| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Big Bad Wolf's Brother, Leonard | |||||||
| Air date | April 11, 2003 | ||||||
| Season | Season 34 (2003) | ||||||
| Written by | Molly Boylan | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Miles put up a large number 11 banner in the yard in honor of the number of the day. Suddenly, the Three Little Pigs run through the area, tailed by the Big Bad Wolf who huffs and puffs their banner down. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Down the block, Luis sorts through mail at the Mail It Shop when the pigs run by. The Big Bad Wolf continues to huff and puff ("I'm not kiddin' around here!") and blows all the mail everywhere. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | In front of 123 Sesame Street, Elmo and Rosita make a letter U out of blocks and list off some U words; Elmo especially likes the sound of "Ukelele." The Big Bad Wolf barges through in his chase and blows their letter apart. The monsters are very angry, but calm down and start rebuilding their letter. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Just as they finish, a second wolf comes by looking for his brother. Elmo and Rosita tell him to leave as they don't want him blowing down their letter. Gina comes by and tells them to be more friendly. The wolf introduces himself as Leonard and assures them he's not into huffing and puffing; he prefers playing canasta and chess and doing Tai-chi. He sings with them that "If you've seen one wolf, you've not seen 'em all!" |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Leonard confronts his brother, telling him to steer clear of the monsters when he huffs-and-puffs. Big Bad promises then gets back to work chasing the pigs. Elmo and Rosita join Leonard in tap dancing and they crash into their letter U. They find the situation funny and decide not to rebuild it for now, having much more fun dancing. "I just love tappy endings," Gina says. |
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Song | Everyone has the same feelings, "No Matter What." Kids of all types play with a huge beach ball. (First: Episode 2782) |
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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. (First: Episode 3991) |
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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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Cartoon | A girl types the number 11 on a computer, matches it with another one, and sees 11 elephants. (First: Episode 3885) |
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Animation | Stephanie D'Abruzzo counts 11 birds. Artist: Misseri Studio |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird and Snuffy play a "Guess That Sound" game by listening to the sounds of the street. They correctly guess the sounds of a girl's bicycle bell and Tyler dribbling a basketball before they hear what sounds like a tapping noise. Snuffy says it might be a tap-dancing wolf and the two find the idea silly until Leonard dances by, confirming their guess. |
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Song | "Look Who's Dancing" (First: Episode 3665) |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie: In The Jungle — Big Bird looks for Ernie in the jungle and gets thrown off by some of the wild animals. (First: Episode 4033) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie presents Richie typing his name on the computer. (First: Episode 3908) |
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Muppets / Film | Global Grover: In China, Grover has learned from Boyang who is training to be an acrobat. He shows a film about Chinese kids practice tricks at an acrobat school. |
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Cartoon | Global Thingy: Dino's Hurry |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: U Cookie Monster puts the letter of the day, U, on a rocket and sends it away, but it comes back. (First: Episode 3994) |
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Song | "My Friend U" (First: Episode 3705) |
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Cartoon | Students raise their hands and name words that begin with "U." Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3553) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: "Gracias" (alternate "daytime" take) Rosita presents the Spanish word for "Thank you," in response to thrown flowers and applause. (First: Episode 4031) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Computers (First: Episode 3916) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird displays the sponsors, made from Elmo and Rosita's blocks. The Three Little Pigs come by and assure Big Bird the Big Bad Wolf went home for supper and isn't around to wreck them. However, one pig's feather allergy gets to him and he sneezes the blocks apart. |
Notes[]
- The Three Little Pigs are performed by Joey Mazzarino, David Rudman, and Jennifer Barnhart.
- The Leonard puppet is the same one used for the Big Bad Wolf, only with its features altered. In the one scene where the two interact, Big Bad is chroma keyed into the shot.
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