| Sesame Street | |||||||||||
| Sesame Street Bird Games | |||||||||||
| Air date | October 20, 2008 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 39 (2008) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||||||
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COLD OPEN | What's the Word on the Street?: Penguin |
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SCENE | Chris and Alan close Hooper's Store, welcome the viewer and plan on going bowling. However, their plans are put on hold when they hear a fanfare and Big Bird shows up, announcing the "Sesame Street Bird Games" and tells them they're the judges. A penguin adviser arrives and hands Alan an envelope with the game's rules. He also gives them their judicial headgear. Alan questions why they must do it and Big Bird points out that it will be fair if non-birds judge the events. The other two contestants arrive (a chicken and a duck), so the games can now commence! |
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SCENE cont'd | The first event is "The Square-Meal Peck." A dish of birdseed is placed in front of the birds and they must peck the birdseed into a square. The chicken begins pecking wildly, the duck carefully pecks his food and Big Bird takes one look at his plate and devours it in hunger. Time's up! Big Bird and the chicken have no square-shaped birdseed to present, but the duck has a perfect square, earning him a point. The duck begins to eat his square and Big Bird sighs, "If I only waited." |
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SCENE cont'd | The next game is the "30-Second Egg Lay." The penguin drags out a clock. Big Bird and the duck are males, thus they cannot lay eggs, but the rules say they are not exempt. Big Bird tries to buy one, but the rules do not permit it. The duck tries to pass off an apple as an egg, but denied. The thirty seconds are up and the chicken lays an egg, giving her a point! |
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SCENE cont'd | Event #3 is "The Rhyming Competition," where the contestants must find a rhyme for "heard." The chicken's eggs and duck's quacks do not rhyme. Big Bird thinks "bird" is the word and is right! He gets a point, tying the score. |
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SCENE cont'd | For the tie-breaker event, the trio must each do an interpretive dance that express what it's like to be a bird. The chicken dances as if she's laying an egg, the duck dances as if he's swimming and Big Bird sways to and fro to express his "inner birdness." The judges decide that since they all danced so well, they crown all of them winner! Alan and Chris leave to go bowling as the birds share the grand prize – 10 pounds of birdseed! |
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Animation | "There's a Bird on Me" (remake) (First: Episode 4021) |
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Muppets | "El Baile del Pinguino" (First: Episode 3133) cut from the Max version |
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Muppets / Animation | Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures: Penguin — Bert and Ernie find themselves in Antarctica befriended by a bossy penguin. |
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Insert | Leela jogs by and runs into the letter V, who tells her that he's playing Hide and Seek with Rosita. His way of hiding is to split in half and become the number 11. Once Rosita leaves, he becomes a V again. |
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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 | Floating kids make the letter V. (First: Episode 3133) |
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Muppets | Murray Has a Little Lamb Murray's lamb, Ovejita, leads him to another secret escuela with the clues of un uniforme (a uniform), una pelota (a ball), y una patea (a kick). The school turns out to be a soccer school, where kids practice playing soccer. Murray tries being a goalie, and dribbling the ball with his feet. (First: Episode 4166) cut from the Max version |
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Insert | Leela watches as the V splits into the number 11 over and over and over again. Leela decides to "split" too. |
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Cartoon | Rap #11 (First: Episode 2531) |
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Animation | 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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Muppets | Are You Smarter Than an Egg Layer? — Jeff Bawksworthy hosts a game in which the contestant must answer egg-related questions. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Penguins (First: Episode 4114) |
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Insert | The V/11 helps Leela announce the sponsors. Rosita runs by and sees she's found the letter V, until it splits into an 11. Rosita keeps changing her mind as the number/letter continuously changes form, and Leela decides to do some laundry. |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Elmo and Abby Cadabby point out the ways that they're the same and different, and Elmo imagines himself as a pink fairy monster. (First: Episode 4171) This segment replaces "El Baile del Pinguino" in the HBO Max version. |
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Muppets | Global Grover: Grover returns from Bangladesh. He narrates his film, in which Runa and her father travel to a river to fish. Afterwards Grover tries to throw his fishing net with little success. (First: Episode 4095) This segment replaces "Murray Has a Little Lamb" in the HBO Max version. |
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