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Episode 3713

Sesame Street
Plot	Crisis on the Wiggleprise
Air date	February 4, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-1998)
Sponsors	Z, 2
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Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	It's late at night and everyone on Sesame Street is sleeping. Suddenly, a red siren goes off at the WASA monitoring station Around the Corner and wakes up Oscar, Maria and Telly. Something may be wrong with Slimey's mission to the Moon.
	SCENE 1	The worm technicians are buzzing about trying to figure out what's going on. Professor Albert Einslime appears to be in charge, but he won't know what's going on until they make contact with the Wiggleprise. When they make visual contact, it appears that the ship's crew are arguing over who gets to use the pink bowling ball. Dr. Einslime explains that this happens to worms in space after being cooped up for so long and states that this could be a dangerous emergency. If they can't cooperate with one another, they may not get to the moon. Telly frets that they could even get lost in space.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Einslime says that to help, Oscar, Telly and Maria must sing "The Worm Cooperation Song." Reluctantly, Oscar agrees to sing for Slimey. When the worms form a star together, it looks like they're not fighting anymore, but once the song stops, they resume their quarrel over the bowling ball. The song has to be sung again...
	Insert	"Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate the word DANGER.
	Muppets	How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger." (EKA: Episode 2487)
	Film	Children demonstrate "up" and "down" with balls. (EKA: Episode 3665)
	Cartoon	Z In Space (EKA: Episode 0872)
	Film	Kid jungle explorers sight a wild Letter Z. (EKA: Episode 3682)
	Cartoon	Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (EKA: Episode 1364)
	Muppets	A trio of bugs sing "Night Bug Boogie." (EKA: Episode 3079)
	Cartoon	The crew on spaceship CU2 looks for signs of life in space. They spot signs such as ONE WAY, STOP, and EXIT. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 3663)
	SCENE 2	The song isn't working after several choruses; the worms are still fighting over the pink bowling ball. Suddenly, the ball breaks free from their grasp and floats toward the ship's control panel and hits the Wrong Way button. Instantly, the ship changes course, making a 180º turn away from the moon.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Because this is WASA's first mission to the moon, Maria is instructed to read their official Worm Spaceship Manual to figure out what to do. She finds the section on the Wrong Button, which strictly instructs never to press it -- but if this has already been done, all you have to do is push the Right Way button. The only problem is that the Right Way button is outside the spaceship, located near the tippy-tippy top so that it can't be pushed by mistake.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	It's determined that one of the worms has to crawl outside, and Slimey is the first to volunteer for the job. Oscar realizes that the only way this can happen is if everyone cooperates.
	Cartoon	In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930's, Cab Callomouse attends a revue at the Lunar Lounge.
	Cast	Wish You Were Here: Gabi and Miles take a tour of the Kennedy Space Center, where they learn about how rockets are launched into space, along with a group of other kids. Miles works at Mission Control, while Gabi pretends to be an astronaut.
	Cartoon	Astronauts form a 2 in space.
	Song	"2, 2, 2, Me and You." (EKA: Episode 3690)
	Cartoon	Egyptian #2 (EKA: Episode 3291)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover and Meghan pretend to go to the moon. (EKA: Episode 3696)
	Cartoon	Noodles & Nedd make the bed. Artist: John R. Dilworth (EKA: Episode 3697)
	SCENE 3	Taking charge of the situation, Oscar dons a headset and initiates a plan, assigning jobs for the worm astronauts. With each of them wearing a space suit, Slimey is ready to crawl to the top of the spaceship and the others are going to form a worm ladder to hang onto him out the door of the ship.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Oscar, Maria and Telly watch as Slimey slowly climbs to the top, hits the button for course correction, and squiggles his way back into the ship safely. Maria congratulates Oscar for his leadership, but he apologetically claims that he had to cooperate for Slimey's sake.
	Cartoon	A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and crickets. Her snores frighten the real monster. Artist: Deanna Morse (EKA: Episode 2951)
	Muppets	Ernie sings "Imagine That", a song about imagining things that he'd like to be. First, he imagines that he's a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon. Then he imagines being a sailor crossing the sea. Finally, he decides that he's happy being himself. (EKA: Episode 2784)
	Film	A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry. (EKA: Episode 3120)
	Cartoon	A television reveals many Z words.
	Animation	The Letter Z in various typefaces. (EKA: Episode 2855)
	Cartoon	An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests. (EKA: Episode 2489)
	Film	The floating kids form a square (EKA: Episode 3132)
	Cartoon	Alice Kadeezenberry tries to water the plants, but notices the hose doesn't go far enough for her to do so. After several harebrained attempts, she uses a nearby watering can. Artist: Paul Fierlinger
	Muppets / Celebrity	Los Lobos sings "Elmo and the Lavender Moon." (EKA: Episode 3101)
	Animation	A boy has a dream in which he floats in Outer Space between things. (EKA: Episode 3093)
	Song	Jeff Redd sings "Between" (EKA: Episode 2822)
	Film	A karate team punches out the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 3447)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (underscore added to intro) (EKA: Episode 2619)
	Film	A boy is scared to go to sleep at night, until his dad tells him to use his imagination to calm himself down. He conducts a symphony with his toys. (EKA: Episode 3291)
	Cartoon	The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages. (EKA: Episode 2622)
	SCENE 4	All pooped out from their rescue mission, the worms are dressed in their pajamas to get ready for bed.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Satisfied that Slimey is no longer in danger, Oscar, Telly and Maria head back to their homes. On their way, they look up and reflect on the fact that Slimey is among the stars headed for the moon. Telly can't see them, but Maria says that it's because they're so far away. She announces the sponsors, which appear in the stars.
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly wishes Oscar wanted to play something with him, when a ball lands in his hands. "Thank you, Ball Fairy!"