Sesame Street | |||||||||
Friends of 3 at the Furry Arms Hotel | |||||||||
Air date | May 16, 1997 (season finale) | ||||||||
Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||||
Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Telly welcomes the viewer and explains to Maria and Luis that he's going to the Furry Arms for a special "Friends of 3" party. He's wearing three hats and bringing his triangles, anxiously wondering who the special guest will be. Benny Rabbit won't let him in however; he's only one and they're only admitting parties of 3. Telly begs Maria and Luis to join him and they relent, then struggle to fit through the revolving door. | |
Animation | Teddy bears demonstrate opposites. | |
Film | Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (new music added) (First: Episode 1966) | |
Muppets | Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree." (First: Episode 1920) | |
Animation | Writing utensils form the upper and lowercase letter E. (First: Episode 2880) | |
Film | Jaws spoof presenting the letter E. (First: Episode 3300) | |
Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) | |
Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dance with Mark Morris. (First: Episode 3609) | |
Cartoon | A pig sings "Pig's Love Song." (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 0407) | |
SCENE 2 | Telly is amazed at all the numerical decorations around the hotel and meets the evening's three hosts - Sherry Netherland, Humphrey and Ingrid. Though there are few in attendance, Ms. Netherland welcomes the guests to the 3rd Tri-Annual Friends of Three party, then introduces the night's first 3 guests - the Three Little Pigs, who sing "The Alphabet Song." Everyone joins in as they sing the song over and over. | |
Animation | Arnold uses his imagination. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2754) | |
Muppets | Grover and Rosita explain the concept of "love" in 15 seconds. Grover exasperates about the assignment, but Rosita intervenes just in time. (First: Episode 3527) | |
Cartoon | Fluffy recalls being a homeless dog, getting taken in to the dog pound, and meeting his new pal Petey. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2981) | |
Song | "I'm in Great Shape": Kids dance with triangles, circles and squares. (First: Episode 3277) | |
Cartoon | A magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 2053) | |
SCENE 3 | Ms. Netherland introduces the next guest - the Amazing Mumford, who brings Maria on as his assistant. She holds a pineapple he intends to turn into 3, but magically makes 3 Marias instead! Luis faints instantly, while Mumford finds his wand won't function. He dashes off ("Talk amongst yourselves," he tells the Marias), leaving his wand with Ms. Netherland. | |
Animation | "Pineapple Addition" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3159) | |
Cartoon | Two camels (voiced by David Rudman and Joey Mazzarino) at a watering hole learn to share. (First: Episode 3528) | |
Song | "It's Time for a Rhyme" (First: Episode 3151) | |
Cartoon | Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice. (First: Episode 2498) | |
Muppets | Big Bird and Baby Bear visit the Museum of Modern Art, and look at a sculpture by Pablo Picasso. | |
Cartoon | A car drives by the water. (First: Episode 3378) | |
Film | People go under, over, through and around a hoop. (Luis voice-over) (First: Episode 3140) | |
Animation | Computer E / e (First: Episode 3071) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: E-Ear (First: Episode 0807) | |
Film | Wegman's dogs form a letter E. (First: Episode 3267) | |
Cartoon | "Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0771) | |
SCENE 4 | To pass the time, Ms. Netherland starts a game of "Three of These Things" using herself and the 3 Marias. She waves the wand and turns her into a single Maria. | |
Film | Three taxi chairs (First: Episode 3119) | |
Muppets | Elmo and Zoe demonstrate above and below with a cloud. (First: Episode 3367) | |
Cartoon | Orville the mouse (voice of Joey Mazzarino) feels proud of his new job as a lab rat for Dr. Igor. His job is to find a piece of cheese at the end of a maze, which proves to be difficult. Artist: ArtistMike | |
Film | Xiao-Mei from northern China describes a festival at the end of every year that her family participates in. Each day of the festival, there is a new show to watch, a series of parades and lots of food like noodles and dumplings. Women prepare floats for the parade while men dress up as river animals. Xiao-Mei's favorite part or the festival is the lion dance. Xiao-Mei also demonstrates how she can walk on stilts which are strapped to her legs, and hopes someday to dance in the big parade. (First: Episode 3266) | |
Cartoon | The dancing birds dance fast and slow. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3072) | |
SCENE 5 | As the staff and attendees sing "Three Is My Favorite Number," Ms. Netherland makes an announcement - the mystery guest hasn't arrived! She instead brings out The Count, who gives a passionate speech about the number 3. He then introduces his favorite films about the number... | |
Cartoon | In Egypt, three lemons make lemonade. (First: Episode 3285) | |
Video | Three kids dance in three columns. (First: Episode 3167) | |
Cartoon | Luis counts three blackbirds, which lay three eggs. (First: Episode 2194) | |
SCENE 5 cont'd | The Count introduces the mystery guest - the actual number 3 (Kevin Clash)! He gives a speech about how shy he is and almost didn't show up to the party. He rushes off, which upsets Telly. | |
Animation | Kids are surprised when animated things pop up out of nowhere. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3567) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster does something unexpected by not eating a plate of cookies. Once the audience understands surprise, he then reverts to form and eats the cookies. (First: Episode 3528) | |
Film | On the farm, a boy enjoys a glass of MILK. (First: Episode 3277) | |
Animation | Cecille sings "Brushin' Down the Doggies." (First: Episode 2862) | |
Film | A boy named Anthony and his parents are trapeze artists in a circus. David Larible, a clown from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, appears in some scenes. (First: Episode 3579) | |
Cartoon | Esme's wooden clown breaks, and she is about to throw it away, when it suggests she use glue to fix it. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 2843) | |
SCENE 6 | The party is over, but Telly is sad he didn't get to meet the number 3. He thanks Maria and Luis for joining him. When he's alone, the number 3 appears and asks for a quiet place to eat dinner. Telly recommends other things they can do on the street. Luis announces the sponsors. |
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