Episode 2234

Sesame Street
The Martians cause trouble for Big Bird
Air date	November 27, 1986
Season	Season 18 (1986-1987)
Sponsors T, U, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	A spaceship lands in the arbor. Pink and orange Martians emerge and spot something in the distance.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Inside the Fix-It Shop, Maria prepares a list on her computer. She's about to print it, when she has to go to the back room to check on something. The Martians appear and observe the device, concluding it's a computer. They press a few keys, activating the printer. As they go off and hide, Big Bird enters. Maria thinks he started the printer, but he insists he didn't. She lets him watch over the store while she returns to the back, asking him to not touch anything. He feels insulted with her lack of trust and goes back to talk with her.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	The Martians reappear and observe the phone, but knock over the clock in the process. Maria and Big Bird both exit the back and find the clock on the ground, shattered. Maria is very upset and blames Big Bird. She asks him to leave and the Martians see that they've made a mistake.
	Video	Triangle in space (David voiceover) (EKA: Episode 2164)
	Cartoon	An award for "U". Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0036)
	Muppets	Template:Eba Ernie sings "Happy Birthday" to a letter U, which blows out the candle on the cake.
	Cartoon	A man circles the number 1, draws a line to the number 2, follows the arrows to the number 3 (and crosses out), underlines the number, draws a door, and goes through it.
	SCENE 2	Big Bird is still angry that Maria assumes that he broke the clock. Meanwhile, the Martians are inside his nest area, trying to hatch their egg. The flee when they hear him coming. He enters and thinks the strange, glowing egg is an apology gift from Maria. She then comes in to apologize and states she has no idea where it came from. They see the spaceship fly off and he deduces it belongs to the Martians, who also caused trouble in the Fix-It Shop. Maria thinks it's silly, until it evaporates before their eyes.
	Cartoon	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond. Artist: Bill Davis (EKA: Episode 2107)
	Muppets	Template:Mkmg Erik shows Grover his teeth, and tells him how they are used.
	Song	"Llama at Dentist Song"
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (EKA: Episode 1575)
	Muppets	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock". (ending edited) (EKA: Episode 0733)
	Cartoon	The numbers keep changing from 1 to 20 as corny music plays in the background.
	SCENE 3	Bob has just finished his laundry and begins sorting it out in pairs. He keeps ending up with one pair of socks that don't match. Big Bird thinks he can solve the mystery by telling him to look at his legs because he's wearing the one pair of socks that don't match.
	Cartoon	Things that are same and different. (EKA: Episode 0347)
	Insert	Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book.
	Animation	Rocks turn in circles to a song.
	Cartoon	A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (EKA: Episode 0265)
	Muppets	The Count has prepared himself a picnic not far from his castle. As he counts the ants who come to take away his things, he eventually has nothing left. He is not displeased, however, since it has started to rain.
	Animation	In stop-motion, blocks stack and arrange themselves to form zoo cages, arches, and a whole city.
	SCENE 4	Oscar trusts Micki and Petey to look after Irvine for a little while. They attempts to entertain her by reading her grouch storybook, shaking her rattle, and giving her her bottle, but they doesn't soften her up. It just proves to show that grouch babies are only happy when they cry.
	Cartoon	"The Story of Princess Twelvia". Artist: Irra Verbitsky
	Muppets	Two twin Anything Muppets find they're identical, except for their voices. (EKA: Episode 0277)
	Film	A kid marching band forms a triangle. (EKA: Episode 0787)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: Two men demonstrate "up" on a teeter totter; one man ends up crashing through the ceiling. (EKA: Episode 1899)
	Cast	David the champion is ready for the match, but assistant Luis gives him the wrong match for his boxing glove. Once the right one is placed, he and Gordon face off in a game of marbles.
	Cartoon	T for Turtle Artist: Jeff Hale
	Film	Lizard! Music: Joe Raposo (same as "birds") (EKA: Episode 0820)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit meets Little Miss Muffet, who sits on her water bed, eats crunchy granola, and is not afraid of the spider, who ends up chasing Kermit away. (EKA: Episode 0680)
	Cartoon	A dog learns about U. (EKA: Episode 0131)
	Celebrity	Ricky (Billy Crystal) walks through a letter U, which he thinks is UNBELIEVABLE! (EKA: Episode 2208)
	Cartoon	An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. All three characters in this cartoon are voiced by Hal Smith. (EKA: Episode 0834)
	Film	Footage of a sunflower seed factory, where birdseed bells are manufactured. (EKA: Episode 2208)
	Cartoon	T for treasure (Jim Thurman voice over)
	Muppets	Ferlinghetti Donizetti delivers "the easy rhythm Rappin' Alphabet" while Grover displays his super smooth break dance moves.
File:JuicePops.jpeg	Cartoon	A mother and son make juice popsicles.
	Song	“Listen Here, Truck” (EKA: Episode 0700)
	Cartoon	A boy talks about his various moods. Artist: Bob Kurtz (EKA: Episode 0831)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird and Maria still wonder how an egg can disappear like the one earlier on as Bob announces the sponsors.

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