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| Ernie's Rubber Duckie loses its squeak | |||||||||||
| Air date | February 28, 2002 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 33 (2002) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Molly Boylan | ||||||||||
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SCENE 1 | It's time for Big Bird's daily "la-la-la's," and the kids join him at his nest in singing "I Sing La La La." Following the song, a group of monsters pop up chanting "La-la-la! Monster Time! La-la-la! Monster Time!" |
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Muppets | Herry and Rosita sing a monster lullaby to their dolls. The lullaby works on Herry, who grows eyelids. (First: Episode 3835) |
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Muppets | The Number of the Day: 9 9 nifty bats, dressed to the nines, fly in after 9 is announced to be the number of the day, and The Count counts them. |
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Film | Milo Counting #9 (First: Episode 3578) |
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Cartoon | "Nine Chickens" Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3382) |
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SCENE 2 | Ernie introduces Rubber Duckie three times for the viewer's benefit. He explains to Zoe how much he loves Rubber Duckie, and how he squeaks every time he squeezes him. Ernie demonstrates several times when all of a sudden, Rubber Duckie stops squeaking! |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Ernie is devastated when Maria comes by, saying that there must be a way to fix Rubber Duckie. Zoe and Ernie try singing a bit of "Rubber Duckie," but cut it short when they see it doesn't work. They then try counting to twenty since Rubber Duckie loves counting, but that doesn't work either. Zoe decides that they should ask a grown-up, and Maria assumes they mean her and starts to feel flattered until Zoe recommends the Amazing Mumford. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | The two find Mumford in the yard polishing his magic wand and tell him of their trouble. Mumford waves his wand and says his usual magic words, but Rubber Duckie ends up honking like a car horn when squeezed. He tries again with a different spell, this time making Rubber Duckie ring like a telephone. The third time doesn't make the charm - while Rubber Duckie remains silent, Mumford is the one who ends up squeaking! He's able to return himself to speaking like normal but offers Ernie a solution: a replacement duck named Louie, but Ernie refuses as Rubber Duckie is too special to him. He gives a speech on how he wants to go through life with his special bath time pal, saying that he will always be true to him. Ernie's words touch Louie's heart and he gives him a gentle peck on the nose. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Mumford goes to have lunch with Louie and suggests they should ask Maria about checking Rubber Duckie out. Zoe agrees: "She used to be pretty good at fixing things!" They head over to the Mail It Shop (nearly running Maria over) and Ernie nervously hands Rubber Duckie to her. She checks the squeaker underneath and carefully uses a pair of tweezers to pry out a piece of lint that was stuck inside. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Ernie attempts to squeak Rubber Duckie, and it's back to normal! He wonders how he can repay Maria; she says she'll just put it on his bill. Everyone joins in celebration by singing the "Rubber Duckie" song. |
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Film | Big Bird shows his favorite toy, Radar. Kids talk about their favorite toys. |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie, heading in the direction of the gate... (First: Episode 3982) ... 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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Celebrity | The Dixie Chicks and some chickens sing "Sing." |
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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 finds himself at the circus, where he must cross a tightrope to get to Ernie's box. Luckily, it's only a few inches off the ground. (First: Episode 3983) cut from the Max version |
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Film | A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus. (First: Episode 2889) cut from the Max version |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Ernie wasn't there, so Big Bird checks behind the statue... (First: Episode 3982) ... where he finds himself in the middle of a discotheque playing a funky version of "Rubber Duckie." He spots a box that sprouts eyes and legs, and encourages Big Bird to imitate its dance steps. (First: Episode 3982) We found him!
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "Things That I Remember." Ernie and Bert recall the things that they remember, over a montage of classic Ernie and Bert clips. (First: Episode 3656) |
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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 has to rescue the kitty drawn in the tree, but the kitty is afraid. (First: Episode 3922) |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: K To prevent himself from eating it, Cookie Monster sends the Letter K Cookie away on the Letter K train. However, the train arrives back a few moments later. (First: Episode 3989) |
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Cartoon | K - king, kiss, key (First: Episode 3084) |
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Film | A big K emerges, "Jaws"-like, in a swimming pool. (First: Episode 3326) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: perro Several dogs pounce on Grover to demonstrate the word perro (dog). (First: Episode 3986) cut from the Max version |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Babies (First: Episode 3854) |
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SCENE 3 | Zoe watches as Ernie has Rubber Duckie "announce" the sponsors in squeaks. |
Alteration[]
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Make Waves" Part 1 (First: Episode 2949) This segment replaced the "Spanish Word of the Day" sketch in the HBO Max version. |
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