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 | Cookie Monster: Away From
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 | Grover: 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, Sesamstrasse | 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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Cookie Monster: Big Bird's 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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Cookie Monster: 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 | Cookie Monster: 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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Ernie and Bert: 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 | Cookie Monster: 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 | Cookie Monster: 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 | Grover: 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 | Monsters: 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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Grover: 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 | Grover: 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 | Grover: Sneezing
Grover can't help but sneeze during his talk on proper sneezing etiquette.
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Plaza Sésamo, Sesamstrasse | Grover: 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 | Super Grover: 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: 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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Grover: Jump for Joy
Grover tells the viewer when he's happy, he jumps. He also becomes exhausted.
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Sesamstraat | Grover: 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 | Grover: 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 | Grover: 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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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 | Monsters: 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 | Elmo: Open
Elmo demonstrates "open" with a book; however, the book has other ideas itself. | ||
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Play with Me Sesame | Monsters: 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 | Elmo: Making a Face
Elmo makes a face, but needs to put the features in the right order.
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Sesamstraat | Elmo: 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 | Elmo: Imagination Game
Elmo imagines himself as a penguin, chameleon, and mouse (which attracts the attention of a hungry cat).
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Cookie Monster: 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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