Episode 2609

Sesame Street
Uncle Wally takes care of Maria
Air date	May 11, 1989
Season	Season 20 (1988-1989)
Sponsors F, L, 6

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis leaves the Fix-It Shop for the day and makes sure things are okay with Maria. She finds a note saying Uncle Wally will take care of her today, which she finds unnecessary.
	Cartoon	Rap #6 (EKA: Episode 2580)
	Film	A blind class goes on a field trip to the park, using their other senses to experience their surroundings. The teacher sings "If You're Happy and You Know It." (EKA: Episode 2589)
	Cartoon	F - Face Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2484)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash The Big Bad Wolf opens a school for huffing and puffing.
	Cartoon	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw, and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (EKA: Episode 0272)
	Film	Two apples balance on a block seesaw. (EKA: Episode 2176)
	SCENE 2	Uncle Wally is eager to help Maria, but she insists she's fine and heads to her apartment to take a nap. Down in the arbor, Uncle Wally tells Big Bird to remain quiet while she naps. He starts rattling off a story of him taking a nap at a party, putting Big Bird to sleep.
	Cartoon	Kids hear an L poem. (EKA: Episode 0198)
	Muppets	The Oinker Sisters sing "A New Way to Walk." (EKA: Episode 2455)
	Film	Chimpanzees at play (EKA: Episode 2493)
	Muppets	Camp Wannagohoma: Grover tries to show the campers what is alive in the forest, but they keep correcting him. (EKA: Episode 2405)
	Animation	A frog is formed out of seeds.
	SCENE 3	Oscar and Maria have lunch together and Uncle Wally offers to bring some odd food items. Maria explains her odd food cravings lately. Her and Oscar discuss some Grouchy foods she'd like, leaving Uncle Wally without an apatite.
	Animation	Seis flores (EKA: Episode 1646)
	Song	"Old Button Hole" (EKA: Episode 1736)
	Muppets	Template:Eba Ernie has gone shopping -- buying bread for himself, and peanut butter for Bert. They realize that it's dull to eat what they have separately, and they decide to cooperate, so they can each have a peanut butter sandwich. (First: Episode 0279)
	Cartoon	F/f (Gordon voiceover) (EKA: Episode 2571)
	Film	A man takes two kids on a boat ride through the Louisiana bayou.
	Muppets / Celebrity	The Count approaches actress Kathleen Turner, and asks her to be in a movie that he's written. The script is called Counting, and it's just a list of the numbers 1 through 20. Kathleen is unsure if she wants to participate, so the Count shows her the script for the sequel, More Counting. This script counts from 21 to 40. Kathleen declines the role, but the Count doesn't mind; he's been counting the leading ladies who have turned him down!
	Cartoon	Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK. (EKA: Episode 0820)
	Insert	The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (EKA: Episode 0783)
	Cartoon	"Beginning, Middle, End" Artist: Sally Cruikshank
	Film	A metal crane and a real crane look alike. (EKA: Episode 2179)
	Muppets	Bip Bipadotta sings "Opposite Stuff". (EKA: Episode 2384)
	Cartoon	A magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance.
	SCENE 4	Outside of the Fix-It Shop, the Honkers play a song. Maria thanks them, but learns the song is for the baby (as ordered by Uncle Wally).
	Cartoon	What's missing? (a baby)
	‎Song	"What Do You Do With a Fruit?" (EKA: Episode 2275)
	Cartoon	These Are Your Parts: The host interviews a hand. (EKA: Episode 0962)
	Muppets	Sesame Street Game Show: Where Do I Belong? Guy Smiley hosts a show which helps its contestants figure out where they belong. (EKA: Episode 2486)
	Cartoon	Gerald's dog Sparky likes to pretend he's an alligator. (EKA: Episode 1563)
	SCENE 5	Luis returns to the Fix-It Shop to find a note from Maria, saying she's out on a walk. She returns to announce the sponsors, while Luis talks to her tummy.

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