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| What sound does a turtle make? | |||||||||
| Air date | March 27, 1998 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||||
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Insert | At "Wynton Marsalis' Monster Music Class," Wynton attempts to teach Elmo how to play an A on his violin. Telly needs a little help getting it right on his tuba, Zoe is able to find it on her piano, and Wynton helps one of the Honkers with their out-of-tune nose. Once Elmo is able to master getting an A, everybody has fun in playing a Dixieland tune. |
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Cartoon | Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music. (First: Episode 3460) |
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Muppets | Live at the Nestropolitan: Madame Alma Cluck sings "Il Alphabetto". (First: Episode 3390) |
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Film | What sound does a horse make? (First: Episode 3277) |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird, Lexine, and the other kids sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" when a turtle protests: he doesn't like the song because there are never any turtles in it. What's more, no one knows what sound a turtle makes, which makes the turtle feel worse. He wishes he had his own special animal sound, and Big Bird and the kids offer to help him find one. The turtle is happy, and even considers if this means he can live on Old MacDonald's farm someday. |
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Film | Jerry Nelson sings "The Turtle Song" over footage of turtles. (First: Episode 3677) |
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Film | The floating kids form a letter N. (First: Episode 3109) |
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Film | A very happy and energetic lady discovers a monumental "N" and dances around it. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3377) |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Muppets | Kingston Livingston III sings "A Cat Had a Birthday." (First: Episode 3331) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. (piano music) (First: Episode 2510) |
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Animation | "Step right up and find my voice!" A girl plays a carnival game in which she pushes buttons to identify which sound each animal makes. (First: Episode 3736) |
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SCENE 2 | The turtle gets an idea for an animal sound: "quack quack," which he soon learns is the sound that a duck makes when an irate duck calls him out on it. He also learns his second idea, "cluck," is the sound that a chicken makes, which Big Bird points out to the turtle as the next segment plays... |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Cluck Around the Clock." (First: Episode 2817) |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Film | Six children dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3122) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count: 6 (First: Episode 0983) |
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Film | A dance class does some stretching exercises, then dance in their own ways, ending with the tango (instrumental: "Naughty Door Opera"). (First: Episode 3022) |
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Cartoon | An elephant, a zebra, a hedgehog, an ostrich, a frog and a ladybug create a rhythm with their footsteps. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2794) |
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SCENE 3 | Humphrey and Ingrid read an animal book to Natasha, making the appropriate animal noises as they go but become stumped when they reach the turtle page. Big Bird and the turtle show up, and the turtle bursts into tears when Humphrey asks him what sound he makes. The parents break it to Natasha that turtles don't have a sound and she blows a raspberry, which is the sound the turtle suddenly wants to call his own! Big Bird isn't so sure about this idea... |
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Cartoon | A man in a bowler hat examines what's behind each door. (new sound effects and music sting added) (First: Episode 1409) |
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Film | A girl writes to her grandmother about going to summer camp. (First: Episode 3270) |
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Cartoon | Little Red Riding Hood uses a map to get to Grandma's house. (First: Episode 2686) |
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Muppets | "Forty Blocks From My Home" (First: Episode 2614) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs are really sound sleepers - neither an alarm, nor a jackhammer nor an elephant will wake them up. (First: Episode 3010) |
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Cartoon | "Young MacDonald Went to Town" (re-recorded soundtrack) Original version -- (First: Episode 0787) |
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SCENE 4 | The turtle continues to blow raspberries when the real Old MacDonald (Jerry Nelson) shows up, complaining about a headache: "With a throb-throb here and a throb-throb there..." He's interested in finding a turtle for his farm and the turtle demonstrates the new sound he makes. MacDonald is disgusted and changes his mind - his farm is noisy enough and he was wanting a quiet pet! |
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Film | Kids play bongo drums loud and soft. (First: Episode 2862) |
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Muppets | Elmo and Telly sing "Baby Say It Loud", a silly song about a silly cow and a silly duck. (First: Episode 3611) |
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Cartoon | N / n paper fold (First: Episode 3114) |
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Film | Alphaboy: Nibbling Noodles with Neighbor Nora (First: Episode 3465) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763) |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about a Korean festival she attended with her two friends. (First: Episode 3162) |
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Cartoon | Name That Sound: identify animal sounds. (First: Episode 3587) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird, the kids, and the turtle beg Old MacDonald to let the turtle live on the farm, but only if the turtle promises to be quiet. He demonstrates how quiet he can be as they sing the "Old MacDonald" song, and MacDonald accepts. While the turtle starts to babble on about how quiet he will be, Big Bird announces the sponsors (and reports the status on Slimey's spaceship) as some of MacDonald's other animals show up, giving MacDonald a bigger headache. The credits follow. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Rosita and Elmo ask a fuming Oscar if he wants them to stop asking him questions. |
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