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Sesame Street
Snuffy helps his mother and can't play with Big Bird
Air date February 4, 2000
Season Season 31 (2000)
Written by Joey Mazzarino
Directed by Steven Feldman
Production November 4, 1999
Sponsors R, 13
Syndication PBS Kids Sprout

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Big Bird is waiting for Snuffy to arrive; they plan to have a fun day together. Big Bird notes that something exciting always happens when Snuffy's around. Once he arrives, Snuffy tells Big Bird that he can't play--he has to help his mommy jar cabbages. Big Bird's distraught; he can't think of anything to do without Snuffy, but he understands that Snuffy must help his mother.
Jamal
Film A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal.
(First: Episode 2787)
3816p
Cartoon Leaves form R and r
(First: Episode 3110)
4141-Rfilm
Film The letter R is made out of rocks, painted, and found on the road.
(First: Episode 3602)
R-menu
Song "Letter R Menu"
(First: Episode 3526)
SomebodyComeandPlay.Snowleopards
Song Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play."
Snow leopards version
(First: Episode 2519)
3875b
SCENE 2 A line of vegetables march down Sesame Street for the annual Sesame Street Healthy Vegetable Parade, led by drill sergeant Captain Cabbage. He presents roll call and realizes that the drum-playing yellow squash is missing, but enrolls Big Bird (he's yellow, after all) to fill in. Big Bird still wonders what he'll do without Snuffy...
4122bk
Animation Masked March #13
(First: Episode 3378)
Growing13
Animation Growing Numbers #13
(First: Episode 2924)
JoeyAhlbum.13
Cartoon The number 13 is seen as a birdhouse, in a tree, and in the sky.
Artist: Joey Ahlbum
(First: Episode 3363)
4124zd
Song "All The Vegetables": Three girls clap rhythms while naming vegetables.
(First: Episode 3051)
3875c
SCENE 3 The parade trots off, and Big Bird hears Stinky crying because he needs help reading a sign, leading to "ABC-DEF-GHI". Big Bird explains that he had the same problem, and tells him that the sign spells out the alphabet.
Dogswearclothes?
Film Wegman's dogs show the job of a clothing store clerk.
E&Bplayagameof
Muppets Ernie & Bert — It's cold outside, so Bert tries to ask Ernie to play a game with him. Ernie keeps bringing winter equipment into the room, thinking Bert wants to play outside. It turns out he just wants to play a game of checkers.
(First: Episode 1617)
3187zb
Cartoon A St. Bernard helps Zork down a snowy hill, later finding out that Zork wanted to go skiing.
Artist: ArtistMike
(First: Episode 2738)
DGraves.Bugs
Muppets / Celebrity Denyce Graves leads a "Bug Choir" in a buzzing operatic tune.
(First: Episode 3716)
3853-05
Cartoon A capital and lower-case R appear on sheets of paper.
(First: Episode 3127)
3995s
Song "Big R and Little R" (Christopher Cerf)
(First: Episode 3273)
GrouchMoments1

GrouchMoments2
Muppets Oscar narrates (and stars in) Grouch Moments in History, a re-enactment of his Grouch ancestors making loud noise and saying "SCRAM!" for the first time.
4141-elephantclouds
Animation Elephants appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays.
(First: Episode 3627)
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3875e
SCENE 4 Big Bird becomes bored, but soon meets a lonely elephant who's looking for his dance partner. Big Bird agrees to do the "Elephant Dance" with him and the kids. Once the elephant leaves, Big Bird laments that he wishes something exciting would happen.
Butterflydance
Film A girl dances a butterfly dance.
(First: Episode 3681)
3142g
Cartoon Number creatures #13
(First: Episode 2691)
4122bi
Film Milo Counting #13
(First: Episode 3553)
Folge2273-9
Muppets In a skit that capitalizes on the marketing of a certain doll, Zoe and Elmo play a game of "Zoe Says" with the viewer, and accidentally makes Elmo tickle himself.
ReachYourHand
Song "Reach Your Hand Up High"
(First: Episode 2702)
Film.FlyGirl
Animation Amelia likes to pretend she can fly.
(First: Episode 2902)
3875f
SCENE 5 Snuffy returns to play with Big Bird, who tells him about all the dull stuff that happened today: a vegetable parade, a singing stinkweed, and a dancing elephant. Both are glad that they can now do something exciting, but neither of them know what to do.
Ewshoes
Muppets Elmo's World: Shoes
(First: Episode 3791)
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SCENE 6 Snuffy and Big Bird still can't decide what to do, while Stinky announces the sponsors.

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