| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Emily moves to Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | February 18, 2002 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 33 (2002) | ||||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Alan calls Big Bird over to the yard so he can sing "Sing" with him, Lulu, and the kids (including Tyler). Following the song, a group of superimposed monsters pop up to announce it's Monster Time! |
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Celebrity | When the monsters argue over which one of them will sing The Alphabet Song, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan arrives to resolve the dispute. |
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Muppets | The Number of the Day: 11 Balloons and confetti show up after The Count learns that the number of the day is 11 (First: Episode 3987) |
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Film | Milo Counting: 11 (First: Episode 3585) |
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Cartoon | A bus driver counts 11 of each necessity for a bus trip camping. (First: Episode 3151) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird encounters a delivery man (Martin P. Robinson) with many boxes, suitcases, and furniture; he's looking for 456 Sesame Street and says someone is moving into the neighborhood. Excitedly, Big Bird runs to tell Maria in the Mail It Shop, where he meets Mrs. Rosen (played on-screen by Fran Brill) and her daughter Emily. Emily talks briefly about her condition and how she uses leg braces and a walker to help her get around. She leaves with Big Bird for a tour around the street, and Big Bird is surprised by how quickly Emily can run. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Big Bird catches up with Emily, who meets Telly as he goes through his triangle collection. Emily is surprised to learn that monsters live on Sesame Street, but is delighted to learn that Telly is a fellow triangle lover. She's even a card-carrying member of the Triangle Lovers Club and has triangles decorated on her walker! They do the official cheer and Emily offers to show Telly her triangle collection when they are unpacked. "Gee, this looks like the beginning of a beautiful triangular friendship," Big Bird observes. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | After playing for a bit, Telly's mom calls for him to come home and Emily helps him pack up his triangles. Mrs. Rosen brings Emily her pet goldfish Arnold, who makes fast friends with Dorothy and Elmo as she and Elmo both like talking to their pets. Big Bird notices that Dorothy and Arnold's fishbowls are almost identical - how will they tell them apart? Emily and Elmo aren't worried; they claim that their fish let them know who's who. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Later, Emily says her legs are getting tired so her mother helps get her into her wheelchair. They make a visit to Big Bird's nest, where Big Bird tells her about the big hurricane that blew his old nest away last year. He then takes her to meet Oscar, who of course isn't wild about meeting another new happy face on the street. Emily says that she gets grouchy too, and Oscar sees that she's not so bad after all. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Big Bird and Emily meet with Alan, Maria, Lulu, Telly, Elmo, and the kids in the yard to sing another round of "Sing." "I think I'm gonna love it here," Emily states afterward. |
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Film | Kids talk about what a friend is. (First: Episode 3921) |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie, deciding to check behind the statue... (First: Episode 3984) ... where he finds himself in a swirling vortex. A box appears, and Big Bird gets it to open by repeating the clapping pattern it makes. (First: Episode 3984) |
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Film | Kids play in a pretend marching band next to a real marching band. |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Ernie wasn't behind the statue, so Big Bird checks under the tunnel bridge... (First: Episode 3984) ... and arrives on a farm with a cartoon chicken coop. He notices that one of the four chickens is not sitting on an egg... it's one of Ernie's boxes! (First: Episode 3984) |
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Film | William Wegman: The Ten O'Clock Scholar (title card added) (First: Episode 3529) |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie "You're not looking hard enough!" Ernie teases, so Big Bird checks behind a bush... (First: Episode 3982) ... and goes into a land occupied by dinosaurs. Big Bird describes the box to a brontosaurus and finds he was sitting on it the whole time. (First: Episode 3984) We found him! |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "But I Like You." (First: Episode 1952) |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird and Ernie say goodbye and an announcer teases, "Come back tomorrow for another game of Journey to Ernie!" (First: Episode 3981) |
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Muppets | Hero Guy Hero Guy builds a Hero Snowman Guy. It snows too hard, so Baby Bear draws the rising sun. Hero Snowman Guy saves himself from the heat by flying to Alaska. |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: M Cookie Monster tries to disguise the Letter M Cookie to prevent himself from eating it. (First: Episode 3984) |
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Cartoon | M for Moon (new music and sound effects added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1163) |
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Film | Kid jungle explorers sight a wild letter M. (First: Episode 3512) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: casa Gabi watches Slimey play in a small casa (house). |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Fish (First: Episode 3981) |
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SCENE 3 | An acoustic, half-speed version of the closing theme plays while Emily plays along on her clarinet as Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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