Murray's Sesame Street 45th Anniversary Show (outlines)

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Episode 21: Animals

Scene 1:
Murray says that today's show is about animals, as several Muppet animals show up.

Segments:

• That's Not Homer
• Being a Pig (original)
• Has Anybody Seen My Dog?
• Is Barkley a dog or a cow?
• Fay Ray: Animal Disguises
• Kermit and Bob discuss frogs

Scene 2:
Bert is disapointed that Murray has not yet shown any Pigeon clips yet.

Segments:

• Pigeons on Parade

Scene 3:
Big Bird now wants to see other birds represented.

Segments:

• There's a Bird on Me (original)
• The Nobel Ostrich
• The Birdcall Boogie
• Big Bird gets a visit from his pen pal

Scene 4:
Elmo asks Murray what other animals are going to be featured.

Segments:

• Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Slug
• Road Runner film
• Oscar introduces a warthog film
• Warthog film (with Oscar's voice-over)
• Kermit's bear exercises
• I'm an Aardvark (remake)

Scene 5:
Elmo brings in Dorothy, who wants to see some fish.

Segments:

• Fish sings about the number 5
• Tadpole
• F-fly and frog
• Octopus Blues
• Tweet in the Morning
• Twiddlebugs: Catepilla
• The Night Bug Boogie
• Lost Bug Blues
• Big Bird adopts a turtle

Scene 6:
Murray blows his nose over how sad that last segment was, but decides to present something happier.

Segments:

• Bert and Ernie: Animals in my Room

Scene 7:
Murray and various animals sign off.

 

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Episode 22: Outer Space and Science Fiction

Scene 1:
Murray announces that today's show is all about science fiction and outer space. The Martians then show up.

Segments:

• Martians look for Mars
• Zork: ring toss
• Bert and Ernie Meet the Martians

Scene 2:
The Martians play a pattern game with Murray, with one Martian saying "yip yip" and another saying "uh-huh". Murray guesses which phrase comes next.

Segments:

• If Moon Were Cookie
• The Geefle and the Gonk
• C3PO and R2D2 send Oscar a message
• Cookie's Crumby Pictures: Star S'mores

Scene 3:
Oscar shows up and tells Murray about the time Slimey went to the moon.

Segments:

• Oscar tells the others about Slimey's interest in the moon

Scene 4:
Oscar says that the rocket took some time to blast off (the ideal rocket for a grouch!).

Segments:

• Snuffy helps the rocket blast off

Scene 5:
Oscar tells Murray that for once, he was really worried. He also says that Slimey told him that the worms had fun, doing things like form letters of the alphabet.

Segments:

• Worms in Space: K

Scene 6:
Oscar also says that the street was crowded the day when they watched Slimey land on the moon.

Segments:

• Robert McNeil reports the moon landing

Scene 7:
Oscar says that Slimey is now back on Earth, and decides to scram back to his can.

Segments:

• My Outer Space Friend
• Suzie Kabloozie in space
• Spaceship Surprise (Planet SH)
• I Don't Want to Live on the Moon

Scene 8:
Murray and the Martians sign off.

 

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Episode 23: Monsters

Scene 1:
Murray announces that today's show is focused on monsters, and gets surprised/startled when Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo, Zoe, Telly, Herry, Rosita, Frazzle, the Two-Headed Monster, and the Monster Clubhouse monsters show up suddenly. Telly tells Murray not to be frightened, as Murray is a monster, too.

Segments:

• We're All Monsters
• Empty and Full room of monsters
• The monster who ate the television set
• Monsters C tag
• Two Heads are Better Than One

Scene 2:
Murray says that now it's time for Monster Clubhouse.

Segments:

• Monster Clubhouse (pick which specific one yourself)
• Frazzle at the dentist
• Deena and Pearl: Cleaning Up
• Aristotle makes lunch
• Kermit's more and less lecture
• Fur with Grover, Elmo, Zoe, and Herry

Scene 3:
Murray announces that Monsterpiece Theater is up next.

Segments:

• Monsterpiece Theater: Chariots of Fur
• Seven Monsters
• Mango Tango
• Up and down with Elmo and Zoe
• Good Morning, Morning
• Monster in the Mirror (celebrity version)

Scene 4:
Murray says that monsters can be any color. "Especially blue", adds Grover.

Segments:

• Fuzzy and Blue (and Orange)
• Red and Blue

Scene 5:
Murray says "and now here's more monsters!" All monsters from the first scene show up, and Grover disagrees, saying that it's the same amount of monsters as earlier.

Segments:

• Monsters In and Out Disco
• Two-Headed Monster: Newspaper
• Big Round Nose with Herry
• I Whistle a Happy Tune

Scene 6:
Murray says that today's show has been brought to you by monsters.

 

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Episode 24: Opposites

Scene 1:
Murray says that today, we're going to learn about opposites. Oscar asks if that means we're NOT going to learn about opposites, since learning about opposites is the opposite of not learning about opposites.

Segments:

• Opposite Stuff
• Bert and Ernie: Opposites Game
• Grover: Forwards and Backwards
• Anything Muppets: Forwards and backwards
• Up and down cartoon
• Up and Down Opera
• Kermit and Grover: up and down

Scene 2:
Murray points up and down, and then he decides to show the difference between here and there.

Segments:

• Kermit and Grover: here and there
• The Opposite Song
• Monsterpiece Theater: Inside/Outside Story
• Biff and Sully: open and close
• A flower opens and closes
• Big Bird and Crystal: big and little
• Kermit: Short and Long

Scene 3:
Murray makes himself bigger and then smaller.

Segments:

• Kermit: little and big
• Grover shows near and far on a surf board
• Herbert Birdsfoot and Grover: over and under
• Alice Braitwaite Goodyshoes: wet and dry
• Kermit and Elmo: happy and sad

Scene 4:
Murray says that it's time to go. Oscar says that the opposite means that it's NOT time to go... And then is horrified at the thought of not ending the show, but Murray reassures him that they are ending.

 

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Episode 25: Everybody's Favorite Sesame Friends

Scene 1:
Murray says that all of your favorite characters will be featured today.

Segments:

• You Tickle Me
• Big Bird and Snuffy write a story
• Bert and Ernie: Ernie breaks the vase
• Waiter Grover: a fly in my soup
• Kermit and Oscar: grouch bus stop
• Baby Bear and Ernie: Goldie-Duckie (or was it Duckie-Locks?)
• Monsterpiece Theater: The Taming of the Shoe

Scene 2:
Murray decides to talk with some of his friends, but as Grover, Ernie, Baby Bear, Rosita, and Prairie Dawn walk by, they are all unable to stop and talk.

Segments:

• Kermit News: What makes people angry?
• Roosevelt Franklin: Africa
• Bert and Elmo: loud and quiet
• Herbert Birdsfoot and Cookie Monster: cookie machine
• Baby Bear's bath time song
• Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles
• Hip Hip Alphabet
• Ask Oscar: The longest grouch word
• Two-Headed Monster: shoes

Scene 3:
Murray now introduces a pageant...

Segments:

• Food We Eat
• Murray finds shapes at a baseball field
• Abby and Cookie Monster play checkers
• Super Grover: Bus stop
• The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jambouree
• The Count's mail

Scene 4:
Murray has just found a banana.

Segments:

• Bert and Ernie: Banana in ear, part 1

Scene 5:
Murray decides to put the banana in his ear.

Segments:

• Bert and Ernie: Banana in ear, part 2

Scene 6:
The banana has gotten stuck in Murray's ear.

Segments:

• Bert and Ernie: Banana in ear, part 3
• That's What Counts
• Do Op Hop
• Marshall Grover: Front and back
• In and Out with Barkley and Maria
• I Think That It Is Wonderful

Scene 7:
Many Sesame Street characters are with Murray to say so long.

 

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Episode 26: Telly and Baby Bear

Scene 1:
Murray tells us that today's show will spotlight both Telly Monster and Baby Bear. Telly and Baby Bear then show up and talk about what best friends they are. They've done a lot together, including sing karaoke, which Telly says he was nervous about at first.

Segments:

• Baby Bear and Telly sing "Let's Go Driving"

Scene 2:
Telly and Baby Bear mention that they have some differences in what they like best. Telly likes triangles, Baby Bear likes porridge.

Segments:

• Three Sides Now
• Goldilocks eats granola

Scene 3: Telly tells Murray about how he used to be obsessed with television - he even looked and sounded a bit different.

Segments:

• Telly plugs in

Scene 4:
People tried to get Telly to do other things while he would rather watch television.

Segments:

• Olivia and David try to get Telly to play baseball

Scene 5:
But Telly quickly grew out of it, though he does sometimes appear on TV, for Monster on the Spot.

Segments:

• Monster on the Spot: Big sister and little brother
• Drawing with Baby Bear

Scene 6:
Baby Bear says that he loves to draw, especially Hero Guy.

Segments:

• Hero Guy (pick a segment)
• My Triangle
• Telly talks about up and down
• Ask Oscar: V
• Cousin Bear is afraid of monsters

Scene 7:
While triangles are Telly's favorite shape, he also enjoys other shapes as well.

Segments:

• Shapes in my Room

Scene 8:
Baby Bear mentions his mama, papa, and sister Curly, and talks about the time they learned that Curly does not like porridge.

Segments:

• Curly Bear dislikes porridge

Scene 9:
Telly and Baby Bear enjoy being friends, and were worried once when they thought they'd be away from each other for several months.

Segments:

• The bear family decides to hibernate

Scene 10:
Baby Bear is glad that his family chose not to hibernate, and asks Telly if he'd like to join him for some porridge, in new triangle-shaped bowls.

 

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Episode 27: Friendship

Scene 1:
Murray says that today's show is about friendship, and Ovejita pops up to represent his friend.

Segments:

• I Want a Monster to Be My Friend
• What is Friend? (remake)
• That's What Friends are For

Scene 2:
Murray asks the viewers who their friends are. Elmo mentions Zoe, Ernie mentions Bert, Big Bird mentions Snuffy, and Cookie Monster says "anybody with cookies!"

Segments:

• Suzie Kabloozy: Somebody Come and Play
• I Wish I Had a Friend to Play with Me
• Sharing
• Share with Ernie and Elmo

Scene 3:
Murray says that sometimes it can be hard when your friends are not around.

Segments:

• Best Friend Blues

Scene 4:
Murray and Ovejita start to argue, but then Murray realizes that you can still be friends even if you argue or disagree.

Segments:

• Big Bird and R2D2: I Say Banana
• Still We Like Each Other

Scene 5:
Murray says that sometimes it can be hard to make a new friend, which is why some people practice.

Segments:

• What's Your Name?
• Teeny Little Super Guy: Sharing a Swing
• My Best Friend
• Elmo's World: Friendship

Scene 6:
Murray is sad to end the show and wishes his friends were all here, when several characters suddenly show up.

 

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Episode 29: Storytime

Scene 1:
Murray announces that today, we're going to hear a lot of stories. Let's start with The Boy, The Girl, and the Jellybean.

Segments:

• The Boy, The Girl, and the Jellybeans, part 1

Scene 2:
Murray can't wait until the next chapter!

Segments:

• The By, The Girl, and the Jellybeans, part 2

Scene 3:
And Murray can't wait for the LAST chapter (and it's time for the last chapter!)

Segments:

• The Boy, the Girl, and the Jellybeans, part 3

Scene 4:
Murray decides to get out a story book, but gets out a newspaper by mistake.

Segments:

• Kermit News: Rupunzel
• Fairy Tales Today: The Princess and the Pea
• The Monsters Three Wishes
• Ernie auditions merry men
• Monsterpiece Theater: Little Red Cookie Hood

Scene 5:
Murray tells us that writing your own story, or making up your own version of a classic story, is just as much fun as hearing or reading one.

Segments:

• Goldilocks and the Four Bears
• Kermit News: The New Three Little Pigs Story

Scene 6:
Murray decides to get a book from a shelf, only for a big pil of books to fall on him.

Segments:

• The Lonely Princess
• The Magic Apple
• Kermit News: Pinocchio
• Home Run on the Range
• Abby's Flying Fairy School: Genie
• Grover reads a prince and princess tale
• Bert's Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty
• Cookie's Crumby Pictures: The Wizard of Cookies

Scene 7:
Murray now introduces the big finale.

Segments:

• The King's Nose

Scene 8:
Murray says that it's now the end.

 

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Episode 30: Big Bird

Scene 1:
Murray says that this is going to be a big show, proven when Big Bird shows up.

Segments:

• ABC-DEF-GHI (early 1970s version)
• Big Zoe, Little Big Bird
• Big Bird and Snuffy do a vaudeville number about the letter S
• Big Bird's forwards/backwards home movies

Scene 2:
Murray says that watching this is all fun, and Big Bird agrees.

Segments:

• I Just Adore Four
• Big Bird talks about naps
• What a Gift

Scene 3:
Murray says that he wishes he could fly like a bird, and Big Bird says that HE would also like to be able to fly like a bird.

Segments:

• Big Bird Doesn't Fly
• Admiral Bird
• Wheels on my Feet

Scene 4:
Big Bird mentions that he likes to imagine things.

Segments:

• Big Bird imagines that he's small

Scene 5:
Big Bird talks about Mr. Hooper, and mentions that he was sad when Mr. Hooper died.

Segments:

• Just Because

Scene 6:
Murray is sad with Big Bird.

Segments:

• Different People, Different Ways
• Believe in Yourself with Diana Ross
• Celia Cruz: Zunzun
• Big Bird and Snuffy write a story
• Grover's chin-ups

Scene 7:
Big Bird tells Murray about the time he was invited into The Good Birds Club.

Segments:

• The Good Birds Club

Scene 8:
Big Bird and Murray say goodbye.

 

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Episode 31: Friends from the Past

Scene 1:
Murray announces that today's show will focus on characters who used to live on Sesame Street.

Segments:

• Mystery Guest
• Biff and Sully get angry
• Roosevelt Franklin: here and there
• Harvey Kneeslapper and the mailman
• Dr. Nobel Price: umbrella
• Don't Touch Me
• Sherlock Hemlock helps Luis find his pencil

Scene 2:
Murray is having fun meeting all these friends from the past.

Segments:

• Farley talks about his mind
• Herbert Birdsfoot's hopping poem
• Roxy Marie shows Biff her number collections
• The Leslie Mostly Show: The Amazing Mumford
• Telephone Rock
• Don Music: Old MacDonald
• Forgetful Jones at the train station
• Harvey Kneeslapper's bucket prank
• The Bugs in Your Neighborhood

Scene 3:
Murray us starting to miss all these friends... Whom he doesn't remember ever meeting.

Segments:

• Don't Touch Me
• Professor Hastings talks about feelings
• Grover brings in a chair for Monty
• Simon's Song
• Roosevelt Franklin's Days of the Week
• The Golden An
• Gordon and Susan meet Sam the Robot
• Forgetful Jones remember what he needs to take to down

Scene 4:
Murray wants to keep watching.

Segments:

• Twiddlebugs go to the zoo
• Don Music and Meryll Sheep: Beginning, Middle, End
• 15 Carrot Love
• Alice explores Olivia
• The Box Salesman
• Look What Our Baby Can Do
• Aristotle's reading lesson
• I'll Always Remember I Love You

Scene 5:
Murray says that he's going to find all these friends who used to be on Sesame Street.