| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly can't wait for Luis to fix his tuba | |||||||
| Air date | February 15, 2001 | ||||||
| Season | Season 32 (2001) | ||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Telly tries to play the "Sesame Street Theme" on his tuba, but notices it isn't sounding right. Gabi has a listen and suspects it could be broken. Telly begins to panic, so Gabi brings him to the Fix-It Shop to see what the issue could be. |
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Animation | A quartet of horns arranges themselves in the proper order to play Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." (First: Episode 3769) |
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Muppets | Musical Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf sing "One Fine Face". The two then leave to play bingo with Grandma. |
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Film | Wegman's dogs play musical instruments. (First: Episode 3930) |
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SCENE 2 | At the Fix-It Shop, Telly demonstrates the weird noise coming from his tuba for Luis. He inspects the tuba and finds a broken part by one of the valves. He's unable to fix it himself, but assures Telly that he can order a replacement part and the tuba will be as good as new. Luis says he can place an order on SpareTubaParts.com and that the delivery should come this afternoon. Telly wonders how he can make music until then, and the others show him some objects around the shop he can use to make music with. Telly likes the idea and leads Gabi to find something he can make music with as Luis begins to place the order on his computer. |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | The Goo Goo Dolls and Elmo sing "Pride," which celebrates Elmo's achievements of tasks like dressing himself. (First: Episode 3871) |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0013) |
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Film | The letter M dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3636) |
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Animation | M for monkey, mouse and macaw. (First: Episode 3807) |
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Muppets | Hero Guy Hero Guy goes on a heroic musical adventure with Baby Bear. Then Baby Bear plays the music repeating game with Telly. (First: Episode 3943) |
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Cartoon | "Seven Sweet Sopranos" on a shaky piano Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1656) |
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Film | Milo Counting: 7 (First: Episode 3595) |
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Cartoon | Rap #7 (First: Episode 2506) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob sits out in the yard reading War and Peace when Telly comes by looking for some type of instrument. Bob shows him that his voice can be an instrument and the two sing an acapella version of "Sing." |
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Animation | Letter Garden: M (First: Episode 3079) |
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Animation | The letter M in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2864) |
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Muppets / Film | Big Bird introduces a film of kids talking about singing. |
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SCENE 4 | Ernie shows Telly how he can make music with Rubber Duckie while singing his namesake song. They then notice a girl making music with a pot... |
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Film | Kids play rhythms on pots, pans, a barrel and a washboard. (First: Episode 3443) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Telly invites Ernie to make music with him, and believes he can borrow some of the items from the kids in the previous film. The two realize they would be forming a band and excitedly go to plan for it. |
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Cartoon | Gordon narrates "The Maestro Plays," a story featuring adverbs. (interspersed with kids' comments) (First: Episode 3579) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly, Ernie, Tess, and Baxter have formed their own little makeshift band, using instruments like a washtub and a paper towel kazoo. They play a few notes together when Gabi reports that Telly's tuba has been fixed. Telly is glad, but before he picks it up, he gives the band instructions on a song they can play. |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #7 (First: Episode 3868) |
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Film | Seven kids dance on a playground to the same beat. (First: Episode 3844) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly comes over to the shop to see his repaired tuba. He thanks Luis by assembling his band as they all play the "Sesame Street Theme" for him. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Singing (First: Episode 3851) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis now has his guitar and joins everyone in playing the closing theme as Ernie announces the sponsors. |
See also[]
- Let's Make Music - a home video starring Telly with a similar premise
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