| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Rosita takes maravilloso pictures | |||||||||
| Air date | March 23, 1999 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 30 (1998-1999) | ||||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Rosita shows off the Nologo camera she's borrowing from her uncle Eduardo, and is looking for something maravilloso (wonderful) to take a picture of. Maria shows Rosita how to use it by taking a picture of her and Baby Bear. Rosita wonders what she'll take a picture of next, and Baby Bear leads Rosita to something which he thinks is maravilloso ... |
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Song | "Say Cheese" (First: Episode 3146) |
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Muppets | Big Bird introduces the letter of the day. (First: Episode 3827) |
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Animation | Pencil box M / m (First: Episode 3077) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Maya Angelou tries to play a clapping game and rap about "M" with Elmo, who interrupts with questions. |
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Film | The letter M dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3636) |
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, Alan serves Baby Bear a bowl of porridge, which he thinks will make a maravilloso picture. Unfortunately, he eats the first two bowls of porridge that Alan serves before she takes the picture. Even though Rosita has a different definition of maravilloso, she ends up taking two pictures of the third porridge bowl - one before he eats it, and the other one after. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Mr. Johnson passes by Hooper's, and wonders if Charlie's is serving anything maravilloso today ... |
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Muppets | In honor of Charlie's birthday, Grover is only serving items that begin with a "CH" sound. Mr. Johnson orders a cheeseburger, chips, cherry pie, and chocolate ice cream, and he actually gets his food in no time, but before he can eat, the table (which the plate is on) gets taken away because it does not begin with a "CH" sound. (new music added) (First: Episode 3005) |
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Animation | CH words are formed on a set of hanging click-balls. (First: Episode 2591) |
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Muppets | Big Bird sings the Sesame Street Theme and ends with "Can you say the alphabet?" (First: Episode 3828) |
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Animation | Portraits of kids display the alphabet. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3203) |
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SCENE 3 | Humphrey and Ingrid want Rosita to take a picture of Baby Natasha, but every time she does, Natasha turns her face away from the camera. Rosita is embarrassed about this, but Humphrey and Ingrid love the pictures! Just for fun, they do the same thing when Rosita takes a picture of them. |
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Song | "Me, M-E, Me!" (First: Episode 3578) |
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Muppets | Ernie's Show and Tell Ernie's friend Michael shows him a picture of his grandpa. (First: Episode 3790) |
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Cartoon | African quilt pattern (First: Episode 3145) |
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SCENE 4 | Rosita thinks that next she'll take a picture of her best friend, Prairie Dawn (whom she spots sitting on a bench reading Meryl Sheep's "Ten Days to a New Ewe"). Prairie is camera-shy at first, but once she hears Rosita's point of view and sees the first maravilloso picture of herself, she wants a whole lot more, so Rosita clicks away as Prairie poses for picture after picture ... |
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Film | A girl uses an instant camera to take pictures of her friends, who demonstrate several emotions. (First: Episode 3582) |
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SCENE 5 | An exhausted Rosita has now taken a table-full of Prairie Dawn pictures, but Prairie still wants more (and is quickly running out of ideas). Just then, Rosita spots the letter M (the letter of the day) on the wall, a photo opportunity which Prairie quickly wants in on. |
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Animation | M in space (with astronauts) (First: Episode 3696) |
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Animation | M for moon, monster, monkey and magic (First: Episode 3422) |
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Muppets | Zoe and Herry Monster sing "Moonshine." |
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Cartoon | A man counts 40 stars at night. (First: Episode 2243) |
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SCENE 6 | Rosita spots the number 6 on another table, but camera-hungry Prairie makes that picture another one of her own. |
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Cartoon | Rap #6 (First: Episode 2502) |
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Cast | Chef Ruthée hosts "Cooking by the Numbers," in which she demonstrates a wacky way to cook the number 6. |
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Cartoon | Why did the chicken cross the road? (First: Episode 2050) |
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Muppets | Big Bird asks Radar what he wants to watch next. (First: Episode 3828) |
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Cartoon | Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746) |
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SCENE 7 | Rosita is now hiding by the Fix-It Shop, but the preening Prairie catches up with her, now wearing a hat. Rosita confesses that she wants to take a picture of something else maravilloso besides Prairie. Prairie understands, despite having adapted a fashion model's attitude (complete with a sarcastic tone of voice). Rosita then takes a picture of a talking piece of cheese (Joey Mazzarino), who then asks to be in several more pictures with Prairie. ¡Maravilloso! |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Jackets (First: Episode 3806) |
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SCENE 8 | Rosita is so tired of taking pictures that she decides to give the camera back to her uncle Eduardo, but first, Prairie asks for the cheese to take a picture of both her and her best friend Rosita. Maria announces the sponsors, which are shown with Prairie again. |
Notes[]
- In this episode, Rosita says that Prairie Dawn is her best friend, but in Episode 3886 from the next season there would be an episode where Rosita tries to find somebody to be her best friend.
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