| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Maria the Chicken | |||||||||
| Air date | September 26, 2007 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 38 | ||||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | "What's the Word on the Street?" -- rhyme |
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SCENE | While pretending to be leaping elephants, Zoe and Rosita encounter a mysterious object lying on a crate. Rosita thinks it looks like a popsicle stick, but Zoe remembers where she's seen it: it's Abby Cadabby's magic wand! Rosita wonders what it would be like to be a fairy god-monster and do wonderful magical things for everyone every day - but Zoe advises her against waving the wand, because she's not a fairy god-monster. Besides, Abby's probably wondering where she left her wand. Rosita agrees that the best thing to do would be to give it back to Abby, so they both set out to look for her. |
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At the Fix-It Shop, Maria is overwhelmed at the amount of things she has to fix, including a porridge warmer, a wolf alarm and a hair dryer. Gabi tells her that Mrs. Chicken just called because she's coming to get her toaster - which Maria hasn't even started fixing yet! Gabi reassures her that she herself will take care of it. Just then, Rosita and Zoe ask Maria if she's seen Abby. She hasn't, and doesn't have time to help them look. She also wishes she could just snap her fingers and have everything on the table fixed by magic. This gives Rosita an idea - to make Maria's wish come true by using the wand! |
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While the two monsters debate over whether to use the wand, Maria notices she's missing an important part to fix the porridge warmer, and will have to get it at the hardware store downtown. Thus, the monsters don't notice her leave. |
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Rosita doesn't think magic is very hard to do: they only have to say words that rhyme. She tries it herself, and waves the wand. When the sparkles clear, Maria is gone and a chicken is there in her place, causing them to believe that Rosita has turned Maria into a chicken! |
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Gabi asks where her mom is, and the monsters become sheepish. When she leaves, they panic, because now they have to figure out a way to turn Maria back into her old self. First they try saying another rhyme, which only gives the chicken a Maria-hair wig. Next, they try a rhyme in Spanish, while hopping. The result only puts a sombrero on the chicken. |
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Rosita's next idea is to show the chicken pictures of Maria, in order to remind her of what she ... used to be? The chicken tries to protest, but the monsters still think it's Maria. |
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Just then, the chicken lays an egg! Now they really need help. Just then, they spot Gina with Marco, and decide to ask her for help. Gina doubts that the chicken is Maria, and calls the Fix-it Shop to see if Maria is there. Gabi answers, and says even she doesn't know where Maria is. |
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After Gina makes the call, they hear a tingling sound. It's Abby's wand ringing! Rosita answers it, and talks to Abby on the other end. She asks Abby if they should bring her wand over, but just then, Abby poofs into view to get it herself. Just as she's about to leave, they ask her to help change the chicken back into Maria. But Abby's just a doubtful beginner, and because of that, her attempted rhyme spell turns the chicken into a pumpkin that clucks! |
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Rosita holds the pumpkin and thinks Maria's voice is coming out of it, but soon they notice that Maria is actually standing behind them - she has just returned from the hardware store. They soon find out that the clucking pumpkin was formerly Mrs. Chicken! Abby has to change her back - so she calls her mommy to find out what to do. For the spell to work, everyone (including the viewer) has to hop on one foot while she says it. The spell works, Mrs. Chicken gets her toaster, Abby gets her wand back (almost forgetting it!), and Rosita and Zoe get peace of mind. |
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Film | EGGS ... and chickens. (First: Episode 3267) |
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Celebrity | Ice-T loves words that rhyme. |
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Song | Rap and Tap (and other -AP words) |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: V Cookie Monster carries a heavy load of bricks in an effort to not eat the Letter V Cookie. (First: Episode 3987) |
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Animation | A pencil, ruler and scissors all cooperate to make the letter V. (First: Episode 4019) |
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Film | Kids find a wild letter V in the jungle. (First: Episode 3517) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Murray Monster asks Venetia her favorite thing to eat for breakfast. (First: Episode 4123) |
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Animation | The word EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet. (First: Episode 3045) |
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Muppets | All types of wild animals that lay eggs sing "Let's Lay an Egg." (First: Episode 3060) |
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Film | A girl's grandmother teaches Spanish to her parrot Kuka. (First: Episode 3101) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Jamie Foxx sings the Alphabet with Elmo and a fox and duck also named Jamie Foxx. (First: Episode 4111) |
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Cartoon | A story/song about a duckling who wants to join the others playing at the water's edge. (First: Episode 2852) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert sings "The Paperclip." (First: Episode 2578) |
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Muppets / Animation | Thomas Twiddlebug is missing a snowshoe (a paper clip), and tries to find it. However, Tina uses the paper clip as a music stand, and Timmy uses it as a backscratcher, and Tessie uses it to mix her batter for a cake. When everything is back to normal, Thomas prepares to go out, only to find that it's a nice sunny summer day. |
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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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Film | Wegman dogs ride canoes to illustrate the number 6. (alternate graphics) (First: Episode 3985) |
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Film | Six children dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3122) |
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Animation | "There's a Bird on Me" (remake) (First: Episode 4021) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Birds (First: Episode 3945) The "TV Cartoon" insert is cut from the streaming versions. |
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Muppets | Oscar's Trashtime Band plays as he announces the sponsors. |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Song | "See Like a Bird" (Robin) (First: Episode 3682) This segment replaces the Spanish to parrot film in the streaming versions. |
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Cartoon | Name That Sound: identify animal sounds. (First: Episode 3587) This segment is placed in-between the "Ernie & Bert" sketch and the "Twiddlebugs" animation in the streaming versions. |
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Animation | A piece of paper is folded into a chick. (First: Episode 3967) This segment is placed in-between the number inserts and "There's a Bird on Me" in the streaming versions. |
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