Episode 3170

Sesame Street
Big Bird looks for someone sad
Air date	January 7, 1994
Season	Season 25 (1993-1994)
Sponsors A, D, 8 Syndication 123 Sesame Street

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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird recites a poem about the upcoming sketch.
	Muppets	Super Grover decides to teach Elmo how to be a superhero. However, Elmo wears his cape the wrong way, which causes him to trip whenever he wants to fly.
	Cartoon	Ballet-dancing yaks show their fronts and backs. (EKA: Episode 3056)
	Muppets	Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s. (First: Episode 0079)
File:3976zf.jpg	Film	Eight children dance in a colorblock grid. (EKA: Episode 3115)
	Muppets	The Rainbow Fish counts groups of 8 in the ocean. (EKA: Episode 2909)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird returns to talk about "sad," and plans to show someone who's sad. Snuffy passes by, but he's happy because he's going to the circus.
	Film	A Puerto Rican family get-together includes cooking, playing soccer, and finally the big dinner. (EKA: Episode 3081)
	Cartoon	An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. (EKA: Episode 2847)
	Cartoon	A for Acorn (EKA: Episode 2477)
	Cartoon	Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them. (EKA: Episode 1025)
	SCENE 3	Goldilocks visits Hooper's Store and Gina gets increasingly angry as she tries to make her porridge and seat just right. Big Bird comes by looking for someone sad and instantly knows it's not Gina.
	Cartoon	"Island of Emotion" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (EKA: Episode 2822)
	Film	Looking for triangles in the city (Maria voiceover) (EKA: Episode 2784)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "Do-Op Hop." (EKA: Episode 2484)
	Cartoon	Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China. Artist: ArtistMike (EKA: Episode 2727)
	Film	A girl narrates a film about how things are recycled around the world. (EKA: Episode 3094)
	SCENE 4	Oscar, Gina and the Grouchketeers sing about Oscar's favorite D word - "Disgusting!"
	Animation	D Candles (EKA: Episode 3085)
	Video	Alphaquest - Letter D: dry dusty desert, drums, dance, dinosaur (EKA: Episode 2754)
	Muppets	Colambo: The Great Plum Plunder Colambo, in his office, decides to have a piece of Christmas pie, when he notices a plum missing from it. He asks the janitor, Little Jack Horner, some questions about what he was doing in the corner. It turns out that Jack had stuck in his thumb and pulled out the plum. On the title card, the story is credited to J. Mazzarino. (EKA: Episode 3121)
	Film	Korean girls do a spring dance.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "Healthy Food". (EKA: Episode 2390)
	Cartoon	The Carrot (censored version) Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1211)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo and Rosie O'Donnell rap the alphabet.
	Cartoon	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version) (EKA: Episode 0263)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: HONK (EKA: Episode 2257)
	Cartoon	The Bellhop has to bring 8 steamer trunks down 8 flights of stairs. (EKA: Episode 2600)
	Animation	Counting to 8
	Muppets	"Readers of the Open Range" (EKA: Episode 2274)
	Cartoon	A girl narrates a poem about the sad time when her goldfish died. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2228)
	SCENE 5	In the park, Big Bird finds Goldilocks, who's sad because Baby Bear won't play with her. Big Bird cheers her up with a hug. Gina announces the sponsors.

Notes

• Lisa Simon directed this episode.

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