SESAME STREET {ELMO LEARNS NOT TO BE AFRAID OF CLOWNS} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of educational children's programs that teaches numbers and the alphabet, along with social and cultural concepts, to pre-schoolers. Set on the fanciful urban block of Sesame Street, the series features Jim Henson's live-action Muppets, animation, short films, and a cast of adults and children. In this program, Elmo becomes frightened every time Telly and his friends dress up as clowns. Carlo and the gang try every trick they can think of to cure him of being scared, but nothing works until Elmo himself overcomes his fear in order to comfort a crying Telly. Other highlights include: a feature about being a kid in the circus; a magic act that goes wrong, introduced by Kermit the Frog; an animated feature of a woman looking for the smallest car available for a group of clowns; an animated segment about a boy overcoming his fear of monsters under the bed; a trip to the dentist for Frazzle, who fears dental work; a musical segment on how toothpaste is made; an animated feature about the human face; a musical number about dressing up; short segments profiling the letter "U," followed by a song about it sung by Melissa Etheridge; a profile of life for an eight-year-old girl growing up on the island of Jamaica; "Scribble Theater," an animated feature about an island; a song from Grover about making friends with a monster; a circus show put on by kids for their school; Ernie's original game of "house"; an animated feature in which Arnold uses his imagination to travel; animated segments featuring the number "ten"; the dual roles of professor and tardy student, played by a dog; a painting that Big Bird and Baby Bear "listen to"; and a music video about sleep. As the show concludes, Big Bird presents coming attractions of the next episode.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1999.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: November 21, 1996 Thursday 11:00 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:46
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:51502
- GENRE: Animation; Children's; Education/Information
- SUBJECT HEADING: Children's programs; Puppets; Clowns; Monsters; Fear
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1969-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Melissa Etheridge … Guest
- Carroll Spinney … Cast, Big Bird, Voice
- Kevin Clash … Cast, Elmo, Voice
- Frank Oz … Cast, Bert, Voice