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| Reporters Telly and Baby Bear cover the "X" Games | |||||||||
| Air date | April 13, 2000 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||||
| Written by | Mo Willems | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon sits on the stoop, reading his newspaper and sees a bunch of kids and monsters running by chanting “X Games! X Games!” Telly and Baby Bear rush in and fix themselves up so they can introduce “The Wide World of Sesame Street Sports” which is covering today’s “X Games,” the event where letter X’s come from all over the globe to Sesame Street to play games. They are then joined by a group of screaming female X’s and tell the viewer to stay tuned for more “X Games” action! |
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Film | The letter X dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3588) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | Stamped and painted X animation. (First: Episode 2934) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Rubber Duckie are glad the viewer is here. (First: Episode 3816) |
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Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) |
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Song | "Count Me In" (First: Episode 3738) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and Baby Bear welcome us back to the “X Games” as the opening parade beings marching along the playing field in the yard. A monster holding an X (instead of a torch) leads today's competitors. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Big Bird cheers with the crowd for the X’s and notices a small, sad letter X (Joey Mazzarino) on the garage stairs. He muses about being in the “X Games,” going back and forth on his skateboard: “It may not be a big dream, but it’s mine.” Big Bird decides to help the little guy out and be his coach. |
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Cartoon | A seal and a bear fight over a circus ball, but learn to cooperate. Artist: Frank Gresham (First: Episode 3282) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Rubber Duckie laugh out loud, thinking the previous segment was funny. (First: Episode 3808) |
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Song | Leon Redbone sings "Have You Ever." (First: Episode 3274) cut from the Noggin version |
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Animation | Abstract #18 (First: Episode 2859) |
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Film | Kid mural painting #18. (First: Episode 3582) |
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Cartoon | A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from. (First: Episode 2859) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird begins training the tiny X. First, he must get on the skateboard, but the X becomes scared and claims he may fall off and get hurt. Big Bird reminds him he has helmets (one for each top line) and kneepads on, plus he’s there to help. Big Bird places the X on the skateboard, and soon the X becomes dizzy and nauseous and wants to come down. |
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Cartoon | What would happen if I popped this balloon? (First: Episode 1312) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Telly, Elmo and Baby Bear congratulate Terrell Davis on his great game, but he learns that he isn't quite done, since he hasn't yet said the alphabet. (First: Episode 3835) |
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Animation | A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of Henri Rousseau's painting. (Martin P. Robinson voiceover) (First: Episode 3506) |
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Animation | The letter X in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2862) |
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Cartoon | Two white squares try to push a great big object, and are reluctant to let a black square join them at first. (First: Episode 2849) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 4 | Telly and Baby Bear report back and show various scenes of the letter X’s practicing before they start playing. They watch the Tag-Team, the Hide and Seek Team, and Big Bird’s little X friend practicing on the skateboard. He falls off the board and Big Bird tells the reporters he’ll need more practice. Telly and Baby Bear get choked up at the sight of all the letter X’s doing their best then sign off and head for lunch. |
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Film | A girl learns how to rollerblade. (First: Episode 3270) |
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Muppets | Ernie asks Rubber Duckie what he wants to see next. (First: Episode 3786) |
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Animation | Masked march #18 (First: Episode 3427) cut from the Noggin version |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #18 (First: Episode 2933) |
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Muppets | Ernie recites a poem which introduces the next Wegman dogs segment ... (First: Episode 3813) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | Wegman's dogs play baseball. (First: Episode 3851) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 5 | The X Games events continue with the 10-Second Tag Game. Telly and Baby Bear try their best to report on it despite the two screaming TV-crazed fans wielding "Hi Mom" signs behind them (one wonders where Katie Couric and Al Roker are). |
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SCENE 5 cont’d | Meanwhile Big Bird continues training the small X, who’s not nervous about being on the board anymore and is ready for the next step in his training - moving the board. However, his legs aren't long enough to propel himself, but Big Bird is sure they’ll find a way he can do it. They overhear two X’s talking about how helping others is the best part of the X Games, which gives Big Bird an idea to push the X along. They try it and he’s able to ride! But, at the mention of being in front of TV cameras during the actual event, he becomes dizzy again. |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do. (ambient noise added) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0455) |
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Muppets | Ernie recites a poem which introduces a Cookie Monster segment ... (First: Episode 3824) |
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Muppets cont'd |
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." (First: Episode 3885) |
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Animation | Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2749) cut from the Noggin version |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy Two boys are fighting over a swing, so The Teeny Little Super Guy teaches them how to share. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1967) |
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SCENE 6 | Back at the X Games, Telly and Baby Bear cover the little X’s trick. With the help of Big Bird’s pushing and pulling, he is able to roll back and forth, much to his and the crowd’s excitement. The reporters get an interview with the X, who thanks his friends (A, B, C, D, etc.) and his coach, Big Bird. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Farms (First: Episode 3879) |
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SCENE 7 | At night, Big Bird says goodbye to the little X, who sits on his board reminiscing about the great day he had. Telly and Baby Bear announce the sponsors and get joined by the rowdy TV-hungry fans again (who’ve changed their signs to say “Bye Mom”). |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Jerry Nelson (announcer for Sesame Street Sports), Jim Martin (as a monster spectator), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (as a tag-team X and red letter X), John Kennedy (as a tag-team X and yellow letter X), Alice Dinnean (as a seeking X), Eric Jacobson (as the Russian-accented seeking X and Fat Blue fan), and Carmen Osbahr (as a hiding X).
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