Episode 1576

Sesame Street
Air date	November 23, 1981
Season	Season 13 (1981-1982)
Sponsors N, L, 12

Noggin's edits to this episode are currently unknown, and therefore not all of the segments in this episode are listed.

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Birdwatchers Madeline and Cedric (Madeline Kahn and Richard Hunt) arrive on Sesame Street looking for Big Bird. Maria helps them, but they aren't prepared for who they see.
	Film	Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up."
File:Pinball12.jpg	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #12 Animation by Jeff Hale
	Muppets	Grover teaches the campers at Camp Wannagohoma about trees
	Cartoon	The Letter N is Nice (EKA: Episode 1092)
	Cast	Finger Theater: Linda's fingers act out a story
	Film	"I'm Your Friend, You're My Friend", with film of kids playing
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: One head wants to play the trumpet, but the other head wants to sleep
	SCENE 2	Cedric leaves to investigate a parrot in the Fix-It Shop. Madeline watches Big Bird counting to 20 during a game of hide-and-seek.
	Cartoon	Peacock with 20 feathers (EKA: Episode 0406)
	Cartoon	Animated quilt patterns
	Celebrity	Cab Calloway and The Count sing "I Want to Count."
	Cartoon	A stop-motion-animated train runs out of track
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyme game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (EKA: Episode 0798)
	SCENE 3	Madeline and Big Bird roller skate. Then, with the "Canary Brothers" - Zeppo, Gummo, Curly, and Moe - Madeline sings "The Brown Bird in the Cherry Tree."
	Muppets	The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink
	Cartoon	"The Little Letter L: A Poem by Louise"
	Insert	The Count counts five children as they rearrange their positions
File:1576n.jpg	Cartoon	Lines and colors form geometric shapes outside of the circle.
	SCENE 4	Madeline calls the Bird Department in Washington, D.C. to confirm that Big Bird is an endangered species, based on his abilities to roller skate, count to 20, make his own breakfast, and say the alphabet. Maria, Gordon, and Mr. Hooper are chagrined when Madeline announces that Big Bird must be removed from Sesame Street so he can live in a more protective environment.
	Muppets	Honkers attempt to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on their noses Part 1
	Cartoon	Ladybugs' Picnic
	Muppets	Honkers attempt to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on their noses Part 2
	Cartoon	"L" for "Large" and "l" for "little"
	Muppets	Honkers attempt to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on their noses Part 3
	Film	Saxophone factory (EKA: Episode 1446)
	Muppets	Herry and John-John on up and down (EKA: Episode 0784)
	SCENE 5	Madeline takes Big Bird to the Windy Hill bird sanctuary, but he gets homesick. None of the birdhouses there are big enough for him.
	Cartoon	A bird lays ten eggs
	Muppets	Ernie and Jason look in a mirror
	Cartoon	"Lowercase n" (EKA: Episode 1093)
File:1576v.jpg	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: "Me, Claudius"
	SCENE 6	Madeline brings Big Bird back to Sesame Street. Maria and Gordon promise to take care of him. Madeline and Cedric are stunned to learn that Big Bird has a family of birds who are just like him, and even more stunned to glimpse his Uncle Slim from Wyoming (identical in appearance to Big Bird, but with a cowboy hat, vest, and moustache) across the street.

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