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Sesame Street
Slimey to the Moon: Crisis on the Wiggleprise
Air date February 4, 1998
Season Season 29 (1997-1998)
Written by Belinda Ward
Production November 18, 1997
Sponsors Z, 2

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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3713-teaser
COLD OPEN It's late at night and everyone on Sesame Street is sleeping. Suddenly, a red siren goes off at the WASA monitoring station Around the Corner and wakes up Oscar, Maria and Telly. Something may be wrong with Slimey's mission to the Moon.
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3713-crisis
SCENE 1 The worm technicians are buzzing about trying to figure out what's going on. Professor Albert Einslime appears to be in charge, but he won't know what's going on until they make contact with the Wiggleprise. When they make visual contact, it appears that the ship's crew are arguing over who gets to use the pink bowling ball. Dr. Einslime explains that this happens to worms in space after being cooped up for so long and states that this could be a dangerous emergency. If they can't cooperate with one another, they may not get to the moon. Telly frets that they could even get lost in space.
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SCENE 1
cont'd
Einslime says that to help, Oscar, Telly and Maria must sing the "Worm Cooperation March." Reluctantly, Oscar agrees to sing for Slimey. When the worms form a star together, it looks like they're not fighting anymore, but once the song stops, they resume their quarrel over the bowling ball. The song has to be sung again...
ProfTV1

ProfTV.DANGER
Insert "Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate the word DANGER.
(First: Episode 3627)
HowNowBrown
Muppets How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger."
(First: Episode 2030)
4113zd
Film Children demonstrate "up" and "down" with balls.
(First: Episode 3562)
Toon.Zinspace
Cartoon Z In Space
(First: Episode 0509)
3957p
Film Kid jungle explorers sight a wild Letter Z.
(First: Episode 3496)
Toon.Z.climbers
Cartoon Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it.
(First: Episode 0281)
NightBugBoogie
Muppets A trio of bugs sing "Night Bug Boogie."
(First: Episode 2957)
OneWaySpace
Cartoon The crew on spaceship CU2 looks for signs of life in space. They spot signs such as ONE WAY, STOP, and EXIT.
Artist: Fred Garbers
(First: Episode 3663)
3713-song

3713e
SCENE 2 The song isn't working after several choruses; the worms are still fighting over the pink bowling ball. Suddenly, the ball breaks free from their grasp and floats toward the ship's control panel and hits the Wrong Way button. Instantly, the ship changes course, making a 180º turn away from the moon.
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3713f
SCENE 2
cont'd
Because this is WASA's first mission to the moon, Maria is instructed to read their official Worm Spaceship Manual to figure out what to do. She finds the section on the Wrong Button, which strictly instructs never to press it -- but if this has already been done, all you have to do is push the Right Way button. The only problem is that the Right Way button is outside the spaceship, located near the tippy-tippy top so that it can't be pushed by mistake.
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SCENE 2
cont'd
It's determined that one of the worms has to crawl outside, and Slimey is the first to volunteer for the job. Oscar realizes that the only way this can happen is if everyone cooperates.
LunarLounge1

LunarLounge2

3990r
Cartoon In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callomouse attends a revue at the Lunar Lounge.
3782.WYWH1

3782.WYWH2

3782.WYWH3
Cast Wish You Were Here: Gabi and Miles take a tour of the Kennedy Space Center, where they learn about how rockets are launched into space, along with a group of other kids. Miles works at Mission Control, while Gabi pretends to be an astronaut.
4090zk
Cartoon Astronauts form a 2 in space.
4121be
Song "2, 2, 2, Me and You."
(First: Episode 3690)
4110zo
Cartoon Egyptian #2
(First: Episode 3291)
GroverMeghan
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and Meghan pretend to go to the moon.
(First: Episode 3696)
NoodlesNedd.Bed
Cartoon Noodles & Nedd make the bed.
Artist: John R. Dilworth
(First: Episode 3663)
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3713-cooperate
SCENE 3 Taking charge of the situation, Oscar dons a headset and initiates a plan, assigning jobs for the worm astronauts. With each of them wearing a space suit, Slimey is ready to crawl to the top of the spaceship and the others are going to form a worm ladder to hang onto him out the door of the ship.
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3713-space
SCENE 3
cont'd
Oscar, Maria and Telly watch as Slimey slowly climbs to the top, hits the button for course correction, and squiggles his way back into the ship safely. Maria congratulates Oscar for his leadership, but he apologetically claims that he had to cooperate for Slimey's sake.
MonsterChaCha
Cartoon A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and crickets. Her snores frighten the real monster.
Artist: Deanna Morse
(First: Episode 2951)
Song.imaginethat
Muppets Ernie sings "Imagine That" about things that he sometimes imagines to be: first a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon, then a sailor, and finally, himself.
(First: Episode 2142)
StrawberryHorse
Film A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry.
(First: Episode 2641)
4125w
Cartoon A television reveals many Z words.
(First: Episode 3699)
3957zf
Animation The Letter Z in various typefaces.
(First: Episode 2855)
Alien.Z
Cartoon An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests.
(First: Episode 1481)
FloatingKids.Square
Film The floating kids form a square
(First: Episode 3132)
AliceK.watercan
Cartoon Alice Kadeezenberry tries to water the plants, but notices the hose doesn't go far enough for her to do so. After several harebrained attempts, she uses a nearby watering can.
Artist: Paul Fierlinger
Moon.elmo-lavender
Muppets / Celebrity Los Lobos sings "Elmo and the Lavender Moon."
(First: Episode 3101)
Outerspace.Between
Animation A boy has a dream in which he floats in Outer Space between things.
(First: Episode 3093)
Song.Between
Song Jeff Redd sings "Between."
(First: Episode 2738)
3979s
Film A karate team punches out the alphabet.
(First: Episode 3421)
Moon.cookie
Muppets Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (underscore added to intro)
(First: Episode 1789)
Film.scarynight
Film A boy is scared to go to sleep at night, until his dad tells him to use his imagination to calm himself down. He conducts a symphony with his toys.
(First: Episode 3271)
Moon.Goodnight
Cartoon The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages.
(First: Episode 2243)
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SCENE 4 All pooped out from their rescue mission, the worms are dressed in their pajamas to get ready for bed.
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SCENE 4
cont'd
Satisfied that Slimey is no longer in danger, Oscar, Telly and Maria head back to their homes. On their way, they look up and reflect on the fact that Slimey is among the stars headed for the moon. Telly can't see them, but Maria says that it's because they're so far away. She announces the sponsors, which appear in the stars.
3713.ComingSoon
COMING SOON Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly wishes Oscar wanted to play something with him, when a ball lands in his hands. "Thank you, Ball Fairy!"

Alterations[]

Picture Segment Description
3713rerun
INTRO In the 1999 rerun, the season 30–32 intro sequence is used in place of the season 29 opening.
4072t
Muppets Ernie sings "I Like Laughing When I'm Happy Best of All" with Baby Natasha.
(First: Episode 3847)
This segment replaced "Night Bug Boogie" in the 1999 rerun.
Horses.Vivaldi
Animation Horses appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays.
(First: Episode 3637)
This segment replaced the film about Strawberry the horse in the 1999 rerun.
Folge2300-6
Muppets Elmo plays ball with his plant Gloria, when Big Bird comes by and tries to explain that Gloria can't play ball, as they have nor arms or hands to catch it with. Elmo tries playing checkers with Gloria instead.
This segment replaced "Between" in the 1999 rerun.

Notes[]

  • This episode was among a select group of Season 29 episodes that were reran during the last few weeks of 1999, shortly before Season 31 began airing the following January. This particular episode aired on November 23, December 14, and December 29.


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