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Sesame Street
Zoe calls Elmo a "rotten egg"
Air date April 11, 2000
Season Season 31 (2000)
Written by Belinda Ward
Production December 9, 1999
Sponsors V, 3
Syndication 123 Sesame Street
PBS Sprout

3892

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
3892a
SCENE 1 Gordon gives Elmo and Zoe some money to get some ice cream at Hooper's Store. Elmo says, "Last one there is a rotten egg!" Zoe's never heard of this before and Elmo explains how it works. Zoe gets there first and enjoys the game so much, she repeats "Elmo's a rotten egg!" over and over.
4115t
Song "Happy Happiness," against footage of kids playing at a beach.
(First: Episode 3320)
3816i
Muppets Ernie and Rubber Duckie are glad the viewer is here.
(First: Episode 3816)
10.Latin
Animation Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish version)
(First: Episode 3045)
Butterflydance
Film A girl dances a butterfly dance.
(First: Episode 3681)
cut from the Noggin version
3892b
SCENE 2 Zoe continues calling Elmo a rotten egg as she does everything before he does, including sitting down, ordering and finishing her ice cream.
Vinne-Vampire
Cartoon A poem about Vinnie the Vampire
Artist: Fred Garbers
(First: Episode 3800)
Wegmandogs.Violin
Film Wegman's dogs form the letter V, for violin and valentine.
(First: Episode 3532)
cut from the Noggin version
SpeechBalloon.V
Cartoon Speech Balloon: V for Violin
A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks.
(First: Episode 0052)
Sgrover.telly
Muppets Telly is in the park demonstrating things you can find when you look up and when you look down. When he looks up, he can hear an object moving at great velocity, which he first assumes to be a bird or a plane. Ultimately, Super Grover crashes down upon Telly and asks if he can point him in the direction that goes up.
ArrowUp
Cartoon An arrow doesn't know which way is up.
Artist: Fred Garbers
(First: Episode 3681)
Margaret-BigBird
Muppets / Celebrity Margaret Cho tells Big Bird a story about her friend Karen and acts out the various emotions she felt during it.
3976z
Cartoon
Two viewers with Picasso-esque facial features in an art gallery critically examine the portrait of a viewer.
Artist: Mo Willems
(First: Episode 3442)
cut from the Noggin version
3816z
Muppets Ernie and Rubber Duckie introduce the number of the day.
(First: Episode 3786)
cut from the Noggin version
Ringmaster3
Cartoon The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. (new sound effects added)
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1339)
3981f
Video Three kids dance in three columns.
(First: Episode 3167)
3981g
Cartoon In Egypt, three lemons make lemonade.
(First: Episode 3285)
3892c
SCENE 3 Elmo wants to say the alphabet now, but Zoe turns it into another rotten egg game.
Alienbasketball
Cartoon Aliens have a hard time playing basketball, until they decide to take turns.
(First: Episode 3814)
Ernie.RD.laugh
Muppets Ernie and Rubber Duckie laugh out loud, thinking the previous segment was funny.
(First: Episode 3808)
CabSing1

CabSing2

CabSing3
Cartoon "Museum Boogie": In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callowmouse sneaks into a museum and leads the painted characters in a "Sing" medley.
cut from the Noggin version
4133z
Film V for voice, violin, Victrola, etc.
(First: Episode 3399)
V in space
Catoon V in space
(First: Episode 0481)
3892d
SCENE 4 As Elmo gets more frustrated with Zoe, a Cockney-accented egg named Egg appears, fuming over Zoe's game. He says not all eggs are rotten and the monsters apologize. Zoe instead starts calling Elmo a rotten potato chip, so Elmo decides to stop playing with her.
Word.Eggs
Animation The word EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet.
(First: Episode 3045)
cut from the Noggin version
3144w
Muppets All types of wild animals that lay eggs sing "Let's Lay an Egg."
(First: Episode 3060)
Kidsplaydrums.shapes
Film Shapes vibrate as girls beat on their drums.
(First: Episode 2873)
Drawingonface
Cartoon Different emotions are drawn on a face, until the character grabs the pencil.
(First: Episode 3531)
In the Noggin version, this segment is placed before "Let's Lay an Egg."
3956u
Muppets Even though Rubber Duckie didn't like the previous segment, he doesn't have to like everything.
(First: Episode 3845)
cut from the Noggin version
Teapartyargument
Cartoon Leanna and her best friend Sarah have a tea party which goes well at first, until they argue over which cupcakes are better.
Artist: ArtistMike
(First: Episode 3864)
cut from the Noggin version
3976y
Muppets Grover demonstrates "surprise" with Prairie Dawn in thirty seconds.
SuzieKabloozie.Judge3
Cartoon Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #3
Toon.3blackbirds
Cartoon Luis counts three blackbirds, which lay three eggs.
(First: Episode 2194)
3892e

3892f
SCENE 5 Elmo talks to Gordon about what's happened, when Oscar intervenes, saying he should stay a rotten egg. Elmo talks to Zoe about his feelings and she agrees to stop saying it. The two decide to call themselves "happy, smiley eggs," forcing Oscar to name himself a rotten egg.
Ewdogs-interview
Muppets Elmo's World: Dogs
(First: Episode 3852)
3892g
SCENE 6 Oscar plays the rotten egg game with his pets as Gordon announces the sponsors.

Alterations[]

Picture Segment Description
4029q
Muppets Elmo's World: Flowers, Plants & Trees
(First: Episode 3895)
This replaced "Elmo's World: Dogs" in the Noggin version


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