Sesame Street Episode 4409
Leela’s Cell Phone Addiction
| Category | Details |
| Title | Leela's Cell Phone Addiction |
| Season & Episode | Season 44, Episode 4409 |
| Main Muppets | Abby Cadabby, Zoe, Oscar the Grouch, Elmo |
| Human Guest(s) | Leela, Gina, Chris |
| Special Guest(s) | Jesse Williams, Ziggy Marley, J.R. Martinez |
| Letter of the Day | U |
| Number of the Day | 13 |
| Theme | Respecting others, digital etiquette, and dealing with frustration. |
| Air Date | October 17, 2013 |
Parent's Guide
Detective Ramone Bone is on the lookout for Leela's phone. He sniffs the ground. He accidentally finds a scone. He found a cone next. This short story uses rhyming. It teaches kids phonics. It uses auditory discrimination. The search adds a comedic element to the story.
Abby tries to make the phone disappear with magic. She transforms it into a phone chicken. The device beeps. It still sends texts. This scene is a humorous warning. If you try to sidestep a social problem, you're just going to run into more trouble. A friend's phone addiction is a serious matter.
Oscar the Grouch throws the phone into the trash. Leela goes into the mess. She wrestles with Fluffy the Elephant to get it back. This story arc highlights the physical consequences. Hiding the phone made things even more complicated for Zoe and Abby. Leela goes through a trash pile to get her stuff back. I remember finding a lost key in a big pile of autumn leaves.
Chris steps in to explain the situation. Zoe and Abby should use their words. They've got to tell Leela how they feel. This narrative peak focuses on social and emotional communication. Taking things is never the answer. Honest communication is the best way to solve a problem. Leela realizes her mistake. She ends the call. She puts her friends first.
Bloggs' favorite dirty sock is brought to life in Abby's Flying Fairy School. Schlubby starts messing up the whole classroom. The fairies use a washing machine to catch him. This story is all about cleanliness. It teaches responsibility. Stinky socks and distracting phones are things that need to be managed. Proper control is key to keeping the group in harmony.
COLD OPEN: What’s the Word on the Street: Furious
Leela's Cell Phone Addiction, Street Story: Abby and Zoe welcome the viewer and say that Leela is going to read a story to them… If she ever stops texting with her brother on her phone. She realizes that she left the book at the Laundromat and goes off to get it. Abby and Zoe see that they’ll never get their story if Leela is constantly on her phone. So they go off to find a place that they can hide it in.
Oscar overhears the two and offers them two hide the phone inside his trash can. Oscar hurls the phone into his trash can and isn’t sure where it landed.
Zoe and Abby tell Leela what happened and she notices her phone missing. Detective Ramone Bone offers his help to find the phone but fails.
Leela hears her phone ring inside Oscar’s trash can and manages to get it out. As soon as she has her phone back in her hand, she continues texting. Abby tries to let it disappear using magic but she instead turns it into a phone-chicken, which she continues to text with.
Chris comes by and complains that Leela is texting him from feet away. Abby and Zoe tell Chris what happened, and he tells them that they should never take away someone’s phone, no matter how they feel. They should instead tell Leela how they feel, and they do so. Leela realizes that she’s been texting for too long and shuts her phone down so they can read the book undisturbed. Sesame Street Episode 4409's street story "Leela's Cell Phone Addiction" ends.
Muppets / Celebrity: Jessie Williams and Elmo talk about the word furious.
Muppets: EMC presents Mad Men.
Muppets: Abby’s Flying Fairy School is coming up, but first, Murray wants to know the letter of the day.
Cartoon: “My Best Friend’s Ukulele”
Film: Can you find the letter U?
Muppets: Murray and the girls introduce Abby’s Flying Fairy School.
Abby’s Flying Fairy School: Bloggs dirty old sock comes alive, causing the classroom to get dirty including Abby. They try to wash the sock, but that’s not very easy. Then, they finally made it and next, they have to clean the classroom.
Song: Ziggy Marley sings “Set Your Piggies Free”
Muppets: Cookie’s Crumby Pictures is coming up, but first, Ovejita and Murray draw the winning lottery number 13!
Film: A boy’s family of 13 assembles for a group photo.
Muppets: Murray and Segi introduce Cookie’s Crumby Pictures.
Cookie’s Crumby Pictures: Cookie’s Crumby Pictures presents The Twilight: Breaking Cookie.
Muppets: Before Elmo the Musical starts, Ovejita will perform a magic trick.
Muppets / Celebrity: The celebrity guest of Sesame Street Episode 4409 is J.R Martinez. J.R Martinez talks with Elmo about how to deal with strong feelings.
Film: A man describes a situation and kids react with how they would feel.
Muppets: Murray and Semaya introduce Elmo the Musical
Elmo the Musical Airplane the Musical: Elmo imagines herself as an airplane pilot.
At the end of the Sesame Street Episode 4409, Murray presents the sponsors. Sesame Street sponsors are the number 13
and the letter U.
