Episode 4004
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird tells some ant jokes to a visiting ant in the yard. Oscar and the Grouchketeers ask for the ant to come to Oscar's trash can so they can do the "Ants in Your Pants Dance." Even Fluffy joins in, as the ant is her playdate and she dances more wildly when the ant finds itself inside Fluffy's pants! Soon after, some superimposed monsters arrive chanting, "Monster Time! Monster Time!" |
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Celebrity / Muppets | Dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater act out feelings, and Elmo guesses which feeling they're acting out. (First: Episode 3947) |
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Muppets | The Number of the Day: 7 Seven dancing chickens show up for the number of the day. (First: Episode 3990) |
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Cartoon | Six turtles plus one man equals seven. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1515) |
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Film | Seven kids dance on a playground to the same beat. (First: Episode 3844) |
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SCENE 2 | Zoe and Rosita are having an argument because they want to play Little Red Riding Hood, but both want to be Little Red. Alan uses a coin to decide and has the monsters guess which coin is in which hand. Zoe ends up winning so Rosita will be the wolf, howling so joyfully that Zoe has second thoughts and wants to be the wolf too. However, since she won fair and square, she will remain to pretend to be Little Red. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Zoe puts a red bowl on her head as a pretend hood. Feeling creative, Rosita puts her hair in a bunch of ribbons and announces that she will not be a scary wolf like in the story, but rather a merry and harmless wolf and sings a song about it. Zoe still wants to be a wolf, so Rosita thinks they should play the story of the "Two Friendly Wolves" instead. Zoe exchanges her red bowl for a head full of twinkly barrettes, and the two monsters enjoy howling as they look for an adventure to go on. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Meanwhile, Telly is enjoying a quiet game with his triangle collection in the community garden when he's interrupted by the wolves. They want Telly to be an evil magician and beg him to play with them long enough to put the Two Friendly Wolves under a spell, turning them into rocks. The wolves realize quickly that being a rock is pretty dull, so they persuade Telly to play again, this time as the Brave Knight who breaks the spell. They promise to leave Telly alone and decide to seek adventures everywhere. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Meanwhile, a real wolf (Joey Mazzarino) hears all the howling and discovers the Two Friendly Wolves and wants to play with them. He worries about them not liking him, but asks anyway only to find Zoe and Rosita aren't real wolves. They explain that they're pretending, and the wolf wants to pretend too. He decides to be a pig and the two girls join him, all changing into some pig ears, snouts, and curly tails. The three pretend pigs are having a fine time looking for sticks to build their pretend houses when Telly appears, howling and ready to pretend to be a wolf with the group. Since the others are pigs he has to chase them, which is fun for everyone! |
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Film | Big Bird asks us what kind of animal we like to pretend to be. Kids talk about what animals they like to pretend to be. |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie, first tiptoeing to check behind the bush... (First: Episode 3994) ... and goes into a land occupied by dinosaurs. Big Bird describes the box to a brontosaurus and finds he was sitting on it the whole time. |
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Animation | Kids talk about what they see in a Kandinsky Painting. |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Ernie wasn't behind there, so Big Bird checks under the tunnel bridge... (First: Episode 3998) ... where he finds himself at a pigsty occupied by three little pigs who want him to sing a verse of "Old MacDonald" with them. We found him! |
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Muppets | At night, Ernie sings "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" (First: Episode 1910) |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird and Ernie say goodbye and an announcer teases, "Come back tomorrow for another game of Journey to Ernie!" (First: Episode 3981) |
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Muppets | Hero Guy Hero Guy grows big for his big heroic adventure. When Hero Guy is too big, he shrinks small for his wee-little adventure. (First: Episode 3942) |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: C Cookie Monster asks The Amazing Mumford to make the cookie with the letter of the day disappear so that he can't eat it. Mumford tries and fails to make the cookie disappear, but Cookie Monster figures out a way to do it... |
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Film | C, C, The Letter C: kids form C with their bodies. |
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Cartoon | "C in Space" Artist: Gene Barretta (First: Episode 3729) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: teléfono Big Bird and Snuffy don't know the Spanish word for "telephone," but someone calls them to announce it: teléfono. (First: Episode 3992) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Weather (First: Episode 3984) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird announces the sponsors as Telly continues chasing the three pretend pigs (and vice versa). |
Alterations[]
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Muppets | Elmo and Zoe pretend to be cowboys while displaying the letter C. (First: Episode 3901) This and the following segment replaced "C in Space" in the Sprout version. |
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Animation | A strange poem with C words. (First: Episode 3729) |