| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| The grown-ups put on a show | |||||||||
| Air date | February 22, 1999 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 30 (1998-1999) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 (insert) | As Sesame Street's residents greet the morning, Rosemary Clooney asks Hoots the musical question: "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" Big Bird tells her she's already there and welcomes her. |
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Cartoon | A lost man in the desert asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like. As it turns out, the stranger is an alien. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 0763) |
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Muppets | Zoe, driving her Zoemobile, announces the letter of the day. (First: Episode 3819) |
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Film | The floating kids form an L. (First: Episode 3128) |
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Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird, Telly, Prairie Dawn, and Baby Bear finish performing a play about a princess who has lost her letter L for the grown-ups in the yard. Baby Bear suggests that the grown-ups put on a show of their own, an idea that they like but are not sure when they will do it. They leave the answer up in the air as they leave, holding the kids in suspense (Prairie: "We need a commitment!"). |
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Film | Song: "Dressed Up," with film montage of kids wearing fancy clothes (First: Episode 3399) |
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Muppets | Ernie's Show and Tell: A girl named Rebecca shows Ernie her crown. |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. (new music and sound effects added) Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Bob, Linda, Gina, and Alan sit in Hooper's Store and seriously consider doing a show. An eavesdropping Big Bird is delighted and starts calling to everyone about the show, meaning they have no other choice but to do it! |
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Cartoon | At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2085) |
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Muppets | Zoe shows us her Zoemobile's horn and bell. |
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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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Film | Wegman's Weimaraners: Little Bo Peep (title card added) (First: Episode 3468) |
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Cartoon | CLOSED (sheep running through door) (First: Episode 3743) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird and Baby Bear notice a "CLOSED FOR REHEARSAL" sign on the door of Hooper's Store. Big Bird knocks and Gordon steps out to explain to them that they're practicing. Big Bird asks if he and Baby Bear can come in, only to receive a unanimous "No!" from the grown-ups. Maria comes out later and suggests the two of them bide their time while they rehearse. |
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Film | A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus. (First: Episode 2889) |
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Muppets | Zoe points out that the wheels of her Zoemobile are round, just like the number zero... |
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Cartoon | A number zero feels sad, until his coach cheers him up. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3725) |
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Song | "Zero Song": A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0. Arist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3003) |
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SCENE 5 | The grown-ups present their play for their friends, titled Princess Gina's Laugh. Alan plays a king whose daughter, the princess (Gina), never laughs. The king brings in "laugh doctors" Quackenbush and Bushenquack (Maria and Luis) who administer their "tickle-until-you-laugh treatment" on Princess Gina, but she doesn't crack a smile. From the audience, Big Bird wonders what could make her laugh. |
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Cartoon | L for Laugh (new music added) Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel (First: Episode 2767) |
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Muppets | Worms in Space: Slimey and his fellow worm astronauts make a capital "L" and a lowercase "l." (First: Episode 3780) |
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Cartoon | Letter L Animals' Limerick (First: Episode 3740) |
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Film | A zydeco band plays "Allons a Lafayette" while people dance. (First: Episode 2498) |
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SCENE 6 | The story of Princess Gina continues as the king brings in the Professors of Very Funny Faces (Bob and Linda). They attempt several of their patented expressions, but still fail to make the princess laugh. |
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Song | Lillian sings "Face Facts." (First: Episode 2760) |
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Muppets | Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces an alphabet segment. (First: Episode 3819) |
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Film | Girls sing a jump-rope rhyme about naming a puppy. (First: Episode 3279) |
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Muppets | "One Banana" (Anything Muppets) (First: Episode 1941) |
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Cartoon | A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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SCENE 7 | As the grown-ups' play continues, a man wearing a bathtub (Gordon) performs a silly rendition of "Rubber Duckie" with his wife (Susan), who is wearing a shower; Princess Gina remains stoic. "They told me the palace would be tough," Gordon quips, and the king wonders what to do next. Big Bird volunteers to help, which the king allows, as he counts the audience as part of his kingdom. Big Bird believes the princess just doesn't know how to laugh and offers to teach her. His attempt is successful, as Gina and the grown-ups (as well as the rest of the audience) erupt into peals of laughter. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Music (First: Episode 3824) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird, Baby Bear, "Princess Gina," and "King Alan" announce the sponsors and sign off. |
Notes[]
- John Tartaglia served as one of the puppeteers for the Rosemary Clooney segment.[1]
- An animatronic version of Elmo can be seen during Clooney's segment riding a tricycle, which would be redone as a fully motorized vehicle for season 36.
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