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| Telly and the mysterious notes | |||||||
| Air date | December 2, 1996 | ||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Telly is excited to read a mysterious note he found in his mailbox. He gets a reluctant Oscar to read it for him: "Dr Tle Pk Pla Bb Ur Fnd Bb." Oscar kind of likes the sound of it, but neither he nor Telly can understand what it means. |
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Cartoon | Mi kat iz ... gone (First: Episode 1967) |
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Muppets | "I'm a Bookworm, Baby!" (First: Episode 2994) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: STOP. After the man reads the sign, two cars screech to a stop, one on each side of him. (First: Episode 1163) |
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Video | Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on. (First: Episode 2600) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about her skin. (new sound effects added) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2611) |
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Song | "We're All Growin'" (First: Episode 3141) |
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Cartoon | Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Muppets | Elmo demonstrates top and bottom. (First: Episode 2999) |
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Cartoon | A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0525) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly shows the note to Carlo, who figures that whoever wrote the note tried to spell some words as best as they could. Using context clues (and with the text appearing on-screen), together they're able to decode the letter into reading the following: "Dear Telly Park Play Bb Your Friend Bb." Telly still isn't sure who or what "Bb" is, though. |
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Animation | A boy's imagination runs away with him as he reads. (First: Episode 3449) |
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Muppets | The Oinker Sisters sing "The Boogie-Woogie Piggies." (First: Episode 2922) |
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Film | Two Navajo kids go to school in Arizona. This year, Dante enters pre-school. (no voice-over) (First: Episode 2680) |
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Cartoon | A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh". The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog demonstrates to the viewer how your neck moves to different positions without moving your body, and how you'd have to move your body at different positions without your neck. In the process, he falls off his mushroom. "All in all, I'd say it's a good thing we have our necks," he says. (First: Episode 1956) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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Cartoon | B for bathtub, ball, boat, boot, boomerang, brush and bison (First: Episode 3154) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly and Carlo ponder that "Bb" could stand for baseball, boogie board, or basketball, while the other "Bb" could be Big Bird or Baby Bear. Telly heads for the park, but isn't sure which item to bring. |
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Cartoon | Small letter b (ball/bat) (First: Episode 1131) |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy notices his friend Alice wanting to join a baseball game. He gives her the idea to go over there and ask them if she can play. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1900) |
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Animation | Counting from 10-0 (Latin rhythm) (First: Episode 3048) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "What is Friend?" (First: Episode 2840) |
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Film | A boy draws a picture of his friend, Kerry. (First: Episode 2776) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly brings all his B-toys to the park, where he finds another note written in a similar manner as the previous one pinned to the jungle gym. Using the same methods he and Carlo used earlier, Telly deduces this letter is from Big Bird, telling him to go to his nest. |
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Animation | Cecille sings "Up Down, In Out, Over and Under." (First: Episode 2746) |
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Film | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. (First: Episode 1222) |
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Celebrity | Whoopi Goldberg introduces the sound "WH" and then yells, "Whoopi!" (First: Episode 2861) |
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Animation | WH words (wheel, which, whiz, where, white, whale) (First: Episode 2937) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "I Do Not Crawl Around Much Anymore." |
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Cartoon | A baby and father illustrate up and down. (First: Episode 2687) |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about her friend, Billy, who swims with dolphins. (First: Episode 3012) |
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Film | B's are found on a city street. (First: Episode 3351) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly is surprised to find that the one who wrote the notes is Baby Bear, who understands the confusion since he and Big Bird both have two names that start with B. He then gets an idea to start a "BB" Club for those with similar names and they can do B-word activities. Telly notes that this leaves him out since his initials are T and M, so Big Bird and Baby Bear discuss other options. |
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Film | William Wegman's dogs form the letter B, and Fay Ray balances a boat on her head. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish Call — To Bert's astonishment, Ernie catches fish by yelling, "Here fishy, fishy, fishy!" (First: Episode 1641) |
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Film | Kids play bongo drums loud and soft. (First: Episode 2862) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #20 (First: Episode 2935) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty. (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cartoon | Number creatures #20 (First: Episode 2687) |
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Song | "My New Computer" (First: Episode 2857) |
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Cartoon | Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler) (First: Episode 0773) |
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SCENE 6 | Baby Bear and Big Bird figure out that Telly can be in their BB club since Baby Bear states Telly is his "best buddy." They celebrate by singing their new "BB Club Song," then announce the sponsors together. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly, Ruthie, and Prairie Dawn sing about the P sale at Finders Keepers, which attracts a large and enthusiastic crowd. |
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