| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Telly practices for a pageant | |||||||||
| Air date | March 8, 1996 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 27 (1995-1996) | ||||||||
| Written by | Adam Rudman | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Prairie Dawn is helping Telly practice being a bird for the pageant she is putting on today. Baby Bear, who will be an airplane in the show, has his part down but Telly is having trouble: he cannot flap and tweet at the same time without falling over. Prairie Dawn must leave to sew the costumes, make the set, compose the music, bake the refreshments, and print the program, while Baby Bear stays to come up with a way to help Telly practice. He starts to fly around with his arms stretched again, claiming he thinks better as an airplane. |
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Song | "The First Time" – Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve. (First: Episode 2950) |
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Cartoon | Fish form G and g. (First: Episode 3112) |
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Animation | G / g paper fold (First: Episode 3350) |
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Animation | Planet G / g (First: Episode 2844) |
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Insert | The Tokyo String Quartet and some kids show how important it is to practice, as Big Bird provides voiceover. (First: Episode 3290) |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin by practicing. (First: Episode 1513) |
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SCENE 2 | Baby Bear comes up with a plan, remembering the time Papa Bear helped him to hit a baseball. He fell down every time he swung the bat, so Papa Bear held his arms and guided while he swung until he could do it by himself. With this in mind, Telly tweets while Baby Bear holds his arms and flaps them, but when Baby Bear lets go Telly falls down again. Baby Bear tells him to try again, but Telly decides to give up as no falling is involved. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Cartoon | A baby bird tries and tries again to fly from its nest. (new music and sound effects added) Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1510) |
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Film | AGUA: kids play in water. (First: Episode 3367) |
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Animation | In a classic painting, a boy blows a bubble. It pops, and some kids yell “Surprise!” (First: Episode 3311) |
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Film | A girl's grandmother teaches Spanish to her parrot Kuka. (First: Episode 3101) |
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Cartoon | “Martian Beauty” has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | Rubber Stamp #9 (First: Episode 2876) |
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Cartoon | Number Guy: “How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed?” The answer is 9. (First: Episode 3364) |
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SCENE 3 | Baby Bear runs after Telly, telling him not to quit. They run into Bob and Telly explains and demonstrates his problem. Baby Bear suggests that Telly try using his imagination: if he pretends that he is a bird, it might help him flap and tweet at the same time. Baby Bear does it, but Telly is still not convinced and asks Bob to try. Bob pretents he’s a bird and successfully flaps and tweets at the same time. Telly then tries it, and it works! He becomes happy he'll be able to be in the pageant, and that the whole neighborhood will see him pretending to be a bird. The thought of everybody watching him catches Baby Bear by surprise, so now he refuses to be in the pageant and runs off. |
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Muppets | Elmo sings "In Your Imagination." (First: Episode 3119) |
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Film | A girl teaches a boy to play “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the Shpritzer. |
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Cartoon | G for Gorilla (First: Episode 2491) |
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Film | G is for go, girls, guitar, goldfish, etc. (First: Episode 3269) |
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Cartoon | Letter G drawing with kid voice-over. (new music added) (First: Episode 0306) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Clears the Fear — It's hot at night, so Ernie and Bert open a window and identify the noises they hear. |
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Cartoon | “You know what it’s like to be scared?” A little girl frightens another girl with a mask. (First: Episode 0547) |
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SCENE 4 | Baby Bear continues to worry about everybody watching him in the pageant and refuses to participate. Telly decides that he will not perform in the play either, since his best friend won’t be there. Baby Bear thinks Telly should be in the pageant after all his hard work, so the only thing to do is to be in it, too. They share a hug and go back to practicing their roles as a bird and a plane. |
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Song | “I'm a Little Airplane,” with film of kids pretending to be airplanes. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie announces that her cat Feff will jump ON a box and say meow, but he keeps jumping OFF when she puts him on, so Suzie does it instead. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3455) |
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Film | A girl helps her father train for a wheelchair race. (First: Episode 3275) |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle." (new sound effects and extra music added) Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 2404) |
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Muppets | Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little." (First: Episode 2206) |
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Cartoon | A man has a small octopus on his head, but a little boy has a big octopus. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3270) |
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Insert | Monty thinks he has found his calling, and sings about “Being a Birdketeer.” (First: Episode 3330) |
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Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | A baby demonstrates ‘happy,’ ‘surprised’ and ‘sad.’ (First: Episode 3396) |
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Muppets | “I'm Going to Get My Hair Cut.” (First: Episode 1822) |
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Cartoon | Gerald’s dog Sparky likes to pretend he’s an alligator. (new sound effects and music sting added) (First: Episode 1519) |
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SCENE 5 | Prairie Dawn, Telly, Baby Bear, Miles, Lexine, Brandon, and Megan perform the “Things in the Air and Things on the Ground Pageant” in the yard for an audience that includes Bob, Gordon, and Celina. All goes well, and Telly and Baby Bear have so much fun that they decide to keep playing their roles after the show is over, and the other kids join them. While Prairie Dawn worries about everyone returning their costumes, Bob announces the sponsors in voiceover. The credits follow. |
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COMING SOON | Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Big Bird watches as Mumford performs a magic trick with a dog. |
Notes
- Additional performers include Jim Martin as an AM audience member.
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