| Sesame Street | |||||||||||
| Abby Cadabby's first day of school | |||||||||||
| Air date | August 15, 2006 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 37 (2006) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Christine Ferraro | ||||||||||
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SCENE | Elmo is in the Fix-It Shop having the windmill in Dorothy's fishbowl fixed. Baby Bear comes in and asks where Abby Cadabby is: It's her first day at the Storybook Community School! Abby soon appears, and she and Baby Bear get ready to go. Elmo looks forward to hearing about the experience when they get back. |
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SCENE, cont'd | They arrive at school and receive a warm welcome from Mrs. Goose, the teacher. Inside, she leads the class in "The Welcome Song," and introduces Abby to the other storybook characters in her class. Unfortunately, she then disappears! |
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SCENE, cont'd | Back at the Fix-It Shop, Luis is putting the finishing touches on Dorothy's windmill. With a flash, Abby appears and tells Elmo about her day so far. She then "zaps" herself back to school. |
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SCENE, cont'd | After Abby reappears at school, it's time for show and tell. Mary shows off her lamb's animal impressions. Abby is unsure about what to show, but Baby Bear suggests her wand. |
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SCENE, cont'd | Rather than directly heeding his advice, Abby "zaps" herself back to Sesame Street, where Elmo and Luis give her the same advice. Unfortunately, Elmo accidentally taps himself with the wand, and disappears himself! |
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SCENE, cont'd | Over at school, Abby's classmates again fret about her unexpected disappearance. Suddenly a flash appears; but it isn't Abby, it's Elmo! Abby reappears again herself a few seconds later, and comes up with a new idea: To show Elmo for show and tell! Mrs. Goose agrees, and leads the class in another recital of the welcome song. The entire street scene can be viewed at SesameStreet's YouTube Channel. (YouTube) |
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Song | A boy gets ready for school as a song plays: "Get Up" (to the tune of Outkast's "Hey Ya"). |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: C Prairie Dawn and Cookie Monster introduce the letter of the day. While he doesn't intend to eat the letter, Cookie Monster does note that "C" stands for cookie...eventually leading him to do just that. (First: Episode 4106) |
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Cartoon | "C in Space". Artist: Gene Barretta (First: Episode 3729) |
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Film | Various "C" words are found throughout a yard. (First: Episode 3590) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: Professor Grover calls the kids into his courtyard classroom, to learn the Spanish word escuela. He says that the word means where they are now, a "fish bowl", to which kids reply "no!", and reply that it means "school". After class is dismissed, a yellow and orange fish swims up to Grover, asking if he was late for escuela. Grover shrugs, as the two look towards the camera, commenting, "Well, fish do swim in schools." (First: Episode 4053) |
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Film | The word "school," accompanied by a fast film of school scenes. (First: Episode 3278) |
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Cartoon | Healthy Food Cartoon: Apple (First: Episode 4083) |
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Insert | Elmo sings "Riding a Tricycle" while pedaling down Sesame Street. (First: Episode 4083) |
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Film | Lindsey practices her basketball shooting with Steph. (First: Episode 3517) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Papa Bear asks Antonio what his favorite sport is, and they talk about exercise. (First: Episode 4083) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie sings "The Ding-Along Song" with the Dingers, much to Bert's annoyance. |
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Film | A rhythm is made of breaking eggs, door slams, cans dropping, ice, and feet stepping. (First: Episode 3682) |
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Cartoon | "This is the Game Today" |
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Film | What is it? An ear! |
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Transition | Bouncing ball |
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Film | What is it? A leopard! |
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Muppets | Global Grover: Grover returns from Bangladesh with a fruit basket of "art supplies." In his film, Nishta and her classmates take an art class and learn to make art with fruit and leaves. Afterward, Grover tries to enlist a penguin's help in making a painting, and ends up imprinting himself on the page! |
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Cartoon | The story of Tommy LaPlaid, the painter so sad until he discovered the joys of kicking his paints on the canvas. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3208) |
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Film | The Number of the Day: A remake of the Number Song Series brings forth 2. (First: Episode 4090) In the HBO version, the intro song was cut. |
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Film | Egyptian 2 (First: Episode 3291) |
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Film | Song: "2, 2, 2, Me and You" (First: Episode 3690) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: School (First: Episode 4093) |
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Insert | The Adventures of Trash Gordon Chapter 692 On the Planet Double-Trouble, Trash Gordon comes face to face with his double. (First: Episode 4106) |
Gallery[]
Supporting cast[]
- Shirley Jones as Mrs. Goose
- Kevin Clash as Peter Piper
- Martin P. Robinson as Jack
- Carmen Osbahr as Jill
- Heather Asch as Hansel
- Noel MacNeal as Gretel
- Amanda Maddock as Mary
- Joey Mazzarino as Mary's lamb
- Fran Brill as Little Red Riding Hood
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