Sesame Street

Sesame Street (November 10, 1969-) is an American educational children television program designed for preschoolers, and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in children's television shows. Sesame Street is well known for the inclusion of the Muppet characters created by the legendary puppeteer Jim Henson. More than 4,000 episodes of the show have been produced in over five decades, which distinguishes it as one of the longest-running shows in television history.

Season 1 (1969-1970)

Episode 1 (November 10, 1969)

Gordon Robinson: Sally, you've never seen a street like Sesame Street. Everything happens here. You're gonna love it!

• The first line spoken on the first episode from November 1969

Segment List

Film: One Song (Song of One)/Three Song (Song of Three)/Two Song (Song of Two)

Men: Three balls.

Boy: Three peas?

Baker: Three birthday cakes.

Boy: 2 ice cream cones.

Men: 2 hats.

Girl: 2 butterflies.

Baker: Two chocolate cream pies.

Season 7 (1975-76)

Episode 796 (December 1, 1975)

Segment List:

Cast: David is on, under and in the bed, Maria is on, under and in the car and Bob is on, under and in the book.

Film: Two Song (Song of Two)

Boy: 2 ice cream cones.

Men: 2 hats.

Girl: 2 butterflies.

Baker: Two chocolate cream pies.

Season 12 (1980-81)

Episode 1449 (November 27, 1980)

Segment List

Cartoon: Storybook #5: Five witches carry a number 5 to their haunted castle, and five ghosts fly away. Animator Ishu Patel at National Film Board of Canada

Cartoon: Zipper, Snap, Hook, Button, Shoelace and Tie Animator Catherine Aison

Cartoon: Birth of Butterfly: How do butterflies make more butterflies? The life cycle of the butterfly is documented. At the end, the fully-grown butterfly flies into an open field, and calls out, "Hey, Tibi!". Animator Catherine Aison Music by Charles Gross

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #5

Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Five Butterflies, Five Flies on a Face's Nose, Five Worms in an Apple, Five Swans, Four Hippopotamuses and One Alligator, Four Horses and One Zebra Jumping over a Fence, and Five Beavers

Season 15 (1983-84)

Episode 1839 (November 24, 1983)

David: Look, look, I'm tellin' you, she's a great candidate! She says that she's against big spending, big business, and inflation. She says when she gets into office, there'll be enough money for government, social programs, and the space program.

Bob: Hey, sounds great. What's her name?

Gordon: Alice in Wonderland.

[everyone else laughs]

Season 20 (1988-89)

Big Bird in Japan (January 16, 1989)

[Happy music!]

[Docent] Attention, tourists!

When we arrive in Tokyo,

there'll be a five-minute rest stop.

You MUST be back on the bus in exactly five minutes

so that we can maintain our exciting schedule!

This morning, we wil visit one temple, one shrine and one house.

After a 20-minute box lunch,

we will take the harbor tour by boat,

then the city tour by bus,

and we will end the afternoon at 1700

with a genuine Japanese tea ceremony.

Synchronize your watches; it is 0813...

MARK!

Five minutes!

FIVE MINUTES!

We cannot wait for latecomers!

[Big Bird] Um, um, excuse me?

[Docent] Mmhm?

[Big Bird] But is this whole tour going to be, um... this organized?

[Docent] Impressive, isn't it?

In one day, we will see everything there is to see in Tokyo,

then one day at Mount Fuji,

one day in Nagoya,

One day in Kyoto, to see EVERYTHING there is to see there,

and we fly home on the 15th.

[Big Bird] But aren't we gonna meet any-- Japanese people?

[Docent] Of course! The hotels have several Japanese employees who speak English very well!

[Big Bird] But how about just... people people?

[Docent] Can you speak Japanese?

[Big Bird] Well, no...

[Docent] (off Barkley) Can he?

[Big Bird] Heh, no, he can't speak anything except maybe a little dog.

[Barkley] WOOF!

[Docent] Then, how do you propose to speak to any Japanese?

[Big Bird] They don't speak American?

[Docent] Usually not...

[Barkley whining, barking] [Big Bird] Well... Come on, Barkley!

This IS Tokyo...

[exasperated] And we only got FIVE MINUTES!

[Barkley] WOOF WOOF WOOF!

[Docent] FOUR minutes!

[STING!]

[Big Bird] Of particular interest in Japan are the charming little houses

delicately constructed of paper and wood!

PAPER AND WOOD?!

[Barkley barks] So much for THAT guidebook.

You know, Barkley, there's something about the people here.

They all look different somehow.

I've got it! They all have black hair!

[Salarymen speaking Japanese] Hai! Hai! Hai!

[Big Bird] Hi! Hi! Hi! Heh.

[Salaryman] Ohayo.

[Big Bird] Ohio?!

[Salaryman] Hai.

[Big Bird] Funny, you don't sound like you're from Ohio.

[Salaryman] Ohayo, hai.

[Big Bird] Hi!

Huh! Well, there were certainly a couple of nice guys from back home.

Hi!

[Salaryman] OH! Ohayo!

[Big Bird] You too, Ohio?!

[Salaryman] Ha, hai hai! Ohayo!

[Big Bird] Well, hi, Ohio!

[Salaryman] Hai. OHAYO!

[Big Bird] Well, there certainly seems to be an unusual number of people here...

from Ohio!

[Barkley] [I don't know... Maybe that's not what they mean... Oh well.]

[Young man] Ohayo.

[Big Bird] Ohio?!

[Young woman] Ohayo! Hai!

[Big Bird] [wearily] Hi...

[Young woman admires Barkley in Japanese!]

[Young man says it's time to go...]

[Big Bird] Uh, Barkey... I'd like to explain to you what's going on here...

But I have absolutely NO idea!

[Difficult/humorous situation music!]

This is some place, huh, Barkley?

It sure looks a lot like New York City, except here, there's more people from Ohio.

Boy, oh boy oh boy! Wait till we tell the gang on the bus.

• remembers with horror* THE BUS?!

[Adventurous music!]

NO! STOP! Come back! Oh, come ba--

Oh, I can't believe it! Look, they went off and left us!

Now what are we gonna do?!

We can't speak Japanese; we don't know anybody here!

I don't have hardly any money! Do you have any money?

Ah, of course not; you're a DOG!

Oh no... and they've got our plane tickets and everything!

[Barkley whimpers...]

[Big Bird] Oh, well, don't be scared, Barkley.

Oh, it's, uh, ah, we'll be okay. I mean, I've got a little money, and some bird seed

and a doggie biscuit!

[Barkley ruffs, a little heartened!]

[Cheering music!]

[Big Bird] I don't know about you, old buddy, but I'm starving!

Shall we spend a little of our money on a bite to eat?

Oh, look! Um, that looks like fish...

and that's some kind of meat.

So we'll get the meat for you, because you're a doggie,

and I'll get the fish, because whenever I visit my cousin Bernie the seagull,

we have fish and it is DELICIOUS!

Whoa! Oh, uh, hm. Uh, hello, uh,

we'll-- we'll take, uh-- that one, and that one.

Uhhh-- um, well, that one and that one.

THAT ONE, and THAT ONE!

[Waiter sighs in resignation; perhaps this American bird person is slow or

childlike, or that language barrier is an issue; whatever the case, he's unable

to correct this American bird person.]

[Big Bird, proudly] Come, Barkley!

[Light Japanese restaurant muzak]

[Big Bird] Oh.

[Big Bird] Well, uh, that one's for me, and, uh, that one's for him.

[Barkley growls excitedly!]

[Big Bird, condescendingly] This one here, and that one there.

[Big Bird] All right, and here's the money. Thank you!

[Waiter] Thank you very much, sir.

[Big Bird] Hey... Some restaurant! Heh. They didn't even give us any silverware.

What do they expect us to eat with, these little sticks?! Heh heh.

Well, might as well dig in.

[CRUNCH!] OOOH!

[Barkley sniffs, and ultimately rejects his "food".]

[Big Bird taps his "fish" on his plate] Boy! Talk about stale!

[Barkley verifies: his is inedible, too!]

[Big Bird] Oh...

[Big Bird] Oh!

[Big Bird] Hah!

[Big Bird] Oh, that's what they're for.

Now I'll try.

Ah, well-- okay! Haha! Uh, thank you.

[Big Bird sniffs:] Hey... that-that was fake food in the window!

Boy, what a dope I've been!!!

[Barkley makes excited sounds as he waits for his food, and it's set down.]

[Barkley dives in like a real dog! Big Bird eats silently.]

[Big Bird] Ahhh! Thank you! That was delic-- uh--

Oh! Oh no no no!

[Waiter declines, saying the meal is on the house.]

Oh, thank you!

[Waiter] Thank you very much.

[Big Bird] What a swell guy!

Sigh.

[Man] Ah. Konnichiwa!

[Big Bird] Uhhh... don't tell me. Ohio, right?

[Man] Ah. Ohayo. Hai!

[Big Bird] Eh. Hi. How did I know...

Uh, let's see if we can figure out where we are.

Ummm... Well...

That first one there looks like it might be a little birdcage with a perch on top,

and the one under that might be a breadbox.

Oh, but that doesn't make any sense!

Oh, what a mess I've gotten us into! [Music starts...]

At least on Sesame Street, I knew the alphabet!

Oh, I'll never see Snuffy again!

Or Maria, or Grover, or anybody back home.

Barkley... I'm so homesick!

♫ Oh, why did I come to this faraway place, Why, oh why, oh why, oh... ♪

♪ Where everyone talks in Japanese But they say they're from Ohio? ♪

♪ I miss New York Where you eat with a fork ♪

♪ And English comes in handy ♪

♪ Gee, things were sweet On Sesame Street ♪

♪ Where the people all understaaand me... ♪

♪ There's a friendly nest Where I love to play. ♪

♪ On a friendly street That is far away.

♪ And I want to be there right now, Can't wait for a plane, ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm homesick, Homesick, Homesick... ♪

♪ If I ever get well... I'll never leave home again. ♪

♪ There's a teddy bear, And he waits for me. ♪

♪ There's a friend named Snuffy, That I HAVE to see. ♪

♪ Don't have a fever, But I do feel a pain... ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm homesick, Homesick, Homesick... ♪

♪ If I ever get well, I'll never leave home again. ♪

♪ Gee, it hurts when you think Of your friends at home ♪

♪ On the street You left behind you ♪

♪ When you're lost on the other Side of the world ♪

♪ And no one will ever FIND you... ♪

♪ [Instrumental break - punctuated with Barkley crying...] ♪

[Big Bird, spoken] Boy... You can say THAT again!

[Barkley howls mournfully, somewhat in tune to the music]

♪ [Big Bird] I don't have a fever, But I do feel a pain... ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm homesick, Homesick, Homesick... ♪

♪ If I ever get well, I'll never leave home again. ♫

[Big Bird cries, and sighs disconsolately along with Barkley...]

[Young woman, heavily accented English] Do you know the Japanese word for 'homesick'?

[Big Bird and Barkley startle!]

[Big Bird] Uh... no...

[Young woman] Do you want to hear it?

[Big Bird] ... Yes.

[Young woman] The way you say 'homesick' in Japanese is...

"Homesick!"

[Big Bird] Really?! Just the same?

[Young woman] Just the same.

[Big Bird] Oh!

[Young woman] Now, what's the matter?

Maybe there is something I can do.

[Big Bird] Well... we were on a tour, see?

With a lot of people on a bus.

And the lady in charge said, "Don't go away for more than five minutes!"

BUT, we got so interested in all the people from Ohio with black hair,

and they left without us!!

[Angry, frustrated] And I can't speak Japanese, and I miss Snuffy,

And [off Barkley] he-he can't speak anything!

[Young woman, shocked] The tour went on without you?!

[Big Bird] Yeah...

[Young woman] What kind of a tour would abandon a bird and a dog in a strange country?

[Big Bird] Well... probably the kind of tour that would take a bird and a dog along in the first place.

[Young woman] And where was your tour going from here?

[Big Bird] Well, I don't know; lots of places!

[Young woman] Try to think.

[Big Bird sighs...]

[Young woman] Can you remember anything?

[Big Bird] Well... oh boy... What was it the guide told us when we got off the bus?

Hmm... Think, Big Bird! Use your bird brain! [Thinking sounds...]

[Thought egg appears and cracks open!]

[Docent in Big Bird's memories:] One day in Kyoto to see everything there is to see there,

and we fly home on the 15th!

[Big Bird gasps, thought egg falls and splats!] AHA!

OHHH! Oh! Oh, Kyoto! And fly home from there on the 15th!

So that's WHERE we've got to get to by WHEN... but... How?

[Young woman] Kyoto! So maybe you can catch up with them there.

[Big Bird] But where's Kyoto?

[Young woman] West of Tokyo.

[Big Bird] Like... how many miles?

[Young woman] Ummm... about 300.

[Big Bird] THREE HUNDRED MILES?! Well, that's a long wa--

[Young woman] Kyoto is *my* home, and I have to be there on the 15th too!

So... maybe we can go together!

[Big Bird] No kidding?

[Young woman] No kidding.

I have a friend's car that we can drive as far as Hakone,

and after that, we can take the Shinkansen!

[Big Bird] The Shin-can-who?!

[Young woman] Shin-kan-sen. A train; a very fast train.

[Big Bird] So, we can all be in Kyoto by the 15th?

[Young woman] Yes!

[Big Bird, elated!] OH! Oh, oh Barkley! Barkley, did you hear that, Barkley?! We're saved, everything's fine!

Oh, Barkley, hooray!

[Suddenly sad music; young woman turns...] [very sadly] Sayonara... Tokyo...

[Big Bird still celebrates, oblivious] Ha ha ha ha!

[Brightly] Ah, so, what's Kyoto like?

[Totally hiding her sadness] It has shrines and bamboo forest,

and pretty houses made of paper and wood.

[Big Bird, remembering] OH, so THAT'S where they are!

Gee, it must be very beautiful!

[Young woman] Oh, Kyoto is a VERY pretty city!

♫ The prettiest in our country, so they say; ♪

♪ The capital of the nation in its day. ♪

[BB] ♪ You think we'll find our tour there? ♪

[YW] ♪ You'll find yourself for sure there. ♪ [?]

[BB] ♪ Then come on, Barkley, let's be on our way! ♪

♪ We're off to Kyoto, Like Dorothy and Toto, ♪

♪ We've really got to go-to, Or else we'll miss the plane. ♪

[Together] ♪ We're off to Kyoto, Three hundred miles or so-to, ♪

[BB] I've got feathers, he's got fleas, [YW] I speak Japanese!

[Style of Camptown Races] [BB] ♪ We're comin' out of Tokyo with my doggie on my knee. ♪

♪ I'm goin' to Kyoto where A tour bus waits for me. ♪

[BB, spoken] What else is in Kyoto?

[YW] There's the Imperial Palace... [BB] Gee, I always wanted to play at the palace!

[BB] ♪ When I'm in Kyoto, I'm gonna take a photo, ♪

♪ Of things from long ago-to, And one for you and me. ♪

[YW] ♪ It's far to Kyoto; [BB] We're going awful slow-to. ♪

[YW] ♪ Then we'll take the Shinkansen! [Together] I can't wait till then! ♪

[BB] ♪ We're off to Kyoto, And not to Buffalo-to! ♪

[Together] ♪ No rain or sleet or snow-to, Will keep us from our goal! ♪

♪ So ta-ta to Tokyo, hi-hi Kyoto! ♪

[BB] ♪ I'm a bird and he's a hound; ♪

[YW] ♪ I'm a friend that you have found! ♪

[BB] ♪ And like Webster's Dictionary, ♪ [Together] ♪ We're Kyoto-bound! ♫

[YW] This is the house of my parents' friends the Shimizus.

They said they would be honored to have two American guests tonight!

[BB] Really? We can stay here? That's neat!

[Barkley barks excitedly!]

[YW] Big Bird?

[BB] Hmm?

[YW] Now, there are some things which you need to know.

[BB] For what?

[YW] To visit a Japanese home.

[BB] Oh.

[YW] Before one enters a Japanese home, one must take off one's shoes.

[BB] Check, we take OFF our shoes. You got that, Barkley? [BARK!]

[YW] And when one meets the host, it is customary to kneel down.

[BB] Check, KNEEL DOWN.

[YW] It is a form of bowing to show respect. And the deeper one bows, the more respect one shows.

Want to try it?

[BB] Sure!

[YW] Okay. I bow to you to show you that I honor you.

[Three-tone koto]

[BB] And I bow back to you like this.

[Lower three-tone koto]

[She giggles slightly]

Come on, Barkley, let's see a bow.

Bow!

[YW and BB laugh] [YW] Very nice! [BB] Good job.

[YW] And if I want to show great respect for you, I bow to you even more deeply.

[Five-tone koto]

[BB] Oh! Well, here's how Barkley and I feel about you!

[Fast nine-tone koto]

[YW giggles] Thank you, Big Bird! I am honored.

Are you okay?

[BB] Hey, you know what? [YW] What? [BB] I don't have any shoes to take off!

[YW giggles] Don't worry! If you don't have shoes, how can anyone expect you to take them off?

[BB] Can I ask you something? [YW] Of course.

[BB] How come you're going to so much trouble for us?

[YW] It seems to me you needed a friend.

Wouldn't you be my friend, if I were homesick in America?

[BB] Sure.

[YW] Good...

[Wistfully] Because the time is near, when I am going to need a friend...

[Dramatic music...]

[YW] One more thing: there are many people that I must visit and say goodbye to,

and I do not have much time, so I cannot stay here with you.

But my friends are expecting you.

[BB] But-- but-- but--

[YW] I can meet you here tomorrow morning, and we can drive on to Hakone.

[BB] But...

[They greet each other]

[BB] Uh. What did she-- where's my friend?!

Uh-um-uh... I... Don't have... Any, uh, shoes... to... Uh, take off.

Oh, now, Barkley... You wait here. Sit!... Stay. [Barkley whines a bit]

[BB] Good boy!

[BB] Oh?

[Grandpa] Please!

[Grandma] Please.

[Low three-tone koto]

[Grandpa and Grandma respond gratefully, and bow deeply with an elaborate koto arrangement.]

[Five-tone koto; grandparents chuckle and thank him again, and bow again with another koto.]

[ANOTHER bow, another koto-- but Big Bird loses balance and crashes, with a harp flourish!]

[Waah waah-- but everyone laughs!]

[BB] Uh. Uh, nighty night! Huh, huh...

[Big Bird] Hmm...

She forgot the bed!

[Gong, whimsical music]

[Girls] Barkley! Come and eat!

[Barkley makes a questioning tone, barks excitedly and sniffs the raw fish, but then backs off and whines.]

[He approaches the fish slowly, sniffs it more deeply, and reacts quite badly to the smell!]

[He gives one more pained sniff, then plops down hard, moaning in hunger.]

[Out the window, accompanied by mystical music, Big Bird sees his friend standing, illuminated by moonlight...]

[BB] Uh, lady? Japanese lady? Oh, I've got to find out her name!

YOO HOO!

Whoa... she's gone again!

[Mystical music flourishes and ends...]

You know... it's weird... She shows up out of nowhere... helps me and Barkley...

And then, just... disappears! And I don't even know her name... Maybe she's the Lone Ranger!

[Faint Lone Ranger theme plays, as Big Bird falls asleep and snores comically, as he does...]

[Dad and kids converse, perhaps about their new guests, when, speak of the giant bird...]

[BB] Good morning! [They all respond with 'Ohayo!']

[BB] Uh, here we go again, heh.

Uh... Ohio?

[Hai! Ohayo!]

You know, I think all of you are just swell, and you've been really good to me and Barkley,

but if one of you is from Ohio, you can knock me over with a pinfeather!

[Big Bird starts!] [YW] They are not from Ohio, Big Bird.

'Ohayo' is Japanese for "Good morning," and 'Hai' is Japanese for "Yes."

So when someone says "Ohayo" to you, he's saying "Good morning."

And when you say "Hai" to a Japanese, he thinks you are saying "yes."

[BB] Thank goodness! I was beginning to think there was no one left in Cleveland.

[YW giggles, then] Mariko and Aiko can teach you some other Japanese words.

Want to give it a try?

[BB] Oh, yeah!

[YW instructs the two girls:] Hai!

[Whimsical music starts!]

♫ One, two, three is ichi, ni, san. ♪

♪ [BB] Ichi, ni, what?! [Girls] Ichi, ni, san. ♪

♪ [Girls] 'Ohayo' means "Good morning." [BB] That's my favorite one. ♪

♪ [Girls] But "one," "two," "three" is [Together] 'Ichi,' ni,' san.' ♪

♪ [Girls] Please is 'dozo,' [BB] Yes is 'hai.' ♪

♪ [Girls] Sayonara means 'goodbye.' ♪

♪ [Girl] 'Arigatos "Thank you;" Now we're nearly done. ♪

♪ [Together] And "one," "two," "three" is 'ichi,' 'ni,' 'san.' ♪

[Mariko] Now, we have an examination. [BB] Oh, no! An examination?! [Aiko] Ready?

[BB] Well, I'll give it a try.

♪ [Girls] "one," "two," "three"-- [BB] Is 'Ichi, ni, san.' ♪

♪ [Girls] Perfectly correct on question number one. ♪

♪ [Girls] 'Ohayo'-- [BB] "Good morning"; that's my favorite one! ♪

♪ [Together] But "one," "two," "three" is 'Ichi,' 'ni,' 'san.' ♪

♪ [Girls] "Please"-- [BB] is 'dozo'-- [Girls] "Yes"-- [BB] is 'hai'-- ♪

♪ [Together] Sayonara means goodbye. ♪

♪ [Together] 'Arigatos "Thank you"; now we're nearly done. ♪

[BB] BACKWARDS!

♪ [BB] 'San,' 'ni,' 'ichi' is-- [Together] Three, two, one! ♫

[BB] Hahahahaha!

[Everyone applauds for Big Bird!!!]

[YW] It's not far to Hakone. I must return the car, say goodbye to friends there,

and tomorrow, we take the Shinkansen to Kyoto.

[BB] Bye bye! ... Sayonara! [YW and Barkley say goodbye!] [BB] Bye.

['Off to Kyoto' instrumental]

[BB] Why are you going all around Japan, saying goodbye to everybody?

[YW] Because after tomorrow night, I won't see them again.

[BB] Hey! You're leaving tomorrow night, too?! That's when we're supposed to leave. The 15th!

[YW] I know. [Barkley barks]

[More 'Off to Kyoto' instrumental]

[BB] La la la... Whee!

[Instrumental ends with majestic flourish at Mount Fuji!]

[BB] WOW! You know something? [YW] What?

[BB] Yesterday I was so afraid when our tour left without us, but today, I'm not so afraid! Like,

you've been so nice to us, and I really like the Shimizu family, and I've learned some Japanese words!

[YW] But we have to find your tour.

[BB] Oh, sure, because they've got our plane tickets and everything.

[YW] We know they have to be at the airport tomorrow night, so don't worry!

[BB] But that's what I mean! I'm NOT worried!

[Barkley wants to play!]

[BB] Oh. He wants you to throw the stick for him.

[Or does he?] [BB] It's all right, you just pull the handkerchief off; then you can throw it.

[Instead, Barkley nuzzles into YW...] [BB] That's funny! He loves to chase sticks.

[Barkley enthusiastically follows YW...] [BB] He wants you to keep it.

That's weeeeird.

[YW, gently] Arigato, Barkley. [Barkley moans plaintively] [YW] Thank you.

[BB] Thank you? For what?!

[YW, mistily] He is a very smart dog. [Barkley moans]

[Brightly] Come on! Time to go.

[BB] Smart?! He didn't even fetch the stick. You call that smart? [Barkley barks excitedly]

[More 'Off to Kyoto' instrumental]

[BB] Gee, what a pretty place.

[Hotelier greets the group]

[YW] Tonight you sleep here, and tomorrow morning you can go sightseeing and practice your new Japanese words.

But be sure to be at the train station before 1.

[BB] One o'clock, on the nose! Hehehe.

Say, are you all right? You don't look so hot to me.

[YW] I'm fine. Go to sleep, now. [BB] Okay. Nighty-night. Hehe.

[Mysterious/somber music]

[New, ethereal track starts]

♫ Moon, moon, Hanging in the trees So pretty and white ♪

♪ Moon, moon Softer than a breeze In the dark, starry night ♪

♪ Moon, moon I don't know what's coming What do you see? ♪

♪ Moon, moon But it's good for you, And for me. ♪

♪ Sometimes the darkness Holds something bright ♪

♪ Sometimes the sadness Turns into morning's sweet sound ♪

♪ I feel so alone, But I have to go home tonight. ♪

♪ Moon, moon Higher than a kite That's broken its string ♪

♪ Moon, Moon Sailing like a ship Over everything ♪

♪ Moon, moon I don't know the future; what can you say? ♪

♪ Moon, moon What're you going to bring My way? ♪

♪ Sometimes the darkness Holds something bright ♪

♪ Sometimes the sadness Turns into morning's sweet sound ♪

♪ I feel so alone, But I have to go home tonight. ♫

[BB] Please let me help you if I can. I HATE to see you so unhappy.

[YW] Everything happens tomorrow, dear friend. Tomorrow, we leave to Kyoto.

Tomorrow, we must say goodbye.

[BB] But--

[YW] Tomorrow. Go back to bed, now.

[BB sighs]

[Bustle outside school]

[BB] Wait! Wait! Hey, we can't come with you! We've gotta catch a train!

Hey! Barkley, this is a school! Well, it-it wouldn't hurt to go in for just a minute.

We won't miss our train!

[Teacher singing downward scales]

[BB] Um, uh, uh, hello everybody! I mean, 'Ohayo'!

[Kids] Ohayo! [BB chuckles]

[BB, slowly] I'm Big Bird... and he's Barkley! [Barkley barks]

Um, we come from America! [Kids] Ehhhhhhhhhh?

[BB] Um, we came from Tokyo, and we're on our way out West to Kyoto!

[BB] Hmm? Ohh!

Oh, little airplanes! Hehe.

Ohh-- you made a-a little paper bird! And you made a panda! Oh!

Ahahaha!

[BB] Um... Come on, Barkley! I don't know where we're goin', but let's go!

[BB] Hahaha. La la la!

[Note well, first use of 'Kaguya-hime'!]

[Whimsical music starts]

[Narrator] Once upon a time in old Japan, near the city of Kyoto, there was a forest of pretty green bamboo trees.

In this forest lived an old man whose job it was to find the best bamboo trees and cut them for market.

One night, when he was at work in the forest-- as it happened, it was the night of a full moon--

he saw something very strange, a bamboo stump with a golden light glowing inside of it.

He called for his wife to come and see, and when they looked inside the stump to see where the light was coming from,

they discovered a tiny, beautiful girl!

The old woodsman and his wife were delighted! They took the beautiful child home with them to raise as their own daughter.

The entire village came out to celebrate the arrival of the little Bamboo Princess.

The parents named her "Kaguya-hime," which means 'the shining princess of the bamboo.'

And just as the bamboo grows from a tiny sprout to a tall tree in only a few months,

so Kaguya-hime grew in just a few months into a beautiful woman!

Word of the lovely Bamboo Princess spread very quickly throughout the land.

And rich and powerful men came from all over Japan to seek her hand in marriage.

One said, "Marry me, Kaguya-hime! I am the richest man in Japan."

Another said, "No, no; marry me! I am the bravest warrior in Japan."

The third said, "Pay no attention to these two! Marry ME, Kaguya-hime!"

Still more handsome and famous men came to court the beautiful Bamboo Princess.

But Kaguya-hime spoke to them very sadly. "I cannot marry you, as I cannot marry any man on this Earth!

"I am a princess from the Palace of the Moon, and I was placed here on Earth for only a short time.

"On the night of the next full moon, at exactly midnight, a mission is coming from the moon to take me back.

"I have grown so fond of my dear Mother and Father, and of all the people and places of Japan...

"that it breaks my poor heart to have to say Farewell to them."

Kaguya-hime's Mother wept bitterly at the thought of losing her beloved daughter and asked...

"When is the next full moon?" And Kaguya-hime answered with terrible sadness...

"On the 15th of the month. Tonight."

And almost as she spoke, the procession from the moon appeared to escort the tearful Princess back--

--to the Palace of the Moon.

But her old Mother and Father always believed that one day, another golden light would appear in a bamboo stump... in the forest,

to signal that Kaguya-hime had come back to them on Earth... And who knows? Perhaps one day Kaguya-hime will return.

[Applause]

[BB] Oh no! We've only got 20 minutes!

Oh, come on, Barkley! We're gonna miss our train! Oh boy, am I lucky they got an American clock here!

[BB] Wait-- Wait! Here we are! Here we are! [pants] Oh, I'm sorry we're late!

We got swept into a school and we saw a play about--

[YW] It's all right! Come on! [BB] Oh-- okay. Let's get on the [train]...

[Shinkansen ROARS past!]

[BB] I'm sorry we were late again, but we were watching this play about a Bamboo Princess.

[YW, very measured] That's all right, but today is the 15th, so if we are going to find your tour,

and if you are going to go back to America tonight--

[BB] I know, I know-- We'll never get lost again! Ever, ever, ever!

[YW] I have so much to do before midnight. Now, wait here this time, okay? Don't even think of wandering off again.

[BB] Oh, you can count on us! I am one reliable bird!

Now, you hear that, Barkley? [Barkley moans] Don't you move! You stay!

[STING!] Wh-where did she go?! [Barkley makes confused sounds, but--]

[BB] Oh!

[BB] Gee... Did you see that, Barkley?! Come on!!!

[Whimsical music]

[BB] Wooooooooow! [reading] The Sanjusangendo Temple. Boy, what a mouthful.

"In this beautiful temple are 1000 golden images of Kannon Bodhisattva. To see that no harm comes to the 1000 images,

"and to frighten away intruders, there are also in the temple a number of ferocious gods and goddesses standing guard."

[Scary bombastic music] [Barkley, finding himself alone in the temple, is deeply frightened by these images!]

[Fast-paced music, Barkley ripping around the corner yelping back towards and PAST Big Bird in an undercranked style!]

[BB] BARKLEY! [4x] It's me, Big Bird! Barkley...!

[BB, tiredly] Barkley... *pants* Oh, uh-- I'm sorry.

[YW] It's all right. [We gradually become aware of loud frogs, toads, crickets...]

[BB sighs] I promised to stay where you left us, and I didn't, and then I lost Barkley.

Now, even if we find the tour at the airport, I can't go home without him.

[YW] Of course not.

[BB] You know something funny? [YW] What's that?

[BB] I still don't know your name.

[Mystical music] [YW inhales] Kaguya-hime.

[BB] Oh-- oh, that's a beautiful name...

Seems like I've heard it somewhere before.

It's a full moon tonight... [Kaguya-hime] Yes. This is called the moon viewing place.

[Kaguya-hime claps three times] The fish gather when you do that. Do you have anything to feed them?

[BB] There's some birdseed in there. They can have that.

[Kaguya-hime] There's a biscuit in here. May I give this to them?

[BB] I'd feel funny giving that away. It was-- Barkley's... [Kaguya-hime] Of course.

Come! [BB] OH! BARKLEY! OH, YOU FOUND HIM! Oh, Barkley!

[Kaguya-hime, distracted and sad] Yes. And, I found your tour at the airport. ... This time... they know to wait for you.

[Sedate music] [BB sits back down and sighs] I don't want to leave yet!

[Kaguya-hime] I know... [BB] I want to know everyone better. You, your friends, and the children...

There's so much to see and so many different things to understand, and... now I have to leave,

just when I'm beginning to catch on!

[Kaguya-hime] You can come back to Japan another time.

[BB] Are you coming to the airport?

[Kaguya-hime] No...

[BB] ... Will you ever come to America? [Kaguya-hime] I don't think so.

[BB] Will we ever see you again? [Kaguya-hime] ... Perhaps.

[BB] I feel terrible! I'm homesick for Japan, and I haven't even left yet!

[Kaguya-hime] This is a night we both have to say goodbye. Try to be strong.

Do you know what the Japanese say about bamboo?

[BB] No...

[Kaguya-hime] They say it is thin but it can withstand the strongest wind. Remember the bamboo tonight.

It can make you strong.

[BB] Oh, but-- ah, you keep it. It'll make you strong too!

[Kaguya-hime] Arigato, Big Bird. Barkley? [Barkley whines]

[Kaguya-hime] Sayonara... [Audible nimbus of light] [BB] Kaguya-hime?

Barkley, she's gone again. [Barkley whines]

[Slow, melancholic music; Homesick reprise]

♫ Pretty paper houses Funny, twisted trees ♪

♪ All the little children Speaking Japanese ♪

♪ And a mountain shining Through the sun and the rain ♪

♪ Make me homesick, Homesick, homesick... ♪

♪ I've gotta go home, But I will come back again. ♫

Sayonara, Japan.

Hey, wait a minute! KAGUYA-HIME?! I knew I heard that name before! Come on, Barkley! SHE NEEDS US NOW!

[Barkley barks gamely]

[Mystical music, piercing moonlight causing noise]

[Ominous music as the entourage step forward...]

[Flute rising, as the freshly-cloaked Kaguya-hime discards BB's bamboo stick, and she and the rest of the scene turn black and white]

[Twinkling fantasy music as she and the entourage turn and walk back through the bamboo...]

[BB] KAGUYA-HIME! KAGUYA-HIME! KAGUYA-HIME! ... hmm. [Barkley barks]

Hi, Barkley, what you got-- wha-- oh. Hmm. Well, this looks like our stick, but... Hey, we're in the middle of a bamboo forest!

[Sigh] Come on, Barkley. I was wrong, and that plane won't wait forever!

[Barkley remembers the stick, though, and grabs it before leaving]

[Triumphant music!]

[BB] Arigato! Heh.

[BB sighs] Didn't we have some time, Barkley? We met so many nice people. And we learned some Japanese words!

You know, I bet we did more and saw more and learned more than if we'd never got lost at all!

[Barkley moans a bit] [BB] And how about that Kaguya-hime? [Barkley whines]

[BB] You know what? I actually thought, for a minute there, that SHE was the Bamboo Princess!

[Mystical music] It was because she had the same name. She kept appearing and disappearing all the time.

And the moon seemed to make her so sad. Stuff like that.

[BB] But you and I know that in REAL life, Bamboo Princesses don't hang around helping lost birds and dogs!

[Barkley headtilts and whines] [Flourish and end]

[THE END]

Season 21 (1989-1990)

Sesame Street: Alphaquest Segments

Child: A.

Child: B. Baseball, Butterfly, Bat, Bread, Brick, Banana, Book and Banana Boat

All: Bye!

Child: Bye! B.

Child: C.

Child: D.

Child: E.

Child: H.

Child: M. It must be meal time. Making Meals with Mittens-- how about Monster Mash? But, my mittens are missing? Start with the marshmallow mackerel. Add marigold muffins, miniature mud pies, monkey mustard. Mix it and mash it and mix it and mash it. M.

Child: P. A park, a pine tree park. I'll paint... a penguin. A purple penguin. A pack of purple penguins. A pack of purple penguins practicing a pop song. A pink pig with a parachute? Preposterous! P.

( pig oinks )

Child: R. I'm on a ramblin' road. Ramblin' by some rocks and a radio. And a rabbit. Hi, rabbit. And a rock n' roll record. A red ribbon? No! A rainbow. Remarkable. R.

Child: S. A swimsuit?

Grover: Ahh!

Child: A silly surfer. Should I go swimming? A seagull. Uh-oh! The sun is setting. I should swim back to shore. What's this? A submarine? Sensational. We'll sait into the stars. S.

( bird cawing )

Child: W. I wonder why the weather is so warm. Wow. Even the watch is wilted! A wooden window? Whoa! Wind weather. Whee! W.

( evil watch wilted whoosing )

Season 22 (1990-91)

Sesame Street: Alphaquest Segments

Child: F. Fire! A faucet. Fantastic. That finishes the fire. Uh-oh! A flood...filled up with fish. All forms of freaky fish. A flag fish, a football fish, a flying fish, a fishbowl fish! A finger fish, a flower fish, a frankfurter fish and one frog. F.

Child: G.

Child: I.

Child: J.

Child: K.

Child: L.

Child: N.

Child: O.

Child: Q.

Child: T.

Child: U.

Child: V.

Child: X.

Child: Y.

Child: Z.

Season 26 (1994-95)

Episode 3385 (May 5, 1995)

Segment List

Song: Do-Op Hop with Kermit the Frog

Animation: Words - Market/Music/Men's Shop/Movie/Maps

Alphaquest: The Letter M - Mittens,

Cartoon: Rap #7 - Hearts, Shapes, Birds, Houses and 7 Days of Week

Song: Elmo sings.

Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Seven Starfishes, Six Adult Walruses and One Walrus Pup, Six Cats and One Elephant in a Tree, Six Turtles and One Man, Seven Owls, Seven Piglets, and Seven Rabbits in Seven Hats

Film: The Letter T with Girls

Season 28 (1996-97)

Episode 3540 (December 6, 1996)

Segment List

Film: The Letter T in the Beachwall

Film: The Letter T with Girls

Cartoon: A rhinoceros, a lion, a penguin, a giraffe, an alligator, a gorilla, a turtle, a snake, an ostrich, and an elephant sing "It's Brand New at the Lincoln Park Zoo". Animator Bob Kurtz at Kurtz and Friends

Seasons 29-30 (1997, 1998, 1999)

Episode 3660 (November 21, 1997)

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #6

Cartoon: Planet - The Letter Jj

Episode 3668 (December 3, 1997)

TBA

Episode 3721 (February 16, 1998)

( crashing )

Big Bird: Boy. You know, maybe, I'm not quite ready for Swan Lake. No, I can't dance!

Locations:

1. Finder Keepers
2. Celina's Dance Studio

Segment List:

Cartoon: A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.

Animation: Space Paint - The Letter Dd

Cartoon: I Love You, in American Sing Language

Cartoon: Number Cratures #20

Cartoon: Song - Redwood Tree

Cartoon: D is for Drug Store, Diner, Delicatessen, Dressers

Elmopalooza (February 20, 1998)

[Jon Stewart, Prairie Dawn and the crew are locked in the dressing room by accident]

David Alan Grier: Jon, you're on in 30 seconds.

Jon Stewart: David, we can't get out! The door's stuck!

David Alan Grier: What? Well, where's the handyman I sent in?

Jon Stewart: [seeing the handyman shake the oil can] In here with the rest of the crew.

Telly: Oh, no! If they can't get out, that means there's no show. And if there's no show, then all those people who wanted to hear the music will be sad. And if all those people are sad, they might not go to work tomorrow! And if they don't go to work tomorrow, the economy will collapse! And if the economy collapses, THE COUNTRY... WILL BE... DOOMED!!! Doomed, I tell you! This is terrible!

Elmo: [calming Telly down] Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy, Telly. It's just a TV show.

David Alan Grier: [gasps in shock] Watch your mouth, little guy! Now, I'd expect that attitude over on cable, but this is network.

The Alphabet Jungle Game (July 7, 1998)

The Alphabet Jungle Game is a Sesame Street direct-to-video special.

The video is a companion piece to The Great Numbers Game.

Segment List:

Animation: Pencil Box - The Letter Bb

Cartoon: Fans - C: A fan revels the letter C.

Cartoon': C is for Car - A car drives by the car.

Cartoon: D is for Dance - A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.

Cartoon: H is for Heroes, Hardware, Hotel, Hairstyles, High School, Hats and Hamburgers - The letter H appers in word on buildings.

Animation: Pencil Box - The Letter Ii

Animation: Planet - The Letter Jj

Cartoon: Leaves - The Letter Nn: Leaves form N and n.

Cartoon: Airplane - The Letter Qq: Airplanes carve the letter Q.

Animation: Paper - The Letter Rr: A capital and lower-case R appear on sheet of paper.

Cartoon: V in Space

Animation: W is for Water, Wind, Wave and Wet

The Great Numbers Game (July 7, 1998)

Elmo: Good cookie!!!

How Do You Do? with Baby Bear (November 24, 1998)

Baby Bear: You know, sometimes, it's hard to make new friends. Well, here is a wee little song that my papa bear taught me that might help. Oh, and there's my wee little song cue.

Episode 3794 (November 26, 1998)

Segment List

Film: Milo Counting #13

Cartoon: Words - Lizard/Lunchbox/Lobster/Lemonade/Leopard/Lighting/Ladder

Song: L, L, L You Ring My Bell

Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (January 12, 1999)

Segment List:

Film: Vegetables - Carrot, Mushroom, Zucchini, Pea, Potato, String Bean, Corn, Brio and Onion

Kids Favorite Songs (March 9, 1999)

Telly: Oh, hi! I still can't quite make up my mind about my favorite song. I thought it was "The Alphabet Song". But, now, I don't know. Would you mind singing another song with me? Would you mild singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with me? Good. singing Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How

Elmo: Elmo is trying

---

Telly: Hmmm...maybe, "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is my favorie song. singing Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full. One for the master, one for the dame, and one for the little girl who lives down the lane. Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.

---

Telly: I-I got it! I know what my favorite song is!

---

Elmo: Oh, boy. Elmo was so tired from all this singing. Oh, maybe, Elmo will take right here. And start practicing his countdown again later.

Sooey: (singing) This little piggy went to market

Elmo: The Oinker Sisters. Excuse me, Elmo.

Pigs: (singing) Stayed home

Elmo: Okay.

[Elmo and Pigs stay hops, Sooey is left hops, left and right, kiss noses and up in the sky all red skin, she is say la la la la black sad and end credits.]

Elmo, Sooey and Pigs: This little piggy run wee, wee, wee all the way... home.

Songs in Order:

1. I've Been Working On The Railroad

2. Row, Row, Row Your Boat

3. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

4. This Little Went To Market with Elmo and The Oinker Sisters

Segement List:

Animation: Ten Mask Dancers

Animation: Ocean #1-10

Cartoon: Number Factory #1-10

Episode 3831 (March 22, 1999)

Segment List

Alphquest: The Letter B - Ball, Boat

Animation: Number Creatures #19

Film: Growing Numbers #19

Cartoon: Kernels Popcorn #19

Film: B is for Ball, Bat and Base

Song: Little Things

Episode 3835 (March 26, 1999)

Film: Jungle The Letter Z

Cartoon The Letter Zz

Cartoon: Number Creatures #20

Episode 3843 (April 7, 1999)

Segment List

Riddle Cartoon: Apple (Episode 3584)

Film: Words - Children, Closet, Colors, Cake and Chair (Episode 3590)

Cartoon: The Fan C (Episode 3579)

Film: Girls do a hand-clap game about friends whose names start with C.

Shapes: Trangle

Cartoon: Hearts, Shapes, Birds, Cookies, Houses

Film: Kids Mural Painting Number #15

Cartoon: Number Creatures #15

Film: Song - Joe Raposo sings Everybody Eats (Episode 3735)

Animation: Words - Cap, Cactus, Comb, Clam, Cowboy, Cloud, Cat, Clown, Camel, Caterpillar

Animation: Letter Flipdoors - Cowboy, Coyote, Campfire, Cactus

Film: Rhythms - Pot, Pan, Barrel and Washboard (Let's Make Music)

Cartoon: Dance to the Rhythm, Dance to the Beat with Girl and Tiger

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (October 1, 1999)

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is a feature length film and sequel of Sesame Street.

Season 31 / CinderElmo (1999-2000)

Episode 3884 (March 30, 2000)

Segement List:

Film: Floating 2 Kids - The Letter T

Song: Where's My Bear?

Animation: Airplane The Letter T

Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: One Caterpillar, One Alligator Hatching out of One Egg, One Snake, One Goldfish, One Whale, One Unknown, and One Unknown

Film: Milo Counting: 9

Cartoon: Clown Honking #9

Cartoon: Nine birds land in a tree.

Animation: Airplane T t

Computer Caper (May 3, 2000)

Segment List:

Animtion: A boy changes the size of a picture on his computer to demonstrate short and tall.

Episode 3913 (May 10, 2000)

Segment List

Film: The Letter N. A very happy and.

Cartoon: Leaves N n

Animation: Rubber Stamps #11

Animation: A girl types the number 11 on a computer, matches it with another one, and sees 11 elephants. ( alarm wrongs )

Cartoon: Rap #11 - Heart, Shape, Bird, House, Cookie, Hand and Finger

Film: Milo Counting: 11 - Lake, Door, Chair, Lantern, Slide, Home, Ladder

Animation: Clown Honking #11

Cartoon: A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.

Season 32 (2000-01)

Let's Make Music (July 18, 2000)

Elmo: Aw, Telly. Don't be sad. Someone will find your tuba.

Telly: You don't understand, Elmo. I was really looking forward to playing it with some musicians. Now what am I going to do?

Elmo: You see, Telly? There are lots of ways to make music.

Telly: I know, but it's not the same.

Baby Bear: Any good luck yet, Telly?

Telly: No, Baby Bear.

Baby Bear: No, no, no, no, no!

Telly: Oh, nothing.

Baby Bear: Oh, well. It figures. All right, now. Hit it, guys!

Elmo: Why not?

Telly: Hey! That's my tuba! Is this yours?

Telly: Oh, I never will again. Oh. Welcome back, tuba. I missed you.

Luke: Okay, everybody! Let's play!

[Everyone resumes playing their instruments as they celebrate and cheered for everyone at the street]

[THE END]

Segment List:

Film: Six kids dance on a playground on the same beat.

Film: Pot, Pan, Barrel and Washboard

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #12 - Artist: Jeff Hale

Cartoon: Alien Orchestra Animator Bill and Colleen Davis at ArtBear Pigmation, Inc..

Episode 3917 (January 2, 2001)

Segment List

Animation: Pencil Box - The Letter Ee

Animation: The Letter Ee

Cartoon: Vowel Sound Poem: E - Elephant (poem "Eletelephony" by Laura E. Richards) Animator Jeff Hale at Imagination, Inc.

Episode 3944 (February 8, 2001)

Segment List

Film: Number #15

Cartoon: Words - Heroes, Hardware, Hotel, Hairstyles, High School, Hats and Hamburgers

Cartoon: The First Original Mickey Mouse: Mickey Mouse asks a very early Black and White Mickey Mouse, "Are you the first original Mickey Mouse?". Animator Walt Disney

Cartoon: What if a monkey and a weasel switched body parts? Animator Cliff Roberts at UPA.

Big Bird and Maria: The Frog and the Ox with Big Bird and Maria: A pregnant Maria is jealous of how big Big Bird is, so she expands herself into a very large, round woman. She becomes so self-important and big she ends up exploding.

Episode 3942 (February 6, 2001)

Segment List

Animation: B

Film: B is for Bubbles

Film: Number 3

Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Three Penguins, Three Owls, Three Mice, Three Donkeys, Two Snakes and One Snake Charmer, One Pelican, One Fish, and One Frog, and Two Dogs and One Puppy in Three Doghouses

Episode 3943 (February 7, 2001)

'Cartoon: P is for Pea, Plant, Pod, Pick and Pot

Film: Alphaquest: The Letter P - Pine Tree, Pe.

Film: Vegetables - Carrot, Mushroom, Zucchi, Pea, Potater.

Cartoon: Number #20

Film: Growing Numbers #20

Animation: Rubber Stamps #20

Episode 3945 (February 9, 2001)

Cartoon: Storybook #4: Four genies carry a number 4 to their palace, and four pegasi fly away. Animator Ishu Patel at National Film Board of Canada

Film V is for Violin (Episode 3654) The Young and the Restless

Sign: Dance

Cartoon: Wall of Numbers #4

Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: One Duck and Three Ducklings, Four Elephants, Four Dolphins, a Mother Cat puts her Three Kittens and One Puppy in a Basket, Three Monkeys and One Orangutan, Four Coconuts for Three Gorillas and One Man, and Three Pigs and One Goat

Episode 3947 (February 13, 2001)

Segment List

Sign with Linda: Dance

Celebrity: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Feelings: Happy, Sad and Surprise

Film: The Letter L in the Beachwall

Sign: Imagine

Cartoon: Square - 8 Kids

Cartoon: Bellhop - 8 Steamer Trunks

Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Eight Legs on an Octopus, Eight Frogs, Eight Bats, Eight Buttons on a Monkey's Vest, Seven Chicks and One Alligator Hatching out of Eight Eggs, Eight Worms, and Eight Cows

Film: Number 8

Song List: L, L, L You Ring My Bell

Sign: Sing

Cartoon: Household Appliances Count - 1-10

Sign: Bird

Cartoon: Clown Honking #8

Episode 3962 (March 6, 2001)

Song List: 2, 2, 2, Me and You

Cartoon: Storybook #2: Two wizards carry a number 2 to their castle, and two dragons fly away. Animator Ishu Patel at National Film Board of Canada

Shapes: Trangle

Film: B is for Bubbles

Film: Candle

Cartoon: Pencil Box

Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Two Giraffes, One Cow and One Horse, Two Elephants, Two Goldfishes, One Dog and One Moose, Two Moles, and Two Snails

Segment List:

Song: Rap #7 - Heart, Shape, Bird, House

Animation: Ocean Countdown 1-10 - Clam, Seahorse, Starfish, Jellyfish, Sailboat, Pitchfork

Animation: Clowning Honking #11

Song: Pinball Number Count (#12) - Artist by: Jeff Hale

Animation: Masked March #13

Cartoon: The lighting bugs at the Glowworm Jamboree display the numbers 1-14.

Animation: Rubber Stamp #15

Song: I've Go the Sixteen Blues - Performed by Lillias White

Animation: Hats

Animation: 19 Kernels

Cartoon: Number Creatures #20

Animation: School Zone Start to Learn: Numbers 1-10: A two-dimensional computer animated segment that takes place in a black background, in which one dog, two elephants, three butterflies, and so on appear. Animator Andrew Fishman at Avetka Productions Designed by Dino Kotopoulis in the same style as all four See and Learn cartoons.

Episode 3967 (March 13, 2001)

Segment List

Animation: The Letter Rr

Animation: Computer Words - Rainbow/Refrigerator/Rocket/Radio

Cartoon: Wall of Numbers #6

Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Five Bactrian Camels and One Dromedary Camel, Six Pigs, Six Ladybugs, Three Adult Kangaroos and Three Joey Kangaroos, Six Piranhas, Five Seals and One Penguin, and Five Chickens and One Rooster

Film:

Episode 3968 (March 14, 2001)

All By Myself with Prairie Dawn and The Oinker Sisters

Prairie Dawn: Hello! Prairie Dawn here! Go with it? Well, okay! Yikes! Oh! [singing] You should see me tie my shoe

Oinker Sisters: Shoe

Prairie Dawn: Hear me add up two and two

Oinker Sisters: Four

Prairie Dawn: [singing] See, me a glass of juice

Oinker Sisters: Juice

Prairie Dawn: Wiggle my front tooth, that's loose

Oinker Sisters: Loose

Prairie Dawn: Things that I can do all by myself Ooooo

Episode 3971 (March 19, 2001)

Song List:

1. Little Things

2. Praise the Letter P, Please, Please, Please

3. Somebody Come and Play

Song Lyrics:

I believe in little things that you hardly see like honeycomb and spider webs and starfish in the sea. I believe in little things like icy drops of rain that melt into the morning mist when, winds are warm again. I believe in little things like colors in the sky and noticing the waves roll in and how the flowers die knowing they'll be back again whenever it's July. I belive in little things like you and me and just how big little things can be.

Segment List

Cartoon: Letter P

Cartoon: Words - Pyramid, Pear and Pot

Celebrity: Drums/Vilion

Animation: 6 Legs/1 Beachball/2 Gasolines/4 Eggs/1 Spoon/3 Tutus/1 Couch :No Kids: Zero!

Sign: Imagine

Cartoon: P is for Pea, Plant, Pod, Pick and Pot

Film: The Letter P in the Beachwall

Logo: Sesame Workshop

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Season 49 (2018-2019)

Sesame Street: I Spy Song with Abby and Elmo | Find Blue with Elmo and Abby (November 21, 2018)

Abby: [singing] Come along and find it with me

Elmo's World

Elmo's World: Hats

( grunts )

Elmo: Hats.

First, put the hat is on. Next, around your hat. Good!

Hats off the hats!

Elmo's World: Jackets

( sighs )

Elmo: Jackets! You know, jackets.

Elmo: Tricycles, don't wear jackets. Hot dogs don't wear jackets, they wear buns. Chairs don't jackets, even though they have arms.

Elmo's World: Books

( books clattering )

Elmo: Oh, Wow!

Women: Feel the fuzzy monster with your hand. Feel. Nice. The end.

Elmo's World: Bananas

Title Name: Bananas/First Appearance 3858

Segment List: Door: Bananas Fall

Mr. Noodle: No, he is pop out! Stop!!!

Elmo: Stop, Elmo! Left the drawer now! Oh, boy!!!

Question: Why you do with a banana?

Film: Michael is make in the kitchen room lists: the table is bread, put the oven and the blender is milk and bananas, push on the start right now. And the refrigerator is open and close.

Elmo's World: Pets

Boy: Wow, Dorothy, I like lizards. My lizards can change colors. They change colors to brown and green.

Elmo's World: Hands

Boy: Dorothy, this is how I wash my hands. It's not too hot, Dorothy. I am wash.

Elmo’s World: Birthdays

Title Name: Birthdays/First Appearance: 3940

Segment List: Door: Birthday Party Supplies Fall

Mr. Noodle: No, he is on your finger! Stop!!!

Kids: The girl is folding the present and bow. Happy birthday, Dorothy.

Girl: This is how wrap a present, Dorothy. I fold the paper onto the the box like this. Then, I fold the corners. And I do the same thing on the other side. Now, I put a bow on.

Quiz: Do telephones vs birthday cake?

Film: Hampton and his Dad bake and decorate a birthday cake for Hampton's Mom.

Hampton: My dad and I made a cake

Sesame Street: Stop Motion - Computer

Child: F. Please, to the letter F. Now, that things. Fan, fiddle, refrigerator. Try again. Frog, football. F.

Sesame Street: Letter Flipdoors

C.

Others

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Alistair Cookie: Good evening, and welcome to Monsterpiece Theater.

• Unidentified 1981 episode

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The Count: Greetings it is I the Count! They call me the Count because I love to count things!! HA HA HA!!!

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Cookie Monster: Me do anything for cookie!

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Ernie (Sesame Street): Hey Bert!

Bert (Sesame Street): Oh, hey Ernie.

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Grover: It is I, your furry pal, Grover!

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Narrator: What if a dog was blue, and had feathers, and two skinny legs, and wings, and a long, feathery tail, and a beak, and tiny, tiny ears? What would he be?

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Narrator: What if a mouse were as big as an elephant, and the elephant had the mouse's ears, and the mouse had the elephant's ears, and the elephant had the mouse's whiskers, and the mouse had the elephant's head, and the elephant's tusks, and the elephant had the mouse's body, and the mouse had the elephant's body, and they both switched tails, and the elephant was as small as a mouse? What do you think would happen?

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Narrator: What if a frog had a fly's wings, and a fly's eyes, and a fly's head, and a fly's hairy body, and a fly's legs? Now then, what if the fly had frog's legs, and a frog's head, and last, but not least, a frog's body? What do you think would happen?

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Narrator: What if an anteater had long, long legs, and his tail shrunk, and his nose shrunk, and he grew tiny, tiny horns, and a long neck, and many spots? What would he be?

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Narrator: What if a turtle had a cottontail, and long ears, and a tiny nose, and a rabbit's head, and body, and legs? Now, what if the rabbit had the turtle's shell, and the turtle's flippers, and the turtle's head? Now, what do you think would happen?

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Elephant: Out of my way, runt!

Bear: Out of my way, hose nose!

Elephant: I have to deliver my package to that side of the bridge!

Bear: I have to deliver my package to that side!

Elephant: I was here first, so back off!

Bear: Oh, yeah?! You back off!

Ant: [whistles] HOLD IT!!! HOLD IT, YOU GUYS!!! If you have to deliver your package to that side, and you have to deliver your package to the other side, why don't you exchange packages, and go back where you came from?!

Elephant: Yeah.

Bear: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ant: [to the viewer] I thought I'd never get across.

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[A very pregnant Maria berates with a silent Big Bird in front of Gordon's and Susan's apartment in Sesame Street during the middle of the night, as she goes into labor whilst criticizing Big Bird's size and height]

Maria: [to Big Bird] You think you are pretty big, don't you? Hmph! Well, I bet I can be bigger than you. In fact,

[Maria turns herself around towards the viewer, and then faces the viewer]

Maria: you are nothing compared to how big I could be.

[Big Bird walks off in a huff]

Maria: [to the viewer] Just look at this.

[Maria turns her head around towards the right side of the screen, and back to the viewer, and then takes the very first very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body begins to grow bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]

Maria: [to the viewer] I'm great.

[Maria takes the second very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]

Maria: [to the viewer] Look. Can you see me?

[Maria takes the third very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]

Maria: [to the viewer] Can you believe it?

[Maria gets very angry, as she takes the fourth very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]

Maria: [to the viewer] Now, I'm bigger than you!

[Maria grows angrier and angrier, as she takes the fifth very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]

Maria: [to the viewer] BIGGER THAN A TREE!

[Maria takes the sixth very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]

Maria: [to the viewer] BIGGER THAN A MOUNTAIN!

[Maria takes the seventh very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]

Maria: [to the viewer] *BIGGER THAN THE WOOOOOORRRRRRLLLLLLDDDDDD*!!!!!!

[Maria takes the eighth and last very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and then explodes, as the screen turns white, and back to Sesame Street, minus Maria]

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Narrator: Wanda the Witch lives somewhere west of Washington. Around her waist, instead of a belt, she wore a worm. Wanda had a pet weasel. And, on her head, a wiry wig. On Wednesday, in the middle of winter, Wanda walked to the well to get water to wash her wig. But, the wheel on the well was worn, and Wanda grew weary. So, she waved her wand, and her washtub filled with warm water. But, just as Wanda was about to drop her wig into the warm water, a wild wind slipped her wig from her hand, and blew it away forever. Which taught Wanda this lesson: witches, who wash their wigs on windy winter Wednesdays, are wacky.

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Narrator: This is the cat that sat on my hat. This is the goat that jumped on my coat. This is the fox that ran off with my socks. These are the ants that chewed up my pants. These are the flies that borrowed my ties. This is the moth that ate up my cloth. This is the glutton, who ate my last button. And this is me.

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[in the forest, a little girl, and her mother are walking through the woods towards a garden, as they explore the secrets and wonders of nature; the little girl asks her mother a question about one of the secrets and wonders of nature itself]

Girl: [to her mother] Mama, how do butterflies make more butterflies?

Girl's Mother: Well, let's go to the garden, and we'll find out.

[in the garden, we see two butterflies, a male one, and a female one, as they both begin a courtship display by showing off their wings; the two butterflies then clasp themselves together to mate, as they both fertilize their egg and sperm cells together; one of the two butterflies watched, as the other butterfly lays her eggs on a nearby leaf; and finally, the two butterflies both fly off into the distance as they abandoned the eggs; we see a close-up view of the butterfly eggs]

Narrator: Eggs.

[we see through the butterfly eggs, as we see the tiny caterpillars developing inside them; we take a closer look at one of the butterfly eggs, as one of the tiny caterpillars begins to move around; we see the rest of the tiny caterpillars moving around within the butterfly eggs]

Narrator: Caterpillars.

[the tiny caterpillars all hatched out of the butterfly eggs, and then begin to explore the world around them; we see the tiny caterpillars crawl around the ground, as they munch on some leaves on some nearby plants; the tiny caterpillars grow into bigger caterpillars when they shed their exoskeletons, as colors begin to show on their bodies; the bigger caterpillars continue to crawl around the ground, as they munch on some leaves on some nearby plants; the caterpillars crawled off into the distance, and then disappeared into hiding; one of the caterpillars stopped by to look at the viewer, and then crawls off into the distance; some time later, the caterpillar is crawling on a tree branch, and then crawls right towards underneath the tree branch, and finally hangs upside down; the caterpillar begins to produce and turn into a chrysalis, as he weaves the chrysalis from his tail upside down, then all around his body, and then right up to his head, and finally his entire body is all covered up and hidden inside the chrysalis; the leaves fall off the trees, as autumn falls in the garden, then snow falls to the ground, as winter falls in the garden; the new year begins, as the snow melts away, and then spring falls in the garden; suddenly, the caterpillar has turned into a newly butterfly while he was inside the chrysalis, as he hatches out of the chrysalis, and then crawls onto the top of the chrysalis; the butterfly's body grew long and slender, and the butterfly's wings grew big and colorful; the butterfly begins to leap into the air, and then starts flying around the garden; suddenly, the butterfly notices a nearby flower down below, and then flies down to take a closer look at it; the butterfly lands on the flower's petals, and then looks at the flower's center; the butterfly sticks out his long proboscis, and then sticks it into the flower's center; the butterfly drank up all the nectar out of the flower, shoots his long proboscis back into his mouth, and then looks at the viewer with glee, as the camera zooms in close into the butterfly's head; the butterfly flies off by abandoning the flower, and then flies around the garden, and finally abandons the garden by flying off into the distance, and then lands onto the ground; the screen then pans out, and we see that the butterfly is in the middle of a field, as the butterfly looks around, and then calls out by screaming uncontrollably at the viewer]

Butterfly: [calling] HEY, TIBI!!!!!!!!!!

[the butterfly continues looking around, and then looks at the viewer, as the music ends in the background]

International Versions

Sesame Street

• France:
  • "1, Rue Sésame" (seasons 1-12)
  • "5, Rue Sésame"
    • S36 (2005/06 (excluding Elmo's World))
• Germany:
  • "Sesamstraße"
    • S10 (December 24, 1978)
    • S21 (1989 - 1995)
    • S25 (December 1993)
    • S41 (June 20, 2022)
• Israel:
  • "Rechov Sumsum"
    • S24 (December 17, 2006)
    • S30 (2005)
• Japan: "Sesamisutorīto" (season 28 - onwards)
• Latin America: "Plaza Sésamo"
  • S02 (1980 (Mexico))[1]
  • S29-30 (February 18, 2000 - 2008 (Mexico))[2][3]
  • S43 (November 2014)
  • S47 (April 28, 2019 - present (Mexico))
  • S50 (September 10, 2021 - present (Mexico))
• Norway: "Sesam Stasjon"
  • S03 (1991)
• Poland:
  • Sezamkowy Zakątek
    • S39 (April 24 - July 16, 2011)
• Russia:
  • "Ulitsa Sezam"
    • S30 (2006)

Spin-Offs

Elmo's World spin-off series (1998-2023)

• Latin America: "El Mundo de Elmo"
  • New Series
    • S47 (2017 - present)

Mecha Builders (2022-23)

• Asia: Mecha Builders
• Germany: Mecha Builders
• Iran: مکاهای سازنده سسامی استریت (first and only time)
• Latin America: Meka Builders
• United Kingdom: Mecha Builders (first and only time)

See also

• Elmo's World

Sponsors

1. Sesame Workshop
2. Pfizer
3. America Online
4. Looksmart
5. Spaghettios Pasta
6. Beaches
7. McDonald's
8. PNC
9. Life
10. Quacker Oatmeal
11. New Balance

Cast

• Linda
• Maria
• David
• Luis
• Bob
• Alan
• Susan
• Gordon
• Gina
• Mr. Hooper
• Ruthie
• Miles
• Tasha

Live Action Cast

• Ernie
• Elmo
• Sooey Oinker
• Kermit the Frog
• Prairie Dawn
• Rosita
• Zoe
• Betty Lou
• Oscar
• Big Bird
• Baby Bear
• Rusty
• Snuffy
• Abby
• Telly
• Count von Count
• Bert

External links

• Sesame Street quotes at the Internet Movie Database