Sesame Street
Plot	Big Bird's show and tell
Air date	January 19, 2000
Season	Season 31 (2000)
Sponsors	C, 14
Syndication	123 Sesame Street, PBS Sprout
Releases

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, and finds two kids with something to show for show-and-tell day at their school. Big Bird suddenly tells Miles and Gabi what he just saw, and they tell him what show-and-tell is. He becomes inspired ...
	Cartoon	A girl bring her pet iguana to school for show and tell. (EKA: Episode 3767)
	Muppets	Ernie's Show and Tell A girl named Rebecca shows Ernie her crown (EKA: Episode 3826)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird has become inspired to start his own show-and-tell day. He proposes it to Telly and Rosita, and they agree to join him, but Telly says they have to plan all the details about it first - where, when, who else to invite, who will show their thing first, etc, etc.
	Animation	Number creatures #14 (EKA: Episode 2781)
	Film	Kid mural painting #14 (EKA: Episode 3676)
	Cartoon	Jerry Nelson sings about 14s appearing in the desert. Artist: Joey Ahlbum (EKA: Episode 3482)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird invites Gina to the show-and-tell, and she accepts.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Big Bird is about to find his own thing for the show-and-tell, when Oscar the Grouch asks for an invitation. Big Bird invites him, and gets a no, because Oscar loves turning down invitations to such nice things.
	Cartoon	A fan reveals the letter C. (EKA: Episode 2900)
	Muppets	Worms in Space make the letter C. (EKA: Episode 3739)
	Song	"C, You're Cool" (EKA: Episode 3563)
	SCENE 4	Gina and Telly are the first to arrive for the show-and-tell. Telly has brought a box of items to choose from, including a triangle and a pencil sharpener. Since Gina knows what both of those things are, he rules out the use of those, thinking they won't be as interesting as the other stuff that will be shown and told about today. He finds a strange-looking object that neither he nor Gina can identify, so he rules that out as well.
	Song	"Exploring in Your Closet" (EKA: Episode 3132)
	SCENE 5	The show-and-tell is about to begin. Everyone feels ready for it, except Telly. Rosita displays her one-monster orchestra, which she plays. Now Telly doesn't feel like showing his alarm clock that plays "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and looks in his box for something else.
	Animation	A string quartet tunes up before it plays "Mary Had a Little Lamb." (EKA: Episode 3744)
	Muppets	Marilyn Horne sings an opera version of "C is for Cookie". (EKA: Episode 3189)
	Animation	A strange poem with C words. (EKA: Episode 3729)
	SCENE 6	Now it's Big Bird's turn, so he displays the shell of the egg he hatched out of. He explains to Zoe that he was a lot smaller back then, and could only say "peep peep."
	SCENE 6 cont'd	Telly keeps looking in his box for something to show, and digs up a toy dinosaur with airplane parts glued to it - either it's a "dino plane" or an "aerosaur." He assumes everyone probably has one of those, so he looks some more.
	Animation	A chicken lays 20 eggs, which hatch. (EKA: Episode 3426)
	Cartoon	Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts
	Film	Portraits of kids display the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 3286)
	SCENE 7	Gina displays her Sesame Street Library card, as well as the items she borrowed with it today. Everyone is impressed, but Baby Bear feels distressed because he was going to show his brand-new library card, but Rosita points out that both library cards are different, and thus worth showing and telling about. Baby Bear goes into details about the books he borrowed, while Telly continues to look inside his box.
	Song	"In the Library" (EKA: Episode 3491)
	Muppets	Worms in Space make the number 14. (EKA: Episode 3736)
	Cartoon	Abstract count to 14 (EKA: Episode 3103)
	SCENE 8	Zoe displays her flower, a geranium, which she grew all by herself from a seed. She goes into detail about the growing process.
	SCENE 8 cont'd	Now it's Telly's turn ... but he still doesn't think he has anything as interesting to show and tell about. He wants to go home and sit in his big comfy rocking chair, which Big Bird expresses interest in seeing. Telly becomes inspired, and heads home.
	Animation	Flower pattern - what goes in the middle? (EKA: Episode 3849)
	Cartoon	A bird displays the front and back of a turtle. (new sound effects added) (EKA: Episode 3086)
	SCENE 9	Telly comes back from home, carrying his big comfy rocking chair. He mentions the things he can do while sitting in it, such as reading, thinking, listening to the radio, just being quiet - and, of course, rocking. Everyone asks for a turn to sit in the chair, and Telly gives them permission. Baby Bear enjoys sitting in the chair, especially since Goldilocks isn't around.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Drawing
	SCENE 10	Zoe and Rosita enjoy their chair session, as Gina announces the sponsors.

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