Sesame Street
Plot	Rosita the translator
Air date	March 30, 1993
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Sponsors	I, P, 5
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Maria greets the viewer in Spanish, and Rosita does it in English. Rosita starts to feel proud of being a translator, and wants to keep going, even while Maria works at the Fix-it Shop.
	Song	"Conga Counting Song" (EKA: Episode 3010)
	Cartoon	Don't be a Snerd when you sneeze. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2258)
	Muppets	The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink. (EKA: Episode 1576)
	Cartoon	P for Planet (EKA: Episode 2486)
	Film	Michael introduces his friend to the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira. (EKA: Episode 3098)
	Cartoon	Five waltzing chairs. (EKA: Episode 3036)
	SCENE 2	While Maria works, Rosita sees Big Bird approaching, and reminds her to speak only in Spanish while Rosita translates. Maria speaks Spanish while Big Bird brings his unicycle over to be fixed, and Luis brings her flowers. Big Bird understands what she says to Luis when they embrace, pointing out that "You don't have to know Spanish to know love when you see it."
	Cartoon	A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 3087)
	Muppets	On a tropical island, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, and a Caribbean Anything Muppet back-up band sing "Take a Rest".
	Animation	Sand P / p
	Film	A class goes on a field trip to Prospect Park, where Ranger Roseanne gives them a tour. (EKA: Episode 3033)
	Cartoon	Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice. (EKA: Episode 2754)
	Song	Lillian sings "Face Facts". (EKA: Episode 2938)
	SCENE 3	Maria finishes fixing Big Bird's unicycle, and Big Bird comes back to pick it up. He tells Maria that her speaking Spanish has inspired him to re-learn his first language, bird talk. He tweets three long message, which, when translated, turn out to be "Thanks", "Good job", and "Bye". Just as he starts to ride on his unicycle, he crashes, and it needs to be fixed again.
	Film	Two girls count to 5 as they clap. (EKA: Episode 3007)
	Muppets	Farmer Ernie sings "Grow High Grow Low" about how some plants grow high while some grow low. (EKA: Episode 2448)
	Cartoon	P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2208)
	Song	14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street". (EKA: Episode 2727)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts "What's Prairie's Problem?" in which contestants try to figure out why Prairie Dawn can't use one of her senses (i.e., which part of her face is covered). (EKA: Episode 2484)
	Cartoon	Animal Department Store: 1-10 (EKA: Episode 2783)
	SCENE 4	A customer calls the Fix-it Shop, and Rosita insists that she do more translating for her. The customer is thrown off base when he hears all that Spanish, and hangs up, thinking he dialed the wrong number. Maria tells Rosita that she doesn't need to translate her Spanish into English all the time, so Rosita decides instead to translate her English into Spanish.
	Animation	The word TELEPHONE is displayed, followed by a ringing telephone. (EKA: Episode 3048)
	Muppets	Phil Harmonic hosts another evening at the Nestropolitan Opera, featuring a performance by Placido Flamingo, "The Telephone of Brazil", to the tune of "Finiculi Finicula". (EKA: Episode 2400)
	Animation	I / i candles
	Song	Chris Cerf sings "I'm a Manatee". (EKA: Episode 3069)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Tim Robbins and Elmo talk about surprise.
	Cartoon	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)
	SCENE 5	Having been pushed away by Maria, Rosita decides to be a translator for Oscar. It bothers Oscar so much that he goes back into his can, then Rosita asks him if she can stop (she's becoming tired of translating).
	Animation	Ornate I's swing through the air to a song. (EKA: Episode 3056)
	Muppets	The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite. (EKA: Episode 1709)
	Cartoon	A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of. (EKA: Episode 2572)
	Film	Saxophone factory. (EKA: Episode 1446)
	Muppets	Grover, on a surfboard, demonstrates near and far. (EKA: Episode 2859)
	Cartoon	Leanna Williams must save the world by cleaning it. Artist: ArtistMike
	SCENE 6	At night, while walking home from the Fix-it Shop, Luis and Maria sing a song about how it's "Twice as Nice" to speak more than one language.
	Animation	"¡Él juega beisbol!" (EKA: Episode 3038)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: The miller's daughter is in danger of losing her baby if she cannot guess the first name of Rumpelstiltskin. Kermit offers a hotline, Sesame Street-555, for people to call in and help her. The name ends up being Bruce Rumpelstiltskin, but unfortunately for Kermit, he picked the wrong place to hide: the baby's carriage! (EKA: Episode 0724)
	Film	Fireworks Alphabet (EKA: Episode 2293)
	SCENE 7	Rosita brings two kids over so they can announce the sponsors in Spanish.

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