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Sesame Street
Telly is "Yes Man!"
Air date March 4, 1994
Season Season 25 (1993-1994)
Written by Josh Selig
Directed by Jon Stone
Production September 16, 1993
Sponsors E, Z, 12

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
3210a
COLD OPEN Big Bird announces the sponsors as Telly bounces by on his pogo stick, repeating "Yes!" Big Bird explains to Savion that Telly is pretending that he's "Yes Man," a superhero who always says, "Yes!" Big Bird is also playing his assistant and the two go off to look for those in trouble (scored by a play on the Batman TV theme).
3210b
SCENE 1 Savion asks the two how they came up with such a silly game. Big Bird explains it was in a book Ruthie read them and he calls her over to read it. She begins reading them "The Adventures of Yes Man..."
3210c

3210d
SCENE 1 cont'd In the story, a king suffers several misfortunes from his servants, as the only answer he can give is "no." Suddenly, he's visited by a superhero, Yes Man, who teaches him how to say "yes" instead and keep his pesky servants at bay.
3210e
SCENE 1 cont'd Following the story, Savion questions Big Bird's role, as Yes Man didn't have an assistant in the book. Big Bird states he got the job just by asking (and Telly is unable to decline).
YESMachine
Cartoon A man shows the viewers his "YES" machine.
(First: Episode 0822)
Raposo.Goat
Song Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Goats."
(First: Episode 2366)
4140-schoolsupplies
Animation Writing utensils form the upper and lowercase letter E.
(First: Episode 2880)
Ornate E's
Song Ornate E's go easing by to a song.
(First: Episode 2937)
PlanetE
Animation Planet E / e
(First: Episode 2840)
Small-er-est
Animation Three balls compare sizes. An orange ball (voiced by Daws Butler) boasts that he's the smallest, until his little brother comes onto the scene.
(First: Episode 0786)
3210f
SCENE 2 Yes Man and his assistant asks Savion if he needs help. He declines, wondering how saying "Yes" all the time can help anyone. They then come across a little girl having trouble playing her recorder. By saying "Yes," they're able to instill some confidence in her and she is able to properly play her scales.
Topi Antelopes YES
Film Topi antelopes nod "yes."
Music by Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0411)
4134u
Animation Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You."
(First: Episode 2873)
Girlfamilyportrait
Film A girl dances her way into her family portrait.
(First: Episode 3119)
Toon.ZigZag
Cartoon zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo.
(First: Episode 0359)
Song.zigzagdance-original
Muppets "Zig Zag Dance"
(First: Episode 1567)
PovertyZ
Muppets Poverty Z
(First: Episode 0085)
Fay.Greenelephant
Film Fay Ray dresses up as a "green elephant," a moose, and "Kermit the dog."
(First: Episode 2864)
3210-Monty
SCENE 3 Monty asks Nathan a few silly "yes" and "no" questions.
Dog-YES
Cartoon A dog answers "Yes" to every question.
(First: Episode 0783)
Yufka
Film Kids narrate a film about how Yufka, a Turkish flat-bread, is made.
(First: Episode 2937)
Yellowflower
Animation Yellow drops don't want to play with a red ball at first, but they make a good flower together.
(First: Episode 1895)
AlphabetRap01

AlphabetRap02
Muppets Ferlinghetti Donizetti delivers "The Easy Rhythm Rappin' Alphabet" while Grover displays his super smooth break-dance moves.
(First: Episode 2033)
1041Zebra Cartoon Z for zebra and zoo
(First: Episode 0281)
Ball.brickwall
Animation A ball looks for its match on a brick wall.
(First: Episode 1470)
3210g
SCENE 4 Savion continues trying to do homework, when he's interrupted yet again by Yes Man, who will now say "Yes" 40 times. Savion requests that Telly give it a break for awhile. Telly becomes offended and leaves in a huff.
Angrygoat
Cartoon "Mad Goat Song"
Artist: Derek Lamb
(First: Episode 0771)
Film.Ferry
Film A child narrates a film of him and his brother, Andrew, taking a ride on the ferry.
(First: Episode 2951)
Director12
Cartoon A movie director calls for 12 pilots, 12 airplanes, 12 parachutes, 12 clowns and 12 pies.
HonkAroundtheClock
Muppets "Honk Around the Clock"
(First: Episode 1631)
3977k
Animation Clown Honking #12
ICanSingAnything
Muppets Herry Monster and Louisey sing "I Can Sing."
(First: Episode 2976)
2485i
Cartoon Snacks On Parade: The Raisin
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 1171)
3210h
SCENE 5 Telly counts his "yes"s all by himself, when Ruthie and Big Bird arrive with a new story to tell him - "The Story of No Man."
3210i
SCENE 5 cont'd The story follows the same plot as before, only now the king suffers for saying "yes" to everything. No Man appears, encouraging him to say "no" now.
3210j
SCENE 5 cont'd Telly begins to learn a moral from the two stories: it's okay to say "yes" and "no" depending on the situation. He promises to say "yes" and "no" as necessary (and possibly throwing a "maybe" in the mix).
Nosong
Song Gina and Maria sing "The Word is "No."
(First: Episode 2548)
Paperblankets
Film Some Navajo kids narrate a film about how their blankets are weaved, and how they make paper blankets in school.
(First: Episode 2990)
Geometry of Circles 2 - Seven Circles with Designs
Cartoon Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs"
(First: Episode 1394)
Song.OppositeStuff
Muppets Bip Bipadotta sings "Opposite Stuff." (new keyboard overdubs added)
(First: Episode 2425)
3144q
Film A group of people form a human pyramid to illustrate top and bottom.
(First: Episode 3144)
Gibson
Muppets Monsterpiece Theater: HamletMel Gibson plays Hamlet.
(First: Episode 3047)
10.Latin
Cartoon Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish dub).
(First: Episode 3045)
3210k

3210l
SCENE 6 Telly, sans "Yes Man" outfit, finds Savion in the park and apologizes for his behavior earlier. He reports he'll only say "yes" and "no" sometimes and adds he's loaned his costume and pogo stick to Ruthie, who enjoys pretending to be a superhero. Telly then announces the sponsors.

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