| Sesame Street | |||||||||||
| Music Magic | |||||||||||
| Air date | October 8, 2010 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 41 (2010) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Christine Ferraro | ||||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | What's the Word on the Street?: Appetite |
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SCENE | Abby is telling Elmo about sparkles, when she gets a call from her mommy. Abby must return some books to the library and dashes off, leaving her wand behind. Elmo picks the wand up and tries to make some magic with it, but nothing happens. He uses it for other things, like a backscratcher. He then pretends it's a conductor's baton and waves it around exclaiming "Music, Music, Music!" He then taps himself with the wand, and suddenly... |
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SCENE cont'd | ...music begins to play and everything he says comes out in song. He is confused at first, then sees this may be the fault of the wand. He tries the spell again on Bob and Gordon, who begin singing about their chess game. He then performs the spell on some kids and other people in the yard. Elmo is happy he can spread music to all of the street and looks for more people to make sing, leaving the people in an endless loop of singing "Can't Stop Singing..." |
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SCENE cont'd | Elmo spots Baby Bear going into Hooper's Store for his usual porridge. Elmo waves the wand and he and Alan begin singing about porridge. Elmo waves the wand up high and they begin singing in high voices about how hot the porridge is. Elmo waves it low, making them sing in a low octave about how cold the next bowl is. Elmo waves the wand in between high and low and their voices become normal (and the porridge comes out just right). |
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SCENE cont'd | Elmo follows Chris to the Laundromat, where Chris presents Leela with his mustard-stained shirt he needs clean. Elmo waves the wand toward them, and then everyone sings with Chris about his shirt. Elmo moves the wand slowly, which makes everyone sing softly. He waves it faster, making them sing louder. |
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SCENE cont'd | Elmo dances down the street, happy with the music he has made, until he sees the people in the yard, tired of singing. Elmo decides to end it all, but doesn't know how. Everyone else on the street joins them in the yard, mixing their songs into a jumble. Elmo is upset, but just then, Abby returns and fixes everything. |
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SCENE cont'd | Elmo apologizes to everyone and says he just wanted everyone to sing. Leela tells him that he doesn't need magic; he just needs to start singing and others will follow. She leads everyone in a song, "Music Deep Inside." Afterward, they all dance down the street, clapping and singing. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Reggie Bush explains what appetite means, when two monsters appear with a strong hunger for his food. |
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Muppets | Murray announces Abby's Flying Fairy School is coming up, but first, he asks the people of New York City to "Bring Out Your M." (First: Episode 4210) |
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Film | Beatboxers show that M stands for "Mouth Music." |
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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 Mrs. Sparklenose announces today in class, the students can earn their Fairy Godmother wings by participating in the “Cinderella Challenge”. With a brief game of “Eeny Meeny Miney Ming”, Blögg is chosen to be the Cinderella. First they must poof a gown on him. They turn him into a hula dancer (dressing “down”), a clown and James Brown, until they come up with a good rhyme and make a gown appear. Next, they need glass slippers, but the ones they conjure up are too small and too big (and end up breaking, forcing Niblet to clean them up). They call on Spot, who shows them images of the number 12, which Gonnigan realizes is Blogg’s shoe size. Next, they need to turn a pumpkin into a coach, but Niblet has already eaten it. They improvise and turn Niblet into a motorcycle, which sends them all around the room. Gonnigan steers them to the ball pit, which counts as going to the ball, which means they pass and get their wings! (First: Episode 4191) |
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Muppets | Murray announces it's time for "Super Grover 2.0", but first, he talks about the number 0. (First: Episode 4201) (with "Murray Has a Little Lamb" mention) |
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Cartoon | A family of penguins eat snacks at the movies, but leave 0 for the father. Artist: Joey Ahlbum |
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Muppets | Murray and Nika introduce "Super Grover 2.0". (First: Episode 4213) |
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Muppets | Super Grover 2.0: Wheels — Super Grover 2.0 takes the Super Grover Mobile to Antarctica, where some penguins need help moving a large ice block from their dance floor. (First: Episode 4213) |
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Muppets | Murray announces "Elmo's World" is coming up, but first, he gives a demonstration of forward and backward, walking forward and knocking the camera over. (First: Episode 4192) cut from the DVD version |
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Muppets | In a UTube video, Elmo demonstrates "The Elmo Slide", with cameos by celebrities and New York residents. cut from the DVD version |
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Muppets | Murray and Navin introduce "Elmo's World". (First: Episode 4190) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Fast and Slow (First: Episode 4130) |
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Muppets | Murray can't remember the sponsors, until he rethinks the day. |
Notes[]
- The street story for this episode was used as the basis for the Sesame Street Live show, Can't Stop Singing.
- This episode makes a subtle reference to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More with Feeling" from 2001. Both stories are about the characters falling under a spell that makes them sing involuntarily. David Fury celebrates the removal of a mustard stain from his red shirt, while Chris requests that Leela help him get the mustard stain out of his red shirt.[1]
- Additional performers include Matt Vogel as the Grouch, with David Rudman as the Green boy and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as the Lavender woman.
- Tyler Bunch, Carmen Osbahr and Stephanie D'Abruzzo make cameos in the laundromat and the group finale.
- This episode was incorrectly numbered as #4214 in the official press kit.
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