Episode 3618

Sesame Street
Staring contest (repeat from Season 26)'
Air date	March 26, 1997
Season	Season 28 (1996-1997)
Sponsors S, Y, 8

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird is tiding his nest for his playdate with Snuffy, where they will play “Snuffle-tag” all day in the park. Suddenly, he hears some commotion nearby and goes to investigate.
	SCENE 1 cont’d	Big Bird finds Carlo supervising a staring contest between Lexine and Tarah. Carlo explains the rules of the game as they begin another round, which Lexine looses. Big Bird then faces against Tarah and wins. Excited, Big Bird goes to tell Snuffy about the game.
	Cartoon	A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me." (EKA: Episode 2960)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert asks who Ernie is decorating the room for. It turns out to be the viewer at home. (EKA: Episode 0352)
	Animation	Y: Yuri, a yellow yak, eats yams and yogurt.
	Film	Y for yell, yellow, yodel (EKA: Episode 3522)
	Cartoon	Y for yawn (EKA: Episode 0301)
	SCENE 2	Snuffy tells the viewer how excited he is to play Snuffle-tag, when Big Bird arrives and tells him about staring contests. However, Snuffy still wants to play tag. Big Bird suggests they take turns and play Snuffle-Tag after they have a staring contest. Although he is sure he will win, Big Bird blinks and looses the game. He insists they play again, but looses a second time. Snuffy finds the game fun and they start a new round.
	Cartoon	"Just look for letters in all the parts you know" (EKA: Episode 3395)
	Film	At the harbor, kids learn about dolphins, and how to communicate with them using signals. (EKA: Episode 3010)
	Cartoon	AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor ... (EKA: Episode 0801)
	Muppets	Template:Mkmg Grover and Jesse talk about love. (EKA: Episode 2573)
	Cartoon	"Alphabet Jungle" (EKA: Episode 2879)
	SCENE 3	As the pair continues staring, Big Bird blinks and looses for the nineteenth time in a row. Snuffy is growing weary of the game, but Big Bird insists they keep playing until he scores at least one game. Snuffy then gets an idea to let Big Bird win, but Big Bird sees through it. Big Bird promises they’ll play Snuffle-Tag once he wins, then goes off to find help.
	Song	"It's a Long Hard Road, But I'm Gonna Get There." (EKA: Episode 3398)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster shares a pair of headphones. (EKA: Episode 1709)
	Cartoon	S for scribble, scrub, scrunch, splash, spring, spin, stomp, scream, stop, sorry Artist: Fred Garbers
	Film	Kids hold an S and a square (EKA: Episode 3314)
	Cartoon	The letter S grows on a vine.
	SCENE 4	Big Bird enlists Carlo to help him. He has borrowed “Staring Made E-Z” from the library. The first practice method builds his concentration skills. He opens and closes his eyes, then looks at the sky, the ground, his wing then turns around. After spinning so much, he crashes. The book thinks he is now ready and Big Bird calls Snuffy in to play a rematch. Big Bird looses again, however. The book then suggests he watch the following segment...
	Animation	Space frogs count to 10. (EKA: Episode 3109)
	Muppets	Kermit sings "On My Pond." (EKA: Episode 2356)
	Cartoon	"Water Conservation": Frank the fish calls Carl and tells him not to leave the water running while brushing his teeth, otherwise the lake will be dry. Artist: Peter Chung (EKA: Episode 2746)
	SCENE 5	The next exercise requires knowledge of the alphabet, a nest, a tennis racket and a monster. Zoe happens by and is commissioned into the exercise. The exercise has him recite the alphabet while staring at the nest, the racket and Zoe while she hops. Zoe’s hopping makes him dizzy and crash once more. Big Bird calls Snuffy in once more, but looses again. The book then advises him to relax and watch a song about Sammy the Snake...
	Muppets / Celebrity	Carol Channing sings a spoof of "Hello, Dolly!" with Sammy the Snake, praising his ability to look and sound like an S. (EKA: Episode 2227)
	SCENE 5 cont'd	For the next exercise, Big Bird must stare at the letter S without blinking.
	Film	Kid jungle explorers sight a wild letter S.
	Muppets	Kingston Livingston III sings "Just Happy to Be Me." (EKA: Episode 3178)
	Animation	Counting 8 harvesters (EKA: Episode 2981)
	SCENE 6	Next, he must stare at a number 8.
File:3976zf.jpg	Video	Eight children dance in a colorblock grid. (EKA: Episode 3132)
	Film	Wegman's dogs form the numbers 1-8. (EKA: Episode 3438)
	Muppets	"Some Enchanted Lunchtime"
	Cartoon	I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (EKA: Episode 1186)
	Song	"It's Harder the First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve. (EKA: Episode 3038)
	SCENE 7	Big Bird has completed all the exercises and is ready to take on Snuffy. Once they play again, Big Bird looses. The book suggests he quit staring and find something else he’s good at, like Snuffle-Tag. They both begin playing the game as they head down the street, which Big Bird proves to be an expert at. He thinks a book on the game would help Snuffy, but Carlo leaves before he can bring up the idea to him.
	Cartoon	A girl explains why she likes the poet Grubby Gru. Artist: Mo Willems (EKA: Episode 3280)
	Muppets	Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy. (First: Episode 2637)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." Re-filmed version (EKA: Episode 2784)
	Cartoon	A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 2238)
	SCENE 8	Savion dances a little and is about to announce the sponsors, when Big Bird rushes to him and asks him to say them without blinking. He announces them, but Big Bird thinks he blinked and has him start over.
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Zoe expresses to Celina her efforts to make Elmo talking during the "No-Talking Game."

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