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Episode 3059
| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Natasha can't get to sleep |
| Air date | January 21, 1993 |
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) |
| Sponsors | S, T, 17 |
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | | Oscar announces today's letter sponsors, S and T, which stand for "someone tap dancing". He'll reveal who it is after the opening theme. |
 | | Savion climbs out of Oscar's trash can, having just finished giving a tap dance lesson to Oscar's elephant Fluffy ("She got tired of ballet," says Oscar). Bob is amazed that an elephant can tap dance, so Savion has Fluffy show him what she can do by repeating all the steps he does. Fluffy dances until she falls through the floor, into the basement, while her massive steps cause the ground to shake, which results in Bob losing grip of most of his groceries. |
 | | A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (EKA: Episode 2784) |
 | | The Hispanic community of Anything Muppets sings "It Sure is Hot!" |
 | | Three turtles present the letter T. |
 | | Alone Song (EKA: Episode 1145) |
 | | Muppet & Kid Moments: Cookie Monster has Tara help him explain the word information by giving him cookies to eat. (EKA: Episode 2614) |
 | | Kids sing about the joys of celery. Artist: ArtistMike |
   | | Big Bird encounters Linda writing a letter to her mom. In the letter, Linda describes what happened yesterday when she went to the hat shop to buy a hat: it took the hat lady (Judy Graubart) a while to figure out that Linda wanted a hat. The first hat picked out was too big for Linda, the second one too small, the third one just right. Back in the present, Linda finishes writing her letter, and Bob invites her to go for a walk.
Trivia: Fran Brill voices Linda in this scene. |
 | | Abstract count to 17 (EKA: Episode 2820) |
 | | Caribbean Anything Muppets sing about "Caribbean Air". (EKA: Episode 2977) |
 | | On a computer, a boy draws a sun setting between the mountains. |
 | | The Two-Headed Monster follows the arrows. (EKA: Episode 2489) |
 | | The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square". Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel (EKA: Episode 2615) |
  | | Humphrey has to go to the dentist, so he asks Big Bird and Savion to watch her while she takes her nap. She doesn't want to go to sleep, so Humphrey tries singing her "Na-Na-Na-Na-Natasha's Lullaby", which does a better job of awakening her. Savion thinks it'll be very hard to get her to sleep ... |
 | | A girl talks about her skin. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2990) |
 | Fireworks Alphabet (EKA: Episode 2293) | |
 | | Grover the elevator operator gives a demonstration of in and out which annoys the passengers. (EKA: Episode 0711) |
 | | A class of Navajo kids use art to describe their families, or clans. |
 | | Geronimo 10-0 (parachute under haystack) (EKA: Episode 2494) |
 | | Savion finishes reading Natasha the story of Cinderella, which Humphrey said would get her to sleep, but he was wrong about that too. Chicago the Lion comes by, and tries roaring her to sleep -- but he falls asleep instead. |
 | | Lions (instrumental, with occasional lion growls) Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 1037) |
 | | Spinning T (to the tango beat). (EKA: Episode 2933) |
 | | Mysterious Theater: The Case of the Missing Toast Lady Agatha can't find her toast or roast, so Sherlock Hemlock figures that it is a "rhyme crime", and suspects a ghost is the culprit. The thief turns out to be Vincent Twice, the host. (EKA: Episode 3009) |
 | | What kind of print does a hand make? (EKA: Episode 1097) |
  | | Big Bird borrows a letter S from some Honkers, thinking it'll get her to sleep because the word "sleep" starts with S. Savion tries swaying it in front of Natasha's face, thinking she'll go to sleep through hypnosis. Big Bird and the Honkers also watch the swaying letter, and end up falling asleep instead of Natasha. |
 | | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
 | | Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer". (dog) |
 | | Ernie and Bert: Bert notices that Ernie has a piece of string tied on his finger. Ernie says that the string tied on this finger helps to remind him that there's a piece of string tied on this finger. And so on. The string on the last finger is there to remind him that they're out of string. (EKA: Episode 0355) |
 | | Growing Numbers #17 |
 | | A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (EKA: Episode 0810) |
 | | Herry Monster wakes up and says "Good Morning, Morning" to everything. (EKA: Episode 2847) |
 | | Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the bus ... until Pink spots an open seat. (EKA: Episode 2123) |
  | | Natasha, still not asleep, tries to wake Chicago up. Savion has no idea what to do, but when he says the word "awake," the Sandman appears. Savion asks for his help, knowing that the Sandman is good at making people fall asleep. He makes two attempts to throw some of his magic sand into Natasha's face, and she spits it out. Savion has a better idea: he'll sprinkle some of the Sandman's sand on the ground, and do a nice quiet dance which will lull Natasha to sleep. |
 | | Sand S / s (EKA: Episode 2488) |
  | | Savion finishes setting up his dancing mat, and sprinkles the sandman's sand on it. He dances gently on the sandy mat, but fails to get Natasha to go to sleep. The Sandman makes one last attempt to blow sand in Natasha's face, but she blows it on his face instead, and he drops off to sleep. |
 | | A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away. |
 | | A kid voice-over says, "Ocean," as a fish is seen swimming in the ocean. (EKA: Episode 2776) |
 | | In the woods, a nature-loving baritone (Jim Henson) sings "Ah, For the Joys of the Countryside" about how much he loves the country, without noticing that his surroundings are being converted into a city. (EKA: Episode 1056) |
 | | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (EKA: Episode 2234) |
  | | Savion looks around, and sees that he and Natasha are the only ones awake in the courtyard. Humphrey comes back, and Savion explains that they tried everything to get her to sleep. Humphrey tells her it's time to go home, and Natasha falls right asleep. Relieved, Savion announces the sponsors. Oscar then tells Fluffy it's time to do her somersaults, and she causes a brief earthquake. |
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