Episode 3712

Sesame Street
Telly's greetings and goodbyes/ Snuffleupagus stories
Air date	February 3, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-1998)
Sponsors J, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Alice has invented a new dance, which Snuffy names the “La, La, La and Turn Around Dance”. Her dance makes her dizzy and she falls. Snuffy claims this as her second new dance, “The Stand Up and Fall Down Dance”.
	Film	A girl dances a butterfly dance. (EKA: Episode 3681)
	Insert	None, some and all of the dancers dance as Big Bird narrates. (EKA: Episode 3427)
	Cartoon	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 2226)
	Film	"We have a nice school"... with ducks. (EKA: Episode 3144)
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Funky Funk - Dixie dance Part 1
	Cartoon	The dancing birds dance fast and slow. Artist: Karen Aqua (EKA: Episode 3109)
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Funky Funk - Dixie dance Part 2
	Film	Korean girls do a spring dance. (EKA: Episode 3170)
	Cartoon	Ballet-dancing yaks show their fronts and backs. (EKA: Episode 3056)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Erykah Badu introduces herself to Elmo, Baby Bear, Zoe and Rosita, who are hesitant to join her at first, but they end up singing "We're All Friends."
	Animation	Two giddy female scribbles introduce themselves to a bar code, who can only beep. They recognize him from the supermarket. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 3012)
	Film	Girls sing a jump-rope rhyme about naming a puppy.
	Cartoon	"There's an Exercise That's Right" even for a snake. (EKA: Episode 2995)
	Muppets	Wish You Were Here Big Bird goes fishing in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with his friends Colin and Marlee. It takes awhile for him to catch one, but he finally does. (EKA: Episode 3492)
	Cartoon	A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself. (EKA: Episode 1736)
	Song	"What's Inside?" (Cookie Monster cameo) (EKA: Episode 3134)
	Cartoon	The Carrot (censored version) Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1211)
	SCENE 2	Telly asks Luis to shake his hand, so that he can figure out how to make his own handshake. He mentions the others he’s shaken hands with today and claims each one is different. Luis encourages Telly to try out his idea, which is quite different than Luis expected.
	Cartoon	Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat. (re-recorded soundtrack) (EKA: Episode 1136)
	Muppets	Template:Ebe At the movies, Ernie sits behind a woman wearing a tall hat. (EKA: Episode 0677)
	Cartoon	A man wants a hat, but the hat shop owner's hats are all the same - except for a ten-gallon hat, which complements the customer's horseback riding nicely. (new music added) (EKA: Episode 1011)
	Song	"We're All Growin'"" (EKA: Episode 3141)
	Cartoon	Jughead Jones's J story (new music added) (EKA: Episode 0231)
	Muppets	"J Friends" (EKA: Episode 0339)
	Cartoon	Typewriter Guy: J for jump Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1957)
	SCENE 3	Telly is still performing his long and complex handshake. Before Luis has to leave, Telly shares another note he’s made – everyone says goodbye differently too. Luis tells him he doesn’t have to decide it right away or even at all. As Luis returns to his book, Telly begins saying a whole variety of goodbyes, forcing Luis to leave.
	Film	Fay Ray's head moves across the floor from left to right. (EKA: Episode 3145)
	Animation	The word DOG is spelled out over a wiener dog. (EKA: Episode 3425)
	Film	Fay Ray's head moves across the floor from right to left. (EKA: Episode 3145)
	Muppets	Count von Count sings "Lambaba" as he counts sheep and other animals that pop into the room. (EKA: Episode 2789)
	Animation	Elephants appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays.
	Film	A girl helps her family prepare Trinidadian roti dishes for her dad's food truck. She and her dad drive to New York City to serve the roti to customers.
	Cartoon	The Quadratic Equations (from the Lunar Lounge) sing about 4 and their four heads.
	Kids	Four kids dance in a colorblock grid.
	Cartoon	Four elephants at the circus Artist: Owe Gustafson (EKA: Episode 2834)
	SCENE 4	Ruthie finds a sad Alice and Snuffy in the park, whose mom was going to read to them, but had to leave for work. Ruthie offers to read them “Snufflelina”, with Snuffy intervening to remind her of how their mother reads it to them, including letting Alice sit on her lap (putting Ruthie in immense pain).
	Cartoon	Anansi the Spider tells a story of how he helped the monkey and the baboon reach a compromise. (EKA: Episode 3438)
	Muppets	Mr. Johnson wants something to read, so Flight Attendant Grover suggests reading the EXIT sign, the safety manual and the tag on the collar of his shirt. After he informs Mr. Johnson that the airplane is out of newspapers and magazines, he sets the fat blue man on his lap and tells him to read his lips as he recites a story. (EKA: Episode 3664)
	Animation	Four airplanes take off one by one. (EKA: Episode 3067)
	Song	"Brand New Look" - people try on glasses. (EKA: Episode 3355)
	Animation	J / j Gregorian chant (EKA: Episode 3370)
	Song	"J, How Jazzy Can You Get?" (EKA: Episode 3408)
	Animation	A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (EKA: Episode 2228)
	Film	Puzzle pieces make a video of a bear. (EKA: Episode 3085)
	SCENE 5	After the story, Snuffy remembers that their mom reads the book twice, but the second time Alice doesn’t sit on her lap, he does! Ruthie pleads not be sat upon and suggest his snuffle rests on her lap instead. As Ruthie reads, Telly leans into frame, announces the sponsors and Slimey’s progress to the moon then says goodbye in a multitude of ways.
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Oscar, Telly and Maria watch as the Wiggleprise crew’s pink bowling ball flies and hits the “Wrong Way” button!

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