| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Prairie Dawn's list | |||||||||
| Air date | March 8, 2001 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 32 (2001) | ||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Prairie Dawn, holding a small clipboard, welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street. Elmo interrupts and asks Prairie to go miniature golfing with him, fully dressed in his golfing attire. Prairie says miniature golf is not on her list of stuff to tell the viewers about today, which starts with a lesson on the letter K. Elmo decides to help Prairie out, but doesn't like the K word she chooses - "Kitchen" - and instead demonstrates "Karate" by waving his arms and legs around going "Hi-ya!" Elmo then dons a crown and a cape, calling himself King Kevin, the King of Karate! Prairie begins to silently fume as "King Kevin" carries on with his karate routine. |
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Film | William Wegman's Weimaraner is a king. (First: Episode 3542) |
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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 | Elmo changes back into his golf outfit as Prairie moves onto talking about the number of the day, 17. Elmo can't believe it - it just so happens that he belongs to the Seventeenketeer Club! Prairie is confused, but Elmo changes into his official Seventeenketeer shirt and is joined by the rest of the club, who pile on to the garage steps and count off to 17 with him. They follow it with the Seventeenketeer Cheer, and Prairie sighs and bangs her head on her clipboard 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 | The club has dispersed, but Prairie tells Elmo that it's still not time for miniature golf. Instead, it's time for a lesson on "fast" and "slow," which she demonstrates by walking slow and walking fast. Elmo likes her slow demo, but doesn't think her fast is fast enough. He demonstrates how fast he wants it and runs around the yard in a fury, blowing around Prairie, her hair, and her list into a tizzy. |
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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 β 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; "I am doing a lot of things that are not on the list, just look at me!" she shouts. Next on her list is to sing "I'm a Little Teapot," and allows Elmo to sing along if he cooperates. At Elmo's urging, they sing it a second time. Finally, Elmo shows Prairie his own teapot. To Prairie's surprise, the teapot is sentient and would rather sing opera. She begins her song ("In the following scene, trouble is brewing...") and a background cast of animals and Anything Muppets dressed as Vikings join in, picking up Prairie and carrying her 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. (First: Episode 3920) - sans Ernie bookends |
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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 (and trailing back with a stray Viking helmet), a very angry Prairie blows up at Elmo. "Is angry on the list?" Elmo asks, and Prairie explains how flustered she is about all the things Elmo has done to stray her from her prepared list. He apologizes, and Prairie says she needs some time by herself to work out her anger. |
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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, her hair neatly brushed once more, but she insists on doing the last thing on her list by herself: saying the alphabet. Elmo tries hard not to help her this time, but struggles as he loves saying the alphabet. They both decide to cooperate to get the task done, saying the alphabet with the viewer without any extra frills. With her list completed, Prairie exits and returns dressed in her own golf outfit, ready to play miniature golf... only Elmo doesn't have any time left to play and has to feed Dorothy. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Computers (First: Episode 3916) |
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SCENE 7 | While announcing the sponsors, Prairie gets upstaged by the singing teapot and her opera cast as they perform the finale, a madrigal version of the "Sesame Street Theme." Prairie leaves shortly after, calling out to her new golf partner: "I'm coming, Tiger!" |
Notes[]
- When Elmo pretends to be a king, he calls himself King Kevin - a reference to his performer, Kevin Clash.
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