Grover Plants a Tree

Shalom Sesame
Release date	January 11, 2011
Sponsors	Vav, Tet, chamesh esreh

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Grover finds Brosh, Avigail and Shoshana celebrating Tu Bishvat, a "birthday party" for trees. They're all planting a tree and Grover joins in the festivities. As he goes to plant his own tree, he walks into a rake, then stumbles into a pot.
	Animation	Stop-motion representation of "Happy Birthday," with balloons, gummi bears, glitter, etc.
	Film	Kids describe the festivities of Tu Bishvat.
	Celebrity	Greg Kinnear tells a riddle about trees, but finds his tree puns aren't as clever.
	Animation	An animation of leaves in nature.
	Muppets	Ernie and the viewer play "Ernie Says" by planting an imaginary and silly garden. (from Play With Me Sesame)
	Cartoon	Madlenka waters her tulip, and invites everyone in her building to plant a garden.
	SCENE 2	Brosh doesn't think Avigail's scrawny tree will be able to survive outside and a gust of wind tips it over. Avigail is sad, so Shoshana shows her a picture of when she was young, planting a scrawny tree as well. And that tree grew to be the large one behind them. Avigail's tree adjusts itselt back up, making her happy again.
	Film	An Israeli girl explains how her class made birdfeeders by re-using things.
	Animation	The Hebrew Calendar - Symbols of the month of Shvat.
	Film	A class of kids plant trees in a field.
	Muppets	The Number of the Day: 15 The Count sings as he tries to get to the number of the day, and a penguin presents him with a number 15.
	Film	Growing Numbers #15
	SCENE 3	Grover has brought some presents for the trees - glasses of water. The group tells him they use a watering can instead. They give thanks to the trees, then dig into some food.
	Film	Foods at an Israeli market place.
	Muppets / Celebrity	Debra Messing identifies the various parts of nature.
	Animation	A farmer plants corn and waits for rain.
	Cartoon	Words that start with Tet.
	Film	Images of nature
	Film	A girl and her grandfather plant a tree for her in Turkey.
	Cartoon	Words beginning with Vav
	Cartoon	A boy plants a tree, then uses his staff ro bring rain and sun.
	Muppets	Postcard from Grover Grover talks about Hula Valley; its abundance of birds and the activities by the Jordan River.
	Closing	The sponsors are announced.