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

[minor muppetz]

Episode 42: Family

Scene 1:
Murray announces that today's show is about families.

Segments:

• We're a Family (song with David and the Anything Muppets)
• Anything Muppet family sorts itself
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    Scene 2:
    "And now", says Murray, "here's what father's do!"
    
    Segments:
    • Father's Song
    
    Scene 3:
    "And now here's what mother's do!"
    
    Segments:
    • Mother's Song
    • Mom and Me
    • Two-Headed Monster: M-OM
    • My Mommy's Lap
    
    Scene 4:
    And now, what children do!
    
    Segments:
    • Childrens Song
    • Herry's Family Song
    • To Tell a Face
    • Lillian, Big Sister
    • Waiter Grover: Grandmother's birthday
    • Bert and Ernie: Ernie meets Bart
    
    Scene 5:
    Big Bird tells Murray that Miles wasn't always Gordon and Susan's son - he was adopted.
    
    Segments:
    • Gordon tells Big Bird that he's going to adopt Miles
    • Everyone meets Miles
    
    Scene 6:
    Big Bird also tells Murray that Marco was adopted as well.
    
    Segments:
    • Scenes from the episodes where Gina adopts Marco
    
    Scene 7:
    Big Bird remembers the time Gabbi was born.
    
    Segments:
    • The cast meets Gabbi
    • Baby Honker hatches
    • Ernie and Ernestine: Same and different
    • Five People in My Family
    
    Scene 8:
    Elmo tells Murray that he knows a set of brothers - Mr. Noodle and Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle!
    
    Segments:
    • Elmo's World: Families (Noodle brothers scene only)
    • Martian Family
    • Kermit News: The Bird Family Song
    
    Scene 9:
    Murray says he's learned that no matter what, families stick together.
    
    Segments:
    • We're a Family (from Miles' first birthday episode)
    
    Scene 10:
    Murray says so long for now.

 

[minor muppetz]

Episode 43:Oscar the Grouch

Scene 1:
Murray says that today's show is about Oscar the Grouch.... But Oscar has refused to show up.

Segments:

• I'm Sad Because I'm Happy
• Oscar and Bruno wait at the bus stop with Danny DeVito
• Jodie Foster likes Oscar

Scene 2:
Murray is sad that Oscar won't be in the show about Oscar (after all, they did get Kermit to be in his episode). Murray thinks he can lure Oscar with a pile of trash.

Segments:

• I Love Trash (season three version)
• Oscar and Cookie Monster: Up
• Sneak Peek Previews (pick one)
• Ask Oscar: How do grouches pack suitcases?

Scene 3:
Murray has put in a small pile of trash for Oscar, but he still hasn't come. Maybe he needs more trash.

Segments:

• There's a Big Heap of Trash at the End of the Rainbow
• Alone in a Swamp with You

Scene 4:
Murray is now surrounded by a massive pile of trash... But Oscar still hasn't come. Then the trash gets blown away by the wind (while Murray struggles to stay put). The wind dies down as soon as all the trash is off-screen, and Murray is sad that Oscar won't come in... But then Oscar's can flies in and hits Murray, having been blown away by the wind as well. Oscar has finally shown up!

Segments:

• Oscar reminisces over the time he met Slimey

Scene 5:
Murray comments that Oscar is so helpful, which Oscar denies. But then he reminds Oscar of the time he helped Ernie, a time Oscar doesn't want him to show.

Segments:

• Oscar helps Ernie find his Rubber Duckie, part 1

Scene 6:
Oscar is embarrassed with the clip just shown.

Segments:

• Oscar helps Ernie find his Rubber Duckie, part 2
• Oscar reveals to Gordon, David, and Mr. Hooper that he made his trash can into a traveling trash can
• Oscar and Denzel Washington
• Vincent van Grouch looks at Oscar's trash artwork
• Oscar's elephants vote

Scene 7:
Murray asks Oscar how much is in his trash can. Oscar says it can hold a lot of trash and other things, and talks about the time he had to bring the rest of Sesame Street in there.

Segments:

• Oscar and Bruno go to the Cha Cha Palace

Scene 8:
Oscar recalls the time Irvine wanted to take a bath, something grouches don't do, but then they found a solution.

Segments:

• Stinky tells Oscar about Bubble Blech

Scene 9:
Murray thinks that Oscar then gave Irvine a bath, but Oscar corrects him - it was Gordon who gave Irvine the bath.

Segments:

• Gordon gives Irvine a bath
• That Grouchy Face

Scene 10:
Murray thanks Oscar for eventually showing up, but then notice that Oscar has left already.

 

[minor muppetz]

Episode 44: Elmo

Scene 1:
Elmo has joined Murray to host the show about Elmo.

Segments:

• Elmo's Make-Believe Trip
• Kermit and Elmo: Loud and Quiet
• Zoe imagines a great friend
• Belly Breathe

Scene 2:
Elmo tells Murray that he enjoys everything, including the color red and the number two.

Segments:

• A Monster Went and Ate My Red Two
• Monsterpiece Theater: Hamlet
• Abby makes a doll for Elmo

Scene 3:
Elmo tells Murray that he enjoys having fun at Elmo's World.

Segments:

• Elmo's World: Helping

Scene 4:
Elmo also enjoys singing in musicals.

Segments:

• Elmo the Musical: Pizza the Musical
• Believe in Yourself with Ray Charles
• Song About Elmo
• Elmo's Song

Scene 5:
Elmo told Murray that what he really enjoys is all of his friends, and he has many of them come in to close the show.

 

[minor muppetz]

I just realized that I accidentally skipped episode 28. Oops.

 

[minor muppetz]

Since I had forgotten episode 28, here's an honorary, out-of-order episode 28.

Episode 28: Sesame Street News

Scene 1:
Murray brings us a news flash: Today's show is about Sesame Street News!

Segments:

• Kermit News: Three Little Pigs (straw house)
• Don Music: Twinkle Twinkle
• Aladdin
• The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
• Weather Report

Scene 2:
Murray announces that now Kermit is going to interview Dr. Nobel Price.

Segments:

• Dr. Nobel Price: Tinker Table
• The First Day of School in History
• The Princess and the C
• Search for Cinderella
• Sleeping Beauty (Prince Charming falls asleep)

Scene 3:
Kermit shows up, in trenchoat, and Murray decides to interview him about his reporting career, while Kermit finds it ironic that he, a reporter, is being interviewed.

Segments:

• Cooperation with Telly

Scene 4:
Murray chats with Kermit some more. It's a good thing Kermit has a substitute reporter filling in.

Segments:

• Dr. Nobel Price: Talky Stick
• Season 45 News Flash (pick a segment)

Scene 5:
Murray says that it's now time for more Kermit.

Segments:

• Little Red Riding Hood (directions to Grandma's house)
• Humpty Dumpty
• Waiting for Santa Claus to come down the chimney

Scene 6:
It starts snowing, and Murray is cold, but he says that Sesame Street News just got a report about somebody being out in the snow.

Segments:

• Man in snow storm, part 1

Scene 7:
Murray can't wait to find out who has been out in the snow for a long time.

Segments:

• Man in snow storm, part 2

Scene 8:
The suspense is exhausting Murray!

Segments:

• Man in snow storm, part 3

Scene 9:
Murray announces that the news is over.

 

[minor muppetz]

Episode 45: More Songs

Scene 1:
Murray announces that we're once again going to focus on songs from Sesame Street.

Segments:

• Spring is Here
• High, Middle, Low
• The Subway
• Put Down the Duckie

Scene 2:
Murray now presents a song about being inside.

Segments:

• What's Inside?
• Grouch Girls Don't Want to Have Fun
• Ride a Bike
• Write It Down (vaudeville)
• Wet or Dry
• Everybody's Song (original)

Scene 3:
Big Bird requests a song from his late friend Mr. Hooper.

Segments:

• When I Was as Little as You Are
• A Song from Kermit
• A Little Bit at the Beginning
• A Boy from Indiana

Scene 4:
Murray is suddenly getting so many requests for songs about people's favorite things that he's going to present them all at once.

Segments:

• Pigeons and Cookies and Trash

Scene 5:
Murray now introduces the girls of Sesame Street.

Segments:

• Girls of the World
• Women Can Be

Scene 6:
And now a song about somebody who's back in town!

Segments:

• Lulu's Back in Town
• Tell a Joke
• Adding, Adding, Adding
• Born to Add
• Air (with Guy Smiley)
• I Do Not Crawl Around Much Anymore
• I'm a Big Girl Now
• You've Gotta Have M
• Isn't She Wonderful?

Scene 7:
Murray thanks us all for watching the 45-episode 45th anniversary show.

 

[minor muppetz]

This was fun to compile. Though there are some segments I wanted to include but forgot to, such as American I. Of course there were times when I posted one outline and thought, "I should have included this sketch" or "I forgot to include that sketch" but then realized that I could still include it in a later episode.

I had debated over whether to include an episode themed around the human cast, but decided not to. It is a shame, because I kinda wanted to include the segment with Gordon riding his bike, and couldn't think of a way to include that one (besides if I did one for the humans, I could have included it if I wanted to do an episode about transportation... and now that I think about it, maybe I could have worked it into the healthy habits episode).

For the linking segments, in my mind it's a computer animated background, similar to the one on Play With Me Sesame. Perhaps the background could have special images relevant to the episode theme, some illustrated and some live-action pictures. For example, the one on the alphabet can have every letter in the background, while the episodes on a portion of the alphabet can just have those letters in the background. Or the one on Kermit could include images of frogs, Kermit's eye, and a collar, and maybe some live action images of Kermit from the show.

 

[sesamemuppetfan]

Sure you've got all 45 episodes done, but you should try to make a human cast episode anyway. If you get anymore ideas in addition to that one, you should make them as honorable mentions. Just my opinion.