All pictures and content are from the Sesame Street episode "Grouch Messing Machine"

Monday, April 4, 2011

Entry 1 - What's On Me?

Fourteen minutes into the episode, after Elmo finds a way to reuse a broken washing machine, a Muppet named Murray enters the camera. He's standing outdoors and talks very excitedly about what is up next. He builds up to the point where the camera quickly does a spinning motion towards the letter C. The simple white-on-blue background make the letter easy to identify, and the shape that it is encased in is shaped somewhat like the letter itself. Throughout the game that they play, "What's on me that begins with the letter C?", the letter reappears in the same style, color, and shape after a correct answer and reinforces what the game is about.

After the C is shown, the camera pans quickly back to Murray. He's now dressed with different objects on him as seen in the picture. Before asking various children what objects are on him, he asks them how the letter C sounds to let the kids watching know how it sounds. Murray continues with asking the children about what's on him. The answers are obvious enough for little children to get them (carrot, crown, coat), and Murray stays very animated throughout the entire game. He also keeps eye contact and tries to stay on eye level (since he's a larger Muppet) with the children, putting focus on them.
Murray and his cool, carrot coat

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