| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Baby Bear wants Goldilocks to read to him |
| Air date | April 22, 1998 |
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) |
| Sponsors | F, 11 |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
  | SCENE 1 | At Hooper's, Baby Bear waits for his reading buddy, Carlo, to read him "The Three Little Pigs." Carlo laments that he's too busy to read to him at the moment, which disappoints Baby Bear. He immediately thinks Goldilocks is going to volunteer to be his reading buddy, and shuns her off, but she reveals that she is Max's reading buddy. |
 | Cartoon | Gordon narrates "The Maestro Plays," a story featuring adverbs. (EKA: Episode 3579) |
 | Film | Two kids play drums as animated kid-drawn figures clap with the beat. (EKA: Episode 2847) |
 | Muppets | Rosita sings “No Matter What Your Language.” (EKA: Episode 3664) |
 | Cartoon | A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 3087) |
 | Film | Letter Garden: F (EKA: Episode 3048) |
 | Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie hates the letter F, until all F things disappear, including the furniture, the floor and the firefighter. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3274) |
 | Film | The letter F appears, Jaws-like, out of a swimming pool. (EKA: Episode 3394) |
  | SCENE 2 | Baby Bear is surprised that Goldilocks is Max's reading buddy, but still refuses to have Goldilocks be his reading buddy, or even listen while she reads to Max. Still, he can't keep his ears covered forever, and slowly begins to listen in suspense ... |
 | SCENE 2 cont'd | By the time Goldilocks finishes the story, Baby Bear is now convinced that Goldilocks would make a good reading buddy for him. Unfortunately, she's also an alphabet buddy to someone, so she has to run off. |
 | Cartoon | A pig sings "I Love Being a Pig." (new sound effects added) (EKA: Episode 0592) |
 | Film | Two sisters make their own buildings, both with paper and blocks. (EKA: Episode 3686) |
 | Cartoon | A fish appears under the boat, while a pelican appears over it. |
 | Celebrity | Little Richard sings "Rubber Duckie." (EKA: Episode 3309) |
 | Cartoon | A scientist builds a robot that has real feelings, such as sad, happy and afraid. (new music added) (EKA: Episode 0812) |
 | SCENE 3 | Baby Bear pursues Goldilocks and begs her to read "The Three Little Pigs" to him again, but she doesn't have time because she's an alphabet buddy to Lauren. They all say the alphabet together, but Goldilocks has to be a jumping-and-wiggling buddy to someone. |
 | Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. (new music added) Artist: Cliff Roberts (EKA: Episode 1710) |
 | Film | Jerry Nelson sings "The Turtle Song" over footage of turtles. (EKA: Episode 3677) |
 | Animation | Two kids sitting on the grass look the same until they get colored with different skin, but they have the same reaction when a dog comes around. (EKA: Episode 3745) |
 | Muppets | Grover and Elmo sing "Red and Blue." (First: Episode 3656) |
 | Cartoon | A man encounters someone with a DANGER sign hanging on the end of his nose, and doubts there's any danger until the character sneezes. (new music added) (EKA: Episode 1199) |
  | Insert | "Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate the word DANGER. (EKA: Episode 3713) |
 | Cartoon | A detective decides to exercise on a slow day, as a crook attempts to get rid of him. (EKA: Episode 2607) |
 | SCENE 4 | Baby Bear catches up to Goldilocks as she is about to lead some kids in a jumping-and-wiggling workout. Baby Bear reluctantly joins them, and when they're done, he hopes she'll read to him, but then assumes she's got something else going on, and storms off in a huff. |
 | Film | Wegman's dogs: "Jack Be Nimble" (EKA: Episode 3579) |
 | Muppets | Bert sings "Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons" to address the importance of proper trash disposal for the sake of pigeons. (EKA: Episode 2710) |
 | Cartoon | Noodles and Nedd eat lots of chocolates, but they don't litter. (EKA: Episode 3698) |
 | Film | A girl writes to her grandmother about going to summer camp. (EKA: Episode 3270) |
 | Song | "It's A Lovely Eleven Morning" (new sound effects) Artist: Bud Luckey (EKA: Episode 0514) |
 | Film | Milo Counting: 11 (EKA: Episode 3585) |
 | Cartoon | A bus driver counts 11 of each necessity for a bus trip camping. (First: Episode 3151) |
  | Muppets | When Zoe wants Maria to read to her, Big Bird tells her what to say: "Read Me a Story." (EKA: Episode 3388) |
 | Cartoon | Fleas have fun in fur! (new sound effects added) Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2496) |
 | Film | Letter F words are found on the street. (EKA: Episode 3353) |
 | Animation | F / f (space paint) (First: Episode 3215) |
 | Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: 12 Angry Men (EKA: Episode 3075) |
 | Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "In My Book." (EKA: Episode 3018) |
   | SCENE 5 | A sad Baby Bear sits at Hooper's, giving Carlo a recap how he spent his day chasing Goldilocks, whom he still wishes would be his reading buddy. Suddenly, she arrives, bringing along her reading club, which consists of the wolf and the pigs from Baby Bear's favorite story! She begins reading to them, while Carlo announces the sponsors and reports the status of Slimey's spaceship. |
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