Sesame Street
Plot	Racism on Sesame Street; Telly and Baby Bear build an information booth
Air date	November 26, 1993
Season	Season 25 (1993-1994)
Sponsors	M, U, 2
Syndication	123 Sesame Street
Releases

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Best friends Gina and Savion emerge from the Subway Station having seen a movie. Gina is going to start her shift at Hooper's soon, so the pair walk through the Around the Corner area. They say hello to Ruthie and see some kids playing on a mattress. They're in a playful mood, so they play on the mattress too. As they walk past 123 Sesame Street, they find a basketball, so Gina challenges Savion to a game. Just as they are going to split up, she invites him into the store.
	SCENE 1, cont'd	Gina picks up the phone and gets a disturbing call. It makes her furious. Savion quickly tells off the caller and hangs up.
	SCENE 1, cont'd	Savion explains to a very disturbed and inquisitive Telly how there are "just some really stupid people in the world, who can't stand to see it when people of different races are friends." Telly finds it odd because of how so many different people, animals and monsters are great friends on Sesame Street. Gina asserts that she and Telly are best friends, and so are she and Savion. Then, because Telly is concerned, they explain what they would do if the person ever called the store again.
	Song	Everyone has the same feelings, "No Matter What." Kids of all types play with a huge beach ball. (EKA: Episode 2782)
	Cartoon	M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0016)
	Celebrity	Madeline Kahn sings, "Mmm...Madeline." (EKA: Episode 2820)
	Animation	Letter Garden: M (EKA: Episode 3079)
	SCENE 2	Telly tells Baby Bear about what happened in the store. These best friends have built an "INFORMATION 1¢" booth with Luis's help. They sing a song, "Best Friends," about their friendship.
	Film	Children in Jamaica learn how to make their own tie-dyed shirts.
	Muppets	Kermit sings "Bein' Green." (1970s version)
	Film	Weaving rugs with dyed wool.
	SCENE 3	Gina comes by the information booth. Baby Bear has information about bears, and Telly has information about monsters. Gina asks questions about all the bears in the world, but Baby Bear only knows about the existence of The Three Bears.
	Muppets	On a tropical island, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover and a Caribbean Anything Muppet back-up band sing "Take a Rest". (EKA: Episode 3107)
	Cartoon	Lillian, the big sister. (EKA: Episode 2746)
	SCENE 4	Gina returns with questions about monsters. Instead of the Sesame Street Monsters, she wants to learn about scary monsters and frightens Telly and Baby Bear in trying to describe them.
	Muppets	The Oinker Sisters sing "A New Way to Walk." (EKA: Episode 2455)
	Cartoon	A number of kids named Joe play sports. Joanne plays kickball. Artist: John Korty (EKA: Episode 2624)
	SCENE 5	Savion sings "You Oughta Meet My Uncle," a song about different ways of dancing (and different uncles), and he dances with the kids.
	Animation	Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroces as pets. (EKA: Episode 2822)
	Film	People go under, over, through and around a hoop.
	Celebrity/ Muppets	Grover sings "Monster in the Mirror." (Celebrity Version) (EKA: Episode 2835)
	Cartoon	A U train spells the words Unite, U-turn, Underground and Universe. (EKA: Episode 0810)
	SCENE 6	Savion reads a story to Baby Bear and talks about how great it is to read.
	Film	Three (flowers) and three are six.
	Muppets	Wish You Were Here In Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse. (EKA: Episode 3049)
	Cartoon	A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 3107)
	SCENE 7	Telly and Baby Bear have learned that the two cents they earned from Gina isn't enough to buy Baby Bear a bulldozer, which costs $39,000, so they return to their INFORMATION booth.
	Film	Doll House (EKA: Episode 0131)
	Cartoon	A man counts two ears, two eyes and two arms. He picks up each leg to count two legs, and then falls down. Animation by Cliff Roberts (EKA: Episode 0406)
	Film	A parrot announces dos, or two of everything. (EKA: Episode 3108)
	Muppets	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher." (EKA: Episode 0670)
	Cartoon	A lizard, a girl and a dog dance. Artist: Karen Aqua (EKA: Episode 2795)
	SCENE 8	Gina and Savion wonder where the racist caller was watching them from, and in case he or she still is, they sing the "Best Friends" song as they exit to the Subway Station. Baby Bear reads the sponsors, and the Season 25 credit crawl follows.

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