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| The Cave Monster Who Wanted a Pet | |||||||
| Air date | April 21, 1998 | ||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis, Miles, the Count, Barkley, and Oscar have all gathered around to hear the story that Telly has just finished writing. Luis mentions today's sponsors, and lets Telly read the story, which is titled The Cave Monster Who Wanted a Pet. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
At the beginning of the story, which takes place in the cro-magnon era, a cave-monster named Brog (Telly) is sad because he doesn't have a pet. He approaches a cave-boy named Glog (Miles), who has a pet rock named "Bouncy" because it bounces like a ball. Glog is also sad because he sees some kids playing Basket-banana, and thinks they won't let him play with them. Brog convinces him to go and ask them, so he does, and they have fun throwing Glog's bouncy rock into the basket. Glog offers to do something for Brog in return, but doesn't know where to get another bouncy rock, so Brog goes on his way. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Telly has just finished reading chapter one of the story. Everyone liked it, including Oscar, who likes boring stories. |
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Cartoon | "Animal Books" Artist: Steve Segal (First: Episode 3396) |
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Film | A child in a classroom draws a picture of her dog Puck, and goes over the care required to keep a pet. A Bert and Baby Fozzie plush can be seen in the little girl's bedroom. (First: Episode 2853) |
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Muppets | The Oinker Sisters sing "The Boogie-Woogie Piggies." (First: Episode 2922) |
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Cartoon | Sarah Wenkel reads a poem about a bug. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3518) |
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SCENE 2 | In Chapter 2 of Telly's story, Brog continues his search for a pet. He meets Scrog (The Count), who loves to count things, and happens to have six pet bats. Brog helps him count the bats, whose names are Spotty, Mousey, Bruce Wayne, Dasher, Dancer, and Louisville Slugger. |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Muppets | Big Bird asks to see that number one more time. (First: Episode 3247) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Muppets | The Martians: Book (First: Episode 2731) |
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Song | "In the Library" (First: Episode 3423) |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie reads about pirates. (First: Episode 3460) |
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SCENE 3 | In Chapter 3 of Telly's story, Brog is still looking for a pet. He meets Zog the grouch (Oscar), who just told his pet to scram. Brog is surprised to find that Zog's pet is an affectionate Luis-asaurus Rex. Brog then gets the idea to help Zog out, and gives him a sign that says "PLEASE GO AWAY," which he thinks will work. But it doesn't work because, as the Luis-asaurus points out, dinosaurs can't read! |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Everyone liked the previous chapter, including Luis and Oscar. Telly reveals that there's just one more chapter to go ... |
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Cartoon | The crew on spaceship CU2 looks for signs of life in space. They spot signs such as ONE WAY, STOP, and EXIT. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3663) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Makes a Grocery List — Bert observes Ernie write out a shopping list using chocolate pudding. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 1967) |
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Film | The letter X dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3588) |
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Animation | The letter X in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2862) |
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Animation | A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of the painting. (Martin P. Robinson voiceover) (First: Episode 3506) |
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Song | Reggae 'Bounce.' (First: Episode 3609) |
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Animation | "Step right up and find my voice!" A girl plays a carnival game in which she pushes buttons to identify which sound each animal makes. (First: Episode 3736) |
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SCENE 4 | In the fourth and final chapter of Telly's story, Brog is just about ready to give up his quest, when he finds the previous characters huddled together in fear, trying to hide from a barking creature behind a tree. The barks don't sound scary to Brog, so he coaxes the creature to come out, and the creature (Barkley) comes out and shows itself to be friendly, not scary at all. Brog decides to keep it as a pet, name it "Dog," and teach it tricks. |
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Animation | The word DOG is spelled out over a wiener dog. (First: Episode 3326) |
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Song | "Washin' the Dog" (First: Episode 3020) |
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Cartoon | A girl bring her pet iguana to school for show and tell. (First: Episode 3757) |
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Muppets | The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite. (First: Episode 1389) |
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Film | Ornate Xs spin around in accompaniment to a song. (First: Episode 2929) |
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Film | William Wegman's dogs form the letter X and demonstrate an X-ray. (First: Episode 3535) |
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Animation | Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Inside Sesame Street Monty introduces the story of Little Jack Horner, who has recently given up eating with his thumb. At Hooper's, Katie Couric interviews Horner, who has tried using parts of his face to eat his pie, with less-than-satisfactory results: he stuck in his hair and pulled out a pear, then stuck in his snout and pulled out a trout, etc. He vows to make a comeback, however, then sticks his thumb in the pie and accidentally flings a plum into Katie's eye. (First: Episode 3329) |
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Cartoon | A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Samantha demonstrate what people look like when they're happy and sad. (First: Episode 3562) |
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Animation | Counting 1-10 and 10-0 (sneaky numbers) (First: Episode 3696) |
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Muppets | Elmo and Zoe watch Jock Soto and Lourdes Lopez cooperate to dance ballet, and dance with them. (First: Episode 3621) |
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Cartoon | I am dry, they are wet (Umbrella) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0344) |
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Muppets | "Wet and Dry": the sailors on the Good Ship Wet love when it rains, but the Arabs like living in the dry desert. (First: Episode 2745) |
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Cartoon | Some animals want a boy to share his birthday cake with them, but he keeps changing his "No ______ allowed" sign, until they all offer him a glass of milk. Artist: Gene Barretta (First: Episode 3558) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar, taking a cue from Telly's story, hangs a "Go Away" sign on his trash can. He thinks it will keep everyone away from him, but it only prompts visitors to compliment on his sign and bother him. The Count announces the sponsors and reports on the status of Slimey's spaceship. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Goldilocks begins reading to Baby Bear, the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs. |
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