Episode 2579

	Sesame Street
	Experiences with Maria's unborn child
Air date	March 23, 1989
Season	Season 20 (1988-1989)
Written by	Belinda Ward
Production	January 19, 1989
Sponsors	Q, T, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis can't find a solution to fix a broken clock. He imagines it's able to talk (performed by David Rudman in an Ed Wynn voice), where he finds one of its "tick tock screws" is loose. He discovers that checking the screws works in real life, then starts to wonder if imagining a similar situation with a toaster would help fix it.
	Cartoon	"Song of the Inuit Child" (First: Episode 2112)
	Muppets	Grover teaches the campers at Camp Wannagohoma about trees. (First: Episode 1486)
	Song	14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street." (First: Episode 2556)
	Film	Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2 (First: Episode 2510)
	Cast	Linda shows Jonathan how to sign the word "open."
	Cartoon	Hortense counts four ants. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2501)
	Cast	The Heartstrongs Revisited In the morning, Barnaby surprises his mother with breakfast in bed. They are happy, until they realize that Mr. Heartstrong is missing, which makes them sad. They are further saddened by the lack of a fork. Mr. Heartstrong comes back from his run, feeling happy, until he sees his wife and son both sad. They are once again happy when they see that Mr. Heartstrong has brought back a bag of forks from the store. (First: Episode 2478)
	Cartoon	Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t. (First: Episode 2223)
	SCENE 2	Monster on the Spot reporter Telly has come to show how Maria's baby can eat a sandwich, though it's hard to show since the baby is still in Maria's tummy. Maria explains how babies eat inside their mothers' bellies through the umbilical cord. Telly instead switches the report to watching Maria eat, which in turn will feed the baby. He tries to get a response from the baby, but fails.
	Cartoon	The Great Inventors Series: Willy Pinkham, intern at the rubber glove factory, invents the balloon. Artist: Bruce Cayard
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter." (First: Episode 1966)
	Muppets	Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236)
	Cartoon	Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441)
	SCENE 3	Telly now tries to report on how Maria's baby breathes and is shocked to learn that the umbilical cord not only feeds it, but gives it oxygen as well. Telly still can't reach the baby for comment.
	Cartoon	T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417)
	Cartoon	Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil. Artist: Jim Jinkins (First: Episode 2538)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyming game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (First: Episode 0798)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus know the baby can hear things inside of Maria, so they teach it how to count to 10 in Spanish. They yell the numbers so the baby can hear, disrupting Maria from her work, before trying to teach it to count to 10 in English, followed by the alphabet.
	Film	A trip to the doctor's office. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0471)
	Muppets	Prairie Dawn and The Count are contestants on "Squeal of Fortune." (First: Episode 2331)
	Cartoon	La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon. (First: Episode 0351)
	SCENE 5	Luis strums some songs on the guitar, hoping it'll get a response from the baby, but Maria doesn't feel anything. Oscar, certain the baby will be Grouch-like, plays a screechy song on the violin. This immediately stimulates the baby, and Maria and Luis begin to panic that it prefers grouchy music.
	Cartoon	T is for Trash and Ticket Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0020)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Celia Cruz and the Anything Muppets sing "Numero Comparsa." (First: Episode 2318)
	Cartoon	Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill. (First: Episode 0787)
	Muppets	Gladys the Cow assists the Amazing Mumford on stage. Mumford says he will make her disappear, but his attempts fail, so he says he'll turn her into a duck instead. She runs offstage in fright, which means his trick did work this time.
	Cartoon	"Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0004)
	SCENE 6	Oscar's still playing his song when Luis plays something else the baby likes - the theme song. Oscar still believes there's some Grouch in the baby; they'll just need to cultivate it. He joins Luis in playing the theme as Telly announces the sponsors.