| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| The word "Dog" escapes Abby's book | |||||||||
| Air date | August 15, 2007 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 38 (2007) | ||||||||
| Written by | Joey Mazzarino | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | What's the Word on the Street?: Murray Monster introduces the word dog. |
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SCENE 1 | Baby Bear and Telly Monster welcome the viewer to Sesame Street, and look forward to reading a book with Abby Cadabby. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd | Abby arrives and introduces her magical book: The Wild Adventures of Action Dog. The others hear a barking sound, which turns out to come from none other than the book itself. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd | Abby, Baby Bear, and Telly begin to read the book, but are interrupted by noises and the shaking of the cover with each page they turn. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd | Abby receives a call on her wand from her Mommy, and leaves to run an errand on the way home. She lets Telly and Baby Bear borrow the magical book, and disappears. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd | Telly and Baby Bear try to continue reading the book, but it flies out of control, sweeping them down the street. After landing at the Fix-It Shop, the word "Dog" pops out of the book. Telly is frazzled by this complication, although Luis calms him and suggests they find the word and put it back in the book. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd | Baby Bear suggests they dress up as dogs to lure the word back into the book. They adorn fake ears and tails and bark, but are unsuccessful. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd | Baby Bear's next idea is to dress up as the word "DOG," recruiting Luis to fill in the third letter. They attract the attention of the word and chase after it. |
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Film | A girl tries to play frisbee with a dog on the beach. (First: Episode 2876) Bobby McFerrin's "Simple Pleasures" is replaced with an instrumental music track in online versions. |
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Celebrity | Conan O'Brien introduces and dramatizes different varieties of dogs. |
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Song | "Washin' the Dog" (First: Episode 3020) |
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Muppets | A "soap opera" is sung about the virtues of cleanliness, to the tune of a song from Carmen. |
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Cartoon | Wilma Wiggins makes the very best of a very silly situation by hiccuping her way through an opera. (First: Episode 2963) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and Baby Bear chase the word "DOG" past Big Bird's nest. Big Bird remarks, "Boy, words are great - you can read 'em, or you can chase 'em!" |
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Cartoon | "In My Book" (sung by Jerry Nelson) (First: Episode 2983) |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: A Prairie Dawn encourages Cookie Monster to think of words that begin with "A." She can't keep him from eating the letter in question, though, much to her "a"ggravation. |
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Cartoon | Soul A (First: Episode 3359) |
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Muppets | A's Anatomy: Dr. Grover, alphabet specialist, reassembles an injured letter "A" that has had an accident. |
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Film / Cartoon | The brain is the busiest part of your body. |
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Animation | Sand creatures illustrate the song, "Sing," with vocals by Stephanie D'Abruzzo. (First: Episode 3981) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly and Baby Bear find the word "DOG" chasing its G near the mailbox. |
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Cartoon | "Letters in the Body" Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3339) |
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Celebrity | Robert De Niro explains to Elmo what an actor is, and proceeds in imagining himself variously as a dog, cabbage, and a clone of Elmo. (First: Episode 3978) |
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Animation | Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe." (First: Episode 2864) |
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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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Song | "OK, We Got a Hip-Hop Beat" - #11 |
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Cartoon | Rubber Stamp #11 (First: Episode 2885)
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SCENE 4 | Baby Bear makes a "Lost Dog" sign. The word "DOG" runs to the table, but looks thirsty. They lure him first with a bowl of water, then with a bowl filled with the word "WATER," but are still unable to get the word back in the book. Abby comes back, and Telly conveys their problems and frustrations to her. She suggests that they turn to page 11. |
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SCENE 4, cont'd | After turning the book to page 11, the word "DOG" fetches the stick on the page and runs back into the book! |
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SCENE 4, cont'd | Chris reads the book to Abby, Telly, and Baby Bear, even though it tends to pull him around! |
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Cartoon | "Beginning, Middle, End" (new sound effects added) Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2556) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Murray Monster asks Danielle about her pets. |
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Film | Wanda Falbo (Word Fairy) and Barkley present a word which represents large, shaggy animals who like to chase sticks (or wands). (First: Episode 2621) |
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Animation | A child draws a picture of a dog, who goes over and under. (First: Episode 3147) |
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Song | "Get Up, Get Out" cut from the Max version |
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Cartoon | Herbie joins two round gnorks in a game of squareball. (First: Episode 3881) |
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Muppets | Zoe and Herry Monster sing "Moonshine." (First: Episode 3832) |
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Film | A child performs a poem called "Night" in sign language. (First: Episode 3807) |
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Insert | In a spoof of Goodnight Moon, Oscar the Grouch reads to Slimey the story of Scram Moon (voiced by Gordon). The Moon announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- This is the first episode since Episode 3785 in which Elmo's World has not been shown.
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