Sesame Street | |||||||||||
"Alphabet Road Show" comes to Sesame Street | |||||||||||
Air date | September 18, 2006 | ||||||||||
Season | Season 37 (2006) | ||||||||||
Written by | John Weidman | ||||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE | Telly, Baby Bear, and Elmo rush into Hooper's Store to watch the Alphabet Road Show on television. Their excitement only increases when they hear of the next stop the road show will take: Sesame Street! | |
SCENE, cont'd | Almost immediately, host David Letterguy and his crew appear on the street looking for unusual ways of saying the alphabet. Telly and Baby Bear then run off to prepare themselves for their television spots, although Elmo is more reluctant. | |
SCENE, cont'd | Baby Bear goes on the air, and recites the alphabet while waiting for his porridge to cool. It finally does...as soon as he gets to "Z." | |
SCENE, cont'd | Telly's turn is next, and he proceeds in juggling several tasks at once. Elmo still has trouble coming up with an idea, though. | |
SCENE, cont'd | Without skipping a beat, Old MacDonald and his All-Piggy Alphabet Band sing and play the Alphabet Song. | |
SCENE, cont'd | Finally Elmo appears, reciting the alphabet on his tricycle. "The little red guy" steals the show, and makes it on the air! | |
Animation | Cecille sings "I Want to Be Me." (First: Episode 2791) | |
Celebrity | Take 6 sings their own version of The Alphabet Song. (First: Episode 2998) cut from the Max version | |
Muppets | Letter of the Day: Z Prairie Dawn presents Cookie Monster with cookies to keep him occupied long enough for her to discuss the letter of the day. Unfortunately, he eats too fast! | |
Animation | A television reveals many Z words. (First: Episode 3699) | |
Muppets | Zoe sings "My Name Is Zoe." (First: Episode 3387) | |
Cartoon | Kids sing about the joys of celery. (First: Episode 2976) | |
Muppets | Healthy Storybook Moments: The story of Hansel and Gretel backfires when the characters would rather eat bread crumbs than the witch's house! | |
Film | "Elbows and Knees," a reggae song accompanied by footage of kids. (First: Episode 2641) | |
Muppets / Cartoon | The Twiddlebugs take a family picture. | |
Song | "Say Cheese" (First: Episode 3146) | |
Cartoon | "This Is the Game Today" | |
Film | Move your body: Feel the beat, follow me! | |
Muppets | Global Grover: Grover and a kangaroo named Sheila return from Australia. In his film, Lenny demonstrates his dugout house. Afterwards, Grover and Sheila try digging a house of their own on Sesame Street, with unforeseen consequences. (First: Episode 4067) | |
Muppets | The Number of the Day: The Count counts and sings up to 14, accompanied by the Countess and their band of musicians. (First: Episode 4095) | |
Cartoon | Parade of Numbers #14 (First: Episode 3379) | |
Cartoon | Traction Jackson makes 14 baskets. (First: Episode 4070) | |
Muppets | Elmo's World: Cameras (First: Episode 4108) | |
Insert | The Adventures of Trash Gordon Chapter 2 |
Notes[]
- The cameraman Muppet performed by Eric Jacobson in this episode is a caricature version of longtime camera one operator for Sesame Street, Frank Biondo. He appears as himself later in a montage in Elmo's World: Cameras.
- The television was showing a Tokyo String Quartet segment before Alan changes the channel to the Alphabet Road Show.
- This is the first episode to feature the Twiddlebugs in computer-animated form.
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