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Sesame Street
Telly practices for a pageant
Air date March 8, 1996
Season Season 27 (1995-1996)
Written by Adam Rudman
Production October 20, 1995
Sponsors G, 9

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
3475scene1
SCENE 1 Prairie Dawn is helping Telly practice being a bird for the pageant she is putting on that day. Baby Bear, who will be an airplane, has his part down, but Telly is having trouble: he cannot flap and tweet at the same time without falling down. Prairie Dawn leaves to sew the costumes, make the set, compose the music, bake the refreshments, and print the program, while Baby Bear stays to help Telly practice.
3150p
Song "The First Time" – Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve.
(First: Episode 2950)
Fish-G
Cartoon Fish form G and g.
(First: Episode 3112)
4130r
Animation G / g paper fold
(First: Episode 3128)
Planet-G
Animation Planet G / g
(First: Episode 2844)
Musicianspractice
Insert The Tokyo String Quartet and some kids show how important it is to practice, as Big Bird provides voiceover.
(First: Episode 3290)
1736r
Cartoon A boy learns to play his violin by practicing.
(First: Episode 1513)
3475scene2
SCENE 2 Baby Bear remembers the time Papa Bear helped him to hit a baseball. He fell down every time he swung the bat, so Papa Bear held his arms while he swung. Telly tweets while Baby Bear holds his arms and flaps them, but when Baby Bear lets go, Telly falls down again. Baby Bear tells him to try again, but Telly gives up.
2096d
Song Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up."
(First: Episode 0302)
BabyBird
Cartoon A baby bird tries and tries again to fly from its nest. (new music added)
Artist: Irra Verbitsky
(First: Episode 1510)
3734.Agua
Film AGUA: kids play in water.
(First: Episode 3367)
3980r
Animation In a classic painting, a boy blows a bubble. It pops, and some kids yell “Surprise!”
(First: Episode 3311)
KukaParrot
Film A girl's grandmother teaches Spanish to her parrot Kuka.
(First: Episode 3101)
MartianBeauty
Cartoon Martian Beauty” has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0316)
3959ze
Cartoon Rubber Stamp #9
(First: Episode 2876)
NumberGuy.9sheep
Cartoon Number Guy: “How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed?” The answer is 9.
(First: Episode 3364)
3474-CS
SCENE 3 Baby Bear runs after Telly, telling him not to quit. They run into Bob, and Telly explains and demonstrates his problem. Baby Bear suggests that Telly try using his imagination: if he pretends that he is a bird, it might help him flap and tweet at the same time. Baby Bear does it, but Telly is still not convinced and asks Bob to try. Bob pretents he’s a bird and successfully flaps and tweets at the same time. Then Telly tries it, and it works! He is happy he will be able to be in the pageant, and the whole neighborhood will see him pretending to be a bird. Baby Bear is surprised that the whole neighborhood will be there to see him pretending to be an airplane, so he refuses to be in the pageant.
InYourImagination
Muppets Elmo sings "In Your Imagination."
(First: Episode 3119)
Fountain Order
Film A girl teaches a boy to play “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the Shpritzer.
BlueGorilla
Cartoon G for Gorilla
(First: Episode 2491)
3977u
Film G is for go, girls, guitar, goldfish, etc.
(First: Episode 3269)
3475-G-Drawing
Cartoon Letter G drawing with kid voice-over. (new music added)
(First: Episode 0306)
E&B-NightWindow
Muppets At night, Ernie gets too hot and opens the window. He and Bert start hearing noises from outside, which Ernie identifies. But, since neither of them can sleep with the noise, Ernie shuts the window...until he gets hot again.
3816y
Cartoon “You know what it’s like to be scared?” A little girl frightens another girl with a mask.
(First: Episode 0547)
3475scene4
SCENE 4 Telly says he will not perform in the play either, since Baby Bear won’t be there. Baby Bear thinks Telly should be in the pageant, so the only thing to do is to be in it too. Telly and Baby Bear go back to practicing their roles as a bird and a plane, respectively.
Littleairplane
Song I'm a Little Airplane,” with film of kids pretending to be airplanes.
(First: Episode 3266)
SuzieBox
Cartoon Suzie Kabloozie announces that her cat Feff will jump ON a box and say meow, but he keeps jumping OFF when she puts him on, so Suzie does it instead.
Artist: Mo Willems
(First: Episode 3455)
4154-WheelchairDad
Film A girl helps her father train for a wheelchair race.
(First: Episode 3275)
3136r
Cartoon Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle."
Animation by Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 2404)
LifestylesBigLittle

LifestylesBigLittle2
Muppets Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little."
(First: Episode 2206)
Bigoctopus
Cartoon A man has a small octopus on his head, but a little boy has a big octopus.
Artist: Mo Willems
(First: Episode 3270)
BeingABirdkateer
Insert Monty thinks he has found his calling, and sings about “Being a Birdketeer.”
(First: Episode 3330)
1396s
Film Flamingos
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0450)
3816j
Cartoon A baby demonstrates ‘happy,’ ‘surprised’ and ‘sad.’
(First: Episode 3396)
Hairfurcut
Muppets I'm Going to Get My Hair Cut.”
(First: Episode 1822)
3976zn
Cartoon Gerald’s dog Sparky likes to pretend he’s an alligator.
(First: Episode 1519)
3475scene5
SCENE 5 Prairie Dawn, Telly, Baby Bear, Miles, Lexine, and the kids (Brandon and Megan) perform the “Things in the Air and Things on the Ground Pageant” for an audience that includes Bob and Gordon. All goes well. Telly and Baby Bear have so much fun that they decide to keep playing their roles after the show is over, and the kids join them. While Prairie Dawn worries about everyone returning their costumes, Bob announces the sponsors.
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COMING SOON Coming Soon on Sesame Street: The Amazing Mumford performs a magic trick with a dog.


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