| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Prairie Dawn's list | |||||||||
| Air date | March 8, 2001 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 32 (2001) | ||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Prairie Dawn welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street. Elmo interrupts and asks Prairie to go miniature golfing with him, but first Prairie has a list of things she has to tell the viewers about. Elmo says that he'll help. Flustered, Prairie begins to talk about The Letter of the Day, K. Elmo doesn't like the K word she chooses, Kitchen, and instead demonstrates Karate. Elmo becomes King Kevin, the King of Karate. |
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Film | William Wegman's Weimaraner is a king. (First: Episode 3570) |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241) |
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Muppets | Moe Cocker and a chorus of dogs sing "With a Little Yelp from My Friends". (First: Episode 3108) |
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Cartoon | A mosquito bites a man and a dog, who agree to scratch each other's backs. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3217) |
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SCENE 2 | Next on her list, Prairie wants to talk about 17, the Number of the Day. Elmo can't believe it -- because he belongs to the Seventeenketeer Club. The club shows up to count and sing the Seventeenketeer Cheer while Prairie sighs in frustration. |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #17 (First: Episode 3854) |
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Muppets | Worms in Space The worms form the number 17. (First: Episode 3781) |
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Cartoon | "From Your Head" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3474) |
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Muppets / Film | Big Bird imagines an elephant dancing, as the kids talk about imagination. (First: Episode 3929) (sans Big Bird scenes) |
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Cartoon | A family goes over their camping checklist before they leave for the woods. (First: Episode 3411) |
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SCENE 3 | It is still not time for miniature golf. Next on Prairie's list is fast and slow, which she demonstrates by walking slow and walking fast. Elmo likes her slow, but doesn't think her fast is fast enough. He demonstrates how fast he wants it, blowing Prairie, her hair and her list all around. |
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Cartoon | The dancing birds dance fast and slow. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3072) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover watches Matthew type his name on a computer. |
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Song | "We Got the Power!" - a hip-hop song about computers. (First: Episode 3058) |
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Film | Kids in a park do karate kicks. (First: Episode 3430) |
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Animation | Pencil box: K/k (First: Episode 2876) |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo asks Prairie to do something not on her list, but now she has to sing "I'm a Little Teapot." She lets Elmo sing along if he cooperates. At Elmo's urging, they sing it again. Finally, Elmo shows Prairie his own teapot. The teapot would rather sing opera. A background cast joins in which sweeps Prairie away. |
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Cartoon | Wilma Wiggins makes the very best of a very silly situation by hiccoughing her way through an opera. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2963) |
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Muppets / Film | Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie" and the kids sing some of their favorite songs. |
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Cartoon | Seventeen horn instruments emerge from 17 cases. |
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Film | Kid mural painting #17 (First: Episode 3639) |
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SCENE 5 | Having escaped from the opera, angry Prairie needs some time out to herself. "Is angry on the list?" asks Elmo. Elmo is sorry. |
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Cartoon | "Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange. (new music and sound effects added) Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2087) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Ben Stiller sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with Telly, and decides that he'd like to be a person in the neighborhood. But does a cheese count as a person? (First: Episode 3812) |
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Song | "Exploring in Your Closet" (First: Episode 3132) |
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SCENE 6 | Prairie is calm now, but she insists on doing the last thing on her list by herself: saying the alphabet. Elmo tries hard to not "help" her this time, but they both decide to cooperate to get the task done. Prairie is finally ready for miniature golf, but Elmo doesn't have any time left to play. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Computers (First: Episode 3916) |
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SCENE 7 | For the sponsors, Prairie gets upstaged by the singing teapot and her opera cast. |
Notes[]
- When Elmo pretends to be a king, he calls himself King Kevin -- a reference to his performer, Kevin Clash.
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