| Sesame Street | |||||||
| What's In Big Bird's Nest | |||||||
| Air date | January 19, 2012 | ||||||
| Season | Season 42 (2011-2012) | ||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | What's the Word on the Street?: Prickly |
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SCENE | At bedtime, Big Bird welcomes the viewer and shows off the new pajamas his Granny Bird send him, claiming they'll be the softest pajamas ever. Gordon comes in to tuck him in for the night. The moment Gordon heads out, Big Bird starts to feel something uncomfortable. Gordon browses the nest and pulls out a truck and, despite Big Bird always sleeping with it, leaves it out. Big Bird still feels something poking him though. |
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SCENE cont'd | Gordon looks again and finds the letter C in the nest, as Big Bird always sleeps with the letter of the day ("Don't you?"). Big Bird still isn't comfortable and Gordon looks again, this time finding a cactus! Gordon thinks because of his prickly spines, Big Bird can't sleep. Insulted, the cactus heads back to the desert. Gordon then finds a number 1 (the number of the day), followed by one pineapple. Gordon points out that the fruit is also prickly and she leaves for home, Hawaii. The portion with the cactus was cut in the HBO version. |
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SCENE cont'd | Although Big Bird's nest is now completely empty, he still feels uncomfortable and can't sleep. Suddenly, the Princess (from "The Princess and the Pea") arrives to offer her services, being a part-time sleep consultant. She dives into the nest and finds a pea, which she believes is preventing him from sleeping. She briefly dozes off before running off to her next client - Sleeping Beauty. |
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SCENE cont'd | Big Bird still feels uncomfortable, to Gordon's disbelief. Susan appears at the window, wondering what's going on. Gordon realizes that Big Bird's issue must be his new pajamas - he never took the tag off! Gordon removes the tag and Big Bird is able to sleep with comfort. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Some prickly characters aid Joel McHale explain the word. |
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Muppets | Murray announces Abby's Flying Fairy School is on the way and tries to make his toy car go really far. His car barely travels any distance and he wonders what makes a car go farther. Ovejita appears and tells him "¡Vamos a averiguarlo!" The two find themselves in a school gym, where the kids begin to pitch their ideas. Murray is ready to design his car, but introduces a segment first... (First: Episode 4258) |
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Film | Kids find C-words in a forest. (First: Episode 4243) |
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Cartoon | A troop of army ants look for C words at a picnic. Artist: Michael Goldberg (First: Episode 4196) |
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Muppets | Murray and a group of girls introduce ”Abby’s Flying Fairy School”. (First: Episode 4261) |
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Muppets / Animation | Abby's Flying Fairy School It's now naptime for the class and everyone heads to their beds. Abby, however, can't fall asleep. Mrs. Sparklenose tells her to count sheep. Abby can't imagine sheep and can't consult a sleeping Mrs. Sparklenose. She poofs 3 real sheep into the classroom, who wake up Blogg. They count the sheep, but need more to fall asleep. Suddenly, a chorus line of 7 more sheep appear. They are still not asleep and wake up Peck too. Abby makes more sheep appear, in the form of a football team. Gonnigan is woken up and chased by the team. They call on Spot, who shows them a subtraction video. They get an idea to subtract the sheep and lead each group out of the room. Once the sheep are cleared, the students fall asleep. Mrs. Sparklenose sees them and extends naptime for a bit. (updated theme song) (First: Episode 4215) |
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Muppets | Murray and the kids begin to construct their cars. Murray adds lots of blocks, hoping to weigh it down. He presents another segment before they begin to test them... (First: Episode 4258) |
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Cast / Muppets | Miles sings a song about his favorite number, 1. (First: Episode 4145) |
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Film | In a yoga class, a woman makes the number 1 with her body. (First: Episode 4183) |
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Muppets | Murray and Jenabell introduce "Super Grover 2.0" with a laugh. (First: Episode 4257) |
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Muppets | Super Grover 2.0: How Now Down Cow — Super Grover 2.0 helps a cow get down the stairs. (First: Episode 4232) |
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Muppets | At "Experiment Raceway," the kids test their cars. Murray concludes that the size, weight and shape effect how the car moves. He tries out his car, which doesn't get far from the ramp. Murray doesn't mind and introduces a segment before "Elmo's World" comes. (First: Episode 4258) |
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Cartoon | Fruits of different masses try to match weights with a carton of milk to become the Heavy Weight Champion. |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Breakfast is the Best Meal of the Day" with a singing banana, toast with eggs and a bowl of oatmeal about how good breakfast can be. By the end, Bert is hungry and ready for breakfast, but Ernie informs him that it's the middle of the night and not time to eat breakfast yet. (First: Episode 4133) |
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Song | Apple song (First: Episode 4083) |
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Muppets | Murray and the kids introduce "Elmo's World." (First: Episode 4261) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Sleep (First: Episode 3983) |
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Muppets | Murray announces the sponsors. |
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