Sesame Street | |||||||||
Elmo and Zoe do the waltz | |||||||||
Air date | February 16, 1994 | ||||||||
Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||||
Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Zoe welcome the viewer and say there will be a lot of dancing today. Gabi introduces the letter W and they do a brief dance based on the "Wuh" sound. They try to think of some W words, such as "welcome." Everyone then starts doing the Welcome Dance. Bob and Celina walk into the studio and join along. | |
Animation | W for water, wind, wave and wet | |
Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) | |
Film | Ornate Ws spin around in accompaniment to a song. (First: Episode 2952) | |
Song | "At School," with animation bookended by live-action footage. (First: Episode 2782) | |
SCENE 2 | With Bob at the piano, everyone practices the waltz. When they finish, Elmo proposes a wacky waltz for them all to do. | |
Cartoon | Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2160) | |
Muppets | Grover annoys Mr. Johnson with his guitar playing in the park, mistaking his words "Go away and let me eat my lunch" for song requests. | |
Animation | Planet Y/y (First: Episode 2859) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0769) | |
Film | A girl learns to write "tree" in Chinese. cut from the Noggin version | |
SCENE 3 | Shelley the Turtle laments that the world moves too fast for him, but comes to realize (in song), that different people have different paces. | |
Cartoon | Campers don't want to play ring toss with Zork, until their counselor reminds them about being judgmental. (First: Episode 2761) | |
Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The Sun Also Rises — Grover and Merry Monster are worried because their rooster will not crow. (First: Episode 2860) | |
Animation | A puzzle of an orangutan is put together. (First: Episode 3065) | |
Celebrity | Ruthie takes an opera lesson from Marilyn Horne, as they sing "Sing After Me." | |
Cartoon | Knights use different words for "big". Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1985) | |
Film | A class makes a quilt of their faces. (First: Episode 3034) | |
Cartoon | An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. (First: Episode 0538) | |
Muppets | Here Is Your Life: Carton of Eggs (First: Episode 2661) | |
Cartoon | A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes. (First: Episode 0252) | |
Cast | Luis reads a story, The Kingdom That Had No King. In the story, the citizens of a kingdom are devastated when their king leaves them, and ultimately decide what to do on their own. (First: Episode 3003) | |
Film | A girl who lives in El Salvador plays a counting game with her class, which involves running around and getting into groups of a number when it is called. (First: Episode 3012) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie practices saying "Hola" as he repeatedly opens and shuts the door. To make him stop, Bert convinces him he's mastered it. Ernie starts to practice saying adiós instead. | |
Animation | Counting 10 shells (First: Episode 3005) | |
Film | Russian nesting dolls 10-1 (First: Episode 0563) | |
Cartoon | The Bellhop must take 10 terriers for a walk. (First: Episode 2507) | |
SCENE 4 | The Amazing Mumford has an OP in the yard. He performs a magic trick, adding an H to it, making it HOP. Then, Elmo and Zoe start hopping uncontrollably. Mumford changes the HOP to STOP, but the monsters keep hopping. They claim they are able to stop now; they just don't want to. | |
Cartoon | The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters ask it to stop. (First: Episode 0149) | |
Film | Balloons are popped in front of kids' faces, demonstrating surprise. (First: Episode 2923) | |
Cast | Elmo, Big Bird and Gordon star in a commercial for the Alphabet (as if it were a bank). (First: Episode 2972) | |
Animation | The alphabet is presented using many materials and writing methods. (First: Episode 2210) | |
Animation | Stop-motion: what goes in the hot dog bun? (First: Episode 1494) | |
SCENE 5 | Celina, Zoe and Elmo announce (and demonstrate) the sponsors. |
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