Episode 2749

Sesame Street
Dan the clarinet player learns to read
Air date	November 15, 1990
Season	Season 22 (1990-1991)
Sponsors I, Z, 15

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	In the early morning, a nervous Dan (Steven Schub) walks down Sesame Street, and sits outside Hooper's Store, waiting to begin his part-time employment there. He meets a Honker, who wants to know what's in his small box. Dan shows him it's a clarinet, and invites the Honker to play a song with him. Even though the Honker can't read music, they both have fun.
	Song	The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square." Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel (EKA: Episode 2615)
	Video	Fay demonstrates addition by placing 3 balls on a table. (EKA: Episode 2615)
	Cartoon	Snacks on Parade: The Raisin Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2269)
	Muppets	Over the Top, a ZZ Top-like band, sings "ZZ Blues". (EKA: Episode 2356)
	Cartoon	Z In Space (EKA: Episode 0872)
	Song	"Take Care of That Smile"
	Cartoon	Number creatures 15
	SCENE 2	Dan finishes cleaning the window, and asks a very busy Gina what to do next. She tells him to read Baby Natasha a story while she makes sandwiches ... but he doesn't feel like reading a book, or a magazine, or a newspaper. Big Bird and Gina realize that Dan doesn't know how to read; he acts like it's no big deal, but they don't think he's very happy.
	Cartoon	Shooting stars form the letter I/i. (EKA: Episode 2291)
	Song	Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig". (EKA: Episode 2356)
	Cartoon	Zork lands on the coast of California, where he meets a slick agent. Artist: ArtistMike (EKA: Episode 2687)
	Muppets	Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep." (EKA: Episode 1707)
	Cartoon	Z For Zebra & Zoo (EKA: Episode 1041)
	Film	A boy who lives in the Congo (in Africa) narrates a film of the kinds of games he and his friends play. (EKA: Episode 2687)
	Muppets	After sounding out the word "cheese," the Two Headed Monster poses for many pictures.
	Cartoon	Gerald's dog Sparky likes to pretend he's an alligator. (EKA: Episode 1563)
	Film	Flamingos walk around to classical music. (EKA: Episode 2616)
	SCENE 3	Gina is impressed with Dan's clarinet playing, and he reveals that he never went to school much because he was busy traveling in a band with his dad. Big Bird laughs at the thought of a grown adult going to school to learn how to read, but Gina informs him that adult illiteracy is a serious problem which can be solved. She offers to help Dan get started learning how to read, and in exchange, he could show her how to read music. They both like the idea.
	Cartoon	Rap #15 (EKA: Episode 2637)
	Film	A man (voice of Jim Thurman) finds a magic remote control that makes things go up and down. He tests it on various objects. When he presses "down" for a bridge, it crumbles and falls into the river below, prompting the man to abandon the remote and slink away. A girl then finds the remote and makes the bridge go back up. (EKA: Episode 2614)
	Cartoon	A heart that says "I love you" is drawn. (EKA: Episode 2404)
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I (EKA: Episode 2695)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: I for Island. (EKA: Episode 2727)
	Celebrity	Robin Williams demonstrates with his shoe how to tell if something is alive.
	Cartoon	A baby and father illustrate up and down. (EKA: Episode 2687)
	Muppets	"Forty Blocks From My Home" (EKA: Episode 2614)
	Cartoon	Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself. Artist: Craig Bartlett
	SCENE 4	Gina tests Dan with flash cards reading "met" and "let," when one of The Shagri-Las pops up to sing "Sound it Out."
	Cartoon	Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow. (EKA: Episode 1858)
	Video	Ann Marie and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on. (EKA: Episode 2615)
	Cartoon	Don't be a Snerd when you sneeze. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1854)
	Muppets / Cast	"Sing Your Synonyms"
	Animation	A girl unfolds a map and uses it to describe her trip to Mexico, stopping in Texas along the way.
	SCENE 5	Dan joins Big Bird, Natasha and the Birdketeers as they demonstrate near and far. Just then, Big Bird realizes he has to take Natasha home, and leaves a sign on the door for Dan to read. Will he read it?
	Cartoon	ADVENTURE! A man and woman escape a boulder, a crocodile, and other obstacles. (EKA: Episode 2404)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley takes his 39-member studio audience to a restaurant, but there is no place for him to sit.
	Song	Kevin Clash sings "Skin".
	Cartoon	How Andy Fritz Ate the Sun. Artist: ArtistMike
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash Cinderella's Fairy Godmother tries to make a beautiful ball dress appear on Cinderella without success: the gown ends up on Kermit instead. (EKA: Episode 2491)
	Cartoon	Which legs belong on the man? (EKA: Episode 2394)
	SCENE 6	Dan remembers how Gina taught him to read, and he succeeds in reading the sign, which says "Back in a minute." Big Bird comes back, and he and Gina are impressed with Dan's progress. Elmo announces the sponsors.

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