Episode 3487

Sesame Street
Tarah sleeps over at Gabi’s
Air date	March 26, 1996
Season	Season 27 (1995-1996)
Sponsors O, 5

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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird, Gabi and their friends are about to jump rope, when Tarah wheels in. Big Bird invites her to jump with them, but she reminds him that her wheelchair prevents her from doing that and she suggests he figures out another way she can play. He thinks springs and a giant rubber band will help propel her, but she finds those implausible. She shows she can use her arms and they use her to help turn the rope.
	Film	A girl learns how to jump rope.
	Cartoon	“Animal Books” Artist: Steve Segal (EKA: Episode 3396)
	Film	Wegman’s dogs: Little Jack Horner
	Cartoon	Soul O
	Animation	Letter Garden: O (EKA: Episode 3010)
	Animation	Sand O/o (EKA: Episode 2341)
	Muppets / Celebrity	“Two Princes”
	Animation	Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music. (EKA: Episode 3460)
	Film	A girl narrates a film of helping her dad, a pilot, fly a small plane. They fly through New York City, past the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty.
	Animation	Dancing With My Family
	Muppets	Ernie conducts an experiment. He wants to see if Bert can sleep while Ernie sits at his drums and doesn’t play them. Fortunately for him, Bert can’t get to sleep that night, so Ernie drums away.
	Song	“African Animal Alphabet” (EKA: Episode 3448)
	SCENE 2	Next, the group is going to play tee-ball. However, Big Bird points out that it’s about to rain, so they all try to get in one hit before the rain comes. Once the rain pours, the other two girls head for home, but Tarah lives too far away to wheel herself in the rain. Gabi invites her and Big Bird to seek shelter in her house.
	Song	“Get On Up and Move Your Body” (EKA: Episode 3410)
	Cartoon	Leanna Williams must save the world by cleaning it. Artist: ArtistMike (EKA: Episode 3107)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster finishes drinking milk, and doesn’t know what to do with the cartons at first, but gets the idea to “recycle” them and play with them like a train. (EKA: Episode 3080)
	Animation	Characters on a quilt form the letter O. Artist: Karen Aqua
	Film	A rhythmic dancer makes the letter O. (EKA: Episode 3189)
	Cartoon	A lady receives a letter O in the mail, which promptly rolls around her living room. Artist: ArtistMike
	SCENE 3	Maria and Luis dry off the kids and hear the radio report that the storm is so bad, all citizens are advised to stay indoors. This means Big Bird and Tarah can sleep over! Big Bird worries that since Tarah’s parents aren’t with them, they won’t be able to ask them. He thinks they could send a letter or a messenger, when a phone call from Gordon reminds him they can use the phone. Tarah begins to make the call.
	Cartoon	A girl’s mom can dribble 5 balls. (EKA: Episode 3461)
	Muppets	The Rainbow Fish counts groups of 5 in the ocean. (EKA: Episode 3007)
	Animation	Five waltzing chairs. (EKA: Episode 3036)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings “You Made Me Love You”
	Cartoon	Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China. Artist: ArtistMike (EKA: Episode 2727)
	SCENE 4	Tarah now has permission to stay over. Big Bird wonders what they should do before they go to bed. Tarah says she must do her arm exercises to give her energy to move her wheelchair. Maria happens to know the “Workout in a Chair” song, so they stretch their arms as they each sit in a chair. After their workout, they decide it’s time for bed.
	Cartoon	Gerald’s dog Sparky likes to pretend he’s an alligator. (EKA: Episode 1563)
	Muppets	Elmo is sleeping over at Telly’s However Elmo can't sleep due to Telly's snoring. Elmo turn on the radio, so he can't hear Telly snoring, however the music is so loud that they can't sleep. Telly then tries to put his hand over his mouth and nose, however that don't work since he can't breath. Elmo then asks for some earmuffs, that worked. However now Telly can't sleep, because Elmo snores, luckily Telly has another pair of earmuffs.
	Cartoon	Household appliances count 1-10 and 10-0. (EKA: Episode 2934)
	Muppets / Celebrity	On a rainy night, the Count brings Susan Sarandon to a locked castle. He knocks on the door just for the sake of counting the knocks, until it's revealed that the castle is his own. He then proceeds to unlock the numerous locks. (EKA: Episode 2615)
	Song	John Pizzarelli sings about feeling "happy and proud" on your birthday.
	SCENE 5	Maria lays out a bed on the floor for Tarah, which is one of the times she can get out of her wheelchair. Luis helps her out of her chair and Maria sets up a blanket for Big Bird to sleep on. As the kids sleep, Maria announces the sponsors.

Notes

• This episode was written by Emily Perl Kingsley.

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