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Sesame Street
Elmo and Zoe play detectives
Air date April 23, 2003
Season Season 34 (2003)
Written by Joey Mazzarino
Production November 13, 2002
Sponsors L, 13
Syndication PBS Sprout

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Zoe welcomes the viewer, explaining that today she, Rocco, and Elmo will be playing circus. Zoe is dressed as the ringmaster for the “Rocco-Zo-Mo Circus“, while Rocco is dressed as a clown (complete with white paint and fright wig). Elmo, in a fancy moustache, is the (stuffed) lion tamer.
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SCENE 1 cont'd Nearby, Big Bird calls the monsters over to present the Letter of the Day. Since it’s not a part of their circus, Elmo suggests they announce it in a big manner, and everyone comes up with some circus-related “L” words.

When the two return to their circus base, they discover that Rocco is missing! Elmo is adamant about finding him until he notices how sad Zoe is, so he agrees to help. They happily decide to become “circus detectives” and sing a brief song about it.

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SCENE 1 cont'd Near 123 Sesame Street, they ask a chicken (Stephanie D'Abruzzo) if she’s seen a rock pretending to be a clown. They take her response as a “no” and continue with their search. They meet an elephant in a tutu and notice he’s with a round object wearing a red wig just like Rocco’s. It’s not Rocco, but the elephant’s pet bowling ball Bowlo (pretending to be a detective in disguise). The monsters sing a reprise of their song as they leave to look for more clues, once again asking the chicken.
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SCENE 1 cont'd Later, Elmo and Zoe have still not found Rocco. Big Bird notices the sad monsters and learns of their problem. He explains that since he can speak chicken, it’s important to know what she had told them. The three return to the chicken, who according to Big Bird’s translation, hasn’t seen a rock pretending to be a clown. Instead, she saw an egg that fits the description, and reveals she’s been sitting on Rocco all along! Zoe retrieves her rock and the chicken is sad at first, until she lays a real egg.

Elmo wants to play circus again, but Zoe says that Rocco needs a nap. She sings him a lullaby and suggests that he wants Elmo to give him a bath afterward, causing Elmo to run away screaming in frustration.

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Film A girl named Shirley performs in the circus; her father is Ringling Bros. clown David Larible. Other acts in the circus include elephant training and elephant jumping.
(First: Episode 3529)
Herrybigroundnose
Muppets On a vaudeville stage, Herry Monster sings "Big Round Nose" with three monsters and a Honker as visual aids.
(First: Episode 3806)
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Muppets The Number of the Day: 13
13 dancing vegetables show up after The Count learns that the number of the day is 13.
(First: Episode 3986)
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Cartoon Jerry Nelson sings and counts thirteen turkeys.
(First: Episode 2711)
Computer13
Cartoon Finding a 13 on a computer screen
(First: Episode 3936)
Celeb.belafleck
Muppets / Celebrity Béla Fleck performs a concerto for banjo and two chickens.
(First: Episode 3842)
BlockStacks
Animation A stack of blocks arranges itself in conjunction with another stack.
Jte-shapes
Muppets Journey to Ernie: Shape Land — Big Bird hunts for Ernie in a land full of floating geometric shapes. Telly Monster appears hanging out in his favorite shape: a triangle.
(First: Episode 4037)
SameHats
Muppets Ernie & BertBert can't decide which hat to wear to the Pigeon Lovers' meeting.
(First: Episode 3973)
GG-nicaragua
Muppets Global Grover
Grover returns from Nicaragua carrying bricks that he made himself. He shows a film of his friend Gilberto making his own bricks. (First: Episode 2744)
When the film finishes, Grover reveals his own brick and becomes frustrated when it won’t say hello.
GTTower
Cartoon Global Thingy:
Global Thingy Builds A Tower
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Muppets The Letter of the Day: L
Cookie Monster thinks that singing can stop him from eating the Letter L Cookie.
(First: Episode 3981)
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Animation L Fun Factory
(First: Episode 3216)
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Film The letter L dances at the beach.
(First: Episode 3573)
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Muppets Spanish Word of the Day: gato
A cow tries to help Rosita by illustrating gato, but she isn't a cat. Suddenly Little Murray Sparkles comes by and Rosita replies that this is what gato is.
(First: Episode 3985)
Elmopetbird
Muppets Elmo's World: Pets
(First: Episode 3918)
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SCENE 2 Big Bird and Zoe announce the sponsors, which are both written on Rocco. A frazzled Elmo returns, ultimately fainting when Rocco “says” adios to everybody. (Zoe: “He also speaks Spanish!”)

Notes[]

  • In a continuity error, Elmo can be seen holding a brown rock at the end of the first performance of the “Circus Detectives” song. This is likely due to a deleted scene, as he never refers to nor is seen with it during the rest of the episode.


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