Episode 3711

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Baby Bear, Maria, Gordon and Rosita sing "Fun to Wonder."
 	Animation 	Cats appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays.
 	Cartoon 	A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone.Artist: Dan Haskett
 	Muppets 	Big Bird practices playing "catch" with himself, using a basket full of tennis balls. When he throws the last ball in the basket, he catches it!
 	Film 	Children demonstrate "up" and "down" with balls.
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie sings about the things she can imagine herself doing "In My Head."
 	Celebrity 	Samuel Ramey sings a low-octave version of the alphabet song.
 	Cartoon 	Wilma Wiggins makes the very best of a very silly situation by hiccoughing her way through an opera.
 	SCENE 2 	Baby Bear gets ready to create a new work of art, using paper, string and glue. A curious Goldilocks asks what he's doing, and makes sure he knows what the word "curious" means. He vows to think of something to create, and Goldilocks hopes it happens before Slimey gets to the moon ... which gives him some inspiration!
 	Cartoon 	"I'm Curious" (new sound effects added)Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Muppets 	Grover and Samantha pretend to go to the moon.
 	Song 	Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe."
 	Film 	Jaws spoof with the letter R.
 	Cartoon 	R for rhinoceros, raquet, robot
 	Song 	"Big R and Little R" (Christopher Cerf)
 	SCENE 3 	Baby Bear has finished his new art project: a mobile of Slimey's spaceship on the way to the moon. He refuses to let Goldilocks touch it, thinking she'll break it, the same way she broke his wee little chair. They get into a fight, and suddenly when Baby Bear least expects it, Barkley makes off with his mobile!
 	Cartoon 	Cab Callomouse demonstrates here and there in song.
 	Muppets 	Super Morphin Mega MonstersMerry Monster wants to play tag with two blue monsters, but Zaftig's underlings sow seeds of prejudice, which only the Mega Monsters can cure.
 	Animation 	Masked March #20
 	Film 	Growing Numbers #20
 	Cartoon 	Number Creatures #20
 	Film 	Amelia pretends she's an astronaut.
 	SCENE 4 	Baby Bear is disappointed that Barkley wrecked his mobile, and decides to make another one by himself, without Goldilocks' help. Goldilocks dismisses the one he made before, saying it needed stars. Baby Bear struggles to tell her that her idea is good, but soon feels like cooperating with her to make a better mobile - to his surprise.
 	Cartoon 	A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion. (new music added)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Bip Bipadotta leads "Scratch My Back" as a song about two monsters named Jack and Jill who swear that they will always be there to scratch each other's backs.
 	Cast 	Wish You Were Here: Gabi and Miles visit the US Space Camp in Florida. While there, they learn about what kind of training astronauts go through, which includes a motion simulator, a moon-jump simulator, and an exercise machine. They also learn how to build and fix structures. Finally, they get treated to some freeze-dried ice cream, which is part of what astronauts eat in space.
 	Cartoon 	A man counts forty stars at night.
 	SCENE 5 	Maria is impressed with the mobile that Baby Bear and Goldilocks just made, and is especially pleased that they worked together. Soon, however, the two begin argue over who will get to take it home, so Maria gives them clues that the mobile could be hung in the Fix-It Shop. They give it to her, and then get started on their next collaborative project.
 	Cartoon 	Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Is snow cold? Yes! (new music added)
center 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I Like Alaska", along with a montage of kids saying what their hobbies are, and what they like about their community.
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... (new music added)Artist: Fred Calvert
 	Song 	"Letter R Menu"
 	Cartoon 	A wizard turns into R things.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster looks at a star and sings "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
 	Song 	Olivia sings "The Riddle."
 	SCENE 6 	Rosita helps Maria hang the mobile in the Fix-it Shop, and Goldilocks and Baby Bear are impressed when they see their work hanging in the window. They argue over who thought of the idea, while Elmo announces the sponsors and reports on the status on Slimey's spaceship.
 	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly does a long, rhyming handshake with Luis.
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	INTRO 	In the 1999 rerun, the season 30–32 intro sequence is used in place of the season 29 opening.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird sees Elmo hung up on the top of the screen, then going down to the bottom. After he helps Elmo up into his arms, Big Bird asks if he liked being up or down. Elmo likes being with Big Bird the best.This segment replaces the sketch with Big Bird catching a ball in the 1999 rerun.
 	Muppets 	In a poem, Ernie shows his front and back, and introduces the next segment.This segment replaces the Jaws spoof with the letter R.
 	Animation	Y: Yuri, a yellow yak, eats yams and yogurt.This segment replaces the "R is for rhinoceros, raquet, robot" cartoon.
 	Cartoon 	Mary doesn't like the letter Y at first, but eventually finds it useful, especially for her name.Artist: ArtistMikeThis segment replaces "Rah, Rah, Rah, Letter R".
 	Cartoon 	An alien comes across a pair of tree trunks; one with multi-colored leaves, the other without. He finds and grows leaves to mount on the other tree, then strings a hammock between the two.This segment replaces the cooperation cartoon.
 	Cartoon 	Snowmen show the word COLD.Artist: Lisa CraftsThis segment replaces the "Is snow cold?" cartoon.
 	Animation	Characters on a quilt form the letter Y.Artist: Karen AquaThis segment replaces the "R is for rooster, robber, and rake" cartoon.
 	Film 	Jaws spoof with the letter Y.This segment replaces the "Letter R Menu" song.
 	Animation	Pencil box Y / yThis segment replaces the wizard cartoon.
==Notes==
*This episode was among a select group of Season 29 episodes that were reran during the last few weeks of 1999, shortly before Season 31 began airing the following January. This particular episode aired on November 22 and December 13.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29