Episode 3364
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SCENE 1 | Celina meets Telly and Zoe in the park and gives them some bandanas, cowboy hats, and broomstick horses for a new game. She tells them they can pretend to be cowpokes who love to read. The monsters don't understand, so Celina points them to the following... |
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Muppets | "Readers of the Open Range" (First: Episode 2141) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Telly and Zoe sing the song from the segment, though Zoe immediately forgets who they're supposed to be. Celina points her toward another segment starring the Readers... |
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Muppets | Old West: Lost in Arizona — The Readers of the Open Range wander into a town whose inhabitants are entirely illiterate. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Telly and Zoe look forward to being Readers, but realize they're too young to read many words. Celina writes down their names and has the monsters read them to prove there are some words they can read, meaning there must be others. The monsters ride off singing the "Readers" theme. |
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Cartoon | An aviator and his son cooperate to start their plane. (First: Episode 1476) |
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Song | "I'm a Little Airplane" (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (new sting and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0650) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Happy Birthday to U — Ernie sings "Happy Birthday" to a letter U. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (new music sting added) (First: Episode 0546) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Whiskeyjack (First: Episode 3196) |
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SCENE 2 | The (Pretend) Readers gallop down the street until they reach Oscar's Newsstand, where Oscar helps them read his "NEWSSTAND" sign. They want to read some more but can't afford any newspapers or magazines, so they continue to read the sign over and over. |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster." (First: Episode 2919) |
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Muppets | Kermit Lecture: Inside Herry Monster — Kermit has Herry step behind an X-ray machine to show what's inside his body. (First: Episode 1974) |
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Animation | 2 houses plus 2 equals 4. (First: Episode 0298) |
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Insert | The Tokyo String Quartet and some kids show how important it is to practice, as Big Bird provides voiceover. (First: Episode 3290) |
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Cartoon | A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 1737) |
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SCENE 3 | The monsters are still reading the newsstand sign when they're approached by the lead Reader himself - Verne! The rest of his posse is off doing other jobs (while his horse is vacationing in Cancún), so he's looking for replacements while he's in town picking up some supplies. He invites them to become real Readers of the Open Range and join him on a "word round-up." |
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Song | "Write Your Name" (First: Episode 3274) |
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Cartoon | Underwater, there's a 9 (First: Episode 3283) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #9 (First: Episode 2876) |
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Cartoon | Number Guy: "How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed?" The answer is 9. |
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Film | "Box City Recycling Rap" Kids sing a rap song about recycling. They build a city out of boxes and cartons. (First: Episode 2851) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2 (First: Episode 2510) The Readers make their way through the paused film to read the word "DUCKS." |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Celebrity | Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X." (First: Episode 2168) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | How to say "turtle" in sign language (First: Episode 3339) |
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards In Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse. (First: Episode 3049) |
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Cartoon | A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3011) |
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Song | Leon Redbone sings "Have You Ever." (First: Episode 3274) |
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SCENE 4 | The Readers return to the street, where they come across a boy in the park having problems opening his juice. Verne shows them how reading can help one learn something by pointing out the text on the bottlecap, which reads "Turn To Open." |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | The Beetles are "Thinking of U." (First: Episode 1486) |
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Film | Three girls clap rhythms while naming vegetables. (First: Episode 3051) |
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Cartoon | Name That Food — The host challenges contestants to both identify *and* eat every food shown. Artist: Len Glasser (First: Episode 1491) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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Cartoon | Words that rhyme with BALL(voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler) (First: Episode 0773) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly and Zoe run into Celina and tell her all the fun they've had today. Celina becomes starstruck when Verne arrives, and asks the readers to help read the sponsors. Verne hits the trail with his supplies (an armful of books), making sure the monsters promise they'll keep reading forever and always. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 28 as Episode 3628.
- Additional performers include Alice Dinnean (Green AM woman), Peter Linz (Orange Gold AM), Lisa Buckley (Lavender AM woman), and John Kennedy (Lavender AM man).









































