| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Telly and Baby Bear find a lost kitten | |||||||||
| Air date | January 4, 2000 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||||
| Written by | Joey Mazzarino | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Elizabeth welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, which she loves, and then introduces her kitten Sparkles, whom she also loves. She goes on and on about how much she loves him, and soon notices that Sparkles has wandered away. Where is he? |
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Animation | The word LOVE is formed on paper. (First: Episode 3564) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | Girls dance and chant about K. (First: Episode 3012) |
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Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and Baby Bear introduce the letter of the day, K. They list as many K words as they can think of, when Sparkles shows up and distracts them. It takes Telly awhile to figure out that kitten begins with K, but he finally does. Telly and Baby Bear leave to get ready for drawing time, but don't notice Sparkles following them. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Meanwhile, Elizabeth searches for her lost kitten. |
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Cartoon | A story of a cat who hated rain, wished for it to stop, and witnessed the disastrous effects of no rain. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2724) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly and Baby Bear have gathered their canvases and crayons. Soon, they are approached by the cute little kitten they met before, and they decide to draw him. They draw his eyes, his nose, his ears, his mouth, and his whiskers, and show the pictures to him. Before long, they find that they really like this kitten, and want to keep him. They toss around a few ideas of what to name him, unaware that he already has a name. |
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Song | "Write Your Name" (First: Episode 3274) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | Characters on a quilt form the number 19. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3775) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | Kid mural painting #19 (First: Episode 3601) cut from the Noggin version |
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Animation | Number creatures #19 (First: Episode 2718) |
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SCENE 4 | Elizabeth keeps searching for Sparkles. |
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Film | A boy signs the word cat, and morphs into one. (First: Episode 3323) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly and Baby Bear come up with a name for their kitten: Little Murray. They talk about what they'll have to do to take care of Little Murray, including feeding him, and making sure he gets exercise. They take Little Murray over to Hooper's for something to eat. |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Elizabeth keeps searching for Sparkles. |
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Cartoon | A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2151) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | R.E.M. sings "Furry Happy Monsters." (First: Episode 3829) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | Bobby's dog narrates why Bobby is sad. (First: Episode 3455) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob and Linda take Barkley for a walk, and encounter Elizabeth, who's sad because she can't find her kitten anywhere. Linda describes what she did when she lost Barkley - she made a "LOST DOG" sign, which helped. Elizabeth becomes inspired to make her own sign. |
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Cartoon | Mi kat iz ... gone (First: Episode 1967) cut from the Sprout version |
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Muppets | Sesame Street Goes to Day Care Big Bird and Navona sing the alphabet song. (First: Episode 3837) cut from the Sprout version |
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Animation | "k" for king, kiss and key (First: Episode 3084) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | Pencil box K/k (First: Episode 2876) |
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SCENE 7 | Elizabeth finishes making the sign, and shows it to Bob and Linda. They agree that it's a good sign, and Elizabeth goes to Hooper's to put it up. |
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Animation | A Keith Haring mural comes to life after some kids EXIT. (First: Episode 3006) |
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SCENE 8 | Alan gives Little Murray a bowl of cat food to eat, and thinks that maybe this well-taken-care-of kitten belongs to someone. Baby Bear doubts it, but when they see Elizabeth's sign, they realize that Alan was right - this kitten does belong to someone. Telly doesn't want to part with the kitten, but Baby Bear tells him to look at it from Elizabeth's perspective - she doesn't want to part with her kitten, either. They agree to do the right thing. |
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Cartoon | "Felines" (First: Episode 3278) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | Growing Numbers #19 (First: Episode 2937) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | 19s in space (First: Episode 3720) |
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SCENE 9 | Telly and Baby Bear approach a very sad Elizabeth, who becomes happy when she sees her Sparkles! Elizabeth notices that Sparkles likes it when Telly and Baby Bear are around, and she allows them to be his "uncles" and play with him whenever they want. They still have a habit of calling him "Little Murray," so Elizabeth decides that his full name will be "Little Murray Sparkles." |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Dogs |
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SCENE 10 | Elizabeth and Little Murray Sparkles announce the sponsors. Telly and Baby Bear think that's one smart kitten! |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Brings Home a Surprise — Ernie brings a puppy home as a surprise for Bert. (First: Episode 1956) This segment replaced the cartoon following scene 6 in the Sprout version. |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form the letter K, as in king. (First: Episode 3296) This segment replaced "Sesame Street Goes to Daycare" in the Sprout version. |
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