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| Elmo illustrates a book about a spaceship | |||||||||||||
| Air date | February 15, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Season | Season 33 (2002) | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and a cow open with a milk joke. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd |
Maria, Big Bird and the kids sing "The Spanish Counting Song." |
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Muppets | Monster Clubhouse Today's furry shape of the day is the Triangle. A penguin subs for The Elephant. (First: Episode 3974) Does not include the part in which "the monsters sing The Alphabet Song in Monster and English. |
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Muppets | The Number of the Day: 7 Seven dancing chickens show up for the number of the day. |
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Cartoon | Rap #7 (First: Episode 2506) |
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Film | Milo Counting: 7 (First: Episode 3595) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo finishes writing a book for Maria, "Elmo Rides a Spaceship to Somewhere in Space." |
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SCENE 2, cont'd | In the story, Elmo rides a spaceship, arrives on a planet, and meets an Elephant. Elmo asks about the planet's name, and the Elephant directs him to the Wise Beaver. |
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SCENE 2, cont'd | While searching for the Wise Pufferfish, he encounters a Flamenco dancing Flamingo. |
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SCENE 2, cont'd | The pufferfish gets puffy and tells Elmo that the name of the planet is Zucchini. "And the pufferfish unpuffed, blowing Elmo off the planet Zucchini, and all the way back to Sesame Street on the planet Earth. The end!" |
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SCENE 2, cont'd | Maria has to leave, but Alan wants to hear the story. |
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Song | "In the Library" (First: Episode 3423) |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird asks the dinosaur to help him find Ernie's box. (First: Episode 3984) |
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Animation | A clay sculptor has a hard time making a sculpture that looks like the face in his imagination. |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird tries to catch Ernie's box using the penguins' pattern. (First: Episode 3981) |
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Cartoon | In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callowmouse attends a revue at the Lunar Lounge. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 3713) |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird looks for Ernie's box with the Martian's help. We found him! (First: Episode 3981) |
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Celebrity | Ernie and Aaron Neville sing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon." (First: Episode 3242) Come back tomorrow for another Journey to Ernie. |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: D, part 1 Cookie Monster makes a "DON'T" sign to help stop him from eating the Letter D Cookie. |
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Cartoon | D - draw, dent, drop, dance, done (First: Episode 3060) |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: D, part 2 Cookie Monster eats the sign so it says DO, and eats the cookie. |
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Film | Two girls sing "Dipsy Doodle D" while clapping each others' hands. (First: Episode 3305) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: libro Grover can't remember what a libro is, despite the fact that he's holding one. cut from the YouTube version |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Bicycles (First: Episode 3969) |
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SCENE 3 | The cow tells another joke, and Big Bird reads the sponsors. The full credit crawl follows. |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Film | Kid jungle explorers sight a wild letter D. (First: Episode 3499) This segment replaces the "Dipsy Doodle D" film segment in the version on Sesame Street's YouTube channel. |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Get the Funky Rhythm" Part 3 (First: Episode 3000) This segment replaces the "Spanish Word of the Day" segment in the version on Sesame Street's YouTube channel. |
Notes[]
- The episode was titled "Elmo Writes a Story" when released on YouTube.
- Additional performers include John Tartaglia as Bessie-Bossie and Matt Vogel as the farmer.
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