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Sesame Street
Big Bird plays with the kids
Air date March 15, 1989
Season Season 20 (1988-1989)
Written by Emily Perl Kingsley
Production November 28, 1988
Sponsors H, X, 3

2573-title

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
2573a
SCENE 1 Big Bird tries to make two lines of kids, but finds the groups are uneven. Suzie (who's in a wheelchair) offers an idea - making one line. Once accomplished, they play parade.
2963-B5
Film Two apples balance on a block seesaw.
(First: Episode 2176)
SwimmingRabbit
Cartoon Ivy Austin sings about a rabbit's day of eating grapes and swimming with pals.
(First: Episode 2314)
MissMyX
Celebrity Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X."
(First: Episode 2168)
SSBrandX
Cartoon Brand X
(First: Episode 0299)
EB.snowclothes
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie is wearing winter gear, and asks Bert to guess what is in his gloves and hat.
(First: Episode 1300)
2356-30
Cartoon A man counts 40 stars at night.
(First: Episode 2243)
2573b

2573c
SCENE 2 Bob is about to give a letter to Oscar and asks Uncle Wally for various protective things, knowing ahead of time Oscar is going to trick him somehow and get him wet or muddy. When they arrive at his trash can, Bob is ready to get hit with something, but Oscar simply takes the letter and leaves. Bob gets upset, having gone through the trouble and asks Oscar to get him wet. Oscar refuses and goes into his can again. Furious and upset with his treatment, Bob begins taking the stuff off; Oscar chooses now to change his mind and have Fluffy squirt him.
Detective.Hippo
Cartoon The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light.
(First: Episode 2537)
2096s
Film Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.
(First: Episode 1966)
3960y
Cartoon "Love" word animation
(First: Episode 0926)
Ssnews.chooseprince
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Princess Chooses a Prince — A princess selects Kermit as her prince.
(First: Episode 0859)
3136zb
Cartoon Three mice (Swedish animation)
(First: Episode 1504)
Prettyfish-refilm
Song David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.
Re-filmed version
(First: Episode 2490)
2573d
SCENE 3 Big Bird reads the story of "The Bird Queen's Crown". Anastasia acts out as the bird queen, who lacks a crown. Her subjects bring her crowns shaped in a square and triangle, which she tosses into the royal wastebasket. She discovers the wastebasket is round like her head, making it the perfect crown.
H-tunnel
Cartoon Pistons push a capital H through a tunnel, where it breaks and turns into a lowercase h. (with voiceover by Roscoe Orman)
(First: Episode 2217)
HowNowBrown
Muppets How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger."
(First: Episode 2030)
Hiddenobjects
Animation Can you find the hidden objects in the picture?
(First: Episode 1520)
Treesurgeon
Film Some kids watch as a tree surgeon does his job.
(First: Episode 1244)
Groverjesselove
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and Jesse talk about love.
(First: Episode 2420)
Tapshoes
Animation Stop-motion: tap-dancing shoes.
(First: Episode 2367)
AskOscar-X
SCENE 4 In another edition of "Ask Oscar", Oscar is asked what the letter X is good for. Oscar shows that the letter X can be used to cross out his daily annoyances, such as bothersome neighbors, annoying letters and annoying letter readers (Telly).
400021
Cartoon Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat
Voice: Daws Butler
(First: Episode 0770)
Song.ilikealaska
Song Joe Raposo sings "I Like Alaska", along with a montage of kids saying what their hobbies are, and what they like about their community.
(First: Episode 2356)
Whatsmyjob1

Whatsmyjob2
Muppets Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Job?" in which blindfolded monster contestants guess the occupations of different professionals, including Sonny Friendly.
Splasho.Beforeafter
Cartoon The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before and after.
(First: Episode 0694)
2573e
SCENE 5 Elmo invites Suzie to go on a walk with him and learns why she's in a wheelchair, which she gives him a ride in.
2573-Sand
Animation Sand H/h
(First: Episode 0630)
Shadowrabbit
Film A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit.
(First: Episode 0614)
BeforeAfterCircus
Cast In a circus routine, Luis the ringmaster demonstrates "before" and "after". Freeze-frame technology allows his assistant, Linda, to show each action as she jumps through a hoop, slips on a banana peel, and gets a bucket of water thrown at her face.
(First: Episode 0728)
3139l
Cartoon A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog.
Artist: Paul Fierlinger
(First: Episode 1180)
ForgetfulsRide
Muppets Forgetful Jones needs something to ride around the ranch. Clementine gives him clues: it has four legs, a bushy tail, eats hay, and neighs. It's his horse Buster, who arrives with the jeep.
(First: Episode 2081)
2477d
Film How sweaters are made from sheep's wool.
(First: Episode 1009)
OldMacdonald.Dots
Animation Blue, red and yellow ovals play "Old MacDonald".
(First: Episode 2002)
2573f
SCENE 6 Big Bird and the kids are about to paint, when he realizes it's time to say goodbye. He has them paint the sponsors and they sign off.


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