Episode 3505

Sesame Street
Zoe wants a pet
Air date	April 19, 1996
Season	Season 27 (1995-1996)
Sponsors I, 8

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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Zoe and Carlo meet Linda and Barkley in the park. Linda uses sign language to tell Barkley to sit and roll over. Zoe thinks it would be nice to have a pet, and asks Linda if she can have Barkley. Linda says Barkley is her pet, so Zoe decides to find a pet of her own.
	Animation	The word "dog" appears on-screen, followed by a shot of a dog (EKA: Episode 3124)
	Muppets	“Cereal Girl” (EKA: Episode 2687)
	Cartoon	Pencil box I / i (EKA: Episode 3040)
	Animation	Ornate letter I swinging through the air in a song. (EKA: Episode 3056)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (EKA: Episode 0340)
File:3505squirrelzoe.jpg	SCENE 2	Zoe decides she will get a pet squirrel, so she stops one who is looking for nuts in the park. She tells it to sit, and it says it doesn’t do tricks. She tells it that it’s her pet now, and it can come live with her in her apartment. It says it lives in the park, and would be sad living in an apartment. Disappointed, Zoe realizes that she will have to find a different pet, so she’ll just give her bag of peanuts to someone else. As she is leaving, the squirrel tells her to wait—it will do anything for the peanuts—sit, roll over, beg—if she’d just come back!
	Cartoon	“Felines” (EKA: Episode 3314)
	Muppets	Wish You Were Here: Big Bird visits the Green Market in Union Square. He thinks food comes out of packaging, but his friends show him how food is grown on their farm.
	Song	“You Don't Have to Be a Grizzly” explains that kids and animals can like the same foods. (EKA: Episode 3397)
	Muppets	‘‘‘Monsterpiece Theater:’’ The King and I (EKA: Episode 2695)
	Animation	I / i candles (EKA: Episode 3107)
	Animation	I / i Gregorian Chant (EKA: Episode 3409)
	SCENE 3	At Hooper's Store, Zoe laments to Telly and Carlo that she still cannot find a pet. Then she asks Carlo to sit down, which he does, and if he is happy living in an apartment. She decides that he is her new pet. Telly says Carlo can’t be her pet because he has to work at the store and live with his parents in their apartment. Zoe then tells Telly that he will be here pet and tells him to sit. He says no, he doesn’t want to sit. She is sad, so he agrees to pretend to be her pet for a while.
	Cartoon	A man talks about how much he loves his bones. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2955)
	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	Three scribbles exercise. (EKA: Episode 2482)
	Song	Kevin Clash sings “The Pasta Song” (EKA: Episode 3137)
	Cartoon	The 8 Brothers Circus displays 8 elephants. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (EKA: Episode 2176)
	Muppets	The Rainbow Fish counts groups of 8 in the ocean. (EKA: Episode 2909)
File:Pinball8.jpg	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #8 (EKA: Episode 2402)
	SCENE 4	Zoe orders Telly to sit, but he doesn’t want to. He suggests he try a different trick—saying the alphabet. Zoe doesn’t think that would be much of a trick, so Telly says the alphabet while jumping up and down on one leg. Exhausted after the feat, he obeys Zoe’s command to lie down.
	Cartoon	What if we celebrated Valentine’s Day with chickens instead of hearts? (EKA: Episode 0815)
	Muppets	Some Anything Muppets sing about the staff you'll meet in "First Grade."
	Cartoon	A little boy asks his big brother questions about what happens at school. (new music added) Artist: John Korty (EKA: Episode 3086)
	Cartoon	A dog dances with Elmo. Artist: Karen Aqua
	Film	Wegman's dogs: Little Miss Muffet deals with a spider. (EKA: Episode 3449)
	SCENE 5	Zoe wants Telly to do another trick, so he counts to 40 while twisting.
	Cartoon	Counting 40 pigs Artist: Keith Haring (EKA: Episode 3084)
	Song	Tony Bennett and Lexine sing “Little Things”
	Cartoon	A boy puts together a fishbowl, and watches his fish swim around in it. (EKA: Episode 2630)
	Muppets	Template:Eba Ernie wants to go outside and play catch, but Bert gets him interested in watching his goldfish. (EKA: Episode 2488)
	Cartoon	How I got the hives, a true story by Corky Pumpkin. Artist: ArtistMike
	SCENE 6	Back at Hooper’s Store, Telly is finally fed up with pretending to be Zoe’s pet. Zoe is sad, and Carlo suggests she try to find another pretend pet. Linda understands how Zoe feels, and knows how to fix the problem.
	Cartoon	A gorilla outgrows his toy fire truck, and is about to throw it away, when he decides to pass it on to his little brother. (EKA: Episode 2990)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation, just using the letters of the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 0267)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie announces that her cat Feff will jump ON a box and say meow, but he keeps jumping OFF when she puts him on, so Suzie does it instead. Artist: Mo Willems
	SCENE 7	After having talked to Zoe’s mom, Linda gives Zoe a kitten. Zoe names the kitten Linda, and informs it of today’s sponsors. Carlo adds that Sesame Street is a production of the Children's Television Workshop.

Notes

• This episode was written by Ian Ellis James.

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