Episode 3836

Sesame Street
Big Bird, Rosita, and Baby Bear help Luis make Maria a surprise dinner of huevos rancheros.
Air date	March 29, 1999
Season	Season 30 (1998-1999)
Sponsors K, 19 Syndication 123 Sesame Street, PBS Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	While Maria is working at the Fix-It Shop, Luis plans to cook her favorite meal, huevos rancheros, as a surprise. Big Bird, Baby Bear, and Rosita want to help, but Luis discovers he needs three tomatoes and one hot pepper, so Big Bird offers to get them at Hooper's Store.
	Cartoon	Luxo Jr. jumps out of a box and surprises Luxo (EKA: Episode 3789)
	Muppets	A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers. (EKA: Episode 1706)
	Song	"There's a Lot of Different Ways to Get to School"
	Cartoon	A boy and a girl sing the alphabet
	SCENE 2	Big Bird arrives at Hooper's Store and asks Alan for the tomatoes and pepper, being very careful not to let Maria see him with the ingredients.
	Animation	Dancing peppers
	Muppets	Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces the letter of the day
	Cartoon	The Pink Panther - K For Karate (EKA: Episode 1041)
	Muppets	Worms in Space: Slimey and his fellow worm astronauts make a letter K
	Muppets	Ernie's Show and Tell: A boy named Ben shows Ernie his map of the United States
	Animation	Animated school supplies
	SCENE 3	Big Bird tries to take the tomatoes and pepper back to Luis, but Maria intercepts him and asks for his help fixing a toaster. Meanwhile, Luis sends Rosita to find Big Bird.
	Film	William Wegman's dogs: waiter and restaurant
	Muppets	Zoe introduces a Grover sketch
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger, but Grover strongly suggests that he order the tomato surprise instead. Mr. Johnson relents and asks for the tomato surprise, only to find that it means a giant, talking tomato will be dining with him. Surprise!
	Cartoon	In a classic painting, a boy blows a bubble. It pops, and some kids yell "Surprise!" (EKA: Episode 3409)
	SCENE 4	Rosita arrives at the Fix-It Shop and takes the ingredients from Big Bird, but before she can get them back to Luis, Maria asks her to stay and help with the toaster repair.
	Muppets	Zoe shows the viewers her Zoemobile's horn and bell
	Cartoon	A cartoon game show asks to name sounds
	Celebrity	Robin Williams asks, "What's alive?" and demonstrates with his shoe. (EKA: Episode 2963)
	Cartoon	Multicolored shapes
	SCENE 5	Baby Bear goes to bring Big Bird and Rosita back with the ingredients.
	Film	Girls clap in a playground about vegetables
	Muppets	Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces the number of the day
	Cartoon	19s in space
	Film	Kids paint 19s
	Animation	Rap 19
	SCENE 6	Baby Bear gets Rosita and Big Bird to leave the Fix-It Shop with him.
	Song	"Dancing Shoes" (EKA: Episode 3096)
	Cartoon	A strong man and a nerdy man display a K
	Film	Kids in a park do karate kicks.
	Cartoon	"k" for king, kiss and key (EKA: Episode 3425)
	Cast	"Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion)
	Muppets	Zoe breifly sings a line from "Let's Go Driving"
	Animation	The word LOVE is formed on paper. (EKA: Episode 3656)
	SCENE 7	Maria comes home from work, and is surprised by the huevos rancheros.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Food
	SCENE 8	Maria enjoys the huevos rancheros. Big Bird, Baby Bear, and Rosita are asleep, exhausted from cooking. Maria and Luis say good-bye to the viewers.

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