Shalom Sesame | |
Air date | January 11, 2011 |
Writer | Carin Greenberg Baker |
Director | Aaron Kaplan |
Sponsors | Vav, Tet, chamesh esreh |
Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Grover finds Brosh, Avigail and Shoshana celebrating Tu Bishvat, a "birthday party" for trees. They're all planting a tree and Grover joins in the festivities. As he goes to plant his own tree, he walks into a rake, then stumbles into a pot. | |
Animation | Stop-motion representation of "Happy Birthday," with balloons, gummi bears, glitter, etc. | |
Film | Kids describe the festivities of Tu Bishvat. | |
Celebrity | Greg Kinnear tells a riddle about trees, but finds his tree puns aren't as clever. | |
Animation | An animation of leaves in nature. | |
Muppets | Ernie and the viewer play "Ernie Says" by planting an imaginary and silly garden. (from Play with Me Sesame) | |
Cartoon | Madlenka waters her tulip, and invites everyone in her building to plant a garden. | |
SCENE 2 | Brosh doesn't think Avigail's scrawny tree will be able to survive outside and a gust of wind tips it over. Avigail is sad, so Shoshana shows her a picture of when she was young, planting a scrawny tree as well. And that tree grew to be the large one behind them. Avigail's tree adjusts itselt back up, making her happy again. | |
Film | An Israeli girl explains how her class made birdfeeders by re-using things. | |
Animation | The Hebrew Calendar - Symbols of the month of Shvat. | |
Film | A class of kids plant trees in a field. | |
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. | |
Film | Growing Numbers #15 | |
SCENE 3 | Grover has brought some presents for the trees - glasses of water. The group tells him they use a watering can instead. They give thanks to the trees, then dig into some food. | |
Film | Foods at an Israeli market place. | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Debra Messing identifies the various parts of nature. | |
Animation | A farmer plants corn and waits for rain. | |
Cartoon | Words that start with Tet. | |
Film | Images of nature | |
Film | A girl and her grandfather plant a tree for her in Turkey. | |
Cartoon | Words beginning with Vav | |
Cartoon | A boy plants a tree, then uses his staff ro bring rain and sun. | |
Muppets | Postcard from Grover Grover talks about Hula Valley; its abundance of birds and the activities by the Jordan River. | |
Closing | The sponsors are announced. |
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