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[[Telly Monster]] keeps seeing a letter X with weird-looking eyes appear and then disappear, but nobody believes Telly when he tells them about the strange-looking X. Eventually, the others see the X, which turns out to just be a normal X wearing strange sunglasses.
  
[[Telly Monster]] keeps seeing a letter X with weird-looking eyes appear and then disappear, but nobody believes Telly when he tells them about the strange-looking X. Eventually, the others see the X, which turns out to just be a normal X wearing strange sunglasses.
   
 
==Segments==
  
==Segments==
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*"[[Moonshine]]" {{eka|2980}}
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*[[Mysterious Theater]]: The Circle Search
  
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*Cartoon: [[Suzie Kabloozie]] sings about the things she can imagine herself doing "[[In My Head]]." {{eka|3691}}
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*"[[Professor Television]]" ([[Bill Irwin]]) tries to demonstrate the word ''DANGER.'' {{eka|3713}}
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*Film: "[[Danger Song]]"
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*Film: Ornate Xs spin around in accompaniment to a song. {{eka|3058}}
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*Animation: A [[Keith Haring]] mural comes to life after some kids EXIT. {{eka|3006}}
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*Cartoon: Campers don't want to play ring toss with [[Zork]], until their counselor reminds them not to be judgmental. {{eka|3033}}
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*Film: Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall. {{eka|2834}}
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*Cartoon: [[Number Guy]]: "How Many Elephants Can You Fit in a Room?" The answer is 4. {{eka|3606}}
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*Film: Four kids dance in a colorblock grid. {{eka|3149}}
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*"[[You Don't Have to Be a Grizzly]]" to eat some honey! {{eka|3398}}
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*Film: [[Fay Ray|Wegman's dogs]] form the letter X and demonstrate an X-ray. {{eka|3659}}
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*[[Mysterious Theater]]: The Circle Search {{eka|2874}}
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*Film: Circles of all kinds are displayed as funky rap music plays. {{eka|3126}}
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*'''[[Ernie's Show and Tell]]''': Ernie visits his friend Zachary, who plays the trumpet. He explains how practicing is important to play an instrument well. {{first|3804}}
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*Film: Kids sing the alphabet on an island. {{eka|3154}}
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*Animation: Colored tools build a house out of colored rectangles, squares and triangles. {{eka|3410}}
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*Film: A Japanese boy plays taiko drums in the park. {{eka|3153}}
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*[[Elmo's World: Music]] {{first|3824}}
   
 
==Notes==
  
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*The Street story spoofs ''The X-Files''. The xylophone music that accompanies Telly's X sightings is a musical reference to the ''X-Files'' theme.
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*The Street story spoofs ''[[The X-Files]]''. The xylophone music that accompanies Telly's X sightings is a musical reference to the ''X-Files'' theme.
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*Telly makes an X from a pile of mashed potatoes in a nod to ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''.
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*During the last sighting, the X makes an in-joke using the [[Sesame Street Theme|Sesame Street theme song]]: when asked why it wears sunglasses, the letter mentions the bright light on the Street and sings the first few bars of the theme.
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*During the last sighting, the X makes an in-joke using the [[Sesame Street Theme|Sesame Street theme song]]: when asked why it wears sunglasses, the letter mentions the bright light on the Street and sings the first few bars of the theme.
   
 
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[[Category: Sesame Street Episodes| 3833]]
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[[Category: Alphabet]]

Revision as of 05:11, 14 July 2015

Sesame Street
Telly and the Mysterious X
Air date January 20, 1999
Season Season 30 (1998-1999)
Sponsors X, 4
Syndication 123 Sesame Street, PBS Sprout
Watson

Telly Monster keeps seeing a letter X with weird-looking eyes appear and then disappear, but nobody believes Telly when he tells them about the strange-looking X. Eventually, the others see the X, which turns out to just be a normal X wearing strange sunglasses.

Segments

  • Film: Ornate Xs spin around in accompaniment to a song. (EKA: Episode 3058)
  • Cartoon: Campers don't want to play ring toss with Zork, until their counselor reminds them not to be judgmental. (EKA: Episode 3033)
  • Film: Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall. (EKA: Episode 2834)
  • Film: Circles of all kinds are displayed as funky rap music plays. (EKA: Episode 3126)
  • Animation: Colored tools build a house out of colored rectangles, squares and triangles. (EKA: Episode 3410)

Notes

  • The Street story spoofs The X-Files. The xylophone music that accompanies Telly's X sightings is a musical reference to the X-Files theme.
  • Telly makes an X from a pile of mashed potatoes in a nod to Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
  • During the last sighting, the X makes an in-joke using the Sesame Street theme song: when asked why it wears sunglasses, the letter mentions the bright light on the Street and sings the first few bars of the theme.

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