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This Year's 'A Capitol Fourth' Will Feature a Performance by Characters from 'Sesame Street'


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(OPEN):
ON SATURDAY, JULY 4TH, GET READY TO CELEBRATE, IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, FOR AMERICA'S BIGGEST BIRTHDAY PARTY.  AIRING LIVE FROM THE WEST LAWN OF THE U-S CAPITOL ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THIS YEAR'S EDITION OF "A CAPITOL FOURTH" WILL BE HOSTED BY EMMY-WINNER JIMMY SMITS. AS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY, ELMO, BIG BIRD, COOKIE MONSTER, OSCAR, AND MORE OF THE "SESAME STREET" GANG WILL PERFORM A MEDLEY OF ICONIC SONGS FROM THE 40-YEAR-OLD BREAKTHROUGH CHILDREN'S-T-V SERIES--PLUS SOME PATRIOTIC FAVORITES.  HERE ARE ELMO AND BIG BIRD...

(ELMO):
"ELMO'S A YANKEE-DOODLE DANDY--A YANKEE-DOODLE DO-OR-DIE.
"

(BIG BIRD):
"I LIKE THAT.
"

(ELMO):
"
YEAH."

(BRIDGE):
ALSO SCHEDULED TO PERFORM THIS YEAR ARE: BARRY MANILOW, ARETHA FRANKLIN, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD, THE CAST OF "JERSEY BOYS", AND MICHAEL FEINSTEIN [AS IN "-STINE", NOT "-STEEN"]--AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ERICH KUNZEL ["KUNN-ZELL"].  AGAIN, ELMO AND BIG BIRD...

(ELMO AND BIG BIRD [TOGETHER]):
"HAPPY 233RD BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!
"

(CLOSE):
"A CAPITOL FOURTH"--FEATURING THE MOST-SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY ANYWHERE IN THE NATION--WILL AIR IN HIGH DEFINITION ON P-B-S, AT EIGHT P-M, EASTERN; CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THE TIME IN YOUR AREA.



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