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| Slimey to the Moon: Everyone misses Slimey | |||||||
| Air date | May 12, 1998 | ||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | The scene begins with a shot of the Wiggleprise in space, followed by Oscar looking up at the sky because he misses his beloved Slimey. He misses his worm so much, he even made up (and messed up) his tiny bed for when he comes back. Maria notices Oscar looking sad, and admits that she misses him too (he used to make surprise visits at the Fix-It Shop). Maria thinks it's nice that she and Oscar feel the same way about Slimey, but Oscar tells her to scram so he can miss his worm by himself; he abhors the thought of sharing how sad he is. |
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Song | "Dancin' Shoes" (First: Episode 2949) |
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Animation | D for Dance: Ladies on stage dance a can-can to the tune of "The Infernal Gallop" from Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, the lyrics of which are all the letter D. (First: Episode 3499) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet spoof, Darlene depends on Detective Dave to debunk the debacle of her "DOG" word, which is missing its first letter. (First: Episode 3499) |
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Animation | D / d candles (First: Episode 3085) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Patrick, "moon buddies," pretend to go to the moon. They see some aliens eating moon pizza, and some astronauts. (First: Episode 3697) |
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Cartoon | Cab Callomouse demonstrates near and far in song. (First: Episode 3701) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar is sad, but so is Elmo - he misses Slimey, too. He recalls the times when he and Slimey danced with each other, with Slimey perched on his head. Thinking about it makes Elmo happy, but Oscar doesn't feel any better, though. "Maybe when you get home, Slimey, you'll dance on my head," he groans. |
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Cartoon | Bobby's dog narrates why Bobby is sad. (First: Episode 3455) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Ernie and Aaron Neville sing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon." (First: Episode 3242) |
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Song | "Big D and Little D" (First: Episode 3270) |
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Muppets | Worms in Space: D (First: Episode 3701) |
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Animation | D ... daring ... dazzling ... delightful ... dizzy ... dreaded ... dinosaur! (First: Episode 3407) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "You Made Me Love You." (First: Episode 3456) |
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Cartoon | A heart that says "I love you" is drawn. (First: Episode 1971) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar's pets also miss Slimey; he tells them Slimey will be back in a few days, and shows them his framed picture to tide them over. Oscar stresses that he misses Slimey more than all of them combined when Telly arrives, hearing just how upset Fluffy, Spot, Iago, Lassie, and his chickens are for himself. Telly begins to feel down, and gets into a heated argument with Oscar over which of them misses Slimey the most. |
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Cartoon | Name That Sound: identify animal sounds. (First: Episode 3587) |
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Muppets | Big Bird describes (and acts out) a time when he lost Radar. "Having a good memory will sure come in handy sometimes!" (First: Episode 3410) |
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Cartoon | Number creatures #13 (First: Episode 2691) |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #13 (First: Episode 2924) |
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Cartoon | Alien parents tuck their child in at night, and he counts 13 spaceships. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3729) |
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Muppets | Telly sings "My Outer Space Friend" as he gazes out his bedroom window, musing about space travel and his "outer-space friend." (First: Episode 3645) |
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Muppets | Natasha crawls across the screen from left to right. (First: Episode 3771) |
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Film | A girl draws a picture of her friend, Dai Xi. (First: Episode 2791) |
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Muppets | Natasha crawls across the screen from right to left. (First: Episode 3771) |
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SCENE 4 | Baby Bear, Alexia, and Zule miss Slimey, so they think Oscar might like to see some drawings they did of him. Oscar says his photo is enough, but Baby Bear and the kids' drawings all have Slimey shown with Oscar, including ones where he's in a spaceship and on the moon. Oscar won't admit that he likes the pictures, but Baby Bear and the others give them to him anyway. |
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Muppets | Natasha crawls across the screen from the top right corner to the bottom left corner. (First: Episode 3771) |
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Cartoon | Fluffy recalls being a homeless dog, getting taken in to the dog pound, and meeting his new pal Petey. (new music tag added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2981) |
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Muppets | Natasha crawls across the screen from the bottom to the top. (First: Episode 3771) |
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Muppets | In song, a boy wanders into the Animal Lost and Found, looking for his pet named Homer. The shopkeeper says, "Describe Your Pet to Me." (First: Episode 2967) |
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Muppets | Natasha crawls across the screen from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. (First: Episode 3771) |
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Animation | Wooden shapes group themselves by color, then regroup by shape, then assemble themselves into a rocket ship. (First: Episode 3229) |
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Muppets | Natasha crawls around in a circle. (First: Episode 3771) |
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Cast | Wish You Were Here: Gabi and Miles take a tour of the Kennedy Space Center, where they learn about how rockets are launched into space, along with a group of other kids. Miles works at Mission Control, while Gabi pretends to be an astronaut. (First: Episode 3713) |
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Muppets | Natasha finally reaches her goal: a giant baby bottle! She drinks up all the milk, and lets out a large burp. (First: Episode 3771) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar hangs the drawings on his trash can since they help him imagine that Slimey's there. He then decides to use his "Grouch imagination" and pictures Slimey crawling onto his hand, but finds out that he can't actually feel Slimey when he's just imagining him. |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie sings about the things she can imagine herself doing "In My Head." (First: Episode 3526) |
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Animation | Portraits of kids display the alphabet. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3203) |
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Film | Kids draw a map of their neighborhood, and then learn how maps are really made. (First: Episode 2760) |
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Muppets | Elmo sings about the "Planets, Moon and Stars." |
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Cartoon | A girl explains the concept of relativity by explaining how her house is a part of a neighborhood, the neighborhood is part of a city, the city is part of a country, etc. (First: Episode 2742) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar looks at the pictures of Slimey in his worm journal. He admits to Maria that he's not only sad because he misses Slimey, but he's also proud of him. Maria announces the sponsors as Oscar looks up to the sky, calling out to Slimey that he's proud. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Rosita continues her lecture, "The Art of the Hug," by demonstrating the short hug with Lexine. |
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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Song | "You're Important" (First: Episode 3396) This segment replaced the film about map-making in the 1999 rerun. |
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 December 2 and December 23.
- The music Elmo and Slimey dance to during scene 2 is the workout music from "Grover Monster's Workout Video."
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