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

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Enjoy this series of fan fics celebrating the 45th anniversary of Sesame Street. It's primarily outlines for a ficticional television series celebrating the 45th anniversary of Sesame Street, in 45 episodes. Each episode will be posted in this thread, and I plan to do a few per day (some days will have longer gaps between episodes). Can I do it all (probably)? We'll see!

Episode 1: The First Season

Scene 1:
Murray welcomes the viewers to "Murray's Sesame Street 45th Anniversary Show", and announces that today he's celebrating the first season of Sesame Street. He decides to open with the first scene...
Segments:

• Sesame Street Begins (ending after Big Bird's introduction)

Scene 2:
Murray is weirded out by how different the street and especially Big Bird looked back then. Big Bird then enters (tripping over things) and tells Murray that the street and its residents have changed so much over the years (and yet he's still only six years old). Big Bird then asks Murray if he knew that Oscar used to be orange.

Segments:

• Oscar calls dial-a-grouch
• Henson #10
• Kermit and Grover loud and soft radio bit

Scene 3:
Murray is now surprised to see that not only was Oscar orange, but Grover used to be green. But Big Bird points out that Cookie Monster always liked cookies back then.

Segments:

• Ernie's milk and cookies
• Jazz #5
• Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
• Wanda the Witch
• Carol Burnett "Wanda the Witch" tag
• Rubber Duckie
• The People in Your Neighborhood (postman and fireman)

Scene 4:
Murray wants to know what other people were in the neighborhood back then. Big Bird tells him about Buddy and Jim...

Segments:

• Buddy and Jim: sandwiches
• Professor Hastings: y
• Henson U Claymation
• Bert and Ernie blow a fuse
• James Earl Jones: Alphabet
• Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet

Scene 5:
Murray and Big Bird say goodbye, and that this show is brought to you by the number 45.

 

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Episode 2: Bert and Ernie

Scene 1:
Murray introduces the show and reveals that today's episode is about Bert and Ernie. Bert and Ernie then come in, and Ernie "corrects" Murray that it's Ernie and Bert, as Bert disagrees and they argue. Murray points out that they have their disagreements but are still friends.

Segments:

• But I Like You

Scene 2:
Murray notes that Bert seems to like a lot of things, and Ernie thinks this is a good time for Bert to show all that off... He sends Bert off-screen, and when Bert re-enters, he's struggling to carry his paper clips, bottle caps, bowl of oatmeal, and a pigeon.

Segments:

• I'm Square
• Bert teaches Berniece checkers
• Bert shows Ernie his bottlecap collection
• Paperclip Song
• An Oatmeal Box

Scene 3:
Murray looks around and wonders where Ernie is. Bert tells him it's time for Ernie's bath.

Segments:

• Rubber Duckie (season two version)

Scene 4:
Bert says that they spend a lot of time together, but also enjoy spending time apart.

Segments:

• Bert and John-John: lost paper clips
• Miami Mice: Ernie
• Doin' the Pigeon
• Ernie's half-eaten chicken sandwich
• Stick Out Your Hand and Say Hello
• The 8 Salesman
• When Bert's Not Here

Scene 5:
Ernie tells Murray about all the fun they have together, though Bert admits it's not always fun.

Segments:

• The Rhyming Game
• Bert's "what happens next?" game
• Follow the Arrows

Scene 6:
Ernie reminds Bert of how he recently taught him to ride a bike without training wheels.

Segments:

• Bert sings about riding his bike
• Ernie calls Bert about his lost Rubber Duckie
• Ernie and Cookie Monster: looking up
• Bert and Ernie's cake
• Change the Plan

Scene 7:
Bert and Ernie tell Murray that despite the times they may fight or have disagreements, they do have a lot of great times to remember.

Segments:

• Things That I Remember

Scene 8:
As Murray signs off, Bert and Ernie once again argue over whether it's "Bert and Ernie" or "Ernie and Bert".

 

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Episode 3: Numbers

Scene 1:
Murray announces that today's show is all about numbers, and now it's time for our opening number.... 1!

Segments:

• Henson #1

Scene 2:
As the Two-Headed Monster enjoys the show, Murray counts their two heads.

Segments:

• Telly and Baby Bear sing "I've Got Two" (from season 30, can't remember which episode... Not sure if its noted on Muppet Wiki)
• Bert and Ernie: two noses

Scene 3:
Murray asks if you can guess what the next number is.

Segments:

• Jazz #3
• Number Three Ball Film (powder ending)
• Harvey Kneeslapper: three sticks

Scene 4:
Murray is having trouble remembering what number comes next... But maybe The Count knows.

Segments:

• What Comes After Three?
• four friends

Scene 5:
The Count shows up to count how far we've gotten so far, so Murray and The Count count to four.... and then The Count goes to five.

Segments:

• Pinball Animation #5
• Funny Farm
• Kermit's number 5 test

Scene 6:
Murray and Ovejita look through Murray's collection of the numbers 1-6 as Ovejita provides the spanish words for each number.

Segments:

• Mad Painter #6

Scene 7:
Murray announces that for the numbers 7 and 8, we have a couple of special kings.

Segments:

• The Alligator King
• King of 8

Scene 8:
And now The Count will sing about the number 9...

Segments:

• Count Up to Nine

Scene 9:
And now Murray wants to count to a higher number.

Segments:

• Count It Higher

Scene 10:
The Count points out that now we're in the double-digits, and counts the two digits on the number ten... and two digits on the number 11...

Segments:

• Cheer Eleven
• Anything Muppet shows the number 11 upside-down

Scene 11:
It's now 12 o'clock, so it's time for Murray to watch something on channel 12.

Segments:

• High 12
• Monsterpiece Theater: Twelve Angry Men

Scene 12:

• Murray is ready to once again count all of the numbers we've already counted to, but the Count joins in and goes a lot higher than 12. Murray replies that he should be so lucky.
  
  Segments:
  • Lucky 13
  • Masked March #14
  • Biff and Roxie Marie count to 15
  • Bellhop #16
  • Number Creatures #17
  • Kids Mural Painting #18
  • Rap Song #19
  
  
  Scene 13:
  Murray says it's time for the big number, the number 20!
  
  Segments:
  • Cookie Monster counts with a napkin
  • Swarmi 1-20
  • Beat the Time: The Count
  • Numberella
  
  Scene 14:
  Murray points out that that last one was about the number 21, not 20. The Count says he wanted to go higher.... and now wants to skip several numbers.
  
  Segments:
  • Monsterpiece Theater: The 400 Blows
  
  Scene 15:
  As The Count counts (the scene starts with him past 4000) Murray signs off. The Count stops counting long enough to say he's excited to get to episode 4, and can't wait until the 45th episode.

 

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Episode 4: The Alphabet

Scene 1:
Murray says that today's show is all about the alphabet.

Segments:

• Ernie writes a story
• Kermit and Joey say the alphabet
• ABC-DEF-GHI (1980s version, introduction cut)
• Grover and Polly sing the alphabet

Scene 2:
Several letters show up and growl at Murray... He thinks the alphabet has a jungle.

Segments:

• Alphabet Jungle
• ABCs of the Swamp

Scene 3:
Murray decides to try to say the alphabet backwards (while accidentally facing backwards at first). After turning around, he tries, but fails when he says V before W. He decides to watch some more of the alphabet and see if he can get it.

Segments:

• Gloria sings the alphabet

Scene 4:
Murray tries to recite the alphabet backwards again, but still fails (he says M before N). All this trying to say the alphabet backwards is making him hungry.

Segments:

• Waiter Grover: Alphabet Soup
• Pee Wee Herman Alphabet
• Don Music: Alphabet Song
• Monsterpiece Theater: ABCD Blue
• Biff and Sully's alphabet
• Bert and Ernie: Alphabet Chart

Scene 5:
The alphabet chart gives Murray a great idea. He'll look at a chart of the alphabet and read it backwards first. After doing so, he looks away and successfully says the alphabet backwards. But now he wants to go forwards again.

Segments:

• Lena Horne's Alphabet Song
• Snuffy and Joey recite the alphabet
• City Alphabet
• Grover and Oscar's alphabet
• Madrigal Alphabet
• Sing the Sesame Street Alphabet

Scene 6:
As Murray signs off, he announces that the next few episodes will be about different groupings of letters.

 

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Episode 5: The Letters A-H

Scene 1:
Murray points out that last time we learned the whole alphabet, now let's look at a few letters at a time. He then says that the first letter of the alphabet is also the first letter in the word "alphabet", A.

Segments:

• Soul A
• Elmo and Slimey: A-apple
• Harvey Kneeslapper: A

Scene 2:
As Murray introduces the second letter, he's pestered by a bee.... Which starts with the next letter, B.

Segments:

• B.B. King
• Letters Make Words: B
• Where Can You Be, B?

Scene 3:
Murray now wants to "see" the next letter... He wants to see the letter C.

Segments:

• C is for Cookie (original)
• C Drives Me Crazy

Scene 4:
Murray is now D-lighted to present the next letter.

Segments:

• Story of D
• Dee, Dee, Dee

Scene 5:
Murray says that the next letter is E.

Segments:

• Sawing an E
• Henson E Claymation
• What's My Letter?

Scene 6:
Murray sees the letter F flying.

Segments:

• Typewriter: F-fly
• Super Grover: F
• Francis Fairy
• F Cheer (version 3)

Scene 7:
Murray wonders, "Gee, what will our next letter be?"

Segments:

• Speech Balloons: G-gorilla
• Two G Sounds
• Zoe: G
• G (Glee spoof)

Scene 8:
Murray introduces the letter H.

Segments:

• Sand Animation: H
• Alphabet Chat: H
• Bert and Ernie: H

Scene 9:
Murray says we're out of time, but next time, we'll start with the letter I.

 

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Episode 6: The Letters I-T

Scene 1:
Murray welcomes us back. "I think that out next letter is... Uh, I think... I think... I think I should just watch the next letter, I."

Segments:

• Cold things that start with I
• I in the Sky
• Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I

Scene 2:
Murray has an I, but the bottom has gotten rubbery... and is transformed into a J.

Segments:

• J Friends
• The J Commercial
• This is My J

Scene 3:
Murray draws the next letter, the letter K, and decides to show us how he learned to draw the letter K.

Segments:

• Kermit draws a K
• Super K Cereal

Scene 4:
Murray looks at a chart of the alphabet and notices that the L is missing. Where could the L be? Could it be out for lunch?

Segments:

• L-lunchbox
• Rebel L

Scene 5:
Murray had a nice L lunch, but now wants an M meal...

Segments:

• Mmmonster meal
• Never invite an M to dinner

Scene 6:
Cookie Monster eats part of a letter M. Murray is upset, but then notices that it now looks like an N.

Segments:

• Speech Balloon: N-nail
• Letter on the Street Interview: N
• Nancy the Nanny Goat

Scene 7:
"Ohhhh...", cries Murray, "I can't find the next letter... The letter O... Ohhhh..."

Segments:

• O-orange
• Would You Like to Buy an O?
• Typewriter: O-owl

Scene 8:
Murray found the O, but has found that the letter P has been banished from the alphabet.

Segments:

• The King Banishes the letter P

Scene 9:
Murray is relieved that it's just a story, and can go on to the next letter.

Segments:

• The Question Song

Scene 10:

• 
  "What R the next letters?"
  
  Segments:
  • The R Wizard
  • Alphabet Chat: R
  • AlphaQuest: R
  
  Scene 11:
  Murray notes that S is the first letter in Sesame Street... In fact it's the first letter in both "Sesame" and "Street", and also snake.
  
  Segments:
  • Sammy the Snake
  • Henson S Claymation
  
  Scene 12:
  Murray is thirsty and wants some tea. Waiter Grover brings him a letter T in a tea cup.
  
  Segments:
  • Kermit News: Boston T Party
  
  Scene 13:
  Well, the tea has made Murray tired, "see you next time!"

 

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Episode 7: The Letters U-Z

Scene 1:
Murray is happy to see us all back, he's got more of the alphabet to show "u".

Segments:

• Like the Way U Does
• Harvey Kneeslapper: picture of U
• Ernie and the U/V Salesman

Scene 2:
Murray makes a balloon shaped like U into a balloon shaped like a V.

Segments:

• Typewriter: V-vacuum

Scene 3:
Murray puts two Vs together and makes a W.

Segments:

• The National Association of W Lovers
• W-worm
• Larry King interviews the letter W

Scene 4:
Oscar asks Murray to think up some words that start with the letter X, but Murray struggles. Oscar takes delight in this... Until Murray comes up with words that end with X, and then realizes that he can find X words in the dictionary.

Segments:

• Poverty X
• Grover, Debo, and Kermit: X
• Ask Oscar: X
• X Marks the Spot

Scene 5:

• 
  Murray asks Prairie Dawn if she can tell him what the next letter is, but he mistakes her "Y" answer as "why?"
  
  Segments:
  • Y-yak
  • Sand Animation Y
  
  Scene 6:
  And now it's time for the final letter of the alphabet...
  
  Segments:
  • Z Z Blues
  • Kermit's Z Lecture
  
  Scene 7:
  Murray announces that it's the end (of the alphabet), Oscar happily mistakes this to mean it's the end of the series, and is disappointed to learn that he's wrong... Until Murray announces that next time we'll learn about trash.

 

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I was planning on just posting a few a day... So far I've done seven. So much for that (though I probably won't be able to post many tomorrow).

Episode 8: The Environment

Scene 1:
Oscar welcomes us and informs us that this episode will be all about trash. Murray corrects him, saying that while trash is involved, this show is about learning to take care of the environment. Oscar is frustrated (he had gotten his hopes up about a trashy episode).

Segments:

• Ev'ry Bit of Litter Hurts
• Garbage Man Blues Song
• Put It in the Trash Can
• The Adventures of Prairie Dawn: Empty Box
• Don't Throw That Trash on the Ground

Scene 2:
Murray announces that now we're going to learn about the wonderful world of recycling.

Segments:

• Old bottles, new bottles
• Two-Headed Monster: Carton
• Old paper, new paper

Scene 3:
Murray tells us that we should not waste water.

Segments:

• Don't Waste Water
• Water conservation cartoon
• On My Pond
• Willie Wimple: Water Pollution

Scene 4:
Murray says that we should not waste paper.

Segments:

• The King Who Wasted Paper
• Monsterpiece Theater: Conservations with my Father
• Super Grover: Saving Energy
• The Garden Song
• Ronnie Trash
• Willie Wimple: Land Pollution
• You and Me Earth, We're Best Friends

Scene 5:
It starts raining, and Oscar is happy. Murray informs Oscar that rain is important.

Segments:

• Rainy Day Song
• Gordon preaches rain
• Desperate Houseplants
• City Garden
• Fisherman removes plants
• Ernie finds uses for Bert's box

Scene 6:
Murray has a surprise for us: A highlight reel of times Oscar has helped the earth, which Oscar is prematurely embarrassed over.

Segments:

• Just Throw It My Way
• Telly convinces Oscar to use the back side of his "Scram" sign to make a new one
• Oscar's Junk Band

Scene 7:
Murray tells us to remember that we are all earthlings.

Segments:

• We Are All Earthlings

Scene 8:
Murray says so long and reminds us to turn off the TV when we're done watching.

 

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Episode 9: Herry Monster and Prairie Dawn

Scene 1:
Murray announces that this episode will focus on two different characters, Herry Monster and Prairie Dawn. He notes that Herry and Prairie sound similar. Herry asks Prairie if she remembers the time he and Merry told her that they sounded similar.

Segments:

• Herry and Merry tell Prairie that they sound similar

Scene 2:
Prairie points out that Herry has sometimes appeared in her pageants.

Segments:

• A Flower Grows

Scene 3:
Herry and Prairie mention that they both like to sing.

Segments:

• Good Morning, Morning
• All By Myself (remake)
• I Can't Help It
• Monsterpiece Theater: Guys and Dolls

Scene 4:
Herry mentions that although he likes dolls, he also likes to work out.

Segments:

• Herry's exercise class
• The Adventures of Prairie Dawn: turning off the TV
• Fairy Tales Today: Little Red Riding Hood
• Prairie Dawn and Herry Monster: shoe sizes

Scene 5:
Herry and Prairie tell Murray that they have many of the same friends, including Grover...

Segments:

• Prairie gives Grover 15 seconds to say an S word
• Grover helps Herry find a triangle

Scene 6:
...And Cookie Monster...

Segments:

• Cookie Monster asks Prairie questions
• Up and Down (remake)
• Prairie Dawn invites three monsters
• Herry and Christopher: same and different
• Herry and John-John count to 20
• What's Prairie's Problem? (the one with Sonny Friendly)

Scene 7:
Murray closes by mentioning that Prairie and Herry are friends, even though they don't always do things together, but Prairie and Herry want to point out one additional friend they have in common: Elmo.

Segments:

• Three

Scene 8:
Murray ends the show, and asks if he can hang out with Prairie and Herry, which they accept.

 

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Episode 10: Spoofs

Scene 1:
Murray announces that today's episode is about spoofs, though he doesn't know what a "spoof" is.

Segments:

• Monsterpiece Theater: Much Ado About Nothing
• Miami Mice: The Count
• The Triangle is Right
• Trianglebob Trianglepants

Scene 2:
Murray asks Ovejita if she can explain to him what a parody is... But for once Murray is unable to understand her spanish.

Segments:

• Birdwalk Empire
• Colambo: Little Jack Horner
• Letter B
• D-U-C-K-I-E
• The Bath Tub of Seville

Scene 3:
Murray is still unsure what a "spoof" is, but tells us to enjoy the following...

Segments:

• True Mud
• Cookie's Crumby Pictures: Furry Potter

Scene 4:
Murray decides to look up "spoof" in the dictionary, only to find Cookie Monster eating the dictionary. But Murray doesn't have time to be angry - it's time to go to Numeric Con!

Segments:

• Numeric Con
• Super Morphin Mega Monsters: Blue Monsters
• Spider-Monster: The Musical

Scene 5:
Murray asks Ernie if he can tell him what a spoof is. Ernie tells Murray that a spoof is a parody, and then leaves. Murray is relieved, until he realizes that he doesn't know what a parody is.

Segments:

• Don Music: How to Get to Yellowstone Park
• Oscar's Bein' Green
• Suzie Kabloozie: Every Kitty Sleeps
• Cookie's World

Scene 6:
Murray is sad that he still doesn't know what a spoof is, when Oscar bluntly tells him that a spoof is when somebody makes fun of something. Murray is satysfied... Then outraged that people would make fun of things.

Segments:

• Felines
• Mad Men
• Dragnet parody M
• Ernie loves his boat
• Telly's Lunch

Scene 7:
Murray wonders how people can be so mean as to make fun of things. Prairie Dawn explains that when one makes fun of a work as a "spoof", it's not always to be mean... Many spoofs are just being similar to things we're familiar with and making them funnier. Murray understands and feels better, and feels like hearing Polly Darton sing about funny things.

Segments:

• It's Funny

Scene 8:
Murray ends the show.