| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Leo Birdelli visits | |||||||||
| Air date | March 17, 1997 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||||
| Written by | Sonia Manzano | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Carlo and Maria see an article in the newspaper stating that famous bird art collector Leo Birdelli is coming to Sesame Street to buy some art made by birds. They inform Big Bird on the details, but he isn't sure he wants to make something for Birdelli until he learns that he pays his clients with big bags of birdseed. |
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Animation | A portrait of MOM hangs in a gallery. (First: Episode 3318) |
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Song | A salute to M-O-M. (First: Episode 3564) |
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Cartoon | Babies and doggies pattern: What comes next? Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3039) |
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Muppets | Elmo and Telly sing "Baby Say It Loud," a silly song about a silly cow and a silly duck. |
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Film | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407) cut from the HBO version |
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Muppets | "Cereal Girl" (First: Episode 2687) |
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Cartoon | Snacks On Parade: The Raisin Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1171) cut from the HBO version |
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SCENE 2 | Leo Birdelli arrives and Big Bird shows him his latest work: "Duck with a Letter D." Birdelli finds it stunning and compares it to the work of Pelican Picasso, but he already has a piece just like it in his collection. He takes a look around and becomes fixated with Big Bird's drawing of Mr. Hooper on the wall and wishes to buy it for one bag of birdseed. Big Bird thinks he should draw him something else instead. |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet spoof, Darlene depends on Detective Dave to debunk the debacle of her "DOG" word, which is missing its first letter. (First: Episode 3499) |
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Cartoon | I am dry, he is wet. (dog washing) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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Film | A visual representation of the nursery rhyme "Pat-a-Cake" with Wegman's dogs. (First: Episode 3467) |
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Muppets | "I'm a Bookworm, Baby!" (First: Episode 2994) |
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Animation | The word BUS is displayed, followed by a graphic of a school bus leaving. (First: Episode 3052) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird now shows off his latest piece - a drawing of a bus with the word "BUS" under it. Birdelli finds it interesting ("It's like a Wrenbrandt, only better!") but has a piece just like it, too. His interests still lies with the picture of Mr. Hooper and ups his offer to four bags of birdseed. Big Bird still would rather make something different. |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of herself taking the bus home with her dad. They play a game where she points to things and identifies them. (First: Episode 3302) |
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Cartoon | Ds are found on a city street (First: Episode 3361) |
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Muppets | Bushman Bill introduces Didi O'Day and the Dew Drops performing "D Duah Duah." (First: Episode 1449) |
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Animation | D ... daring ... dazzling ... delightful ... dizzy ... dreaded ... dinosaur! (First: Episode 3407) |
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Cartoon | A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 1737) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo and Rosie O'Donnell rap the alphabet. (First: Episode 3170) |
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Animation | A girl unfolds a map and uses it to describe her trip to Mexico, stopping in Texas along the way. (First: Episode 2689) |
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Muppets | Bip Bipadotta leads "Scratch My Back" as a song about two monsters named Jack and Jill who swear that they will always be there to scratch each other's backs. (First: Episode 2191) |
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Cartoon | Name That Sound: identify animal sounds. (First: Episode 3587) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of herself swimming. |
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Cartoon | Two dogs wait at a bus stop for a long time while the red dog talks endlessly about short and long. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3207) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Birdelli loves Big Bird's latest drawing of the number 9 (likening it to Frigate Kavlo's work), but he rejects it as well. Big Bird assumes he has one just like it, but Birdelli corrects him - he has nine of them just like it. He adds five more bags to his offer of the Mr. Hooper picture, bumping the price to nine bags in total. |
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Cartoon | Nine sheep (Swedish) (First: Episode 1501) |
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Cartoon | Underwater, there's a 9 (First: Episode 3283) |
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Muppets | Annette Monster and Frankie Monster sing "Love the Ocean" to urge others to "show respect for the sea" and refrain from throwing trash in the water. (First: Episode 2680) |
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Cartoon | A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Song | 14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street." (First: Episode 2556) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird still isn't sure he wants to take up Mr. Birdelli's offer, so Birdelli asks what's so important about the picture. Big Bird goes into detail about the many things Mr. Hooper did: he made the best birdseed milkshakes, never got too upset when Big Bird got his name wrong, and told him stories about when he was a kid, all seen in a series of flashbacks. Birdelli wonders what happened to him, and Big Bird says that he died so the picture is extra special. Mr. Birdelli now sees how important it is... and increases his offer to 100 bags of birdseed for the sentimental value! |
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Song | "You're Important" (First: Episode 3396) |
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Cartoon | A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0800) |
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Film | A girl draws a picture of her friend Amelia. (First: Episode 2784) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Picture of Bert — Ernie tells Bert to stand still in front of the camera so that he can trace Bert's face on the screen. (First: Episode 0536) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "I'm the Big One Now." (First: Episode 2876) |
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Cartoon | A girl narrates a poem about the sad time when her goldfish died. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1378) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird is about to give in and sell the picture, but reconsiders and stands firm, saying no amount of birdseed could make him sell it. "I can't say goodbye to you again, Mr. Hooper," he softly tells the picture. Mr. Birdelli understands, but wishes to instead exchange his birdseed for drawing lessons from Big Bird. As the first lesson begins, Maria announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Oscar's Fairy Grouchmother (Rosie O'Donnell) arrives to grant Oscar's wish to fill his trash can all the way with trash. |
Notes
- Excerpts from Sesame Street episodes 0697, 1443, and 1611 are used for Big Bird's memories of Mr. Hooper.
- The HBO Kids airing of this episode includes the Friday ending credit sequence, despite having originally aired on a Monday.
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