| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird causes accidents | |||||||
| Air date | April 14, 1993 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis, Maria, and Gabi spot someone familiar at the bus stop: the Eensy Weensy Spider (Peter Linz), from the nursery rhyme of the same name. He explains that he's become tired of the old routine by now, so his friend suggested he take a vacation. He tells them what happened earlier today... |
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He got on a boat, and as the spider puts it...
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Now he's trying to catch the bus home. When the bus comes, the bus driver (voice of Martin P. Robinson) is frightened of the spider and drives off. The spider also tries calling a taxi, but it speeds off as well. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: TAXI (First: Episode 1136) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "What Do You Do With a Fruit?" (First: Episode 2050) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tries to get baby Ernestine to say his name. It turns out she's much better at saying "Bert!" (First: Episode 2586) |
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Film | Floating kids form H. |
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Cartoon | Two boys peek into a fire house, and write HAT, HOSE, and HOOK on the window using their breath. Two dogs come by and wonder what a HAT HOSE HOOK is, but their question is answered when the fire truck leaves the station ... Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1204) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo thinks that Whoopi's skin is a very pretty brown. Whoopi likes Elmo's soft red fur. Elmo admires Whoopi's bouncy hair, too. Elmo suggests that they trade, but Whoopi says that they can't -- it doesn't come off. But even if she could trade, she wouldn't want to. She likes her skin and her hair, and she wants to keep it. Elmo says that he wants to keep his fur, too. (First: Episode 2746) |
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Cartoon | "Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction) (First: Episode 2523) |
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SCENE 2 | At night, the spider still doesn't have any luck getting a taxi. Snuffy passes by and recognizes him before offering to give him and his luggage a ride home. Thus:
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Cartoon | A dinosaur tries to eat an apple on a tree. A group of kids keep telling him to "GO HIGHER!" (First: Episode 2908) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Bird Family — Kermit interviews a bird whose parents don't live together. (First: Episode 2695) |
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Animation | Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroses as pets. (First: Episode 2759) |
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Film | Wendy makes cookies with her grandmother. They later visit Wendy's great-grandmother at the nursing home, and give her some of the cookies. (First: Episode 2214) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Underwater #3 (First: Episode 2925) |
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Cartoon | A baby and father illustrate up and down. (First: Episode 2687) |
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Cast | Lillian shows some kids how to do the "Up and Down Dance." (First: Episode 2950) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up and down on a trampoline. Artist: Tom Gabbay (First: Episode 1449) |
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Film | A group of kids pick apples in an orchard, and take them into the cider mill to make apple cider. (First: Episode 1585) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Get the Funky Rhythm" Part 1 (First: Episode 3000) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset search for Aunt Nellie's dog, Meatbone, not knowing that the sneaky dog has been following them the whole time. (First: Episode 1206) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Little Things". re-filmed version (First: Episode 2485) |
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Cartoon | G for Gorilla (First: Episode 2491) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Oh, G" in praise of the letter G. (First: Episode 1167) |
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Animation | G/g musical notes (Gordon voiceover) (First: Episode 2233) |
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SCENE 3 | At night, Maria and Luis try to sleep when Maria hears Big Bird loudly calling for her outside. She goes to the window and he explains that he wanted to show her the bright, full moon in the sky tonight. She appreciates it and tells Big Bird to go back to bed. Instead, Big Bird calls Luis so he can see the moon too, then attempts to wake Gabi up. Maria tells Big Bird to go to bed again, and Big Bird gets the feeling she's angry at him, though she insists she's not. When he leaves she pulls down the window shade so hard that it breaks, and Big Bird starts to worry. |
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Cartoon | A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and crickets. Her snores frighten the real monster. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2951) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie". (First: Episode 1789) |
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Cartoon | Three owls blink. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1469) |
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Film | A blind class goes on a field trip downtown, and visits a produce stand. (First: Episode 2580) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Get the Funky Rhythm" Part 2 (First: Episode 3000) |
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Cartoon | Falling leaves form H and h. |
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SCENE 4 | While Luis fixes the window shade, Big Bird comes up to their apartment to apologize for breaking it, as he feels like he's responsible for it. They reassure him that they forgive him as it was an accident that's easy to fix. Maria invites him to sit down on the bed to comfort him, but once he does the edge of the bed breaks! (Big Bird: "Gee, this room is a mess.") |
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Cartoon | A little boy describes a time when he got angry after his toy truck was destroyed by a big kid. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2764) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Get the Funky Rhythm" Part 3 (First: Episode 3000) |
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Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "But I Like You". (First: Episode 1952) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue". (First: Episode 0775) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Sloth (First: Episode 2500) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Get the Funky Rhythm" Part 4 (First: Episode 3000) |
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Cartoon | The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages. (First: Episode 2243) |
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SCENE 5 | The bed and the shade are now fixed. Maria and Luis assure Big Bird that they're not angry at him; in fact, they find the situation funny. They have a good laugh and Big Bird is about to head home, but when Luis tries to open the door for him, the doorknob comes off in his hand. He reels back onto the bed, which breaks again, after which the window shade falls off! This time, instead of complaining, they all burst out laughing. Snuffy announces the sponsors, and he starts to laugh too. |
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