play tag while Bert reads his book. (First: Episode 1026) |
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Animation | Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase T. (First: Episode 3230) |
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Film | T on the beach (First: Episode 3540) |
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Cartoon | T is for tiger, teapot, television and taxi. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3262) |
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Film | A girl helps her father train for a wheelchair race. (First: Episode 3275) |
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Song | A voiceover sings about "Big Bigger Biggest" using clocks, ducks and saxophones to illustrate the concept. |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo and Gordon lift weights, but Elmo wants to try lifting Gordon's much larger barbell. He struggles to move it, so Gordon suggests they cooperate and do it together. Gordon is able to lift the barbell into the air when Elmo wants him to lift it higher. Gordon does so, picking Elmo up off the ground as he holds on, using it as an opportunity to demonstrate "up" and "down" (to Gordon's dismay). |
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Cartoon | Luxo Jr. demonstrates "up" and "down." (First: Episode 3130) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "Little Miss Count Along" with Zoe. (First: Episode 3393) |
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Cartoon | An old man recites a poem about the time he had the flu. (new music added) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1274) |
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Film | D.J. goes to the doctor, gets weighed and measured, and gets a shot. (First: Episode 3595) |
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Cartoon | Lady Marple-Bug solves "The Case of the Four Fliers" by identifying that the bird doesn't fit in amongst the group of butterflies. (First: Episode 2963) |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about astronaut Mario Runco visited her school and answered kids' questions. (First: Episode 3696) |
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Cartoon | Cab Callowmouse demonstrates here and there in song. (First: Episode 3711) |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo and Gordon go jogging when Elmo stops near Oscar's trash can. He sees Oscar writing in his "worm journal," where he chronicles Slimey's exploits in space. He reluctantly reads them the latest entry - Squishta isn't willing to eat their freeze dried worm food, but Slimey encourages her to try something new. She takes a sample and loves it! Oscar tries to teach the same lesson to Elmo and Gordon, but they quickly get back to jogging when he offers them his snack of sardines with blueberries and chocolate sauce. |
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Cartoon | Name That Food — The host challenges contestants to both identify *and* eat every food shown. Artist: Len Glasser (First: Episode 1491) |
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Muppets | Fairy Tales Today: Rapunzel's Bad Hair Day — Prairie Dawn meets Rapunzel in the park and deals with her long hair. (First: Episode 3460) |
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Song | "Fixin' My Hair" (First: Episode 2734) |
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Animation | A group of 1s chant, "We're the number 1!" (First: Episode 3238) |
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Insert | Gina and Big Bird introduce a sobbing number 1, who's upset over her small value. The two sing about how important a number she is ("One in a Million"). (First: Episode 3313) |
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Cartoon | Kids count one duck in the pond. (First: Episode 3095) |
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Film | A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus. (First: Episode 2889) |
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Song | "Front Back Ballet" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3016) |
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Muppets | Grover and Mr. Johnson: Exercise Instructor (First: Episode 3262) |
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Cartoon | T is for Trash and Ticket (new music and sound effects added) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | Kids dance with the letter T, which is for triangle. (First: Episode 3271) |
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Animation | A picture puzzle of the letter T is put together. A man walks up to it, and calls a taxi. (First: Episode 2933) |
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Cartoon | "Move to the Beat:" A girl dances with a tiger. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3387) |
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SCENE 5 | Elmo is too tired to run around the block once more, while Gordon still has plenty of energy. He plans to continue without Elmo, but Elmo still wants to be with Gordon. He comes up with an idea: he can hop on Gordon's shoulders as he jogs. They take a brief run through the playground in the park before going around the block as Oscar announces the sponsors and the status of the Wiggleprise, adding that he misses Slimey. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Elmo carries a stack of presents to deliver to Gabi on her birthday, bumping into the Count. |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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INTRO | In the 1999 rerun, the season 30–32 intro sequence is used in place of the season 29 opening. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street Goes to Day Care Big Bird and Navona sing the alphabet song. (First: Episode 3837) This segment replaced the segment before the Worms in Space sketch in the 1999 rerun. |
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Muppets | Zoe and Herry Monster sing "Moonshine." (First: Episode 3832) This segment replaced the segment following the "Name That Food" animation in the 1999 rerun. |
Gallery[]
Oscar's worm journal...
... and journal entry, illustrated by Mike Pantuso
Notes[]
- This episode was among a select group of Season 29 episodes that were reran during the last few weeks of 1999, shortly before Season 31 began airing the following January. This particular episode aired on November 26 and December 17.
Sources[]
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