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| Zoe and Telly count monsters | |||||||||||
| Air date | March 31, 2000 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Zoe and Telly welcome the viewer to Sesame Street. Today is "Counting Monsters Day," where monsters count as many other monsters that they can see, indicating the ones found by first yelling, "Monster!" Telly yells and counts Zoe, making her monster number 1. When it's Zoe's turn, however, she fails to notice that Telly himself is a monster. |
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Song | "Count Me In" (First: Episode 3738) |
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Muppets | A magician attempts a suspension act, which fails. Vaudeville team Big Bird and Snuffy then come out to introduce the number of the day ... (First: Episode 3859) |
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Animation | Clown Honking #11 (First: Episode 3196) |
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Film | Milo Counting: 11 (First: Episode 3585) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #11 (First: Episode 2885) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly continues trying to give Zoe a hint that he should be counted until Ernie notices the commotion. She finally gets it and counts Telly, making it 2 monsters they've seen today. To help them attract more monsters, Ernie, Zoe, and Telly say the alphabet, a favorite activity of theirs. (In Telly's words: "Say the alphabet, and they will come!") As the group says the alphabet, Elmo joins in and they yell "Monster!" Now 3 monsters have been counted. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Grover walks by with a guitar and Elmo counts the 4 monsters they have seen today. Telly comments that he didn't know Grover could play the guitar... |
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Muppets | Grover and Mr. Johnson: Performing in the Park (First: Episode 3198) |
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Song | "Elbows and Knees" (First: Episode 2641) |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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Song | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" (beginning trimmed) (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 3 | Zoe wants to find the next monster by herself and spots Baby Bear (singing "Love and porridge, love and porridge..." to himself). She yells, "Monster!" and Baby Bear explains that even though he's furry and cute (like a monster), he has other features that distinguish him as a bear. After explaining the differences, Baby Bear says it's okay for Zoe to count him (but only as a bear). She does so, but misses seeing Lulu and Cookie Monster walking behind her. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Baby Bear points it out and Zoe gets slightly flustered, forgetting now how many monsters there have been altogether. Baby Bear helps her add the monsters they counted and add Cookie Monster and Lulu to the group, making 6 monsters found. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster notices he has one cookie left, and sings "What is Friend?" He ends up giving the cookie to Lulu, and remarks, "Me feel strangely okay about this." |
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Celebrity | The Count counts the musicians in the Tokyo String Quartet. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Muppets | An operatic bird attempts to sing "Largo al factotum," but once again, the stage belongs to Big Bird and Snuffy, who feel a song coming on ... |
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Cast | "Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion) (First: Episode 3133) |
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Cartoon | A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (First: Episode 2750) |
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SCENE 4 | Zoe and Baby Bear tell Telly about the monsters they spotted, and watch as several monsters head to their day care center and count them as well. They spot a horned yellow monster (number 7), a chubby purple one (number 8)... |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | ... a little green one (number 9), and a tall gray monster (number 10). |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | They then see Herry Monster walking away from the day care. That makes 11 monsters they've seen today! |
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Muppets | Monsters in Day Care Nicole shows Herry Monster the letter M. Later on, he and the daycare monsters make a letter M of their own, sing "M-M-M Monster Meal," and eat their M. (First: Episode 3791) |
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Animation | The letter M in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2864) |
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Film | The letter M dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3636) |
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Cartoon | A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. (music sting added) Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1452) |
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Muppets | A tuxedoed elephant dances to "Tea for Two," and ends up damaging part of the stage. Big Bird and Snuffy come out again to tell a joke and introduce a shape segment. (First: Episode 3859) |
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Film | The floating kids form a square (First: Episode 3132) |
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SCENE 5 | Ernie presents the number of the day: 11, and counts the 11 monsters they've seen so far. |
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Cartoon | A girl types the number 11 on a computer, matches it with another one, and sees 11 elephants. |
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Cartoon | Two people think they hear a BARK in the DARK. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1941) |
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Film | A veterinarian examines various animals, including a puppy and a rabbit. (First: Episode 3787) |
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Muppets | A rooster comedian is yanked off stage, and Big Bird and Snuffy come back out to introduce the letter of the day... |
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Animation | M for monkey, mouse and macaw. (First: Episode 3807) |
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SCENE 6 | Herry, Elmo, Telly, and Zoe search around for more monsters at the park, but find nothing but animals. Herry suggests they sing a song to attract monsters (Telly: "If you sing it, they will come!"), so they sing "M is for Monster." Soon, a whole chorus of monsters arrive to finish the song! |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Water (First: Episode 3831) |
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SCENE 7 | Baby Bear and Ernie announce the sponsors in voiceover as all the monsters perform another chorus of their song. The credits follow. |
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