| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird is quiet | |||||||
| Air date | March 30, 1994 | ||||||
| Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird tells the viewer that he's the first one to get up today. He speaks quietly so as not to wake anyone else. He demonstrates a loud tone that would do so, causing some of the guests at the Furry Arms Hotel to emerge from their windows and complain. |
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Transition | Crystal bridge: diagonal crossover (First: Episode 3177) |
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Film | A Japanese boy plays taiko drums in the park. (First: Episode 3153) |
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Animation | 16 TV sets are counted. (First: Episode 2850) |
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Cartoon | I've Got the "Sixteen Blues" (First: Episode 2755) |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #16 (First: Episode 2996) |
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Cartoon | Number creatures #16 (First: Episode 2755) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "Get Along" with some Anything Muppet greasers, the Martians, the Twiddlebugs, and a cow. (First: Episode 2600) |
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Film | Kids narrate footage of toddlers learning to walk. (First: Episode 3025) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird introduces The Squirrelles, who sing "My Boyfriend's Back and Front." |
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Cartoon | Two men compete to be in front. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Song | "We're All Growin'" (First: Episode 3141) |
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Muppets | Fairy Tales Today: Princess and the Pea — Prairie Dawn interviews the princess as she struggles to sleep. |
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Animation | Playing cards form the letter Z and dance to zydeco music. (First: Episode 3166) |
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Muppets | "Zig Zag Dance" (First: Episode 1567) |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets / Cast | "Brush Boogie" (First: Episode 2827) |
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Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. (First: Episode 1652) |
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Film | A little boy sings the "Cold Ocean Blues" at the beach. (First: Episode 3150) |
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Animation | Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631) |
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Muppets | A lady brings her J to Al's Alphabet Garage because it won't jump. Al asks if it can jog, jiggle, play jazz and determines that it needs a jump start. After he gets it working, the J smashes through the wall. (First: Episode 2997) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: J for jump (First: Episode 0772) |
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Muppets | Colambo: Mother Hubbard's Heist — Colambo investigates a possible robbery at Old Mother Hubbard's, complicated by a fierce dog. |
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Animation | Beads arrange themselves into different groups and finally become a girl’s necklace. (First: Episode 3076) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Zoe counts the number of times Michael Chang bounces a tennis ball. (First: Episode 3148) |
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Film | Farmer McFay counts 40 fruits from the season's bumper crop. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Practices Spanish — To Bert's annoyance, Ernie practices speaking Spanish words. (First: Episode 3198) |
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Film | A group of kids paint a mural with the help of a mural artist. (First: Episode 3007) |
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Cartoon | St. Bernard dog leads Zork down the snowy hill. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2738) |
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Insert | Elmo explores Sesame Street, and observes Susan as she does some writing. (First: Episode 2285) |
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Film | Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (new music added) (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cast | "Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion) (First: Episode 3133) |
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Animation | On a computer, a boy draws a sun setting between the mountains. (First: Episode 3059) |
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Muppets | "I Could Have Counted All Night" |
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Cartoon | Fluffy recalls being a homeless dog, getting taken in to the dog pound, and meeting his new pal Petey. (new music tag added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2981) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Chelsea, What is love? (First: Episode 2397) |
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Animation | Cecille sings "Up Down, In Out, Over and Under." (First: Episode 2746) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: One head wants to play the trumpet, but the other head wants to sleep. (First: Episode 1390) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0257) |
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SCENE 3 | At night, Big Bird speaks quietly still as everyone has just headed back to bed. He again demonstrates a loud tone, disturbing the hotel residents once more. Big Bird has fallen asleep himself now as Gina announces the sponsors (and gets silenced by the guests). |
Notes
- The Furry Arms guests are performed by Fran Brill (pig), Peter Linz (chicken), and Noel MacNeal (penguin).
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