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Episode 3874
| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Snuffy and Big Bird talk about their family relationships. |
| Air date | February 3, 2000 |
| Season | Season 31 (2000) |
| Sponsors | O, 4 |
| Syndication | 123 Sesame Street, PBS Sprout |
| Releases | |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | | Big Bird is practicing the Alphabet Song because he's going to sing it with Snuffy, his best friend. Big Bird welcomes the viewer and announces that Snuffy be coming soon. Snuffy arrives, but he can't stay long; he has to help his mother. With interest, Big Bird points out that Snuffy is both a friend friend and someone's son. |
 | | "Doing the Family Thing" (EKA: Episode 3284) |
 | | Two-Headed Monster: MOM. (EKA: Episode 3187) |
 | | A kid makes a birthday card for his mom. (EKA: Episode 3784) |
 | | Snuffy returns to sing the Alphabet Song, but he has to take care of Alice as well. However, every time Big Bird and Snuffy try to sing, Alice interrupts, wanting Snuffy to play ball with her. Big Bird observes that his friend is a mother's son, and a sister's big brother. |
 | | Dancing with My Family (EKA: Episode 3673) |
 | | Muppet & Kid Moments: Ernie talks to Vandy about families, and lets her keep Rubber Duckie for a day. |
 | | Two camels at a watering hole learn to share. (EKA: Episode 3565) |
 | | Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces a segment with the letter O. |
 | | A woman sings the "O" sound in a brief opera. (EKA: Episode 3766) |
 | | Letter Garden: O (EKA: Episode 3010) |
 | | Alice takes a nap, so now Big Bird and Snuffy can sing the Alphabet Song, but now Snuffy's favorite uncle, Uncle Abe, comes to visit. Big Bird finds it fascinating that Snuffy is also a nephew. |
 | | A girl dances her way into her family portrait. (EKA: Episode 3719) |
 | | Tracy Chapman sings with the Muppets about asking questions. (EKA: Episode 3702) |
 | | Lillian, the big sister. (EKA: Episode 2746) |
 | | Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces the number of the day. (EKA: Episode 3836) |
 | | Four elephants at the circus Artist: Owe Gustafson (EKA: Episode 3712) |
 | | Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall. (EKA: Episode 3091) |
 | | The Quadratic Equations (from the Lunar Lounge) sing about 4 and their four heads. (EKA: Episode 3845) |
 | | Big Bird goes in Hooper's Store, and tells Alan, Gina, and Katie that Snuffy is a friend, brother, son, and nephew. Alan explains that people can have several relationships; for instance, Katie is Gina's niece, and Gina is Katie's aunt. The phone rings, and Alan tells Big Bird he's got a call: it's his cousin Abelardo Montoya. |
 | | Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroces as pets. (EKA: Episode 2822) |
 | | Zoe has trouble counting, and asks for a counting segment to be shown. |
 | | Counting to 10 (Chinese imagery) (EKA: Episode 3425) |
 | | Count von Count sings "Lambaba" as he counts sheep and other animals that pop into the room. (EKA: Episode 2789) |
 | | Two itchy gorillas agree to scratch each other's backs. (EKA: Episode 2356) |
 | | Big Bird finishes his call, and tells everyone about the time that Abelardo came to visit him. Since he doesn't speak much Spanish, he mostly used the word "manzana" ("apple"). It suddenly dawns on him that he is both Snuffy's friend and Abelardo's cousin. |
 | | Animal Rock #4 |
 | | Chinese acrobats balance 4 plates on sticks in each hand. (EKA: Episode 3743) |
 | | Grover attempts to demonstrate "Away From," but every time he tries to distance himself from a lamp post, the lamp post moves closer. (EKA: Episode 3563) |
 | | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (EKA: Episode 0514) |
   | | Snuffy comes to Big Bird's nest, ready to sing the Alphabet Song. Big Bird can't, because he received a letter from his Granny Bird. Gordon helps him read it: she's on a trip to London, and included a picture of her sitting on a statue. Snuffy finds it amazing that Big Bird can be a friend, cousin, and grandson all at the same time. |
 | | A girl writes to her grandmother about going to summer camp. (EKA: Episode 3447) |
 | | Soul O (EKA: Episode 3688) |
 | | A gymnast twirls ribbons to form the letter O. (EKA: Episode 3136) |
 | | Zoe has trouble saying the alphabet, and asks for an alphabet segment to be shown. |
 | | Portraits of kids display the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 3286) |
 | | After realizing all the different relations they can have with other people, Big Bird and Snuffy sing the alphabet song, pausing to point out the different relations they have. |
 | | Elmo's World: Babies (EKA: Episode 3854) |
 | | Big Bird and Snuffy announce the sponsors, once more going through their different relations. |
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