Episode 3701

Sesame Street
The Spaceketeers!
Air date	January 19, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-1998)
Sponsors D, 14

Picture	Segment	Description
	Muppets	Worms in Space: D
	SCENE 1	After watching the previous segment, Big Bird, Elmo, Telly, Rosita and Lexine are impressed that worms can make the letter D in space. They remember when the worm spaceship lifted off (which is shown again in flashback), and decide to form a club of pretend astronauts who call themselves the "Spaceketeers." First they need space suits, which can be found at Finders Keepers.
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie and Feff appear to float around in outer space, but at the end of the sketch, it is revealed that they are just pretending to be astronauts. Artist: Mo Willems
	Muppets	Herry Monster sings "Two Heads Are Better Than One." (EKA: Episode 2783)
	Animation	Letter Garden: D (EKA: Episode 3054)
	Film	Alphaquest: D (EKA: Episode 2754)
	Animation	D for Dance: Ladies on stage dance a can-can to the tune of "The Infernal Gallop" from Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, the lyrics of which are all the letter D. (EKA: Episode 3499)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash Kermit witnesses as Don Music tries to rewrite "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." He succeeds and is joined by a country-western band, who sings "Whistle, Whistle, Little Bird." (EKA: Episode 1210)
	Cartoon	Cab Callomouse demonstrates near and far in song.
	SCENE 2	The happy Spaceketeers march as they sing their theme song. After singing it, they ask Gordon what astronauts do once they get in their space suits. Gordon and Miles explain that they have to practice shaking, to prepare for times when the spaceship shakes. Thus, the Spaceketeers practice shaking as they sing their theme.
	Cartoon	"We Are Kids from Far and Wide": West Africa (EKA: Episode 2995)
	Film	Kids rehearse a large group African dance in the park, get their faces painted, and perform. (EKA: Episode 3144)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster has a riddle: what do you get when you have one cookie between two cookies? A cookie sandwich!
File:MaskedMarch14.jpg	Animation	Masked March #14 (EKA: Episode 3379)
	Film	Kid mural painting #14 (EKA: Episode 3676)
	Cartoon	Abstract count to 14 (EKA: Episode 2992)
	SCENE 3	Telly's doll Freddy can't stop shaking, so Lexine helps out. Next, the Spaceketeers have to practice walking on the moon, where there is less gravity than there is on Earth. Miles shows them how to walk really slowly, as if they were on the moon, and they try it themselves as they sing their theme song again, and moonwalk down to Hooper's for lunch.
	Film	The letters in the word WALK across the street and through the park. (EKA: Episode 3576)
	Muppets / Celebrity	"A New Way to Walk" Celebrity version (EKA: Episode 3354)
	Cartoon	A dog, a girl and a lizard dance to a bongo beat. Artist: Karen Aqua (EKA: Episode 2795)
	Film	A girl dances a butterfly dance. (EKA: Episode 3681)
	Cartoon	D-draw, dent, drop, dancer, done (EKA: Episode 3060)
	Film	Kid jungle explorers sight a wild letter D. (EKA: Episode 3499)
	Animation	D / d (space paint) (EKA: Episode 3265)
	SCENE 4	After shaking and moonwalking, the Spaceketeers think they're ready to go to the moon - but they realize they don't have a spaceship. Lexine suggests that they use their imaginations, and they all board the pretend spaceship. Just like he did at WASA, The Count provides the countdown for them. The pretend ship blasts off, and the Spaceketeers wiggle around until the ship stops shaking. Elmo steers the ship as they float around in pretend space, avoiding the shooting stars. Finally, the ship lands on the moon, and they all get out and walk upon the moon slowly. After moonwalking, they get back into their ship, shake as it takes off, shake as it lands, and come out of it singing their song as they land on Earth.
	Cartoon	The crew on spaceship CU2 looks for signs of life in space. They spot signs such as ONE WAY, STOP, and EXIT.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover and Patrick, "moon buddies," pretend to go to the moon. They see some aliens eating moon pizza, and some astronauts.
	Cartoon	A girl talks about her skin. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2990)
	Song	Kevin Clash sings "Skin". (EKA: Episode 2749)
	Muppets	Spaceship Surprise The crew lands on the Planet SH, where they are greeted by Sheriff Shrimp, and meet a shouting shovel and shopping sheep. (EKA: Episode 2776)
	Cartoon	Leaves form a SH. (EKA: Episode 3145)
	Song	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. Re-filmed version (EKA: Episode 1899)
	Cartoon	Noodles & Nedd: Noodles tries to get Nedd to feed him while Nedd is fixated on looking at the stars through his telescope.
	SCENE 5	At night, everyone gathers on the roof top to look up into space via telescope. Elmo thinks the moon looks like a big white pizza, and Rosita agrees. All the Spaceketeers think they had a great day today, and Gordon suggests that maybe someday they'll be real astronauts. They sing their theme song once again, and wish Slimey good luck in space. Telly and Rosita announce the sponsors, which appear in the stars and reports that Slimey's spaceship is still on its way to the moon.
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Baby Natasha grabs onto Snuffy's snuffle, and won't let go...

Notes

• Annie Evans wrote this episode.

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