Episode 3133

Sesame Street
Blecka's day in home care
Air date	May 5, 1993
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Sponsors V, X, 20

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Lillian welcomes the viewer to home care. She introduces a new guest, a grouch named Blecka, who thinks she won't have a good time, but then Lillian proves her wrong by arguing with her.
	Cartoon	A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees. Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1448)
	Film	A boy draws a picture of his friend, Katie. (EKA: Episode 2909)
	Muppets	Telly wanders into a Hispanic community during a snowfall, freezing his fur off. He hears the patrons on the street exclaim "Hace Frio!"
	Cartoon	Number Creatures #20 (EKA: Episode 2687)
	Film	Exploring on the ocean rocks (EKA: Episode 1446)
	Celebrity	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X." (EKA: Episode 2573)
	Cartoon	Stamped and painted X animation. (EKA: Episode 2934)
	SCENE 2	Lillian gets the kids ready to play with a piñata. Blecka doesn't like playing with toys and candy, but appreciates it when Lillian gives her the broken piñata pieces.
	Cartoon	"¡El juega hockey!" (EKA: Episode 2228)
	Film	A girl name Maria and her family are having a Cuban Bar-B-Q. She invited her friend, Stewart, to enjoy in the fun and learn about Cuban culture. (Note: Stewart has a ball with a picture of Oscar the Grouch on it.) (EKA: Episode 2760)
	Muppets	"El Baile del Penguino"
	Film	Floating kids make the letter V.
	Animation	Sand V/v (EKA: Episode 1291)
	Song	14 Karat Soul sings "Hand Talk." (First: Episode 2622)
	Cartoon	I Love You, in sign language. (EKA: Episode 1186)
	SCENE 3	At snack time, Blecka doesn't think there's anything grouchy for her to eat. Lillian serves strawberry yogurt to Heather and Joey, and meatballs to Isaiah. She then gives a meatball/yogurt/sardines shake to Blecka.
	Cartoon	Kids sing about the joys of celery. Artist: ArtistMike (EKA: Episode 3059)
	Animation	Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroces as pets. (EKA: Episode 2759)
	Muppets	The Martians are a "Yip-Yip Family." (EKA: Episode 2874)
	Cartoon	V for violin (EKA: Episode 2475)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Morgan sings the alphabet for Grover.
	Cast	"Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion)
	Cartoon	A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (EKA: Episode 2624)
	Muppets	Fairy Tale Update Rapunzel is stuck in the tower. Prince Charming knows that he's supposed to tell her to let down something that rhymes with "air," but he can't remember the word and doesn't want the help of Bob, his lackey. The Prince tells Rapunzel to let down her chair, then her stuffed bear, then her hair (but it hurts when he tries to use it as a rope). Finally, the lackey tells Rapunzel to come down the stair, and she runs off with her hero, the lackey.
	Cartoon	Can you think of words that rhyme with BALL? (EKA: Episode 0796)
	Cast	Gordon sings "I Heard My Dog Bark" as Susan, Bob, Uncle Wally and some kids make the animal sounds. (EKA: Episode 2258)
	Cartoon	Jake the Snake demonstrates body parts. (EKA: Episode 2486)
	Film	Growing Numbers #20 (EKA: Episode 3038)
	Muppets	Super Grover: A fat blue girl loses her wind-blown hat in a tree, but she can't cross the street to get it. Super Grover comes to the rescue, and tries to call the cap back. The girl realizes that she needs a grown-up to cross the street, and with her Aunt Edna she gets her hat back.
	Cartoon	Don't cross the street alone. (EKA: Episode 2179)
	Song	Somethin' Old Into Somethin' New (EKA: Episode 3125)
	Cartoon	Wilma Wiggins makes the very best of a very silly situation by hiccoughing her way through an opera. (EKA: Episode 2963)
	SCENE 4	Blecka becomes enthusiastic when she sees that Lillian is about to read her favorite story, "The Stinkweed and the Sun."
	SCENE 4 cont'd	In the story, Stinky the Stinkweed lives in the desert, where the sun maliciously shines on him. One day the sun decides to leave temporarily, which upsets Stinky at first. When Stinky looks up again, he sees a cloud, which rains on him. When the sun comes back, Stinky has grown a few buds, and from then on doesn't mind when the sun goes away.
	Cartoon	"Beginning, Middle, End" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (EKA: Episode 2609)
	Film	The Count (in voiceover) counts five children sitting on a park bench. (EKA: Episode 2995)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Biff is surprised at how much Daniel knows about the park, even though he's blind. (EKA: Episode 3114)
	Animation	Ornate Vs spin around as a song about them plays. (EKA: Episode 2987)
	SCENE 5	Blecka says she had a rotten time at home care today, which means she'll come back tomorrow. Lillian announces the sponsors.

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