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| Chris and Elmo go camping | |||||||
| Air date | December 24, 2009 | ||||||
| Season | Season 40 (2009-2010) | ||||||
| Written by | John Weidman | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | What's the Word on the Street?: Canteen |
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SCENE | Chris and Elmo arrive at their campsite, humming a tune. Chris welcomes the viewer and explains he and Elmo are out camping to get away from work. Chris unpacks and shows all their supplies, including the hot dogs and marshmallows they’ll be having for dinner. Elmo wants to start the fire now, but Chris points out they’ll need lumber first. |
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SCENE cont'd | Suddenly, a tree next to them falls over. Elmo exclaims, “Look Chris! The wood collected itself!” A beaver appears, saying he cut down the tree with his teeth. Elmo wants him to stay for dinner, but none of the food is appetizing to the beaver. He eats bark and Elmo has Chris get some bark from the tree, despite Chris’ protests to not make food on his vacation (which is exactly why he left the street). |
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SCENE cont'd | Chris is ready to dig into their food, when two hungry turtles arrive. However, they don’t want to eat the hot dogs and bark and name the plants and bugs they eat. Chris goes to find some leaves and dandelions for them. |
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SCENE cont'd | When they all begin to eat, a pair of raccoons arrive. Elmo asks them to stay and coaxes Chris into letting them stay. The raccoons don’t eat any of the food prepared, so Chris once again ventures into the woods to find them nuts and berries. |
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SCENE cont'd | Before they all begin dinner, the beaver jokingly has them make sure no one else shows up. Lo and behold, a family of migrating ducks land. They expect room service and cable, but Elmo says they only have animals. Chris is told they eat water plants, so he dives into the nearby pond to get them (Unfortunately, he kept his cell phone in his pocket). |
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SCENE cont'd | Now that every animal has what they want for dinner, Chris has them all begin the quiet meal, which turns out to be anything but quiet. |
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SCENE cont'd | Now that the sun has set, Elmo and Chris get into their sleeping bags and reflect on their wild day. Elmo wants to camp out every night, while Chris negatively mugs to the viewer. All the animals (who are inside Chris’ sleeping bag) wish them a good night. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Abby Cadabby tries helping Cedric the Entertainer show what a canteen is by making one appear, but instead conjures up a hose, a fish tank and a bucket. Exhausted, she takes a drink from her own canteen. |
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Muppets | Murray practices flapping his "wings" for when Abby's Flying Fairy School comes on. He then plays "What's on Me That Starts with T" and asks kids to name T words he's wearing. |
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Cartoon | Cookie Monster sings about the T sound in the word "tiger." Taken from Sesame Street English |
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Muppets | Murray and the kids announce Abby's Flying Fairy School. (First: Episode 4189) |
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Muppets / Animation | Abby's Flying Fairy School The class plays with Niblet, the class pet. It’s Gonnigan’s turn to hold him, but he’s too afraid to and disappears. Blögg then tries to and Niblet steals his wand. After a chase, he runs into a crayon drawing in the wall. However, they are unable to get inside. Spot shows them videos of doors, which gives them the idea to use a door. After twinkle-thinking, Abby realizes the drawing is Gonnigan’s and he can draw a door on it. Once inside, they try and follow him, but he draws a river between them. Abby draws a pumpkin to get them across, but Gonnigan adds a sail. Once on the river, Niblet re-draws it as the top of a mountain. Gonnigan adds wheels to get down to him, but Niblet draws a second hill, causing them to slide back and forth between them. Niblet escapes the drawing and heads into his Gerblecorn hole. They try opening it with a spell (rhyming “door” with “Zsa Zsa Gabor”), but find out magic can’t open it. They sob at the idea of never seeing Niblet again, which brings him out of his hole. He gives Blögg his wand back and has Gonnigan hold him. Mrs. Sparklenose rewards them (and the viewer) with a gold star. (First: Episode 4187) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Jason Mraz sings about being "Outdoors" with Elmo, Abby, Rosita, Baby Bear, Big Bird and the kids. |
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Muppets | Murray announces it's almost time for school, but first, he counts groups of 16 things. |
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Cartoon | 16 acorns sprout from tree branches. |
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Muppets | As Murray rushes off, Navin and Avery introduce "Murray Has a Little Lamb." (First: Episode 4190) |
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Muppets | Murray Has a Little Lamb Murray's lamb, Ovejita, leads him to another secret escuela with the clue of a pot. The school turns out to be a cooking school, where kids practice cooking various things. Today, they learn how to make stuffed corn tortillas. (First: Episode 4170) "Guessing Game" portion cut, new intro added |
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Muppets | Murray announces "Elmo's World" is coming, but first, he gives a demonstration of outside and inside. (First: Episode 4190) |
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Animation | In a painting, a man flips a coin, and it flies in and out of buildings. (First: Episode 3291) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Shake Your Head One Time," a song about moving your body. He is assisted in the dancing by Mr. Honker, Grover, Elmo and Bert. (First: Episode 4131) In this airing, an audible "Oops!" is heard when Elmo enters. |
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Muppets | Murray and Avery introduce "Elmo's World." (First: Episode 4191) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Wild Animals (First: Episode 4038) |
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Muppets | Murray tries announcing the sponsors, but forgets them. He rethinks the day, announces them and signs off. |
Notes[]
- Performers include Tyler Bunch (beaver), David Rudman (Sy, turtle), Matt Vogel (Marty, turtle), Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (raccoon), Joey Mazzarino (raccoon), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (pink-purple duck), Eric Jacobson (blue-orange duck), Carmen Osbahr (duckling), and Jim Martin (white-orange duck).
- The male raccoon (Mazzarino) has a voice patterned after Jack Burns and engages in several "huh? yeah." back-and-forths in reference to Burns and Schreiber's taxicab comedy routine.
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