| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Snuffy and Big Bird talk about their family relationships | |||||||||
| Air date | February 3, 2000 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird is practicing "The Alphabet Song" because he's going to sing it with Snuffy, his best friend. As soon as he arrives, Snuffy breaks the news that he can't stay long as he has to help his mother: "Sometimes when a mommy needs help, a son should help her." He agrees to sing it later when his mother calls, and Big Bird points out with interest as Snuffy leaves that he is both a friend and someone's son. |
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Song | "Doing the Family Thing" (First: Episode 3180) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Mom — The monster sounds out the word "mom." (First: Episode 1481) |
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Animation | A kid makes a birthday card for his mom. (First: Episode 3614) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy returns to sing "The Alphabet Song," but reveals that his mother wanted him to take care of Alice as well. However, every time Big Bird and Snuffy try to sing Alice interrupts them, wanting Snuffy to play ball with her. Big Bird isn't bothered, and observes that his best friend is a mother's son as well as a sister's big brother. Snuffy quips, "Sometimes, I wonder if there's enough of me to go around, Bird." |
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Cartoon | "Family Dance" (First: Episode 3487) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie talks to Vandy about families, and lets her keep Rubber Duckie for a day. |
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Cartoon | Two camels (voiced by David Rudman and Joey Mazzarino) at a watering hole learn to share. (First: Episode 3528) |
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Muppets | Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces a segment with the letter O. (First: Episode 3867) |
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Cartoon | A woman sings the "O" sound in a brief opera. (First: Episode 3323) |
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Animation | Planting Letters: O (First: Episode 3010) |
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SCENE 3 | Alice takes a nap, so now Big Bird and Snuffy can sing "The Alphabet Song." Just as they begin, Snuffy's favorite uncle, Uncle Abe, comes over to visit. Big Bird finds it fascinating that Snuffy can be a nephew, too! |
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Film | A girl dances her way into her family portrait. (First: Episode 3119) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Tracy Chapman sings with the Muppets about asking questions. (First: Episode 3702) |
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Cartoon | Lillian, the big sister. (First: Episode 2746) |
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Muppets | Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces the number of the day. (First: Episode 3819) |
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Cartoon | Four elephants at the circus Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1489) |
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Animation | Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall. (First: Episode 2834) |
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Cartoon | The Quadratic Equations (from the Lunar Lounge) sing about 4 and their four heads. (First: Episode 3712) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird goes into Hooper's Store and tells Alan, Gina, and Katie that Snuffy is a friend, brother, son, and nephew all at the same time. Alan explains that people can have several relationships; for instance, Katie is Gina's niece, and Gina is Katie's aunt. The phone rings, and Alan tells Big Bird he's got a call: it's his cousin Abelardo from Mexico City. |
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Animation | Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroces as pets. (First: Episode 2759) |
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Muppets | Zoe has trouble counting, and asks for a counting segment to be shown. (First: Episode 3842) |
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Film | Counting from 10-0 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish dub) (First: Episode 3048) cut from the Sprout version |
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Muppets | The Count sings the latest South American craze - "Counting Backwards in Spanish." (First: Episode 3379) cut from the Sprout version |
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Cartoon | Two itchy gorillas agree to scratch each other's backs. (First: Episode 1456) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird finishes his call, and tells everyone about the time that Abelardo came to visit him. Since he doesn't speak much Spanish, he mostly used the word "manzana" ("apple"). It suddenly dawns on him that he himself is two different things - he's both Snuffy's best friend and Abelardo's cousin! |
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Cartoon | Animal Rock #4 (First: Episode 3562) |
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Film | Chinese acrobats balance 4 plates on sticks in each hand. (First: Episode 3743) |
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Muppets | Grover: Away From — Grover attempts to demonstrate "away from" with a lamp. (First: Episode 3563) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0416) |
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SCENE 6 | Snuffy comes to Big Bird's nest, ready to sing "The Alphabet Song" again. Big Bird says he can't right now because he's received a letter from his Granny Bird. Gordon helps him read it: she's on a trip to London, and has included a picture of herself sitting on a statue in Trafalgar Square. Snuffy finds it amazing that Big Bird can be a friend, cousin, and grandson all at the same time. |
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Film | A girl writes to her grandmother about going to summer camp. (First: Episode 3270) |
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Cartoon | Soul O (First: Episode 3375) |
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Film | A gymnast twirls ribbons to form the letter O. (First: Episode 3136) |
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Muppets | Zoe has trouble saying the alphabet, and asks for an alphabet segment to be shown. (First: Episode 3842) |
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Animation | Portraits of kids display the alphabet. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3203) |
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SCENE 7 | After realizing all the different relations they can have with other people (and birds and Snuffleupaguses), Big Bird and Snuffy sing their alphabet song, pausing to point out the different relations they have. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Babies (First: Episode 3854) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird and Snuffy announce the sponsors, once more going through their different relations. Snuffy adds, "So long from all of us!" |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Animation | Counting to 10 (Chinese imagery) (First: Episode 3217) This segment replaced the "Latin 10-0" segment in the Sprout version. |
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Muppets | Count von Count sings "Lambaba" as he counts sheep and other animals that pop into the room. (First: Episode 2789) This segment replaced "Counting Backwards in Spanish" in the Sprout version. |
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