| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly's old horse | |||||||
| Air date | March 14, 2002 | ||||||
| Season | Season 33 (2002) | ||||||
| Written by | Christine Ferraro | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird leads the Birdketeers in a musical game of "Follow the Leader." Following the song, a group of superimposed monsters arrive to declare it's Monster Time! |
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Muppets | Grover: Monster Workout Video — Grover leads an exercise workout video. (First: Episode 3227) |
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Muppets | The Number of the Day: 6 Five sheep and a duck arrive to celebrate that the Number of the Day is 6. (First: Episode 3985) |
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Animation | "Six Circus Balls" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3001) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan and Miles are running a clothing drive in the yard. Telly comes by with a box full of old baby clothes when Miles comes across a small, stuffed horse. Telly recognizes him as Clark, his favorite toy when he was a baby (before he got Freddy). Susan sees how fond he is of Clark and suggests he keep him. Telly declines, claiming he's too old for him now and another child should have him and leaves. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Telly rushes back to the clothing drive seconds later, having remembered a special memory he had with Clark: he was there the first time Telly ever recited the alphabet (though, his baby self seen in a flashback babbles through most of it). In the present, Telly demonstrates that he can recite it all by himself, without Clark before leaving again. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Telly returns, recalling how Clark was there for even more important milestones in his life, such as the first time he saw a triangle (as part of the mobile hanging from his crib) and his first steps (reaching for Clark). Susan believes he should just keep Clark, but Telly thinks keeping his baby toy will make him a baby: "Should I be eating baby food, sucking my thumb? Where does it stop, Susan, where does it stop?!" He decides he needs some closure before giving him away and sings a song about their times together. Telly leaves Clark with Susan, saying he'll return after some soul searching. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Telly enters Hooper's Store and explains his situation to Alan, who knows exactly how Telly feels. He too had an item he loved a lot: his pet rock Snowball. As he grew up, he stopped carrying Snowball around with him, but shows Telly that he still keeps him around the store as a paperweight. Telly realizes he can still keep Clark and rushes back to the clothing drive. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Telly finds that everything's gone and believes Clark has been taken away with all the clothes. He is devastated until Susan reveals that she has kept Clark, knowing Telly would come back to claim him. Telly has a happy reunion with Clark and brings him back home to meet Freddy. |
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Song | "Happy Happiness," against footage of kids playing at a beach. (First: Episode 3320) |
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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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Animation | Kids see different objects in the clouds, including a train, a drum and a tiger. |
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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) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Nathan Lane and The Oinker Sisters sing "Sing." (First: Episode 3830) |
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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's Show and Tell: Patrick shows Ernie his rubber duckie collection. (introduction cut) (First: Episode 3829) |
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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: In the Sky - Baby Bear and Hero Guy go on a high-flying adventure. (First: Episode 3989) |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: F Cookie Monster plans to draw a picture of the letter cookie so that he can eat it yet still teach the letter thereof. He ends up eating both the cookie and the drawing, though! (First: Episode 3997) |
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Animation | F / f candles (First: Episode 3081) |
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Cartoon | F - Face (new sound effects added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1162) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: abierta/cerrada Gabi tries to feed Baby Natasha, and in doing so demonstrates abierta and cerrada (open and closed). (First: Episode 3995) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Farms (First: Episode 3879) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Matt Vogel performs Big Bird throughout the show, but Caroll Spinney provides the singing vocals for "Follow the Leader."
- The alternate Telly puppet (with legs) is used for shots of Baby Telly, with the eyes and other features changed to make him look younger. A larger version of the Clark doll as well as forced perspective shots is used to give the idea of the puppet being smaller.
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