| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Baby Bear gets honey | |||||||
| Air date | December 25, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||
| Written by | Christine Ferraro | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | In the morning, Baby Bear reveals Telly has slept over at his cottage last night and now they are about to have breakfast. Papa Bear has prepared a special meal for Telly’s presence, but Telly points out the meal looks like the ordinary porridge the Bear family eats all the time. The family explains that it’s Papa Bear’s famous honey porridge. Papa Bear explains to them that bears love honey because of instinct and tells them about his great-grandfather Jebediah Bear, who’d climb trees to get honey from beehives. Telly thinks he may not like the porridge because he’s never tried honey and he's not a bear, but he tries it anyway and finds he loves it! |
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Song | "You Don't Have to Be a Grizzly" explains that kids and animals can like the same foods. (First: Episode 3398) |
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Cartoon | Kids see animals in their alphabet soup. (new sound effects added) Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 1976) |
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Film | A visual representation of the nursery rhyme "To Market" with Wegman's dogs. (First: Episode 3543) |
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Muppets | A barbershop quartet sings about counting floors when they go up and down in an elevator. (First: Episode 0889) |
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Film | Russian nesting dolls 10-1 (First: Episode 0563) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and Baby Bear hop on their pogo sticks down Sesame Street, commenting how great the meal was. Nearby at Hooper's Store, Mr. Handford receives a call from Papa Bear, asking Baby Bear to pick up some more honey on the way back home. Baby Bear is awestruck by this, feeling proud that his Papa trusts him enough with a big responsibility. However, he can’t remember where to find honey until he flashes back to this morning and recalls the story of Jebediah Bear. He heads to the park to find a beehive, with a concerned Telly following. |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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Song | "Family Song" - a rewritten version of "Brothers Song" (First: Episode 3423) |
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Cartoon | Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2749) |
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Film | A paper crumples to reveal Q, q and Qq. (First: Episode 3105) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Q Game — Ernie asks Bert to play a game where they take turns counting and then saying "Q." (First: Episode 0440) |
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Animation | In reversed film, Q and q candles are unmelted. (First: Episode 3079) |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle's three nephews demonstrate a round by singing "Redwood Tree." (First: Episode 2506) |
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SCENE 3 | Baby Bear finds a tree with an active beehive and begins climbing his way to the top. However, Telly stops him and has him imagine what could happen: if he climbs to the beehive, the bees may get angry and start stinging him, giving him lots of boo-boos! Baby Bear would rather stay boo-boo free, so he comes up with an idea and runs off, asking Telly to guard the hive. |
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Song | "It's Fido's Birthday" - a song about a birthday party for a goldfish. (First: Episode 3609) |
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Cartoon | Fish swim to form Q and q. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 3105) |
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Muppets | Elmo shows the viewer a letter very quickly, and has the viewer guess which letter it is. (First: Episode 3415) |
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Film | Q, for quack. And, Quiet! (First: Episode 3405) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Seven Emotional Dwarves — Kermit meets dwaves named differently from the Snow White story. (First: Episode 2415) |
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Cartoon | "Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange. (new music added) Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2087) |
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Film | Kids talk about how many things they can do now that they're five years old. (First: Episode 1403) |
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Cartoon | "Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing. (new sound effects and music tag added) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1109) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly marches back and forth, wondering where Baby Bear has gone. Baby Bear then arrives back covered with gear from head to toe that will protect him from getting stung. He tries climbing the tree, but the gloves he’s wearing prevent him from getting a grip on it. He climbs onto Telly to lift him to the bees, but one bee begins buzzing near Telly... who isn’t protected. He begins freaking out, causing them both to fall over. |
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Cartoon | The detective sees a lever, and thinks about what might happen if he pulls the lever, being prepared for anything. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 2613) |
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards Big Bird explores the mask gallery at the Museo del Barrio in New York City. Edna, the art instructor, shows him and some kids how to make their own masks for a parade. (First: Episode 3058) |
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Animation | Abstract count to 13. (First: Episode 2809) |
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Film | Milo Counting #13 (First: Episode 3553) |
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Cartoon | Rap #13 (First: Episode 2547) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo runs into Ellen DeGeneres listening to "Put Down the Duckie" with headphones and singing along to it. They try taking turns, but Elmo soon decides it would be better if they used the headphones at the same time - that way they can dance together. (First: Episode 3448) |
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Animation | A piece of paper floats down onto a table, then folds itself into a paper crane, which flies away. (First: Episode 2892) |
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Film | A girl writes to her grandmother about going to summer camp. (First: Episode 3270) |
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Cartoon | A Zerkel named Dan demonstrates -an words. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3515) |
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Muppets | A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 1616) |
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Song | "Beautiful Baby" (remake) (First: Episode 3549) |
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Cartoon | A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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SCENE 5 | Baby Bear and Telly arrive back on the street to find Papa Bear has been looking for them. Baby Bear expresses his sorrow in letting his dad down, and Papa Bear is shocked to learn he tried climbing to a beehive. He shows him how the modern bear gets honey: from Hooper’s Store ("Mr. Handford, show me the honey!"). He’s proud of his son anyway, though, because he did his best. While Papa Bear orders more honey-related items, Mama Bear announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Celina and Herry hear a voice announcing some H films will be replayed. |
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