| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Lulu wants to be a letter carrier | |||||||||
| Air date | March 13, 2002 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 33 (2002) | ||||||||
| Written by | Mo Willems | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" about a veterinarian and a letter carrier with Gina, her horse patient, and Ms. Camp. Just then, a group of chanting monsters pass by to signify it's Monster Time! |
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Muppets | Monster Clubhouse The monsters read the previous meeting's minutes and dance the Honk Your Nose, Touch Your Toes, Spin Around And Strike A Pose Dance. After naptime, the Snack of the Day is a huge salami sandwich. A Lavender Anything Muppet, voiced by Jerry Nelson, arrives looking for the Club for People Who Like To Pretend They're Seagulls. (First: Episode 3986) Original, full version: (First: Episode 3955) |
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Muppets | The Number of the Day: 8 Eight bats show up when The Count reveals that 8 is the number of the day. (First: Episode 3989) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | Eight children dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3115) |
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SCENE 2 | Lulu enters the Mail It Shop and asks Maria if she has any mail. Just then, Ms. Camp, the letter carrier, arrives with her delivery and Lulu is awestruck. Maria explains that a letter carrier delivers and picks up mail, and Ms. Camp elaborates in a short sung verse of "The People in Your Neighborhood." When Ms. Camp leaves to make more deliveries, Lulu rushes off to catch up with her. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Lulu breathlessly tells Ms. Camp how she wants to be a letter carrier just like her. Ms. Camp is impressed with Lulu's enthusiasm, and she lets her tag along as she delivers mail all over Sesame Street. A montage follows of the two at work, giving Alan an extra-long package at Hooper's Store, Ms. Camp helping Lulu put some letters in the 123 Sesame Street mailbox, and dumping junk mail on Oscar. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | They arrive at Big Bird's nest to deliver a package, but Big Bird isn't there and the package doesn't fit in his mailbox. Ms. Camp decides to call over Gordon and has him give the package to Big Bird. Additionally, she writes a note for Big Bird so he will know where his package is. Lulu reiterates Ms. Camp's process, not immediately realizing that Big Bird has arrived, so now Ms. Camp only has to hand him the package. Ms. Camp tells Lulu that she has to deliver mail to other streets and says good-bye. Lulu desires to be a letter carrier like Ms. Camp, but she concedes with waiting until she's grown up. Big Bird mentions that she can pretend to be one right now; Lulu compliments Big Bird's idea and goes off to try it. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | At Hooper's, while Alan is serving food to some kids, Lulu comes by as a pretend letter carrier (uniform and all) and gives Alan some pretend mail. Lulu continues to pop in, delivering more pretend mail to Alan until he explains that he's busy right now and doesn't need more mail. Lulu understands... but she pops in once more to order a tuna melt for lunch. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Letter carrier Lulu arrives at the Mail It Shop and tells Maria that she can't wait to grow up and be a real letter carrier. Maria suggests that Lulu might change her mind and favor another job. Lulu doesn't think so until she sees an ice cream vendor (an onscreen cameo by Jerry Nelson) passing by. Lulu immediately becomes fixed on becoming an ice cream vendor and excitedly chases after the vendor. |
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Film | Elmo tells us what he wants to be when he grows up. Kids talk about what they want to be. (First: Episode 3973) |
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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) ... and is transported to Outer Space, where he looks for Ernie's box with a Martian's help by describing how it looks. (First: Episode 3981) |
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Film | Wegman dogs show stop and go during a race. |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie "Where can that Ernie be?" Big Bird tries going through the gate... (First: Episode 3981) ... 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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Song | To the original Fats Waller recording of "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," a group of kids act out the song in a throwback to the silent film era. (First: Episode 3659) cut from the Sprout version |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Ernie wasn't behind there, so Big Bird checks under the tunnel bridge... (First: Episode 3998) ... 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 / Celebrity | Rubber Duckie directs Ernie and Liam Neeson in a stirring rendition of the alphabet. (First: Episode 3797) |
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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 | The Letter of the Day: L Cookie Monster thinks that singing can stop him from eating the "Letter of the Day" cookie. (First: Episode 3981) |
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Film | L is for look, legs, light, lemonade, and ladybug. (First: Episode 3427) |
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Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form the letter L. (First: Episode 3300) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: hola Everyone tells Grover "hola," (hello) but he doesn't know what it means. Maria tells him, but now there's no one for Grover to say hola to... except the viewer. (First: Episode 3996) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Families (First: Episode 3975) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird announces the sponsors as Lulu asks the ice cream vendor endless questions about his job. ("Can you recommend certain colleges and universities? Is there an internship program? Did you major in frozen foods?") |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Film | Children of all kinds sing "We All Sing with the Same Voice." (First: Episode 1708) This segment replaced "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" in the Sprout version. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Matt Vogel (as Zoot the horse) and Jim Martin (as Fat Blue AM).
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