| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Playing "Gone with the Wind" | |||||||
| Air date | March 11, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gina, Elmo, and Zoe are about to read one of their favorite stories, Gone with the Wind. Gina begins to read, transitioning to... |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Gone with the Wind — Kermit and Ms. Scarlett demonstrate subtraction. (First: Episode 2410) (Alistair Cookie wraparounds and some dialogue removed) After the first couple of lines of dialogue, Zoe comments that "Green" in their book greatly resembles Kermit the Frog; Elmo guesses he might be Kermit's cousin from the deep South. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Gina concludes the story, where the two frogs were blown to Tennessee and opened a windsurfing business. Elmo gets an idea for himself and Zoe to play their own version of the story. Gina brings them inside the day care center to get some costumes. |
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Film / Animation | A class makes up a story about a fish named Billy, which is told through animation based on the kids' drawings. (First: Episode 3358) |
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Cartoon | Birds pop balloons of all the letters of the alphabet, making them lowercase. (new music added) (First: Episode 2552) |
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Muppets | "Zig Zag Dance" (First: Episode 1567) |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Big Bird accidentally knocks over some block towers, but he puts them back up through reverse footage. (First: Episode 3407) |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his various moods. (new music added) Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0772) |
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Song | "Dressed Up" (remake) (First: Episode 3399) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo and Zoe have costumes resembling that of Green and Miss Scarlett's. They start re-enacting the story (complete with thick Southern accents), but when they get to the part involving the wind, they realize they don't have any. Gina recommends they pretend it's windy, which Elmo and Zoe soon find doesn't work too well. |
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Film | Fay Ray subtracts three balls. (First: Episode 2608) |
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Animation | "Let's Count Penguins" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3147) |
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Song | "Papermaking Song" (First: Episode 3563) |
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Cartoon | Shoes dance to a square dance tune. (First: Episode 3450) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster tries on shoes. (First: Episode 2142) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0455) |
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SCENE 3 | The monsters call out Gina for help, especially since they don't know how wind actually occurs. Gina demonstrates by blowing on some strips of paper representing Green and Miss Scarlett. Elmo and Zoe get the idea and leave to find a source of wind. |
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Film | On a windy day, Maria (in voice-over) asks a man (Bill Irwin), "Does air move things?" The wind speaks for him. (First: Episode 2876) |
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Muppets | Caribbean Anything Muppets sing about "Caribbean Air." (First: Episode 2688) |
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Film | A kid describes how they feed cows hay from a flatbed truck. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster." (First: Episode 2919) |
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Muppets | Mr. Johnson wants something to read, so Flight Attendant Grover suggests reading the EXIT sign, the safety manual and the tag on the collar of his shirt. After he informs Mr. Johnson that the airplane is out of newspapers and magazines, he sets the fat blue man on his lap and tells him to read his lips as he recites a story. (First: Episode 3487) |
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Cartoon | Number Creatures #20 (First: Episode 2687) |
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Film | Growing Numbers #20 (First: Episode 2967) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #20 (First: Episode 2935) |
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SCENE 4 | In the park, the monsters have recruited Lexine to be the wind for them. Once they give her the cue, they discover one small girl like her can't blow enough air to move them. They run off with another idea. |
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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 narrates a segment about her friend, Billy, who swims with dolphins. (First: Episode 3012) |
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Cartoon | Z doesn't like its sleepy Z image -- Z can also be zany, and zip and zoom. Artist: Fred Garbers |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster goes on a picnic, with a basket full of cookies. A bug flies by, and tries to get into the basket, buzzing furiously. Cookie Monster tries to give the bug a little cookie if it'll go away. The bug refuses, buzzing even more strenuously. Cookie tries a big cookie, but it still refuses. Cookie offers an almond cookie, a raisin cookie, a pistachio nut cookie, and a crunchy granola cookie. He realizes that the little bug doesn't like cookies. All he has left is a letter Z. The bug is excited, and buzzes off with the Z. (First: Episode 1484) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Z for Zoo (First: Episode 0776) |
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Film | A girl teaches a boy to play “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the Shpritzer. (First: Episode 3475) |
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Celebrity | Ray Charles sings the Alphabet Song, and various celebrities join in, including Michael Jeter, Patrick Stewart, Tony Bennett, Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, Harry Belafonte, Grover, David Robinson, and Ellen DeGeneres. (First: Episode 3526) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines his room turning into a jungle. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2808) |
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SCENE 5 | Elmo and Zoe have each brought more kids to assist Lexine in creating some wind; they add up the total to find ten in all. The kids manage to create a small breeze, but not enough to blow the monsters away. Elmo hasn't the "froggiest" what to do next... |
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Cartoon | Magical Herman's number trick (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving." (First: Episode 2095) |
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Cartoon | A car drives by the water. (First: Episode 3378) |
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Film | Lindsey practices her basketball shooting with Steph. (First: Episode 3517) |
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Cartoon | A beatnik bat reads poetry at a nightclub, as everything rhymes with the "AT" sound. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3396) |
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SCENE 6 | Snuffy happens by and notices the sad monsters. He just so happened to play the role of the wind in his school's production of the story ("You should have seen me, I was terrific! Why, I blew the orchestra right out of the gymnasium!") and agrees to be their wind. As they perform the story, Snuffy successfully creates enough wind from his snuffle to blow them away. They do an encore performance as Celina announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Miss Netherland dances the tango with Benny at the Furry Arms Hotel. |
Gallery
Gone with the Wind illustrations by artist Mike Pantuso:
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