| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird sprains his wing | |||||||
| Air date | January 19, 2010 | ||||||
| Season | Season 40 (2009-2010) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg and Molly Boylan | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | What's the Word on the Street?: Bones |
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SCENE | Big Bird sings his own version of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" (with new lyrics about rollerskating) and announces he'll be rollerskating all day. He rollerskates past Hooper's Store, where Chris and The Count watch him crash. Chris helps him up and Big Bird begins feeling a sharp pain in his right wing. Chris offers to take him to the doctor, leaving The Count in charge of Hooper's. Once they leave, The Count begins counting the incoming customers. |
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SCENE cont'd | Chris and Big Bird meet Dr. Berger (Julianna Margulies). She inspects his wing and finds it is swollen and in need of an x-ray. |
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SCENE cont'd | Meanwhile, back at Hooper's, The Count holds up his hungry customers (including Sherlock Hemlock) while counting them. |
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SCENE cont'd | Dr. Berger arrives back with Big Bird's wing x-ray. She finds no broken wing bones and deduces he must have sprained it. She puts him in a sling and advises him to rest it, which means he can't rollerskate. |
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SCENE cont'd | Big Bird and Chris arrive back on the street and find a long line outside of Hooper's. The Count explains to Chris that he has 124 customers and business is booming! |
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SCENE cont'd | Big Bird watches as everyone around is doing activities he is unable to do while in a sling. He then sings of his "Wing in a Sling Blues." Elmo and Zoe find him depressed and try to cheer him up. They sing their own song, which lists the things he can do while in a sling. Chris brings them all milkshakes to drink, which is another thing Big Bird can do with his wing in a sling. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Matthew Fox explains to Elmo what bones are and displays a "funny bone." |
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Film | Muscles and bones help people move and jump. (First: Episode 4088) |
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Muppets | Murray announces it's almost time for Abby's Flying Fairy School, but first, he and the kids rap about X words. However, he stops the song, realizing how few X words there are. Instead, they name words that end with X. |
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Cartoon | Cookie Monster sings about the X sound in the word "X-ray." Taken from Sesame Street English |
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Muppets | Murray and Carson introduce Abby's Flying Fairy School. (First: Episode 4187) |
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Muppets / Animation | Abby's Flying Fairy School Today, the students are growing their own plants. Abby, Blogg and Peck grow their own flowers, but Gonnigan has no luck, even when trying to shove Peck in his pot. His friends convince him to use magic to make it grow. He uses his "Gigantic Spell" and turns the plant into a large beanstalk that stretches to the sky, with Peck hanging on. Mrs. Sparklenose has them poof to the top to retrieve her. Once at the top, they discover a giant using Peck as a tiny feather duster. They try to communicate, but they are not heard. They call Spot, who shows them images of ears. Abby makes Gonnigan perform his spell again, so they can be giants and talk to him. They grow to be as big as the giant and swap Peck for a large feather duster. Once back down in the classroom, they find Niblet has grown large by eating parts of the beanstalk. Niblet burps which shrinks him back to normal size. (First: Episode 4203) |
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Celebrity | Cassandra Wilson sings "Reach Your Hand Up High" to some kids. (First: Episode 3901) |
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Muppets | Murray announces it's time for "Murray Has a Little Lamb," but first, he counts 13 of things. |
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Cartoon | 13 water-skiing hippos (First: Episode 4019) |
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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 leaf. The school turns out to be the Science and Nature program at the American Museum of Natural History, where kids learn about bugs, amphibians and reptiles. They also learn about camouflage, and go on a safari outside. (First: Episode 4163) "Guessing Game" portion cut, new intro added |
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Cartoon | "Bugs Song" (vocals by Jennifer Barnhart) Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 4175) |
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Muppets | Murray announces "Elmo's World" is coming up, but first, he and the viewer play "Sounds of the Street." They listen to the city sounds, including a bird, a car horn and a tap dancing octopus. (First: Episode 4191) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Zoe watches as Lorena and Lorna Feijóo perform their version of the Lamberena dance. Zoe notes how similar their version is to her own, only hers involves a dancing lamb. (First: Episode 4186) |
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Muppets | Murray and Rachael introduce "Elmo's World." (First: Episode 4189) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Hands (First: Episode 3925) |
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Muppets | Murray tries announcing the sponsors, but forgets them. He rethinks the day, announces them and signs off. |
Notes[]
- Jerry Nelson cameos as one of the customers waiting in line at Hooper's Store, as well as Herry Monster and Mr. Johnson (two Nelson characters). Also in the line are Molly Boylan and Judy Freudberg.
- Big Bird's x-ray states the radiologist was C. Spinney, while his physician was Dr. Berger.
- Considering the episode's sponsoring letter X, as well as the x-ray storyline, Ex Ray, a character who had previously appeared on Scrubs, fittingly reappears in Hooper's Store for the scene with Sherlock Hemlock (a character incidentally known for his fondness of the letter X as well).
Behind-the-scenes of the Hooper's Store line
Big Bird's x-ray
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