Sesame Street
Plot	Maria goes to the maternity clinic
Air date	March 1, 1989
Season	Season 20 (1988-1989)
Sponsors	I, R, 7
Syndication	Sesame Street Unpaved
Releases

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, and mentions that Maria is at the clinic where she is about to get her check-up.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird has accompanied Maria on her visit to the clinic. This is the maternity clinic, specifically for women who are pregnant. As revealed from their bus trip, Big Bird is full of questions about having babies. Maria explains that she (and the doctors here) will answer any questions he has.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	As Dr. Kapi takes Maria's blood pressure, she asks her a series of questions.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Dr. Kapi weighs Maria on the scale, and then introduces them to a special microphone that will allow the baby's heart beat to be heard.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird finally gets a chance to ask the question he's always wanted to ask: "Do I look sillier if I twist my head all the way around, or if I put my head under my wing?"
	Muppets	African Alphabet Song (EKA: Episode 2404)
	Cartoon	I for Ink (angry bird) (EKA: Episode 0514)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover and Christopher talk about what love is
	Cartoon	Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP (EKA: Episode 2440)
	SCENE 2	Outside the Fix-it Shop, Maria demonstrates the use of the microphone (which she borrowed from Dr. Kapi) to Luis, Gordon, Linda, Oscar and Elmo. They all have different interpretations on what it sounds like to them.
	Cartoon	Typewriter Guy: R - Rope (EKA: Episode 1800)
	Film	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world. (EKA: Episode 2499)
	Cartoon	A boy has fun with his wood plank.
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: Upstairs, Downstairs
	Cartoon	7 owls Artist: Owe Gustafson
	SCENE 3	Maria sits in the arbor and listens to her baby's heart beat some more while thinking about it in song, along with a montage of this episode's previous street scenes.
	Cartoon	HEN / PEN / TEN / MEN Music: Joe Raposo
	Film	In an Alaskan village, a doctor makes a regular visit to a clinic. (EKA: Episode 2485)
	Cartoon	Geronimo 10-0 (parachute under haystack) (EKA: Episode 2494)
	Muppets	Part 1: Ernie is holding a banana in his ear. Bert tries to tell him that he does so, but he can't hear him because of it. (EKA: Episode 1152)
	Film	Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 1158) This segment was cut from the Noggin version.
	Muppets	Part 2: Ernie reveals that he has a banana in his ear in order to keep the alligators away. He uses Bert's denial of any on Sesame Street as proof that his method works.
	Animation	The alphabet is presented using many materials and writing methods. (EKA: Episode 2494)
	Celebrity	Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe and Malcolm-Jamal Warner notice Telly and Keshia Knight Pulliam pretending to look sad, which escalates into the three of them arguing over what's more sad: losing a purple pen with a picture of Prince on it, not making the football team, or a best friend moving away. Telly and Keshia then pretend to look angry, and then notice that they look just like them.
	Cartoon	Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. (EKA: Episode 1107) This segment was cut from the Noggin version.
	Muppets	Clementine works at the Double Bar "R" Ranch; Gladys the Cow applies for a job there. (EKA: Episode 2405)
	Cartoon	R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011)
	Muppets	A bunch of city folk work together to plant a garden for me and for you, as they show (in song) that "Cooperation Makes it Happen." (EKA: Episode 2040)
	Animation	Rorschach ink blob association with a funky jazz soundtrack. (EKA: Episode 1150)
	SCENE 4	Just before lunch, Sonny Friendly pops in with a traveling edition of "Name That Sound." The first instance of the sound is drowned out by a fire engine, and the second instance is drowned out by a jet plane. As it turns out, the sound happens to be the baby's heart beat! They win a trip (as Sonny promised) to the doctor - even though she already went today! He remarks, "How about that, audience? Another happy contestant! They took their trip already - aren't they fantastic??"
	Film	Olivia briefly narrates a film of repaving a street. (EKA: Episode 2448) This segment was cut from the Noggin version.
	Muppets	The Count sings about the ten things most important to him.
	Cartoon	Is snow cold? Yes! This segment was cut from the Noggin version.
	Cast	In a spoof of a famous Coke commercial, football player "Big Murray" (Gordon) accepts a number 7 from a young fan, whom he rewards with a towel that also has one on it. (EKA: Episode 2358)
	Cartoon	A man demonstrates up and down. (EKA: Episode 0276)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty has fallen off a wall, and Kermit interviews one of the king's horses. He is put together again, but then Kermit gives him a congratulatory pat on the back, and he falls off the wall again. (EKA: Episode 0705)
	Film	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
	SCENE 5	Maria and Luis listen to the baby's heart beat again as Elmo announces the sponsors.

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