| Sesame Street | |||||||||||
| Lulu is afraid to try new things | |||||||||||
| Air date | February 9, 2000 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Mo Willems | ||||||||||
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COLD OPEN | Telly welcomes the viewer, and invites them to come with him to a meeting at the Monster Clubhouse... |
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SCENE 1 | Four young monsters welcome Telly to the clubhouse: Nelson (Jerry Nelson), Lily (Alice Dinnean), Maurice (Joey Mazzarino), and Lulu. They wonder what surprise Telly has for them today, and he reveals it's a field trip around Sesame Street. None of them are excited about it until Telly explains to them what a field trip is. They think it sounds like fun and start bouncing around chanting "Field trip! Field Trip!" - all except the slightly introverted Lulu, who feels nervous since she has never been on a field trip before: "It sounds so... new." |
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Cartoon | A family goes over their camping checklist before they leave for the woods. (First: Episode 3411) cut from the Sprout version |
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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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SCENE 2 | Telly reassures Lulu that the field trip will be fine as long as they have their name tags, which are little stickers that you write your name on. Lulu is nervous about writing her name, but Telly says it's fun and points her attention to the following song... |
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Song | "Write Your Name" (First: Episode 3274) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Lulu decides to give it a try and everyone goes over to a small writing table to make their name tags using crayons, as the music from the "Write Your Name" song plays. After a bit of practice, the monsters show off how well they've written their names. Lulu especially feels so proud of writing her name that she wants to do it again ("Fun this big doesn't happen every day, you know!"), and the group starts working on more name tags. |
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Animation | A group of round crayons draws a house, and is hesitant to let a square yellow crayon join, until it draws the sun. They all cooperate to make a rainbow. (First: Episode 3105) |
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Film | A girl learns how to jump rope. (First: Episode 3397) |
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Cartoon | CGI sheep graze out I and i. (First: Episode 2896) |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368) |
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SCENE 3 | The monsters are finally ready for their field trip, especially Lulu, who has covered herself with name tags. However, there's one thing they have to do first: take a nap. They sing "Everybody Nap," a doo-wop song about taking naps and finally begin to rest, piling into one big monster heap that Telly joins in on. |
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Animation | A boy has a dream in which he floats in Outer Space between things. (First: Episode 3093) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Two-Headed Monster: Baseball — Robin Williams invites a nonsense talking, horned, two-headed stranger to play baseball. (First: Episode 2795) cut from the Sprout version |
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Cartoon | A girl's mom can dribble 5 balls. (First: Episode 3448) |
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Cartoon | 5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses) (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0973) |
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SCENE 4 | The monsters make their way to the Fix-It Shop, where Luis knows each of their names thanks to their name tags. The four young monsters learn how to shake hands when meeting someone, but Lulu feels nervous about it at first. When she tries it, she shakes Luis around bodily and wants to do more hand shaking again and again, but the monsters lead her to the second stop on their field trip. "Boy, I learned something today," comments Luis to the viewer. "Maybe it's not such a great idea shaking hands with a monster!" |
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Song | "Reggae Bounce." (First: Episode 3609) cut from the Sprout version |
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Cartoon | Pencil box I/i (First: Episode 2890) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I — Grover plays a king who dances with the letter I. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Animation | Ornate I's swing through the air to a song. (First: Episode 2921) |
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SCENE 5 | The monsters visit Big Bird's nest, where there is a Birdketeer meeting going on. They all say the alphabet together after Lulu conjures up the confidence to do so. She's thrilled after doing it and wants to see the Birdketeers again sometime, but for now Lulu leads the other monsters off on their next stop, eager to learn something else. |
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Muppets | Ernie's Show and Tell Ernie's friend Alexa surprises him with a bag of jewels. (First: Episode 3810) |
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Animation | Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe." (First: Episode 2864) |
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SCENE 6 | The monsters stop at Hooper's Store where Alan is about to serve them a bowl of fruit salad, which none of them have tried before. Everyone thinks Lulu will be nervous about trying it at first, but to their surprise she likes it so much she finishes up the whole bowl before they can dine! |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "What Do You Do With a Fruit?" (First: Episode 2050) |
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Animation | The number 5 in space (with astronauts) (First: Episode 3698) |
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Film | Two girls count to 5 as they clap. (First: Episode 3007) |
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Cartoon | Five of various things found in space including 5 spaceships on Mars. (First: Episode 3698) |
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Animation | Kids narrate how a Navajo blanket is weaved. (First: Episode 2976) |
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SCENE 7 | The monsters return to the clubhouse and thank Telly for taking them on the field trip. Lulu wonders where they'll go for the next field trip ("I hear Nepal is nice this time of year, or Brazil, or maybe even New Jersey..."), but they all agree that it's great to be back at their home base. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Jackets (First: Episode 3806) |
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SCENE 8 | Telly is about to announce the sponsors when Lulu requests to do it herself. |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Animation | Two clay cavemen play with blocks together, until Red gets hurt, and holds a grudge against Brown. As Red sleeps, it becomes chilly and windy, so Brown covers him up with a blanket. The two are friends again. (First: Episode 4071) This segment replaced the camping trip cartoon in the Sprout version. |
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Cartoon | Two round Gnorks don't notice that a pointy Gnork wants to join their game of squareball, so he asks. (First: Episode 3881) This segment replaced the Robin Williams sketch in the Sprout version. |
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Film | A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0474) This segment replaced "Reggae Bounce" in the Sprout version. |
Notes[]
- The blue AM Monster is named Nelson after his performer, Jerry Nelson.
- "Everybody Nap" was later used in Episode 4193 as an insert.
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