Episode 2874
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| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | A day at Birdland |
| Air date | May 9, 1991 |
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) |
| Sponsors | L, Q, 19 |
| Syndication | |
| DVD | |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | | "Can you tell me how to get, how to get to --" Telly interrupts the opening sequence: "Birdland! Can you tell me how to get to Birdland?!" Susan, Gordon, Miles and some kids happen to be going there, and they say he can come with them. |
 | | Number creatures #19 |
 | | Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree." (EKA: Episode 2773) |
  | | A montage of the evolution of mechanical technology, from wind-up toys, to robots that can spell "SESAME STREET" with blocks, to satellite transmitters. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 2226) |
 | | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (EKA: Episode 0871) |
 | | Hoots welcomes everyone to Birdland, and introduces Duck Ellington and the Sesame Street All-Animal Jazz Ensemble, with special guest Wynton Marsalis. They perform a new version of "No Matter What Your Language." |
 | | Two seemingly identical machines - one black, one white - cooperate to make the sound of a choo-choo train. |
 | | Fay Ray subtracts three balls. (EKA: Episode 2608) |
 | | Mysterious Theater Sherlock Hemlock is commissioned to find the shape of a circle in an antique castle before time runs out at 5:00. Watson does his best to point out that the face of a clock is the shape of a circle. |
 | | Gloria sings the alphabet (version 2) |
 | | "Daddy Helps with the Dishes" - three families sing about how they help each other doing chores, cooking and homework. |
 | | "L" for "Large" and "l" for "little" (EKA: Episode 1576) |
 | | Wynton says he's ready to do not one number, but twenty, maybe even more. He has help from Count von Count, who counts every little rapid note he plays on the trumpet. |
 | | A male chorus sings about zoo animals, to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." |
 | | Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) (EKA: Episode 0926) |
 | | The Two-Headed Monster observes the letter Q, then the word QUIET. |
 | | A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2358) |
  | | Hoots introduces Biff and Sully and the Hard Hats (including Stella), who perform "This Song Is for the Birds." |
 | | Two birds Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 1091) |
 | | L for Laugh Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel |
 | | Prairie Dawn talks about three important parts of the face which are the eyes, the nose, and the ears, with assistance from Cookie Monster. Prairie agrees that cookies can be seen and smelled, but not heard - unless eaten by Cookie Monster. |
 | | A pattern of daisies and tulips - can you tell what comes next? |
 | | A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. |
 | Sign Man: WALK TALL (EKA: Episode 1710) | |
 | | Hoots introduces Bobby McFerrin, who does a call-and-response scat song with the audience. |
 | | Q -- that funny looking thing. (EKA: Episode 0131) |
 | | Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse look for water in the desert. Grover sees mirages of a waterfall and a fountain, and Fred reminds him that he brought a canteen. |
 | | A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (EKA: Episode 0812) |
 | | Counting the circus clowns (EKA: Episode 1836) |
 | | A boy gets lost in a mall, and a security guard shows him how to use a map. Artist: ArtistMike |
  | | Hoots tells everyone to imagine that it's turning from nighttime to morning, and the birds are waking up in the forest, while Bobby sings "Tweet in the Mornin'." |
 | | Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings. |
 | | The Martians are a "Yip-Yip Family." |
 | | 19 kernels of popcorn pop. |
 | | Big Bird watches the shape dancers form a rectangle. (EKA: Episode 1646) |
 | | "Above and Below" (Chris Cerf) |
 | | Sounds around the house: chimes, snoring, a boy pretending to be an airplane, a man playing a trumpet, and a motorcycle outside. |
 | | Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse. (EKA: Episode 0264) |
 | | "Elbows and Knees" |
  | | At closing, Hoots, Wynton, and the animals play the Sesame Street Theme. Hoots mentions the sponsors. |
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