Episode 3431

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird zooms by the Fix-It Shop with his wings spread apart, confusing Maria and Gabi. He tells them he's pretending to be a little airplane, a new fad all the kids are doing, then points to the following for evidence...
 	Song 	"I'm a Little Airplane"
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Maria observes that not all the kids are doing it, using Gabi as an example. Gabi promptly starts to fly around the worktable. "You were saying, Maria?" comments Big Bird.
 	Animation 	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase A.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster asks Jawhara what letter they're holding.
 	Film 	A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause.
 	Cartoon 	Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	A girl narrates a film of helping her dad, a pilot, fly a small plane. They fly through New York City, past the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird and Gabi continue to fly around the yard and sing a song about the different ways they can fly.
 	Animation 	Arnold uses his imagination.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Imagine That" about things that he sometimes imagines to be: first a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon, then a sailor, and finally, himself.
 	Cartoon 	Number Creatures #20
 	Film 	Growing Numbers #20
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop is sent to the grocery store to get twenty grapefruits. He counts to 20 on the way there so that he can remember the quantity, but forgets what item he was sent for.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "What Do You Do With a Fruit?"
 	SCENE 3 	The two "airplanes" find Tarah and invite her to join. Tarah thinks she's too old to play along, but the others find this ridiculous. (Big Bird: "Are you too old to enjoy life?!") Tarah is convinced to join and becomes a "Tarah-plane."
 	Film 	A girl helps her father train for a wheelchair race.
 	Cartoon 	A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Jim Carrey shows Elmo and Telly how he expresses his emotions - with his feet (in speed-induced footage, no less).
 	Cartoon 	Lazy Wanda's knees converse with each other.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A girl learns how to jump rope.
 	Animation 	The word AIRPORT (with photographs of such)
 	SCENE 4 	Carlo takes lunch orders in Hooper's Store from Michael and another kid when Big Bird and Gabi fly in, pretending it's their airport. "We just flew all the way from around the corner," Big Bird states. Gabi quips, "Yeah, and boy are our arms tired!" earning her a rimshot. Carlo allows them to land, but it's not too long before they start flying around the store again.
 	Cartoon 	A dinosaur tries to move around a rock.
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Chelsea, "What is love?"
 	Cartoon 	I Love You, in American Sign LanguageArtist: Steve Finkin
 	Film 	Kids rehearse a large group African dance in the park, get their faces painted, and perform.
 	Cartoon 	A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
 	SCENE 5 	Carlo asks the two planes to keep the noise level down, but they can't; airports are noisy places!
 	Muppets 	Telly hosts "Here and There" from the library, where it's quiet. His co-host, Deborah Starr, is at the airport, where it's loud. The loud noises of the airport eventually make it hard for Telly to hear Deborah, so he has to talk louder into the microphone for Deborah to hear him, which results in his expulsion.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: A for airplane
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form a letter A.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Gonna Rock You to Sleep."
 	Cartoon 	The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages.
 	Film 	"Simple Pleasures" by Bobby McFerrin is played over footage of a girl trying to play frisbee with a dog on the beach.
 	SCENE 6 	Carlo's customers join Big Bird and Gabi's game, so Carlo assumes the role of control tower and tells them they can't stay flying around going "Nyooowww." They all fly out, but return with two more kids for their game - only this time, everybody's going "Zoooom!" (Carlo: "I wonder if they have this problem at JFK.")
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about how much he loves his bones.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Luxo Sr. examines a box. Luxo Jr. pops out of the box, demonstrating "surprise."
 	Film 	Kids talk about their CATs.
 	Cartoon 	A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone.Animation by Dan Haskett
 	SCENE 7 	Carlo tells Maria about his trouble getting rid of the pretend airplanes. Maria wonders if she should do something about it, but Carlo says he's got this covered. He once again becomes the control tower, telling them they have to find someplace else to turn into an airport, so everybody flies out.
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	Maria steps out of the store to find that their new airport turns out to be the Fix-It Shop! Carlo announces the sponsors, throwing in an extra "Nyooww!" to an annoyed Maria.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Elmo rushes to Telly, having heard about his new baseball cap. However, the hat's peak knocks Elmo out when Telly accidentally hits him with it.
==Notes==
*The episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3679.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27