| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Surprising Gordon | |||||||||
| Air date | November 27, 1992 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||||
| Written by | Ian Ellis James | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | A giggling Elmo and Telly introduce today's sponsors. They then tell the viewer that they'll be surprising Gordon in just a moment, though their laughing fit entices Gordon's curiosity when he steps out of 123 Sesame Street. |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Telly plan to count to three, rush up behind Gordon (who's sitting reading the newspaper in the yard) and surprise him. The Count joins in and suggests they count higher than three (like 599,000,000). By the time they've agreed to count to ten, Gordon has already left when they jump out. With the surprise ruined, the Count believes that now would be a good time to count to 599,000,000 and proceeds. |
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Cartoon | A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | "I Can Do It By Myself" (First: Episode 1727) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Bip Bipadotta leads "Scratch My Back" as a song about two monsters named Jack and Jill who swear that they will always be there to scratch each other's backs. (First: Episode 2191) |
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Cartoon | Mary Shaboom reluctantly moves to a new house, and muses about the consequences. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2959) |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #13 (First: Episode 2924) |
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SCENE 2 | Herry Monster and the kids plan to make paper airplanes, but they show Savion there's five of them and only three pieces of paper. One kid suggests they split the paper, so Savion cuts the sheets in half which gives everyone a piece, including himself. |
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Cartoon | "Beginning, Middle, End" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2556) |
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Film | SCHOOL: the sign spins around. (First: Episode 0685) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Just Like Bert — Bert has gone to visit his brother Bart, so Ernie pretends that Bert is still there using a drawing and a pillow. (First: Episode 2472) |
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Animation | OP words (Drop / stop / top / hop / pop) (First: Episode 2886) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows." (First: Episode 2582) |
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Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) |
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SCENE 3 | Gina runs into Simon Soundman at the bus stop. He explains his recent absence has been because he's been selling sounds door-to-door. He asks Gina if she'd like some sounds, giving her samples of a marching band playing, an elephant blaring, and a squealing pig. She passes before he boards his bus to Chicago, forgetting his case full of sounds. Gina takes a peek inside and is met with a cacophony of noises. |
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Cartoon | Various sounds are demonstrated, including an alarm clock, a baby crying, a telephone, a faucet dripping, and a boy sneezing. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1483) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
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Animation | Planet J/j (First: Episode 2833) |
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Muppets | Phil Harmonic hosts another evening at the Nestropolitan Opera, featuring a performance by Placido Flamingo, "The Dentist of Seville." (First: Episode 2789) |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: The parachute becomes a large mattress. (First: Episode 2245) |
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SCENE 4 | A concerned Herry asks Luis how the chicken is going to cross the road. Herry points out a young chick down the block, and the two observe it cross the street with the help of the mother hen. Herry now has another question - why did the chicken cross the road? |
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Cartoon | Why did the chicken cross the road? (First: Episode 2050) |
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Muppets | "Forty Blocks From My Home" (First: Episode 2614) |
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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 | Colambo: The Lost Slipper Caper — Cinderella asks Colambo to help find her missing shoe. (First: Episode 2983) |
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Film | Alphaquest: R Running down a road past a rabbit, a radio, some rocks, and a rainbow. (First: Episode 2726) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Handford lets Telly and Elmo hide out behind the counter in Hooper's Store to surprise Gordon. They soon start talking loudly before arguing over who's being too loud. Gordon comes in and sees they're all in a scuffle and decides to come back later, though the monsters are too involved in their argument to even notice. |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings and counts thirteen turkeys. (First: Episode 2711) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Song | "Washin' the Dog" |
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Cartoon | An ostrich, a girl, and a pig do some exercises, and move the couch away. (First: Episode 2988) |
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Muppets | "I Am Chicken" (First: Episode 2995) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (First: Episode 1144) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Prairie Dawn is sad because of how small she is; Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers cheer her up by singing "Small People". They are joined by Big Bird, Snuffy, the Birdketeers, Natasha, Merry Monster, and Billy. (First: Episode 2945) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla outgrows his toy fire truck, and is about to throw it away, when he decides to pass it on to his little brother. (First: Episode 2840) |
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SCENE 6 | Mr. Handford gets the monsters to stop fighting and proposes they cooperate: they will hide and pop out when he gives a special code phrase. Gordon enters and Mr. Handford utters the phrase, but Elmo and Telly don't pop up. Mr. Handford tells a confused Gordon what was supposed to happen... only to have Elmo and Telly pop up behind them and surprise them both! The ecstatic monsters announce the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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