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| Baby Bear draws a superhero named Hero Guy | |||||||||||
| Air date | May 12, 2000 (season finale) | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Adam Rudman | ||||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Situated in the community garden, Baby Bear tells the viewer that he plans on drawing all day long. He shows off the things he will be using (his easel, markers, and paper) and even knows what he wants to draw - a superhero, just like Super Grover, whom he spots flying overhead... |
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Muppets | Super Grover: Crossing the Street — Super Grover attempts to rescue a little girl's hat. (intro cut, new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 3133) |
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Cartoon | Egyptian #2 (First: Episode 3291) |
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Song | "2, 2, 2, Me and You." (First: Episode 3690) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop is told that there are two kids, Betty and Bobby Blobby, who are lost in the lobby, and he must help them find their parents. (First: Episode 2503) |
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SCENE 2 | Baby Bear wraps up his finger exercises and wonders how he should go about drawing his superhero. He starts with a head, then the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, all of which resemble his own. Inspired, he starts adding more and more... |
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Cartoon | A girl fantasizes what she could do without leaving her room if her nose, ears, legs, and arms got bigger. (First: Episode 3285) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "Baby, You Can Count on Me" to Baby Natasha. |
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Film | Counting 10 cars on a ferry boat. (First: Episode 2925) |
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Cartoon | A woman visits a car dealer, looking for a small car. She will only take a car small enough to fit her clowns. (new sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3079) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Joey shows off his family picture to Ernie. Joey’s family comes out and they take a picture with Ernie. |
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Animation | Ornate I's swing through the air to a song. (First: Episode 2921) |
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Cartoon | CGI sheep graze out I and i. (First: Episode 2896) |
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SCENE 3 | Baby Bear finishes drawing his superhero, only now he needs a name. He settles on "Hero Guy" and even makes up his own theme song. Baby Bear believes his new character feels so real, he could just leap off the page. Suddenly, his drawing comes alive and Hero Guy zooms around the garden. "I sure have some wee little imagination!" the young artist exclaims. |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie sings about the things she can imagine herself doing "In My Head." (First: Episode 3526) |
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Film | The McDouble twins display pairs of things. (First: Episode 3217) |
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Cartoon | Super 2 solves problems by doubling things. (First: Episode 1643) |
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SCENE 4 | Baby Bear shows Luis his Hero Guy drawing. Luis mentions he has to tell everyone the letter of the day, but Baby Bear claims Hero Guy can do it for him and builds up just how heroic he is: "Hewo Guy can say the letter of the day blindfolded. Hewo Guy can say the letter of the day with one paw - no no no! - TWO paws tied behind his back! Hewo Guy can say the letter of the day any which way you want, but we just have to know one thing first... what's the letter of the day?" Luis whispers it to him before heading back to the Fix-It Shop, and Baby Bear imagines Hero Guy appearing once more, presenting the (very heavy) letter I. |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368) |
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Animation | Pencil box I/i (First: Episode 2890) |
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Muppets | Bert, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch sing about what they love: "Pigeons and Cookies and Trash." |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about her friend, Billy, who swims with dolphins. (First: Episode 3012) |
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SCENE 5 | At today's Birdketeer meeting, Big Bird and the kids sing "The Alphabet Song." |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | The camera pans over to Baby Bear, who points out that Hero Guy can say the alphabet too... but upside-down! |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Two-Headed Monster: Baseball — Robin Williams invites a nonsense talking, horned, two-headed stranger to play baseball. (First: Episode 2795) |
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Cartoon | "I Have a Purple Bucket" Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3467) |
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SCENE 6 | Baby Bear writes an adventure for Hero Guy, where he must find the missing porridge before lunchtime. Hero Guy isn't sure where to look and asks Baby Bear - after all, he's the artist. Baby Bear decides it's in Hero Guy's pocket, and the superhero finds a bowl and starts digging in: "It's juuuuust wight!" |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Drawing (First: Episode 3859) |
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SCENE 7 | Hero Guy shows off his super ability to announce today's sponsors. "What a hero, what a guy!" Baby Bear exclaims. The credits follow, and so ends the 31st season of Sesame Street. |
Notes
- This is the last episode (and season) to credit Children's Television Workshop. Starting next season, the company would rename itself Sesame Workshop.
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