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| Baby Bear forms a Reading Club. | |||||||
| Air date | January 18, 2000 | ||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | As Baby Bear and Zoe talk, Elmo notices the viewer and they all welcome the viewer to Sesame Street. Today is the first meeting of the Sesame Street Reading Club (created by Baby Bear), but first they need a word to read. Elmo notices the bus stop sign on the corner. They read: BUS STOP! |
| Film | The letters of the alphabet are found in signs all over the city. (EKA: Episode 3692) | |
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Song | 14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street." (EKA: Episode 2674) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Film | A ONE WAY sign switches sides. (Maria voiceover) (EKA: Episode 3699) |
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SCENE 2 | Baby Bear reads a one way sign, but Elmo and Zoe complain that the signs are too high, and it hurts their necks to look up at it. Baby Bear thinks that they need a more "appropriate reading level" for them. They go to Big Bird's Nest where they read the mailbox: B. BIRD. They wonder who "B. Bird" is until an AM letter carrier arrives to give Big Bird his mail. The reading club deciddes to read her mailbag, U. S. POST SERVICE. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Big Bird arrives and opens his letter, which happens to be the letter of the day, X. |
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Animation | The letter X in various typefaces. (EKA: Episode 2883) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form the letter X and demonstrate an X-ray. (EKA: Episode 3659) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (EKA: Episode 0351) |
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Muppets | Monsters in Day Care: Herry asks Eugene and Karin to sing "I'm a Little Teapot". Then he goes to Monster Day Care, and demonstrates his new skill. (First: Episode 3789) |
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SCENE 3 | The club reads the "MONSTER DAY CARE" banner in the courtyard. Elmo notices more words to read on Gabi's clothes. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | They spell out the word on Gabi's cap: SOCCER. Then they read the word on her sweatshirt: GABI. |
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Cartoon | A Zerkel named Dan demonstrates -an words. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (EKA: Episode 3540) |
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Song | "Playground Map Song" (EKA: Episode 2680) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Cartoon | Clown Honking: 8 (EKA: Episode 3224) |
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Film | Milo Counting: 8 (First: Episode 3554) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (EKA: Episode 0423) |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo, Zoe, and Baby Bear enter Hooper's Store. The club explains to Alan why they're there, so Alan offers books and magazines for them to read. The club explains that it isn't necessary--they can read the food and product labels lining the shelves. |
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Cartoon | Sign Man: HOT DOG (EKA: Episode 1142) |
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Film | Wanda the Word Fairy drives to a market to demonstrate the words of foods, attracting the suspicious gaze of the grocer in the process. (EKA: Episode 2834) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Muppets | "Readers of the Open Range" (EKA: Episode 2274) |
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Cartoon | What if I looked like George Washington... (EKA: Episode 2257) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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SCENE 5 | The club finds two kids playing hopscotch, and Baby Bear points out that words aren't the only thing one can read; they can read numbers, too. They read the eight digits on the hopscotch grid. |
| Cartoon | Eight children dance in a colorblock grid. (EKA: Episode 3115) | |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy sings "Eight Balls of Fur." (EKA: Episode 2883) |
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Cartoon | A shy girl wants to join a group bouncing a ball. Artist: Joanna Priestley (EKA: Episode 2849) |
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SCENE 6 | Baby Bear, Elmo, and Zoe notice Slimey and his friend Squiggle at Oscar's can, and ask if they have anything that they could read. The worms respond by making the letter X out of their bodies. |
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Film | Ornate Xs spin around in accompaniment to a song. (EKA: Episode 2929) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moments: Lexine gives Cookie Monster a cookie. (EKA: Episode 3245) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (EKA: Episode 0573) |
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SCENE 7 | Oscar the Grouch is asked by the club to provide something new to read. The grouch responds by displaying his "Scram" sign, and tries to trick the club by reading the word and doing what it says. However, all three of them have trouble reading it, pestering Oscar even more! |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Bananas (First: Episode 3858) |
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SCENE 8 | Elmo, Zoe, and Baby Bear announce (and present) the sponsors. |
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