Episode 3988

Sesame Street
Big Bird and Snuffy's Letter Y School
Air date	February 13, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Sponsors Y, 14 Syndication PBS Kids Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird opens telling a train joke to a train of monsters.
	SCENE 1, cont'd	Maria and Cookie Monster sing a Russian cookie subtraction song after which Cookie eats the plate and table too.
	Muppets	Monster Clubhouse Today's Furry Feeling of the Day is Surprised, and a duck arrives to play a flapping dance. (EKA: Episode 3983)
	Muppets	The Number of The Day: 14 The number 14 emerges from a cannon after The Count learns that it is the number of the day.
	Cartoon	Computer #14
	SCENE 2	Teacher Big Bird teaches Elmo and Snuffy about the Letter Y. However, he can't think of a Y word, which means that he shouldn't be the teacher. Afraid that the pretend school must close, During "recess," Elmo goes out to find a teacher.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Elmo asks Alan, who tells him about the sound of the Letter Y. He learns about Yogurt and Yo-Yo. He teaches it to Snuffy and Big Bird.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Gabi shows Elmo how to make the Letter Y, and he teaches it to Big Bird and Snuffy. He still hasn't found a teacher.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Gina teaches Elmo how to yodel, and all of her patients join in the song.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Big Bird makes Elmo the teacher of the Letter Y School.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: T.J. teaches Grover how to sing the song "Sticky Bubble Gum."
	Muppets	Journey To Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird looks for Ernie's box with the Martian's help.
	Celebrity	Ray Charles sings the Alphabet Song, and various celebrities join in, including Michael Jeter, Patrick Stewart, Tony Bennett, Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, Harry Belafonte, Grover, David Robinson, and Ellen DeGeneres. (EKA: Episode 3526)
	Muppets	Journey To Ernie Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by playing a clapping game.
	Film	"SCHOOL!" (high speed footage)
	Muppets	Journey To Ernie Big Bird asks the dinosaur to help him find Ernie's box. We found him!
	Muppets	Ernie can't seem to get Ernestine to say his name, but Ernestine has no trouble saying Bert's name. (EKA: Episode 2615) Come back tomorrow for another Journey To Ernie.
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day: Y Cookie Monster locks the Letter Y Cookie in a suitcase so he won't eat it, but the suitcase has no bottom. "Me wonder how that happened."
	Film	Y, Y, The Letter Y: kids form Y with their bodies.
	Cartoon	Consonant Sound Limerick: Y - Yak (sound effects added) Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1858)
	Muppets	The Spanish Word of the Day: leche Rosita drinks the word leche, the Spanish word for "milk."
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Sky (First: Episode 3982)
	SCENE 3	Elmo, the teacher, returns to the Letter Y School to read the sponsors.

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