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Sesame Street
How many balloons to raise Snuffy?
Air date April 11, 2005
Season Season 36 (2005)
Written by Tony Geiss
Production December 9, 2004
Sponsors K, 12
Releases Online Streaming

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Healthyhabits.snuffy.richardkind
COLD OPEN Healthy Moment: Richard Kind and Snuffy explain how covering your mouth when coughing and covering your nose or snuffle when sneezing, can prevent germs from spreading.
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SCENE The scene starts off with three girls doing a short dance. When they are finished, they passed Snuffy wearing a cloud outfit and said hi to him. Snuffy says hi back and continues walking on, singing softly to "If I Was a Cloud in the Sky".
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SCENE
cont'd
Snuffy wants to be a real cloud in the sky. He wonders how he is going to get up there. He tries jumping up in the sky, but it doesn't work.
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SCENE
cont'd
On the other side, the Count watch as Oscar ties a balloon around Slimey so that he can float in the air. Watching Slimey floating in the air has made Snuffy realized he can float in the sky with the clouds by having balloons tied to him. However, he realized he doesn't have any money. The Count suggested that he can make a wish since it worked for Cinderella.
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SCENE
cont'd
So Snuffy wished for a balloon and the Fairy Balloon Person (Richard Kind) comes to grant his wish. Since it's going to take 40 balloon to lift him up, the Fairy Balloon Person keeps adding 5 balloons each time until they reach 40 balloons, while the Count counts each balloon by 5. When 20 balloons were on Snuffy, the balloon wand wasn't working. The Fairy Balloon person had to find more balloons and get his wand fix.
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SCENE
cont'd
At that moment, Big Bird and the Birdketeers arrived and was wondering what Snuffy was doing. Snuffy explained that he's going to float through the air and be a cloud. He sings, "If I Was a Cloud in the Sky", and does a dance.
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SCENE
cont'd
Finally the Fairy Balloon Person comes back with more balloons and adds 20 balloons by 5 to make 40 balloons. Soon Snuffy was floating through the air.
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SCENE
cont'd
While Snuffy is happy to be seeing birds and other clouds, he starts to get cold and lonely being all by himself. He wishes to go back down and his wish is granted.
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cont'd
Snuffy realizes that everyone he loves is down on Sesame Street and that he would rather be a Snuffleupagus than a cloud any day. The Fairy Balloon Person goes off to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood because someone needs a balloon there. In the end, Snuffy wishes to be a Birdketeer and goes off with Big Bird and the Birdketeers. The Count follows after them as he counts their tweeting.
Littleairplane
Song "I'm a Little Airplane"
(First: Episode 3266)
cut from the online version
4141-elephantclouds
Animation Elephants appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays.
(First: Episode 3627)
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Muppets The Letter of the Day: K

Cookie Monster teaches Prairie Dawn a new K word, "Kowabunga."
(First: Episode 4067)

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Film Pencil box: K/k
(First: Episode 2876)
GirlsK
Film Girls dance and chant about K.
(First: Episode 3012)
K-King
Animation "k" for king, kiss and key.
(First: Episode 3084)
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Muppets The Spanish Word of the Day: Leche
(First: Episode 3988)
cut from the online version
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Cartoon Healthy Food Cartoon: Watermelon
Action elephant maria
Muppets Maria is trying to read but she is interrupted by Action Elephant who convinces her to kick her feet with him instead.
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Film Muscles and bones help people move and jump.
Grover.Eric
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and Eric observe the differences between fur and skin.
(First: Episode 1642)
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)
Arnold
Animation Arnold rides his chair.
(First: Episode 2754)
GGMalaysia2

GGMalaysia1
Muppets Global Grover: Kites from Malaysia.
(First: Episode 4044)
Muppetnumberoftheday.12
Muppets The Number of the Day: The Count counts and sings up to 12, accompanied by the Countess and their band of musicians.
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Film Milo Counting: 12
(First: Episode 3568)
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Animation Clown Honking #12
(First: Episode 3210)
12starsbythrees
Film / Animation "Counting Stars by 3's"
(First: Episode 4069)
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Muppets Hero Guy
Baby Bear wants to have a Flying Adventure in the Sky with Hero Guy, but he can't fly by himself.
(First: Episode 3989)
ElmosWorld.Weather
Muppets Elmo's World: Weather
(First: Episode 3984)
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Insert The Adventures of Trash Gordon

Chapter 842
Planet Huff-and-Puff: Trash handles the wind of a Big Bad Wolf by fighting air with air.

Alterations[]

Picture Segment Description
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Cartoon "From Your Head"
Artist: Sally Cruikshank
(First: Episode 3474)
This segment replaced "I'm a Little Airplane" in the online releases of the episode.

Gallery[]


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