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Sesame Street
Open stage night at Birdland
Air date March 14, 1991
Season Season 22 (1990-1991)
Written by Mark Saltzman
Directed by Jon Stone
Production December 18, 1990
Sponsors E, I, 4

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Before Birdland opens, Hoots the Owl explains that tonight is "Open Stage Night," where anyone can get their chance to perform on the Birdland stage. A man named Forest Wimbeldon (Branford Marsalis) enters looking for Hoots, wishing to play jazz tonight. Hoots sees how un-jazzy his saxophone playing is by having Forest "bounce back" the rhythms he plays; while Hoots' licks have flair, Forest's music is more simple and lacks emotion. The two start practicing jazz together.
Jazzyspies4
Cartoon "Jazz #4"
(First: Episode 0006)
Adrian&Lamont

Adrian&Lamont2
Film Lamont, who lives in the city, visits his friend Adrian, who lives in the country. Together they ride bikes, swim, and have dinner with Adrian's family.
(First: Episode 2800)
YourOldFriendToothbrush!
Cartoon A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of.
(First: Episode 1476)
Letsgodriving
Muppets An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving".
(First: Episode 2095)
2059f
Cartoon E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg.
Voice: Casey Kasem
(First: Episode 0002)
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2834b-2
SCENE 2 While Hoots rehearses with the band (the Owl Stars), Forest shows off the riff he's been practicing. Hoots explains that he should learn how to "speak" jazz as well, explaining how different phrases can mean other things. Forest becomes confused, taking terms like "you dig," "jam," and "straight up" too literally. Hoots explains why not everybody he calls "cat" is a cat (unless they're a member of the band), and has Forest practice with the band.
Indiamap
Cartoon A map of India morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
(First: Episode 2668)
Stop.Dance
Video Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on.
(First: Episode 2600)
Noonsign
Cartoon Sign language: Day, morning, noon, night
(First: Episode 1173)
2341o
Muppets A shark sings about his "Perfectly Pearl-White Teeth."
(First: Episode 1446)
Toon.Inkbird
Cartoon I-Ink (angry bird)
(First: Episode 0462)
Recycle-paper
Film How paper is recycled
(First: Episode 2710)
Do-with-a-pet
Cartoon What Do You Do With a Pet?
(First: Episode 0465)
2834c
SCENE 3 Forest meets Jelani, who's sweeping up the club. Jelani recommends that Forest should put more emotion into his music, and demonstrates how he physically shows his happy, sad, and angry feelings. Forest is able to relate, and successfully translates the emotions into his saxophone. He thanks Jelani with some "sweeping up Birdland music."
Footprints
Cartoon A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0247)
BertsBlanket01

BertsBlanket02
Muppets While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself, or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). He then corrects them on the actual production phase.
(First: Episode 2391)
Film.Ibeam
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."
(First: Episode 1077)
Istars
Cartoon Shooting stars form the letter I/i.
(First: Episode 2218)
Grover.Zelda
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and Zelda look above and below.
(First: Episode 2615)
4butterflies
Animation Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall.
Song.Transylvania1-2-3-4-5
SCENE 4 "Open Stage Night" is finally open at Birdland. For the first act, Lillian sings "Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5" with The Count and his All-Bat Band.
10Greeblies
Cartoon Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward.
(First: Episode 0006)
Girlsclap
Film Five girls play a clapping game.
(First: Episode 2763)
ForgetfulMirror
Muppets Forgetful Jones invites a cowpoke to lunch, not realizing it's his own reflection in the mirror.
(First: Episode 2798)
4125s
Animation Cecille sings "I Want to Be Me."
(First: Episode 2791)
Shapedancers.square
Cast Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a square.
(First: Episode 1276)
Pinball 04
Cartoon Pinball Number Count #4
(First: Episode 0984)
ListentowhatIsay
SCENE 5 Hoots introduces Forest, and the two perform "Listen and Bounce it Back."
2963-C5
Cartoon Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself.
Artist: Craig Bartlett
(First: Episode 2749)
News-WrongDwarves
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Seven Emotional DwarvesKermit meets dwaves named differently from the Snow White story.
(First: Episode 2415)
Letter E
Animation E / e (elephant / jazzy trumpet)
(First: Episode 2222)
4133t

4133v
Film Wanda the Word Fairy drives to a market to demonstrate the words of foods, attracting the suspicious gaze of the grocer in the process.
(First: Episode 2652)
WillieWimple.litter
Cartoon Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter).
(First: Episode 0527)
FaySubtract
Film Fay Ray subtracts three balls.
(First: Episode 2608)
Itsagiraffe
Animation It's a giraffe
Artist: Ishu Patel
(First: Episode 1752)
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SCENE 6 Jelani announces the sponsors as Hoots, Forest and the band play the closing theme.

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