| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Luis teaches Telly how to send e-mail | |||||||||
| Air date | May 3, 2000 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||||
| Written by | Christine Ferraro | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | At the Fix-It Shop, Luis is helping Telly to type an e-mail on the computer. Telly is very excited about using the computer since he gets to send e-mails to his friends, and they'll be able to write back to him (at his email address "telly@sesamestreet.com"). |
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Song | "My New Computer" (First: Episode 2857) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly is excitedly waiting for someone to reply to his e-mail. Then, he gets responses from Oscar the Grouch ("Get Lost Telly.") and Cookie Monster ("Cookie!!"). But then, he gets an e-mail from a "mystery friend" inviting him to play a game to find out their identity, with the clue that they are a friend of his. Telly is curious to find out who this person is. |
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Film | Cookie Monster sings "What is Friend?" over scenes of kids playing with their friends. (First: Episode 3886) |
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Muppets | Elmo asks Dorothy what the letter of the day is. (First: Episode 3887) |
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Animation | R / r (space paint) (First: Episode 3227) |
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Animation | Find the R words on the computer. |
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SCENE 3 | Telly is still wondering who the "mystery friend" is, when he gets another clue that says that the mystery friend has brown hair. Telly intends to stake out the Fix It Shop computer all day if necessary to solve the mystery, but Luis needs to use it for work. He informs Telly that he can check his email from any computer, so Telly dashes off to find one. Luis then confides with the viewer that he knows who the mystery friend is. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | As he exits the shop, Telly runs into Baby Bear (sauntering by singing "P is for Porridge"), who fits the clues thus far. Baby Bear denies being Telly's mystery friend and joins him on his mission. He recalls Alan having a computer at Hooper's Store, so they go over to utilize it. |
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Animation | On a computer, a boy draws a sun setting between the mountains. (First: Episode 3059) |
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Muppets | Elmo hears that Dorothy wants to see a Suzie Kabloozie segment. |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie sings "Sing." Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3794) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie presents Richie typing his name on the computer. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Joan Cusack tries to explain the word "surprise," but Elmo and the Day Care monsters keep popping up and interrupting her. |
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Animation | R /r paper fold (First: Episode 3127) |
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Cartoon | Leaves form R and r (First: Episode 3110) |
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SCENE 4 | The pair makes use of Alan's laptop computer, which registers a new e-mail from the "mystery friend." The clue says that the person speaks two languages. Telly thinks it's Rosita, but it is not (as Baby Bear reminds Telly, the mystery friend has brown hair, which Rosita does not have). A lunch crowd starts to form, meaning Alan will be too busy to help them with the computer. Baby Bear knows that the library has plenty of computers, so they make their way there. |
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Film | A family loses their dog Lucy, so they use a computer to make "lost dog" signs. (First: Episode 3884) |
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Muppets | Elmo asks Dorothy what the number of the day is. (First: Episode 3907) |
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Animation | 15 in space (First: Episode 3740) |
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Film | A girl finds "15" on a computer. |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #15 |
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SCENE 5 | Now at the library, Tarah checks Telly's email only to find no new messages. Telly really needs another clue, when suddenly, a new email turns up in his inbox. The mystery friend tells him that they are currently in the library with him. Tarah surmises that the message must be from somebody on the computer at that very moment. Telly theorizes that it could be two kids nearby, or even Tarah herself. |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170) |
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Muppets | Elmo loves Dorothy and asks if she loves him. |
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Song | To the original Fats Waller recording of "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," a group of kids act out the song in a throwback to the silent film era. (First: Episode 3659) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly and Baby Bear try to logically deduce who the "mystery friend" is based on their clues so far. Of the three individuals nearby on the computer, they are able to rule out Nicole (who has blonde hair) and Kathleen (whom they are only meeting just now). The two conclude that it must be Tarah, but she doesn't know two languages. Telly loudly begs for another clue, disturbing the other patrons. |
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Cartoon | A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from. (First: Episode 2248) |
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Muppets | Next, Dorothy wants to see an alphabet segment, so Elmo shows her one... (First: Episode 3907) |
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Animation | Portraits of kids display the alphabet. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3203) |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn shows Cookie Monster how to draw a picture of a cookie on a computer. He learns that he can't eat the computer screen, but he can eat a printed picture of the cookie. (First: Episode 3889) |
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Film | 15s on sticks cascade toward the camera as boats race by on a river on the background. (First: Episode 3280) |
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Cartoon | Rap #15 (First: Episode 2567) |
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SCENE 7 | One final clue appears in Telly's inbox: his mystery friend uses their hands when they talk. As Telly and Baby Bear review the clues again, Telly takes notice of Linda talking with Gordon and realizes she fits all the clues, meaning she's his mystery friend! Linda confirms that he's right. Telly enjoyed the game, but is bummed that means the end of their emailing. She assures him they can still keep emailing each other, much to his delight. He eagerly heads back to the computers to send her a message. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Drawing (First: Episode 3859) |
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SCENE 8 | Linda sends the group more e-mails, which recite the sponsors. On the home video version, the e-mails are altered with a new message instead. |
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