Sesame Street Episode 4069 - Snuffy's Invisible, part 1

Snuffy's Invisible, part 1

Season 35

Norah Jones and Maya Angelou visit Sesame Street.

Air date: April 21, 2004    Written by: Judy Freudberg and Molly Boylan

My Favorite Sesame Street Moments: Guest star Norah Jones is talking about Ernie and Bert’s ‚ "Here fishy, fishy, fishy" sketch. 

SCENE 1: Big Bird and Snuffy are at the Mail It Shop and they say hello to the viewer. Snuffy is very excited. He sent away for a magical ukulele and it has arrived today from Hawaii. Maria brings him his package and she helps him to open it. 

Big Bird thinks that his ukulele is ordinary and not magical. On the back of the ukulele is a phone number to activate it. Maria notices it and she calls the phone number. She hast o go back to work and she leaves Big Bird and Snuffy with the ukulele. 

The ukulele is not magic and Snuffy is very sad about that. But Big Bird says to him, that he can still play the ukulele. Music is also magic. Snuffy suddenly disappears as he plays his ukulele. Big Bird search for him. He can feel Snuffy but he can’t see him. Snuffy is invisible because of the ukulele. 

Big Bird tells Snuffy to play his ukulele one more time. Snuffy plays it and he becomes again visible. He plays his ukulele again and he becomes invisible. This is magic.

Gordon is coming down the street. Big Bird notices him and he tells Snuffy not to say anything. Gordon feels something blocking him, by walking down the street. He cannot see what it is and Big Bird tells him to guess what can be. Gordon waves his hands around. He feels something snuffle. He gets closer to Big Bird. Gordon guesses that this is Snuffy. As he realized that Snuffy turns invisible when he plays his ukulele he is very surprised.

Being invisible is very funny for Snuffy and he wants to play his magic ukulele again. As he is invisible, the ukulele looks like floating in the air. Maria notices the ukulele. Big Bird explains to Maria, that Snuffy turns invisible every time he plays his ukulele.

Snuffy is waving his ukulele and he has fun with it. But suddenly, the ukulele slips from Snuffy’s snuffle and it breaks on the ground. Big Bird thinks that if the ukulele doesn’t work Snuffy will stay invisible forever and he is worried about it. But there is a number on the ukulele to call if it breaks. Maria notices this number and she calls it. 

This is the phone number of Tiny Tim’s Ukulele Repair. Miss Vicki answers the phone. As Maria explains to her what happened, Miss Vicki says that they can fix the broken ukulele by tomorrow. Big Bird and Snuffy are going to play a game of tag but it’s really difficult to catch Snuffy.

Song: "Count Me In" (First: Episode 3738)

The Letter of the Day: M. Cookie Monster presents the letter M, together with Prairie Dawn. Cookie Monster makes the sound Mmmm when he eating a cookie, so he decides to eat the letter too. 

Animation: In this animation, we can see the letter M in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2864)

Celebrity: Maya Angelou and Elmo are playing a clapping game and rapping about M. (First: Episode 3832) 

Animation: M in space (with astronauts) (First: Episode 3696)

The Spanish Word of the Day: "Manzana." Rosita introduces the word oft he day while Slimey eats an apple.

Cartoon: Apple: a riddle. (First: Episode 2889)

Journey to Ernie: Beanstalk. Big Bird is climbing up a beanstalk. He wants to find Ernie. (First: Episode 4059) 

Muppets: Ernie has no one to play with, in the park and he feels alone. He sings "Somebody Come and Play" with Rubber Duckie. (First: Episode 3822)

Global Grover: Global Grover meets some kids at a kibbutz in Israel. The children make a playhouse together.

Global Thingy: Diva Thingy can’t fly enough to reach her nest. Other thingies are making a ladder to get her up to her nest.

The Number of the Day: 12. The number of the day is 12 and a tap-dancing 12 shows up. (First: Episode 4001) 

Animation: Milo Counting: 12. (First: Episode 3568)

Song: "Counting Stars by 3's"

Insert: Gabi and Rosita are singing together with the song "Tu Me Gustas". 

Elmo's World: Sky. (First: Episode 3982)

The Adventures of Trash Gordon: Chapter 648: Trash is on the Planet Chicken. He handles a mob of angry chickens by playing ‚ "Clucky Clucky Chicken" on a tape player. 

SCENE 2: Snuffy is at Big Bird's nest. He is sleeping over and he has a blanket wrapped around him. Big Bird is happy that the ukulele will be fixed tomorrow and Snuffy will not be invisible anymore. Sesame Street Episode 4069 ends.