Episode 3457

	Sesame Street
	Michael Tweeter at Birdland
Air date	February 13, 1996
Season	Season 27 (1995-1996)
Sponsors	K, 17

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Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Humphrey, Ingrid, Benny and Sherry Netherland welcome Michael Tweeter (Michael Jeter) to The Furry Arms.
	SCENE 1	The Amazing Mumford makes a suitcase disappear, but cannot make it reappear. Then Michael Tweeter comes looking for his suitcase with Benny, and is very worried that it is gone. Without the things in the suitcase, he won’t be able to do his show doing impressions of famous birds, at Birdland that night.
File:3457film.jpg	Film
	Animation	Pencil Box K/k (EKA: Episode 2876)
	Muppets	Big Bird and the Birdketeers present the letter K.
	Cartoon	K - Kangaroo Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2867)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings “Healthy Food” (EKA: Episode 2404)
	Cartoon	Snacks on Parade: The Raisin Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2269)
	SCENE 2	Benny brings a sandwich, an apple, and a glass of milk to Michael Tweeter. He doesn’t want it, but Benny makes him eat it, because he needs his strength for the evening’s performance. He eats some and feels a little better. Still, he won’t perform without his suitcase.
File:3457telephone.jpg	Cartoon	Telephone
	Film	Feet wearing all different types of shoes dance. (EKA: Episode 2616)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do. Artist: Cliff Roberts (EKA: Episode 0949)
	SCENE 3	Bob, Gordon, Celina and the kids gather outside the Furry Arms and call up to Michael Tweeter, assuring him that they are all working together to find his suitcase. Celina and the kids go off to the park, Gordon goes to the subway, and Bob goes to make some phonecalls. Then the Amazing Mumford comes, and solves the problem by making the suitcase reappear.
	Film	Asha and her friends practice and dance on stilts in preparation for a carnival. (EKA: Episode 3427)
File:Mustwatchgame!.jpg	Cartoon	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks.
	Muppets	“Do De Rubber Duck” (EKA: Episode 2483)
	Film	What sound does a duck make? (EKA: Episode 3432)
	Muppets / Cast	Maria, Big Bird, Oscar and the Count sing “Happy Birthday to Me.”
	Animation	17 derby hats drop onto a balloon head. (EKA: Episode 2820)
	Animation	Growing Numbers #17
	Cartoon	Abstract counting to 17 Artist: Sally Cruikshank (EKA: Episode 2820)
	Muppets	Telly sings “Three Sides Now.”
	Film	A gymnasium switches from empty to full. (EKA: Episode 3040)
File:3457birdland.jpg	SCENE 4	At Birdland, after Hoots introduces him, Michael Tweeter thanks everyone for helping him find his suitcase. He couldn’t perform without it, because it contained something very special to him: his teddy bear. He dedicates the first number, an impression of Duck Ellington, to his teddy bear.
	Song	“Happy Happiness” (EKA: Episode 3357)
	Cartoon	A boy shows his dog, Happy. (EKA: Episode 1093)
	Muppets	With help from Big Bird, Zoe counts to 17.
	Film	How to say "butterfly" in sign language (EKA: Episode 3427)
	Animation	A poem about oranges. (EKA: Episode 3132)
	SCENE 5	For his second number at Birdland, Michael Tweeter does an impression of Ethel Merhen singing a song about singing loud, high, and fast.
	Cartoon	Ladies, birds, and fish march forward and backward. Artist: Karen Aqua (EKA: Episode 3125)
	Cartoon	K – king, kiss, key (EKA: Episode 3084)
	Film	Wegman's dogs form the letter K.
	Film	Ornate Ks fly through the air to a song. (EKA: Episode 3012)
File:3457cats.jpg	Cartoon	Everything you need to know about cats.
	Muppets	Kingston Livingston III sings “A Cat Had a Birthday.” (EKA: Episode 3387)
	Cartoon	“Alphabet Jungle” (EKA: Episode 2954)
	SCENE 6	Michael Tweeter does a Big Bird impression singing “ABC-DEF-GHI”. To the delight of the crowd and the amazement of Hoots, he then does a Hoots impression to announce the sponsors.