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| Moving to Cleveland | |||||||||
| Air date | March 21, 1997 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria thinks it'd be a fun night to go to the movies and tells Luis her plans. After work, they'll all go see the new family flick, Moving to Cleveland, at 5 o'clock as advertised in the newspaper. Maria explains their plans to Ruthie over the phone, just as Elmo enters the Fix-It Shop. Elmo only hears Maria's end of the conversation, making him think that she, Luis, and Gabi are moving to Cleveland! Outside, he expresses his concern but thinks Cleveland could only be a couple of blocks away. He goes to ask a grown-up. |
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Cartoon | Mary Shaboom reluctantly moves to a new house, and muses about the consequences. (new sound effects and music tag added) (First: Episode 2959) |
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Song | "Family Song" - a rewritten version of "Brothers Song" (First: Episode 3423) |
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Cartoon | Shooting stars form the letter I/i. (First: Episode 2218) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I — Grover plays a king who dances with the letter I. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Cartoon | CGI sheep graze out I and i. (First: Episode 2896) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Follow the leader" dance with Mark Morris Part 1 |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo asks Gordon a series of questions about Cleveland, learning it's a city in Ohio and very far away. Elmo now realizes he has to make sure the move doesn't happen! He takes off, while Gordon notices the ad for Moving to Cleveland in his paper and wonders if that's what inspired Elmo's questions. |
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Cartoon | The word AIRPORT (with photographs of such) (First: Episode 3373) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of helping her dad, a pilot, fly a small plane. They fly through New York City, past the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty. (First: Episode 3431) |
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Animation | Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe." (First: Episode 2864) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Emotional at the Movies — Ernie runs through the gamut of emotions during a movie. (First: Episode 0627) |
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Cartoon | Do you know what it's like to be scared? (First: Episode 0547) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Follow the leader" dance with Mark Morris Part 2 |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo schemes that he'll distract Maria by having her help with the alphabet. He confuses Maria when he asks what comes after "U" (she thinks he's talking about herself) until reciting the rest of the letters. Maria is too busy to go through the alphabet with him a second time, so Elmo instead asks to help her clean. Maria hands him a rag, while Elmo secretly thinks this could take just long enough to delay her move. |
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Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615) |
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Film | "Jack-a-Nory" with Wegman's dogs. |
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Muppets | The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family." (First: Episode 2724) |
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Animation | A boy has a dream in which he floats in Outer Space between things. (First: Episode 3093) |
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Cartoon | "A Number 10 from Tennessee" Artist: Gene Barretta (First: Episode 3526) |
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Film | Three girls do a "One Potato" rhyme. (First: Episode 3271) |
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Cartoon | Number Guy: "How Many Pigs Will Jump Into This Mud?" The answer is 10. (First: Episode 3390) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Follow the leader" dance Part 3 |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo is still wiping down the counter and explains his slow-goings: if he doesn't make sure the counter is spotless, Slimey might crawl on it, get infected by germs, have to go to the Worm Hospital, and everyone will be sad. Maria tells him to keep cleaning, and that whether he finishes or not, when she's done with her work she'll be leaving. |
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Animation | A walk through a neighborhood made of paper and photographic characters. (First: Episode 3583) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover watches Samantha count backwards from 5. |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: The parachute becomes a large mattress. (First: Episode 2245) |
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Song | "Explore Calypso Song" (First: Episode 3531) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Whoopi Goldberg demonstrates the art of acting by pretending to be various things, which Telly and Big Bird completely fall for (though, it turns out they're acting too). She also pretends to be her dream role - Cookie Monster. |
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Cartoon | An actor demonstrates anger towards a casting director - literally! (First: Episode 2061) |
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Film | A class makes a quilt of their faces. (First: Episode 3034) |
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Cartoon | "Part of the Whole" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2714) |
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Film | Cars on the street go fast, then slow, then fast again. (First: Episode 2988) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria is finished with work, but Elmo is still cleaning the table. Maria decides to cooperate with him and wipes it down with a few broad strokes of her rag. She is excited to leave, but Elmo then swiftly positions himself at the door, making sure she doesn't! |
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Animation | A man tries to enter a house using a door marked ENTRADA. He is cut off by a series of cut-out figures entering first, filling the house until it bursts. (First: Episode 3382) |
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Muppets | "In South America," they say "Buenos Dias" for good morning, and "Buenas Noches" for good night. (First: Episode 3105) |
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Animation | Pencil box I/i (First: Episode 2890) |
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Animation | Ornate I's swing through the air to a song. (First: Episode 2921) |
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Animation | I / i Gregorian Chant (First: Episode 3342) |
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Film | Coverage of a spring kite-flying festival, where both kids and grownups can participate. (First: Episode 3276) |
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Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria can't open the door with Elmo blocking it, but Luis and Gabi open it up from the outside (smooshing Elmo into the wall). They learn that Elmo thinks they're moving and they explain the situation to him. To make him feel better, they give him several big hugs and agree to take him to the movie. Since they're late for the 5 o'clock showing, they can go to the next one at six-thirty. After Luis and Maria assure the viewer they're not moving, Elmo announces the sponsors and they all leave for the theater. The credits follow. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Papa Bear launches high into the air on a pogo stick before crashing back down. |
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