| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Everybody starts their own bands | |||||||
| Air date | March 5, 2001 | ||||||
| Season | Season 32 (2001) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Ernie has set his drum set just outside 123 Sesame Street (with Rubber Duckie perched on top) and explains that he is playing in his "one-Ernie band," playing both his drums and his bugle. Gordon and Susan tell him from the window that he's too loud for the morning; Ernie says that Bert told him the same thing and that's why he went outside. Since it's time to wake up anyway, he continues playing. |
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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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Muppets / Celebrity | Diana Krall sings "Everybody's Song" with Elmo and everybody in attendance. |
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Muppets | Bert asks Bernice how she knows the letter of the day, and they watch this segment ... (First: Episode 3870) |
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Cartoon | An airplane skywriter makes the letter Q. (First: Episode 3906) |
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Muppets | Worms in Space The worms make the letter Q. (First: Episode 3749) |
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Film | Q, for quack. Quiet! (First: Episode 3405) |
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SCENE 2 | Ernie plays part of "Dance Myself to Sleep" while Elmo watches. He decides to be his own band too, and leaves to go get his bass drum and violin (with the bow doubling as the drumstick). While Ernie continues playing his song, Elmo performs "Elmo's Song" next to him. Susan and Gordon, not too thrilled that the music has become louder, decide it's a good time to take a walk. (YouTube) |
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Cartoon | Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music. (First: Episode 3460) |
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Song | "It's the Shpritzer Honker Splasher Sprinkler Tweeter Squirt," the wettest musical instrument. (First: Episode 3408) |
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Cartoon | Airplanes carve the letter Q. (First: Episode 3179) |
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Film | Girls giggle as they clap their way to the letter Q. (First: Episode 3340) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Snuffy encounter the two bands performing their different songs, and decide to form a marching band together. Snuffy plays the snuffle (producing a digeridoo-like sound) as Big Bird sings a "la-la-la" version of "ABC-DEF-GHI." Gordon and Susan return from their walk barely able to hear anything, feeling even more confused, and decide to continue walking. |
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Film | William Wegman's dogs conduct and play piano. (First: Episode 3945) |
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Muppets | Bert: "Bernice ... you have wonderful form." They watch a segment about the number of the day ... (First: Episode 3870) |
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Film | Egyptian #4 (First: Episode 3306) |
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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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SCENE 4 | Rosita brings her guitar to play along, but everyone wants her in their band. She can't play with everybody... or can she? Rosita decides to take turns with each band, playing her guitar with them a few seconds before moving onto the next band. |
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Cartoon | Animals play in a rock band for the number 4, and sets of 4 things are shown. (First: Episode 3562) |
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Film | Four kids dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3149) |
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Cartoon | "Island of Emotion" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2822) |
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Muppets | Bernice counts to 10 - but has some help from Bert. How did she learn it? By watching the following film... (First: Episode 3870) |
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Film | Counting 10 Australian animals. |
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SCENE 5 | Rosita grows tired from all her moving around and playing different things and has to quit. She regrets that they just can't be one band playing together, and the others realize this is a great solution! However, they are still playing different songs and Ernie (over the cacophony) believes they need a little more practice. |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Film | The Tokyo String Quartet and some kids show how important it is to practice, as Big Bird provides voiceover. (First: Episode 3290) |
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Cartoon | A ball goes up and down a musical staircase. (First: Episode 2151) |
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Muppets | Bernice and Bert recite the alphabet, although Bernice is slow. (First: Episode 3902) |
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Cartoon | Kids and animals alternate in passing letters over themselves, in an alphabet song. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3740) |
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SCENE 6 | Ernie introduces the band, giving everyone a chance to shine before they play "Rubber Duckie" in perfect harmony (Ernie: "Eat your heart out, Harold Hill!"). Gordon and Susan drop by and are impressed by how great they sound. They perform an encore, as it's the only song they know for now. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Computers (First: Episode 3916) |
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SCENE 7 | The band plays the "Sesame Street Theme" as Ernie announces the sponsors and that their next tour date is at Big Bird's nest. |
Notes[]
- Scene 2, minus the appearance of Susan and Gordon, would become an insert for international versions of Sesame Street.
- As Rosita is introduced by Ernie in scene 6, she plays a "Smoke on the Water" riff on her guitar.
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