| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Playing pretend elves | |||||||
| Air date | March 6, 1990 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Luis, Maria, Gabi, and Elmo read a Spanish book about animals from Maria's childhood, which her mother has sent up from Puerto Rico. Rather than paying attention to the book, Elmo notices some stains on it when young Maria spilled juice and soup, which her mother noted on the page (also in Spanish). |
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Cartoon | A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Muppets | Grover the Waiter at La Casa de Comidas (First: Episode 1793) |
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Cartoon | A man finds and eats five apples, counting the number left after each one. (First: Episode 1578) |
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Celebrity | 14 Karat Soul sings about school. (First: Episode 1665) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: SCHOOL After a bunch of kids come running by, a girl goes before the man and says it's Saturday. That leaves him to say: "No school." (First: Episode 1155) |
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Film | Some kids have a bike race by the river. (First: Episode 1419) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis wants to write a story and has prepared everything he needs... except some peace and quiet (as he gets interrupted by Big Bird and some phone calls at the Fix-It Shop). |
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Animation | G/g musical notes (Gordon voiceover) (First: Episode 2233) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Me Gotta Be Blue." (First: Episode 1828) |
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Film | Footage of a baby learning to walk. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0427) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria has found a Spanish version of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" she also had as a kid. Big Bird and Elmo essentially tell the story by remembering the various parts of it. Luis has to run an errand and promises to finish writing his story for Gabi when he returns. Big Bird wishes there were elves on Sesame Street that could finish Luis' story. Elmo thinks there very well could be... |
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Cartoon | A boy shares his bubbles with some kids dancing in a field. (First: Episode 1926) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is It — Ernie wants to play tag while Bert reads his book. (First: Episode 1026) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about his favorite subject - frogs. Gladys the Cow assists by being a cow frog wearing goggles, air tank, and froggy foot paddles. Gladys asks Kermit how it would feel to be a cow and he replies feeling glad to be a frog. Gladys puts a cow's horns, ears, and a bell on Kermit. (First: Episode 2206) |
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Film | Sounds Around the House v1: a dripping water faucet, a man playing the violin, a woman vacuuming, a teenager listening to pop music, and a passing elevated train. (First: Episode 1706) |
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SCENE 4 | Much like in "The Elves and the Shoemaker," pretend elves "Elfmo" and Big Bird plan to finish writing Luis' story while he's away. Elmo wants to fully immerse himself in the role by looking like the elves in the storybook. He makes several attempts to find a matching hat, eventually finding a pointy hat with a feather to match the illustrations. Before Big Bird can begin work, Elmo then runs off to find some pointy shoes. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763) |
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Muppets | Clementine hears water running, which reminds Forgetful Jones that he was about to do something. Using the clues at hand (a bar of soap, a backbrush, and a towel), Forgetful remembers that it's bath time. Buster's bath, that is... (First: Episode 1666) |
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Film | A mandrill carries her young. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0039) |
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Muppets | "Honk Around the Clock" (First: Episode 1631) |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade - The Raisin Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1171) |
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SCENE 5 | Elmo is now dressed as an elf, but then brings himself closer to the ground as elves are very small. He thinks Big Bird is too big to be an elf and has him scrunch down much lower. With both down at ground level, the two are unable to reach their paper and pencil. |
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Cartoon | Fisherman Jones demonstrates in, on and under with the help of a big fishy. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Animation | Slide puzzle: Ernie (First: Episode 0403) |
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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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SCENE 6 | Luis discovers and reads the story the "elves" have written, about a giraffe and an elephant who raise a human child. Big Bird has to keep Elmo from spilling the secret (though Luis can already hazard a guess). |
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Cartoon | A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him. (First: Episode 0399) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "Caribbean Amphibian." (First: Episode 2205) |
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Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Film | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. (First: Episode 1222) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis has intentions for another story and leaves his materials out so the "elves" can write it again. Elmo and Big Bird confess it was them all along, while Luis admits he knew as well. They have given him an idea for a new story to write: "The Day Big Bird and Elmo Pretended to Be Elves." "Just think, Elmo, maybe one day we'll be as famous as Cinderella!" Big Bird comments. Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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