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Sesame Street
Yankee Doodle's pony leaves her
Air date April 23, 1993
Season Season 24 (1992-1993)
Written by John Weidman
Directed by Jon Stone
Production January 15, 1993
Sponsors A, J, 19

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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3125b
SCENE 1 At Hooper's, Gina is about to serve lunch to Telly, when someone arrives on horseback. She stops at the counter, sticks a feather in her hat and says "Macaroni." Upon realizing she's arrived at Sesame Street and not London, she gets into an argument with the pony (David Rudman). Telly figures out that this person is Yankee Doodle (Louise Gold), and is shocked when she and the pony suddenly decide to part ways. Telly makes it his goal to make this nursery rhyme right again by getting them back together ...
Aboveitall
Cartoon A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All" as well as below.
Artist: Sally Cruikshank
(First: Episode 2559)
RWilliams.Elmo.stick
Muppets / Celebrity Robin Williams shows Elmo the many fun things one can do with a stick.
(First: Episode 2835)
PlanetJ
Animation Planet J/j
(First: Episode 2833)
2257m
Muppets Biff sings "This Is My J."
(First: Episode 1169)
1709p
Cartoon A man has a J under his hat.
(First: Episode 0231)
4116zd
Song "There's a Lot of Different Ways to Get to School" (sung by Jerry Nelson)
(First: Episode 2751)
Monkeys.abovebelow
Cartoon A bird watches as two monkeys climb above and below each other in a tree.
(First: Episode 2965)
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3125d
SCENE 2 Telly and Gina encounter Yankee Doodle going over a list of animal candidates to replace her pony. A rabbit hops by, and Doodle attempts to ride it, but doesn't succeed. The same thing happens with a basketball-playing sheep.
3125e
SCENE 2
cont'd
Just then, a turtle (Camille Bonora) emerges, and Doodle becomes optimistic about riding it, even finding a way to change the rhyme.
4134u
Song Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You."
(First: Episode 2873)
E&b-applestand
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie decides to set up an apple-selling stand, and has everything he needs, leaving out the apples.
(First: Episode 1219)
3189e
Cartoon Apple: a riddle
(First: Episode 2889)
Song.healthyfood
Muppets Cookie Monster sings "Healthy Food."
(First: Episode 2404)
SandwichConfusion
Cartoon A girl tries to describe what kind of sandwich she wants, but her dad keeps misunderstanding her.
Artist: Cathryn Aison
(First: Episode 1715)
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3125g
SCENE 3 Telly encounters the pony polishing his taxi, and tells him he's got to get back together with Yankee Doodle. The pony likes his new taxi driver job a lot better, relieved that he doesn't have to look for London anymore. A customer (Julianne Buescher) enters the taxi, wanting to go to London, and the pony starts arguing with her.
2096b
Cartoon A boy acts out his feelings as animals. ("There's a zoo in me!")
(First: Episode 0783)
3187m
Song "Something Old Into Something New"
2head.A1
Muppets Both heads of the Two-Headed Monster argue over which letter is an A. The right head points to the lowercase a ...
(First: Episode 1857)
A for ape toon
Cartoon A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE)
(First: Episode 0602)
2head.A2
Muppets The left head points to the capital A ...
(First: Episode 1857)
Pencilbox.A
Animation Pencil box A/a
(First: Episode 3082)
2head.A3
Muppets Luis sees the monster arguing, and informs it that both of these letters are the letter A. Relieved, the monster showers him with kisses.
(First: Episode 1857)
Frogua
Cartoon A frog looks for AGUA.
(First: Episode 1942)
3140y

3140z
Muppets Big Bird's Video Postcards
In Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse.
(First: Episode 3049)
A-ape.bite
Cartoon An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A.
(First: Episode 2813)
Yufka
Film Kids narrate a film about how Yufka, a Turkish flat-bread, is made.
(First: Episode 2937)
Esmae's doll
Cartoon Esme's wooden clown breaks, and she is about to throw it away, when it suggests she use glue to fix it.
Artist: Lisa Crafts
(First: Episode 2843)
FaySubtract
Film Fay Ray subtracts three balls.
(First: Episode 2608)
3977y
Cartoon Ladies, birds, and fish march forward and backward.
Artist: Karen Aqua
(First: Episode 3083)
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SCENE 4 The lady refuses to get out of the taxi unless the pony drives her to London. Yankee Doodle passes by, still riding the turtle, also on her way to London. Telly gets the idea that they could all drive to London together, since they're all headed that way. The pony still refuses to go, because he has never found London. The lady, however, has a map to help them out. Doodle comes up with a way to save the rhyme, and she and the turtle get in the taxi.
ColTravel.England
Cartoon Colonel Travel takes the viewer on a tour of England.
(First: Episode 2763)
GrowingNumbers19
Film Growing Numbers #19
(First: Episode 2937)
Song.countithigher
Muppets Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
(First: Episode 0553)
Abstract19
Animation Abstract count to 19
(First: Episode 2827)
DrawingDaiXi
Film A girl draws a picture of her friend, Dai Xi.
(First: Episode 2791)
ABC.Fierlinger
Cartoon The Alphabet Song (country, gospel, Mexican)
Artist: Paul Fierlinger
(First: Episode 1576)
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SCENE 5 Gina is impressed that Telly got Yankee Doodle and her pony back together. However, she points out to everyone that New York and London are separated by an ocean, which means they can't drive there. The turtle suggests they could drive to Poughkepsie, and they all agree and zoom off. Telly makes sure the nursery rhyme works for both him and Gina, and they announce the sponsors.


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