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Episode 4148

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Sesame Street
Plot Elmo sends Abby her first letter
Air date September 12, 2007
Season Season 38
Sponsors X, 15
Syndication
DVD

Picture Segment Description
COLD OPEN
"What's the Word on the Street?" -- mail


SCENE
At the Fix-it Shop, Abby Cadabby and Elmo watch Maria fix a toaster. ("I love having an audience," Maria says.) An excited Rosita rushes over to show them the letter she received from her abuelita, and asks Maria to read it. In the letter, her grandma says she was looking at a picture of Rosita, and it made her happy. It makes Rosita happy, too, as she imagines a hug from her abuelita. Right then and there, Rosita decides to write a letter back, and runs off.

SCENE
cont'd
Abby realizes that she's never received a letter before. Just then, she gets a call from her mommy and has to poof away. Once she's gone, Elmo decides to write a letter to her. Elmo says goodbye to Maria, and she proceeds to fix another toaster, this time with the big screwdriver.

SCENE
cont'd
Elmo sits at a table outside Hooper's Store. Chris asks Elmo if he wants anything, and Elmo asks for paper. When Chris brings it, Elmo realizes he needs something else ... something to write with. He asks Chris for crayons, and Chris retrieves them. He makes sure Elmo has everything he needs, since Chris is running the store for Alan today.

SCENE
cont'd
Suddenly, Elmo realizes he only knows how to write his own name. He asks for Chris' help once again, this time with writing the actual letter. Since Hooper's doesn't have any customers right now, Chris obliges. Elmo starts his letter with "Dear Abby" (which has a nice ring to it). Chris is about to sign the letter once he's finished writing it, but Elmo says he'll sign it himself, since he does know how to write his own name.

SCENE
cont'd
Chris says he'll mail the letter to Abby, and it will reach her in a few days - but Elmo can't wait a few days. Luckily, Abby poofs into view just then, and has a chance to read the letter. She appreciates it, since it's the first letter she's ever received. Neither Elmo nor Abby know how to read yet, so Chris once again does the honors. Just when Chris thinks he's off the hook, they decide to start writing more letters to each other back and forth.
Song
To the original Fats Waller recording of "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," a group of kids act out the song in a throwback to the silent film era.
(EKA: Episode 3696)
Celebrity
Christopher Meloni displays a piece of his mail.
Film
Kids show the different things they've received in the mail.
(EKA: Episode 3984)
Muppets
The Letter of the Day: X
Cookie Monster eats the cookie with the letter of the day before he can know what the letter of the day is ("Oh, me feel tremendous guilt."), so an Anything Muppet doctor puts an X-ray in front of Cookie Monster.
(First: Episode 4018)
Animation
The letter X in various typefaces.
(EKA: Episode 3006)
Animation
A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of the painting. (Martin Robinson voiceover)
(EKA: Episode 3675)
Muppets / Celebrity
Ben Stiller sings " The People in Your Neighborhood" with Telly, and decides that he'd like to be a person in the neighborhood. But does a cheese count as a person?
(EKA: Episode 3812)
Animation
A white pipe-cleaner family is wary of their new green neighbors. When they see the two babies playing together, they warm up to each other.
(EKA: Episode 3846)
Muppets
The Number of the Day: 15
The Count sings as he tries to get to the number of the day, and a penguin presents him with a number 15.
(First: Episode 3995)
Cartoon
Rap #15
(EKA: Episode 2637)
Film
Kid mural painting #15
(EKA: Episode 3856)
Muppets
Wish You Were Here: Guadalupe, Arizona
Big Bird conducts a child mariachi band, who sing "Viva Mexico."
(EKA: Episode 3012)
Animation
A kid paints a picture for his abuelita in Mexico.
(First: Episode 4096)
Film
A group of kids paint a mural with the help of a mural artist.
(EKA: Episode 3007)
Muppets
Muppet and Kid Moments: Ernie watches in amazement as Dayle types their names on the computer.
(EKA: Episode 3898)
Song
"Write Your Name"
(EKA: Episode 3525)
Muppets
Elmo's World: Hands
(First: Episode 3925)
Insert
Abby gets a call from her mommy, making sure she didn't forget to announce the sponsors.


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