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| Elmo's fear of clowns | |||||||||
| Air date | November 21, 1996 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Telly, Lexine, Brett, and Melissa are all dressed as Kuku the Clown, whom Telly saw at the circus. He shows Carlo the funny way Kuku would wave his arms and go "Kuku! Kuku!" and offers him a leftover clown outfit his mother made, but Carlo declines. Elmo comes over looking for Telly, but at first glance of a clown, he runs off screaming. |
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Cartoon | Counting to 10 Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3042) |
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Film | A girl named Shirley performs in the circus; her father is famous Ringing Bros. clown David Larible. Other acts in the circus include elephant training and elephant jumping. |
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Cartoon | A boy draws a portrait of himself and calls it ME. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 2085) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Mumford's Big and Small Trick — Kermit inadvertently falls victim to The Amazing Mumford's trick. (First: Episode 2696) |
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Cartoon | A woman visits a car dealer, looking for a small car. She will only take a car small enough to fit her clowns. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3079) |
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SCENE 2 | Carlo and the gang catch up with Elmo and learn he has a fear of clowns - even when he goes to the circus, he has to close his eyes when they appear. Since he still wants to play "clowns" with them, Telly and the kids sing Kuku's theme song for Elmo thinking it will help. Elmo likes the song, but after coming out from hiding behind Carlo, he sees his clown-dressed friends and runs away again. |
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Cartoon | A boy narrates a poem about how he met Eleanor, the monster under his bed. (new sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2773) |
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Muppets | When Frazzle is scared of going to the dentist, his mother tries to comfort him by telling him what a good time he will have. In the end, the dentist turns out to be scared of Frazzle. (First: Episode 3519) |
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Animation | "Toothpaste ... coming soon to a mouth near you!" (First: Episode 2876) |
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Song | "Toothpaste Factory Rap" (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | The parts of a man's face move around as they are drawn. (First: Episode 3410) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly and the kids have removed their clown costumes, and Carlo tries a method of his own to cure Elmo. As he puts Telly's clown outfit on him piece by piece, he asks Elmo if it's still Telly (whom Elmo doesn't find scary). However, when the whole outfit is complete, Elmo runs off screaming. |
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Song | "Dressed Up" (remake) (First: Episode 3399) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808) |
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Celebrity | Melissa Etheridge sings "Like the Way U Does." |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | A girl in Jamaica goes to school and attends drum class. (First: Episode 3145) |
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Cartoon | Spike's Scribble Theatre Presents: "Island" (First: Episode 2673) |
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SCENE 4 | Carlo tries the same method from before, only on Elmo while he looks in a mirror. Elmo still recognizes himself as each piece is put on, but when the final part is on, he yells and runs away. |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Monster in the Mirror." (First: Episode 2689) |
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Cartoon | The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light. (First: Episode 2537) |
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Film | A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus. (First: Episode 2889) |
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Cartoon | Letters gather in order, against the birds-eye view of a city. (First: Episode 3267) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Plays House — Bert tries to guess which part of the family Ernie is pretending to be. |
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Animation | Arnold rides his chair. (First: Episode 2754) |
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SCENE 5 | Carlo helps Elmo take his clown costume off, and this time Elmo thinks of his own way to cure his phobia. He thinks that saying he's not afraid of clowns ten times will make him get over his fear. While doing so (with the others counting along), Carlo gets the idea to put Telly back in his clown outfit. When Elmo finishes, he glances at Telly and freaks out again. |
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Animation | Clown Honking #10 (First: Episode 3214) |
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Film | Three girls do a "One Potato" rhyme. (First: Episode 3271) |
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Cartoon | Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0990) |
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Film | Wegman dogs: The Ten O'Clock Scholar |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines his room turning into a jungle. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2808) |
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Muppets | Baby Bear shows Big Bird his favorite painting at the Museum of Modern Art, "The Sleeping Gypsy." By imagining the sounds coming from the painting, they can almost hear them. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (re-filmed version) (First: Episode 3026) |
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Cartoon | Letter U salesman (First: Episode 0202) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Film | The letter U dances at the beach. |
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Animation | In a painting, a man flips a coin, and it flies in and out of buildings. (First: Episode 3291) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly has given up on helping Elmo and sings a sad song about their escapades. Elmo comforts him, unaware Telly's in costume - he just sees how sad his friend is. Elmo realizes that Telly and the other kids were just themselves dressed as clowns, and he's overcome his fear! He joins them in singing Kuku's song while Carlo helps Elmo put on his own clown outfit as Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Big Bird and Lexine roller-skate around Sesame Street singing about being best friends. |
Notes
- This episode was later referenced in Episode 5511.
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