The following Sesame Street insert segments were clearly produced to be aired on the main domestic version (some as part of specific season batches) of the show but have not aired there.
Some were broadcast as part of Play with Me Sesame or on the international co-productions, dubbed in other languages. Others were eventually released on home video or online (including Sesame Street Video Player and YouTube).
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Sesamstraat, Svenska Sesam, Vila Sésamo | Away from the Cookie
Cookie Monster places a cookie on a plate and then goes away from it. After he has put some distance between himself and the cookie he says that the cookie is over there and he is here and that's away from the cookie. However, he can't stand to be so far away from the cookie so he rushes over to it and eats it, and says he doesn't want to be away from the cookie. | ||
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Sesamstrasse | Ropes and Bells
Grover finds five ropes that, when he pulls them, sound some bells. However, when he pulls the last one, he hears a yell, which comes from a Muppet Tarzan. | ||
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Rua Sésamo | Carrot Time
In a commercial send-up, Biff walks into a dull restaurant that livens up when Grover serves them carrots. | ||
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Painting
Cookie Monster comes in very hungry just when he notices Big Bird's painting of a cookie. As he tries to eat Big Bird's painting, Big Bird stops him from doing so, mentioning how he's proud of the painting and wants to keep it. In order to prevent poor and hungry Cookie Monster from eating it, he suggests Cookie to eat the cookie that he has painted from. As excited as he is to see the cookie, Cookie Monster gobbles up the cookie (and even the table).
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"NO" Sign
Zoe sees Cookie Monster next to a plate of cookies, holding a sign that says "NO" since he "no eat cookies". Zoe asks if he's serious, to which Cookie replies "NO!" and devours the cookies. | |||
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Play with Me Sesame | Mouths
Cookie Monster talks about mouths and what they can do. Mouths can say "Hello", sing and his favorite thing - eating cookies.
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What Makes Me Happy?
Ernie, Telly, Rosita, the Count, and Cookie Monster show the things that make them happy. | |||
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Plaza Sésamo, Rechov Sumsum | Which Toy is the Best?
Elmo and Zoe find two toys (a car and a plane) sitting on a wall in the park. They start playing with them and argue over which one is the best. Cookie Monster wanders by settles their argument by saying that friends can prefer different things. They then ask which one Cookie prefers and he does a taste test to find out.
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Play with Me Sesame | Sharing Cookies
Cookie Monster has a plate of cookies when Zoe walks by. He offers to share them with her until he learns she doesn't like cookies. He thinks they can't be friends, but she points out they don't have to like the same things to be friends. He happily devours the cookies and makes sure she doesn't like to eat plates as well before he eats that also. | ||
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Plaza Sésamo | Imagining Friends
Zoe is imagining a "great friend." She lists off a list of qualities that the friend has to Elmo. Zoe asks Elmo to play along, but Elmo says he doesn't have to imagine, Zoe meets that list.
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Sesamstraat | Counting in English and Spanish
Grover and Elmo take turns counting from one to ten in English and Spanish.
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Sesame English, Play with Me Sesame, Sim Sim Hamara | Four Friends
Grover, Elmo, Zoe and Telly arrange themselves in different ways to show that they will still remain four monsters.
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Triangle Intro
Grover introduces a segment featuring a "three-sided-mabob" until he is told that it's actually called a triangle. | |||
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Plaza Sésamo, Jalan Sesama | Cheering Up Elmo
Grover finds Elmo sad over his toy being broken, so Grover tries to find a way of making him happy again. | ||
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Play with Me Sesame | Sneezing
Grover can't help but sneeze during his talk on proper sneezing etiquette.
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Plaza Sésamo, Sesamstrasse | Asking Elmo
The superhero Asking Elmo, helps Grover to figure out why his dog, who is tied to a tree, doesn't come when Grover tells it to.
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Plaza Sésamo, Sesamstrasse | Apple Tree
Elmo can't reach any apples in an apple tree, so Super Grover tries to help, first by telling the apples to come down, and then by shaking the tree. Eventually, Elmo finds a stick that he can knock an apple down with.
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Plaza Sésamo | Grover's Nose
Grover sometimes imagines what it would be like if he had a very small nose, a nose so large that the weight of it knocked him over, or the trunk of an elephant. After his nose returns to normal, he wonders why he has a craving for peanuts. | ||
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Jump for Joy
Grover tells the viewer when he's happy, he jumps. He also becomes exhausted.
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Sesamstraat | Bird Watching
Grover goes bird watching and looks for a bird. He mistakes a frog for one, who explains how the two animals are different. Grover dresses the frog up like a bird and watches him.
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Sesamstraat, Sisimpur | Bike Safety
Grover shows the safety equipment needed when riding a bike with the help of a volunteer chicken. Once the chicken is equipped with a helmet and pads, Grover sends him off riding. The panicked chicken promptly crashes off-screen, with Grover adding "be sure your volunteer chicken can actually ride a bicycle."
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Sesamstraat | Beachball
Grover demonstrates what one can do with a beachball. He tries to play catch with Elmo, who accidentally throws Baby David into a treetop. Elmo finds another use for the beachball - throwing it at the tree to knock Baby David loose.
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Play with Me Sesame | Hand On Your Face
Bert and Ernie play "Hand on your Face" and demonstrate what eyes, noses, ears, and mouths are for. (Bert even demonstrates his ability to wiggle his ears.)
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Sesamstrasse | Copycat
Ernie repeats everything Bert says and does. Bert gets annoyed and suggests to play the game the other way around, to which Ernie starts talking very fast while patting his head and rubbing his tummy.
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Play with Me Sesame | Pretend to be animals
Ernie gets an idea, that he and Bert should imagine that they are animals. They pretend to be cats, cows, and pigeons. Bert is particularly happy about the last one.
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Sesamstrasse | Loud and Quiet (remake)
Ernie wants to demonstrate loud and quiet. Ernie starts out yelling. Bert then says something quietly. However, Ernie is having trouble hearing what he says and asks Bert a few times to repeat it. Bert ends up yelling "This is quiet", where Ernie tells him that was not quiet when he yelled. | ||
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What Makes Me Happy? Ernie, Telly, Rosita, The Count and Cookie Monster show the things that make them happy. | |||
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Bert's Portrait
Ernie draws a picture of Bert, but with two noses. Ernie becomes sad, as he thinks Bert doesn't like his picture. Bert overlooks the noses and claims he likes Ernie's picture very much, so Ernie gives Bert his Picasso-esque picture of Bert with seven unibrows. | |||
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Healthy Life Tips
Bert tries to inform the viewer about ways to stay healthy, while Ernie interrupts running, munching on a carrot and brushing his teeth. He points out to Bert that they are all ways to be healthy and a bewildered Bert accepts the crowd's applause anyhow. | |||
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Trying Oatmeal
Bert is about to eat his oatmeal when Ernie comes by and dismisses the food, claiming to not like it. Bert points out that Ernie's never tried oatmeal and can't say he doesn't like it until he tries it. Ernie tastes the oatmeal and enjoys it so much that he finishes the whole bowl, leaving nothing for Bert.
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Ice Cream Experiment
Just as the duo is about to dig into their ice cream, Ernie announces today they will be performing an experiment (which is news to Bert). Ernie tests to see what will happen if Bert eats slowly and Ernie eats fast. He makes Bert eat so slowly that before Bert can even try his first bite, Ernie eats his serving before it melts. | |||
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Sesamstraat | Music and Reading
As Bert tries to read his book, Ernie walks near him with a radio and plays a song loudly. Bert can't read with the music going, so Ernie puts in headphones, but his singing along is just as loud. Ernie suggests they both do something together - dance to the music! | ||
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Rechov Sumsum | Bert's Newspaper
Ernie sees that Bert has a newspaper and encourages him to be environmental by reusing it instead of throwing it away. Ernie takes it and turns it into a pirate hat and some pom poms, only Bert hasn't had a chance to read it yet. | ||
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Car Ride
Ernie and Bert are going on a pretend car ride, but Ernie keeps making them stop to cater to Rubber Duckie's various needs. | |||
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Monstruos Supersanos | Sad
Bert finds Ernie and Rubber Duckie in a sad state. Bert tries various things to cheer him up, but nothing works. It turns out Ernie was just practicing his "sad" face and he points out how well Bert makes a "mad" face. | ||
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Plaza Sésamo | Guessing Game
Ernie plays a game with Bert where Bert must guess what Ernie does (bouncing a basketball). Bert gives it a try, pretending to be a statue. Ernie doesn't get it, until a pigeon lands on his head. | ||
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Reading and Exercise
Bert reads his book, while Ernie tries to get him to exercise with him. By the time Bert's finished, Ernie's too exhausted. | |||
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Paperclip Collection
Bert spends some quiet quality time with his paperclip collection when Ernie disrupts it with his pretending. Bert shows him some particular parts of his collection, including the big, bigger and biggest paperclips. | |||
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Up and Down
Ernie hastily has Bert look up and down several times, which Bert then learns is just to demonstrate the opposites. He ignores Ernie's suggestion to look up once more and is struck by a falling bird. | |||
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Plaza Sesamo, Sesamstraat, Sesamstrasse | "That Makes Three"
A song taking place in the winter where three Anything Muppets sing about how they add up to three. | ||
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Plaza Sésamo | Surprise
Telly explains to the viewer what a surprise is and plans to perform one on Elmo. However, Elmo listens in on his plan and beats him to the punch.
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Sesamstrasse | Open
Elmo demonstrates "open" with a book; however, the book has other ideas itself. | ||
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Play with Me Sesame | Full and Empty
Telly gives a demonstration of "full" and "empty" with a crate with a sliding curtain on it. He shows the box empty first, then pulls the curtain again, revealing Elmo and Zoe, making it full.
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Plaza Sesamo | Making a Face
Elmo makes a face, but needs to put the features in the right order.
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Sesamstraat | Chicken Comparing
Elmo compares what he and a chicken are able to do. He can cluck and flap like her, but he can't lay an egg. They both can also dance together.
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Sesamstraat, Rechov Sumsum | Imagination Game
Elmo imagines himself as a penguin, chameleon, and mouse (which attracts the attention of a hungry cat).
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Guessing Game
Elmo ropes Cookie Monster into a guessing game where Elmo pretends to be something and Cookie must guess what. Naturally, all of his answers are about cookies.
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