| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Nursery Rhyme Day | |||||||||
| Air date | January 17, 2001 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 32 (2001) | ||||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street. He says today is a special day because it is Nursery Rhyme Day on Sesame Street. Big Bird tells that the first nursery rhyme is, Hickory Dickory Dock, but Telly isn't ready and is reading a book called How to be a Mouse. So Big Bird goes to the next nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill, which stars Slimey and Glo Worm, who are singing songs from The Sound of Music. They began to start climbing the hill, but it takes them a slow time for them to get up the hill. |
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Cartoon | In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callowmouse hosts the "Mother Goose Jamboree" at night in a bookstore. (First: Episode 3653) |
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Muppets | Grover looks for you, and is glad when he finds you. (First: Episode 3889) |
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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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Cartoon | CLOSED (sheep running through door) (First: Episode 3743) |
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Film | Wegman dogs: Batty as Little Bo Peep, seeking her sheep. (First: Episode 3468) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird goes on to the next nursery rhyme, Little Miss Muffet. Zoe plays Little Miss Muffet and Baby Bear plays the spider. At first, Zoe doesn't want to play Miss Muffet because she never had curds and whey before. Big Bird suggests to Zoe to try the food, but Baby Bear tells Zoe that she doesn't have to try it since he is going to scare her away and he will get to eat the curds and whey. When they begin the nursery rhyme, Zoe doesn't run away from Baby Bear because she tries the curds and whey and likes it. She stays and keeps on eating as Baby Bear tries to scare her. At the other nursery rhymes, Telly is still busy reading the book and the worms are still climbing up the hill. |
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Animation | Kids describe their favorite sandwiches. |
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Film | Wegman dogs: Little Jack Horner (First: Episode 3460) |
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Muppets | Super Grover says that he's going to fly up into the air and point to the letter of the day. He begins by getting a running start, but only propels himself sideways, hurting himself in the process. Leaning on the brick wall for support, he thinks maybe he will forget the flying part and just do the pointing part. (First: Episode 3884) |
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Cartoon | An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. (First: Episode 2813) |
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Film | A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Animation | Pencil box A/a (First: Episode 3082) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie talks to Vincent about feelings. |
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Cartoon | A baby demonstrates 'happy,' 'surprised' and 'sad.' (First: Episode 3396) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has his mouse costume on and is ready to perform his nursery rhyme. The problem is, seconds after he starts to climb up the clock, he starts to fall down. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | At that moment, Baby Bear calls Big Bird and says he is ready to perform the Little Miss Muffet rhyme again. This time with the kids now dressed as spiders, they try to scare Zoe, but Zoe finds them funny and not scary. She continues to eat the curds and whey as Baby Bear and the kids try to scare her. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Telly now calls Big Bird and says he found a way to get up the clock. Telly gets on his pogo stick and begins to jump up to the top of the clock, but then falls off after he made it. Big Bird becomes unhappy because the nursery rhymes aren't fitting together except for one which is Jack and Jill, but the worms are still climbing up the hill. |
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Cartoon | Noodles & Nedd Nedd shows Noodles how to do a particular dance. Artist: John R. Dilworth (First: Episode 3851) |
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Muppets | Super Grover intends to fly into the air and wave at the number of the day. He claims that his springy legs will propel him into the atmosphere. After a few boingy jumps, he decides to forget the propelling part and just do the waving part. The following segment presents the number of the day. (First: Episode 3884) |
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Cartoon | A girl's mom gives her a 1 from the shelf. "My 1 and only!" Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3469) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — A winged number 1 flies over a cuckoo's nest. (First: Episode 2674) |
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Cartoon | Number Guy sings "How Many Birds Can Sit on This Wire?" One bird provides the answer. (First: Episode 3338) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs: Old Mother Hubbard (First: Episode 3488) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird changes the nursery rhymes to make it a happy ending. The spiders have their own individual bowls of curds and whey and eat them. Little Miss Muffet went for a ride on Hickery Dickery Dock Mouse's pogo stick and Jack and Jill climb up the clock instead of the hill. Big Bird is happy that he was able to tell a nursery rhyme that works out well. |
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Song | "Jump" (soul) (First: Episode 3136) |
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Animation | Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase A. (First: Episode 3209) |
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Animation | Sand A/a (First: Episode 0628) |
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Muppets | Grover introduces the next segment, which he says will feature a "four-sided whatsis" - when someone backstage tells him it's a square. |
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Cartoon | The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square." Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel (First: Episode 2615) |
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Film | Wegman dogs: Pat a Cake (First: Episode 3467) |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #1 |
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Song | "We're Talking 'Bout the Number One" (First: Episode 3154) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Rubber Duckie directs Ernie and Liam Neeson in a stirring rendition of the alphabet. (First: Episode 3797) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Pets (First: Episode 3918) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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