| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Zoe pretends to be Gina | |||||||
| Air date | March 12, 1998 | ||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | From afar, Zoe watches Gina reading a book in the yard. She observes the way Gina touches her hair, opens her book, turns the pages, and the way she reads. Zoe sighs and thinks that Gina is wonderful. |
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SCENE 1 | Zoe thinks that Gina is so cool that she wants to be just like her. She approaches Gina and asks what her favorite color, juice, and sandwich is; Gina's answers are green (like her sweater), apple juice, and egg salad on whole wheat bread with a slice of pickle. Despite the fact that Zoe doesn’t like any of those things (especially the pickle), she thanks Gina and leaves. Zoe tells the viewer that she doesn’t care if she doesn't like what Gina likes - it would be worth it to be just like her. |
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Cartoon | The Great Inventors Series: John Montague, Earl of Sandwich, invents a new type of food that can be eaten while playing cards. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2574) |
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Song | "You Don't Have to Be a Grizzly" to eat some honey (First: Episode 3398) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson gets a different waiter for a change, a light blue monster named Piño. Then Grover comes by and argues with Piño over which one of them is serving Mr. Johnson. (First: Episode 3061) |
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Animation | "Wild West Letter C" (First: Episode 3579) |
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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | "C" for Circle (First: Episode 3313) |
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, Carlo tells a Twiddlebug joke to Gina, Zoe, and Baby Bear. They laugh, though Zoe (now donning a green sweater matching Gina's) tries to imitate Gina's laugh instead of her usual giggle. Carlo then takes everybody's orders for lunch, including Gina's favorite sandwich and juice. Zoe orders the same lunch as Gina's, while Baby Bear orders the "porridge du jour." |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | While they wait for lunch, Baby Bear asks Zoe if she wants to play with him afterwards, but she doesn't reply no matter how many times he calls her. She finally tells him that she isn’t Zoe, and gives three clues to who she's trying to be: the sweater she's wearing, her lunch order, and the way she touches her hair. Baby Bear gives up and replies that he thought Zoe was Gina. When they argue over the way Gina touches her hair, Zoe protests and exclaims that she is Gina. |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Song | "I Put My Leg in My Pants" (First: Episode 3402) |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0320) |
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Muppets | Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little." (First: Episode 2206) |
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Cartoon | Letters appear over a sky-view of a neighborhood. (First: Episode 3267) |
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SCENE 3 | At the day care center, Zoe, Baby Bear, Gina, and the kids say the alphabet when Zoe starts copying every word Gina says. Gina asks her to stop, but Zoe says she can't be Gina if she doesn’t do everything she does or say. Gina sees this will be a problem, while Baby Bear comments that two Ginas are too much for him. |
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Song | "2, 2, 2, Me and You." (First: Episode 3690) |
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Cartoon | Egyptian #2 (First: Episode 3291) |
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Film | A parrot announces dos, or two of everything. (First: Episode 3108) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a pair of headphones. (First: Episode 1628) |
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Cartoon | Two camels (voiced by David Rudman and Joey Mazzarino) at a watering hole learn to share. (First: Episode 3528) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "Don't Waste Water." (First: Episode 2804) |
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Cartoon | "Water Conservation": Frank the fish calls Carl and tells him not to leave the water running while brushing his teeth, otherwise the lake will be dry. Artist: Peter Chung (First: Episode 2689) |
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SCENE 4 | Zoe continues mimicking Gina, and Baby Bear is starting to get tired of it ("I thought that this was a one Gina day care pwogram!"). Gina breaks it to Zoe that although she finds it sweet, she and the others miss Zoe being herself and that there is no one else like her. Heeding her message, Zoe decides to be herself again and has Gina help take off the green sweater. Everyone cheers and Baby Bear feels relieved: "My wee little world makes sense again!" |
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Cartoon | Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2727) |
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Film | Xiao-Mei from northern China describes a festival at the end of every year that her family participates in. Each day of the festival, there is a new show to watch, a series of parades and lots of food like noodles and dumplings. Women prepare floats for the parade while men dress up as river animals. Xiao-Mei's favorite part or the festival is the lion dance. Xiao-Mei also demonstrates how she can walk on stilts which are strapped to her legs, and hopes someday to dance in the big parade. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | A fan reveals the letter C. (First: Episode 2746) |
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Muppets | Worms in Space make the letter C. |
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Cartoon | C's are found on a city street. (First: Episode 3366) |
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Film | A mom takes her son for a walk in the stroller, and he sees all he can see. (First: Episode 3656) |
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Animation | "Pineapple Addition" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3159) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Celine Dion sings "Happy to Meet You." |
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Cartoon | A shy girl wants to join a group bouncing a ball. (audible dialogue) Artist: Joanna Priestley (First: Episode 2849) |
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Film | Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family are black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family. (First: Episode 2756) |
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Muppets | Farley takes his pet "To the Vet" as he sings about it. (First: Episode 3561) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs play an eye doctor and his patient. |
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Cartoon | Ball-dribbling characters count the feet on a wall ruler. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3227) |
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Muppets | "Cereal Girl" (First: Episode 2687) |
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Film | Looking for shapes in a metal junkyard (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 2702) |
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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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SCENE 5 | As Gina tucks the kids in for nap time, she repeats to Zoe what she said earlier. However, Zoe is not listening as she is paying attention to how cute Baby Bear is. She declares that she wants to be just like him, prompting Baby Bear to groan. She says she's just joking - from now on she is going to be herself. While Baby Bear grumbles about how unfunny Zoe's joke was, Gina announces the sponsors and reports the status of Slimey's spaceship. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Robert MacNeil announces that the Wiggleprise has landed and the worms are on the moon! Everyone on Sesame Street breaks into celebration. |
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