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| Telly hosts "The Wide World of Numbers" | |||||||||
| Air date | February 27, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Today, “The Wide World of Sesame Street” will be covering numbers. Reporter Telly Monster is asking what people’s favorite numbers are. He first visits the home of Polly Darton, but her back up group, the Get-Along Little Doggies, opens the front gate, smashing Telly against the wall. Polly addresses the camera and sings about how singing makes her feel “Proud and Happy”. They leave, and Telly remarks how proud, happy, and in pain he is. |
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Cartoon | A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (First: Episode 2750) |
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Film | Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets | Phil Harmonic hosts another evening at the Nestropolitan Opera, featuring a performance by Placido Flamingo, "The Telephone of Brazil," to the tune of "Funiculì, Funiculà." (First: Episode 2457) |
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Cartoon | The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (First: Episode 1242) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man. (First: Episode 1845) |
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Muppets | Elmo writes his own song and sings it for Big Bird and Snuffy, who then wish that they had their own songs. Elmo lets them insert their own names into the lyrics, resulting in "Big Bird's Song" and "Snuffy's Song." (First: Episode 2710) |
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Film | Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Mysterious Theater Sherlock Hemlock is on the search for Lady Agatha's missing cat, knowing that it is under something that rhymes with "at", while Watson discovers the cat is under a mat, which leads into a big cat-and-dog fight. (First: Episode 2569) |
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Cartoon | A boy leads his sister up and down a staircase. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0526) |
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Song | "What Do People Do All Day?" (First: Episode 1511) |
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Cartoon | Z for zigzag, zero, zoo, and zebra (First: Episode 1763) |
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SCENE 2 | As Maria fixes Polly’s toaster, Polly sings a sad song about her broken toaster. |
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SCENE 2 cont’d | Still reporting, Telly has gotten word that Polly is inside the Fix-It Shop and he can now ask her about her favorite number. Instead, Maria exits the shop. He is star-struck to find Maria fixed her toaster and begins holding her hand to show the audience the hand that fixed Polly Darton’s toaster. |
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Cartoon | What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776) |
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Muppets | Camp Wannagohoma: Grover tries to show the campers what is alive in the forest, but they keep correcting him. (First: Episode 1791) |
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Cartoon | A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday. (First: Episode 0764) |
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Song | A piece of land with water all around it is an "Island." Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 2760) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin obeys the word HOP, then switches it to STOP. (First: Episode 1982) |
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Muppets | Hoots and the Two-Headed Monster demonstrate that whether music is fast or slow, it is still enjoyable. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: O for Open (First: Episode 0014) |
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SCENE 3 | Polly has finished lunch at Hooper's Store and thanks Mr. Handford with a song about healthy food. |
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SCENE 3 cont’d | Telly visits Hooper’s in hope of catching Polly inside, but finds he’s just missed her again. Mr. Handford points out she may be heading for the park, so Telly runs off to find her. |
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Cartoon | Two people think they hear a BARK in the DARK. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1941) |
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Film | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. (First: Episode 1222) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster has Tara help him explain the word information by giving him cookies to eat. (First: Episode 2589) |
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Cartoon | Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat. (First: Episode 1580) |
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Song | "Old Button Hole" (First: Episode 1727) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Invisible Man — Kermit meets the family of The Invisible Man. (First: Episode 1009) |
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Animation | Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614) |
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SCENE 4 | In the yard, Telly has assembled Maria, Mr. Handford, and some kids (all dressed like cowboys). Polly appears there too, who sings about her favorite number – 9. |
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Cartoon | Nine birds land in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1501) |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) |
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Cartoon | Three mayonnaise jars follow three different paths after they leave the factory. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2762) |
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Muppets | For Show-and-Tell, Bert sings a song about his rock. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Film | A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0589) |
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Cartoon | Water travels from a cloud to a river, into a reservoir, and through pipes, and finally ends up in a bathroom sink. (First: Episode 2708) |
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SCENE 5 | Polly closes her show by announcing the sponsors and Telly signs off his report. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later repeated in Season 24 as Episode 3047.
- The original script for the episode contains a scene not used in the final episode. Between scenes four and five, Telly visits the park to find Polly. He listens for her voice and hears it coming from Biff's radio (using a recording of "Counting One to Five"). He finally encounters Polly taking her dogs for a walk before she promises to reveal her favorite number after a commercial break.
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