Episode 3725

Sesame Street
Plot	Prairie gives Maria the gift of music
Air date	February 20, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-98)
Sponsors	X, 0
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Maria welcomes the viewer, when Prairie Dawn pushes her piano to the shop. She is sad because her piano no longer makes beautiful music, but funny sounds. Maria inspects, then asks if Prairie went to the park today. She recalls doing so, leaving her piano alone while she rested under a tree. Maria shows her that a squirrel stored nuts inside while she wasn't looking and caused the piano to sound that way. The piano sounds fine now and Prairie decides to share her happiness with Maria by singing a song for her (albeit slowly and off-key).
	Cartoon	A mouse sings "Felines," a song about emotions, to the tune of "Feelings." (EKA: Episode 3314)
	Film	What sound does a cat make?
	Muppets	Bip Bippadotta and friends show none, some and all.
	Cartoon	A lizard, a girl and a dog dance. Artist: Karen Aqua (EKA: Episode 2795)
	Song	"Look Who's Dancing" (EKA: Episode 3665)
	Animation	"We Are Kids From Far and Wide": Jittar, who lives in Thailand, describes the holiday of Songkran. (EKA: Episode 3010)
	SCENE 2	As Prairie continues playing, Maria finds the toaster she's fixing is missing a part and goes into The Fix-It Shop to get one. Prairie thinks Maria can't her the music from inside, so she starts pushing the piano toward the door. Maria can't get out and tells Prairie to stop playing when she's inside and take a break from playing. They both start to push the piano back.
	Film	Various demonstrations of the word PUSH.
	Cartoon	A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success. (new music added) (EKA: Episode 1056)
	Muppets	Marshal Grover and Fred figure on making it into town by nightfall until they come across a fence with no edge in sight to go around. Grover tries getting past it in various ways: going under, over and through, but he's not successful. Deciding that they're stuck for the night, Grover starts to break out the marshmallows and asks Fred for his pajamas. But Fred has another idea that Grover hasn't been listening to: they can go through the fence. (EKA: Episode 3449)
	Animation	A horseshoe and boot pattern
	Film	Wegman's dogs form the letter X and demonstrate an X-ray.
	Cartoon	The Typewriter gets a check-up.
	Animation	The letter X in various typefaces. (EKA: Episode 3006)
	Film	Kids play loud and soft notes on the Shpritzer. (EKA: Episode 3428)
	SCENE 3	Prairie waits for Maria to exit so she can play some more. Maria finally exits, but with a loud drill that Prairie's music can't be heard over. Maria says that music isn't necessary while she works. Prairie decides to find a way for her to hear it anyhow.
	Cartoon / Film	Gordon narrates "The Maestro Plays," a story featuring adverbs. (no child commentary) (EKA: Episode 3595)
	Film	A Japanese mother shows her son how to play taiko drums. (EKA: Episode 3156)
	Animation	Counting 1-10 and 10-0 in Spanish (Maria voice-over) (EKA: Episode 3008)
	Muppets	Wish You Were Here Big Bird visits Union City, New Jersey, where he learns how to play some Cuban games with some kids. (EKA: Episode 3085)
	Cartoon	A coach gives a pep talk to the number zero.
	Muppets	Zoe and Wolfgang demonstrate the concept of zero. (EKA: Episode 3480)
	Cartoon	A girl's friend tries to guess how many elephants she saw at the zoo today; the answer is zero. (EKA: Episode 3705)
	SCENE 4	Prairie has figured out a way to make Maria hear her music while she drills: a band to accompany, as well as a megaphone to boost her voice. Maria likes it and continues to work.
	Cartoon	All the instruments in Sousaville love Mr. Tuba's music, but when he plays with them, he doesn't play the same music they're playing. Artist: ArtistMike (EKA: Episode 2859)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Jordan sings the alphabet for Grover. (EKA: Episode 3563)
	Film	Two boys walk though a city neighborhood to some funky break dancing music. (EKA: Episode 2679)
	Animation	The letter X appears on-screen. (EKA: Episode 2934)
	Film	The letter X dances at the beach.
	Animation	A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of Henri Rousseau's painting. (Martin Robinson voiceover)
	SCENE 5	Prairie's band has now expanded with more singers, a Honker and a Dinger, while Rosita and Baby Bear dance. Maria doesn't like the loud music, especially when she can't hear her customer. Maria explains she can't get any work done while the loud music plays and asks her to play when she's done working, so she can they concentrate on her music.
	Song	"Did You Ever Want to See What the Birdies See?" (EKA: Episode 3681)
	Cartoon	Noodles and Nedd play shadow games indoors with a flashlight, and outdoors. (EKA: Episode 3704)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Denyce Graves tucks Elmo into bed and sings him an Operatic Lullaby. (EKA: Episode 3697)
	Animation	Stop-motion: The word TOY is spelled in blocks. (EKA: Episode 3702)
	SCENE 6	Maria is now done working and Prairie begins her show. Baby Bear stars as Prairie, who tries playing his piano (Rosita), but it doesn't work, except at making Rosita ticklish, because a squirrel (Lexine) had put nuts in it. Gabi portrays her mother, who finds the nuts and fixes it.
	SCENE 6 cont'd	Maria applauds and announces the sponsors in song. A squirrel pops up, looking for a nut-filled piano.
	SCENE 6 cont'd	"And Slimey's spaceship is still on the way to the moon!"
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly, Baby Bear, Elmo and the kids do a strange workout while Carlo looks on.