Episode 3057

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Big Bird comes out of his nest area, mentions today's sponsors, and also points out that Mother Goose is coming to visit today.
 	SCENE 1 	At Hooper's Store, Big Bird tells Gina, Evelyn, and Arlana that Mother Goose will be meeting him there today. Gina guesses how she might be traveling, as they hear the sounds of a car, a bike, and an airplane outside; Big Bird confirms that none of these are her means of transportation. Just then, they hear a goose honking (which is how she got her name), announcing her arrival.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	The goose lands with a crash, after which Mother Goose herself (played by Judith Ivey) enters the store and greets everyone. She brings in her dog, Rhymeraner, then Gina warns her that she might not want to leave her goose double-parked outside. She leaves Rhymeraner with them as she goes to park her goose in the garage.
 	Film 	Alphaquest: W
 	Muppets 	"Ballad of the Sad Café"
 	Animation 	A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause.
 	Song 	Girls wish they were "Short or Tall".
 	SCENE 2 	Everyone admires Rhymeraner, and Mother Goose reveals that the dog got her name from doing whatever rhymes with what she hears. (If MG goes out to get the mail, Rhymeraner wags her tail.) MG remembers that she needs to get her toaster fixed, and they agree to look after Rhymeraner for a few minutes while she's gone. Right after she leaves, Rhymeraner starts crying. Gina points out that MG said "Bye" before she left, and that "bye" rhymes with "cry." Gina then says "Enough," and Rhymeraner starts barking "ruff-ruff!" nonstop.
 	Cartoon 	A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog Pete.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Animals and children bathe in water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A map of Australia morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Song 	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.Re-filmed version
 	Cartoon 	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O.
 	SCENE 3 	To get Rhymeraner to stop barking, Gina decides to say something that rhymes with "stop." She says out loud that she's going to get a soda pop, and Rhymeraner starts to hop instead. Big Bird says he'll be getting a broom to sweep, hoping to get Rhymeraner to sleep, but instead the dog starts to baa like a sheep. Gina wishes she would take a nap, after which the dog starts to tap dance.
 	Film 	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world.
 	Animation 	Sand W/w
 	Muppets 	"It is I, Captain Vegetable!"
 	Film 	Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Jim Thurman sings "Calcutta Joe."Animation by Buzzco Associates, Inc.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo thinks that Whoopi's skin is a very pretty brown. Whoopi likes Elmo's soft red fur. Elmo admires Whoopi's bouncy hair, too. Elmo suggests that they trade, but Whoopi says that they can't -- it doesn't come off. But even if she could trade, she wouldn't want to. She likes her skin and her hair, and she wants to keep them. Elmo says that he wants to keep his fur, too.
 	Song 	"At the Coastline" (Beach Boys style)
 	SCENE 4 	At the Fix-It Shop, Maria feels honored to be fixing Mother Goose's toaster. MG feels lucky as well, since there's no way to get a toaster fixed in Nursery Rhyme Land. Maria wonders what happened to all those nursery rhyme characters, and MG shows her a scrapbook documenting what they all grew up to be. In song ("When I Grow Up"), she reveals that Little Jack Horner became a cook, Jill (of Jack and Jill fame) became a doctor, and Little Miss Muffet became a bug-and-spider specialist. After the song, Maria asks MG what she wanted to be, and she answers, "Famous, dear, very famous."
 	Animation 	Five turtles walk across the land.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree."
 	Cartoon 	The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on.
 	SCENE 5 	Back at Hooper's, Rhymeraner continues to tap dance while the others just sit there, clueless of what else to do. Mother Goose comes back to see how things are going and tells them all to tap, as "rhyming backwards" is the trick to getting her to do so. Rhymeraner gets tired and goes off to take a nap in the Hooper's corner booth. MG leaves again to fetch her toaster, and the others become bothered with Rhymeraner's very loud snoring.
 	Cartoon 	Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine."
 	Muppets 	The Adventures of Prairie DawnPrairie Dawn has a so-called "adventure" by trying a kumquat (which she's never tried before).
 	Song 	14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street."
 	Film 	A child narrates a film of him and his brother, Andrew, taking a ride on the ferry.
 	Cartoon 	Two red curtains are dropped to reveal a number 5 covered in colorful dots that vibrate and disperse.
 	SCENE 6 	Telly notices some kids playing a Spanish hand-clapping rhyme game, and wants to play with them. Rosita sings him a song that tells him what to say in that situation: "Quiero Jugar."
 	Animation 	Two giddy female scribbles introduce themselves to a bar code, who can only beep. They recognize him from the supermarket.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	Letter O hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Director Kermit is filming Oklahoma with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter sing "Oklahoma!" but sings "Aklahoma!", "Eeklahoma!" and "Iklahoma!" instead. When he finally gets it right, the production assistant says it's time for lunch.
 	Cartoon 	A baby and father illustrate up and down.
 	Song 	Jerry Nelson sings "Salt, My Salt."
 	Cartoon 	Lightbulbs subtract from 5 to 0.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 7 	Mother Goose knows how to wake her dog up: just nudge her and say "Time to get up!" Big Bird remarks, "What do you know," after which Rhymeraner indicates it's time to go. Then, as MG is about to leave with her dog, they say "So long," and Rhymeraner starts howling a song (the closing theme) while MG announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24