| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Snuffy and Elmo pretend to be pirates | |||||||||
| Air date | April 27, 2000 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Snuffy welcome the viewer to Sesame Street, and wonder what they're going to play today. Elmo whispers an idea in Snuffy's ear, then they each introduce today's sponsors. Snuffy's in the mood for a Suzie Kabloozie cartoon, so they watch one ... |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie reads about pirates. (First: Episode 3460) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Taking inspiration from the previous cartoon, they decide to pretend to be pirates. Snuffy realizes that they don't have a pirate ship, and think about how to solve that problem. |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Imagine That" about things that he sometimes imagines to be: first a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon, then a sailor, and finally, himself. (First: Episode 2142) |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie presents the letter of the day made of fudge, but Feff is too fast for her. (First: Episode 3854) |
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Film | A big X emerges, Jaws-like, in a swimming pool. (First: Episode 3341) |
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Animation | A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of the painting. (Martin P. Robinson voiceover) (First: Episode 3506) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover watches Matthew type an X on a computer. |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie introduces an alphabet segment while she chases after Feff. (First: Episode 3888) |
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Film | Kids sing the alphabet on an island. (First: Episode 3154) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria notices Elmo and Snuffy in deep thought, and Elmo suddenly gets the idea to have Maria build them a ship. Maria doesn't have time or materials to build one, so she suggests that they use something else and pretend it's a ship. Maria leaves, and they encounter Big Bird giving wagon rides to the Birdketeers, which means they can't borrow his wagon right now. They realize that it's not easy to find a device that can fit both of them, since Snuffy's almost as big as a pirate ship -- which gives Elmo the idea that Snuffy himself could be the ship. |
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Cartoon | A woman visits a car dealer, looking for a small car. She will only take a car small enough to fit her clowns. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3079) |
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Film | Four Chinese acrobats do stunts with giant spools. (First: Episode 3845) |
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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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Film | Ornate 4s fly through the air. (First: Episode 3317) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria finishes Elmo's pirate costume and Snuffy's ship costume (he's now called the "Jolly Snuffy"). Before they go off "sailing," they wonder where to find treasure. Maria remembers the old saying, "X marks the spot," and they sing their pirate song as they sail off in search of an X. |
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Film | Amelia pretends she's an astronaut. (First: Episode 2918) |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie is glad you're here. (First: Episode 3854) |
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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." (First: Episode 3885) |
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Cartoon | Suzie comments, "That was great!" (First: Episode 3854) |
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Cartoon | "Pirate Plan" Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2236) |
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SCENE 4 | Snuffy and Elmo search outside Hooper's, but don't spot any X's yet. Elmo reminds Snuffy that he announced today's sponsor, and Snuffy remembers what an X looks like, especially after watching the following segment (with a passerby Honker). |
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Cartoon | The letter X appears on-screen. (First: Episode 2779) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
They didn't see any treasure in the previous segment, but Elmo points out some more X's ... |
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Film | The letter X in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2862) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
The Honker and his friend leave, and Elmo spots a number 4 in the next segment, so they decide to search somewhere else. They leave, singing their pirate song, and the next segment plays ... |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover watches Matthew type a number 4 on a computer. |
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Cartoon | "Wall of Numbers" #4 Artist: Karen Aqua |
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SCENE 5 | Elmo and Snuffy are still looking for the letter X, and get the idea to ask someone for an X. They ask two nearby kids, as well as Gordon and Oscar, but none of them have an X. They sing their pirate song, and continue their quest. |
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Song | "Explore With Me" (reggae) (First: Episode 3531) |
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Cartoon | Suzie and Feff jump on a trampoline, and introduce an Ernie and Bert segment. (First: Episode 3854) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Banana Talk — Ernie pretends to talk on the phone with an elephant, who then asks to speak with Bert. (First: Episode 3899) |
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Film | AGUA: kids play in water. (First: Episode 3367) cut from the Sprout version |
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Cartoon | A captain and a first mate think they have planned ahead well for their trip at sea, but they forgot to take in the anchor. (First: Episode 1591) |
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SCENE 6 | Elmo and Snuffy are ready to give up on finding an X by now, when all of a sudden, they spot Big Bird holding a Birdketeer meeting, displaying a a letter X on top of a crate! The Birdketeers look inside the crate to see if there's treasure in it, and they find toys to play with. Elmo and Snuffy feel proud of themselves, but then Elmo hears his mommy call him home, reminding him that he has to feed Dorothy. Elmo goes home, and Snuffy sticks around to play with Big Bird and the Birdketeers. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Drawing (First: Episode 3859) |
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SCENE 7 | Snuffy plays with Big Bird and the Birdketeers, while Elmo announces the sponsors. |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Film | A TELEPHONE rings at a phone booth in the city, and someone answers it. (First: Episode 3274) This segment replaced the "AGUA" film in the Sprout version. |
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