Episode 2619

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Hoots the Owl greets the viewer as night falls on Sesame Street and tells them they'll be staying up late to see what nighttime is like on the block. He says goodnight to Big Bird and Bob, who will be a guest later on his talk show. Hoots takes a break to take Athena to the night care center.
 	Cartoon 	K for kangaroo
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie."
 	Cartoon 	Snacks on Parade - The RaisinArtist: Bruce CayardCut from the HBO Max version
 	Song 	"Old Button Hole"
 	SCENE 2 	Hoots and his band, the Owl-Stars, sing "Sleepytime on Sesame Street."
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out.Artists: The HubleysCut from the HBO Max version
 	Muppets / Celebrity	On a rainy night, the Count brings Susan Sarandon to a locked castle. He knocks on the door just for the sake of counting the knocks, until it's revealed that the castle is his own. He then proceeds to unlock the numerous locks, counting them in the process.
 	Film 	A zydeco band plays "Bayou Pon Pon" while people dance and the townspeople of New Orleans wave at the camera.
 	Cartoon 	Gerald is repeatedly kept awake by his dog Sparky, who does a dance and poses as an alligator through his shadow whenever his parents close his door.
 	SCENE 3 	Hoots listens to some of the sounds at night. Oscar the Grouch is also awake, enjoying some of the Grouchier sounds of the night and sings "A Little Grouch Music."
 	Cartoon 	"Daddy Dear"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Is no one afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?Cut from the HBO Max version
 	Film 	Saxophone factory
 	SCENE 4 	Hoots watches as a pajama-clad Forgetful Jones tries to get some breakfast from Hooper's Store. He doesn't realize that it's not the morning until he sees the "CLOSED" signs on the store and the Fix-It Shop, the porch lights are on at 123 Sesame Street, and the dark sky is filled with stars.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays eleven purple pooches.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Fay Ray subtracts four balls.
 	Animation 	D / d (drums and drumsticks)
 	SCENE 5 	On TV-OWL, Hoots hosts his late-night talk show, Live at 4 (AM, that is). He sings a special nighttime edition of "The People in Your Neighborhood," introducing the viewers some of the folks who work at night. Despite the angry yells from his sleepy neighbors, Hoots teases a break.
 	Cartoon 	An army of ants gets to the bakery, only to find that it's closed.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Chelsea, What is love?
 	Cartoon 	A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten.
 	SCENE 6 	Live at 4 resumes with special guest Bob, who fields questions from owls over the phone about what Sesame Street looks like at the daytime compared to the night. When one caller asks what Bob usually does at night, he's fallen back to sleep.
 	Film 	Flamingos walk around to classical music.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Nancy Einstein shows how the brain works.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Song 	Gina and Maria sing The Word is "No".
 	Cartoon 	A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers.
 	SCENE 7 	As the sun starts to rise, Athena shows Hoots the drawing she made at night care. She wants to stay up and see the sunrise, but Hoots instructs her to go to sleep. He has to stay up to read an important message, but falls asleep before he can. Athena, still awake, reads the message - today's sponsors. She falls asleep right after, just as Big Bird wakes up. He reads the remaining part of the message (the CTW mention).
==Notes==
*This episode was later repeated in season 23 as Episode 2897, omitting Oscar's musical number (as the opening refers to the infant Gabriela) and a scene during Bob's guest appearance.
*Scenes 2 and 5 would later become used as inserts for future episodes, with the "People in Your Neighborhood" piece omitting parts of the intro and close.
*Hoots' call-in viewers from scene 6 are performed by Martin P. Robinson (Owlfred), Camille Bonora (Owlissa), and Jim Martin (Owlexander). Robinson also performs Carlo, the offscreen announcer for Hoots' show.
*In the original script for the episode, Chip and Dip (featured as a part of Hoots' band) were going to participate in "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a verse about the night life of alley cats. Bob's role on Hoots' show was also originally written for Linda, with Uncle Wally present to translate.Tony Geiss Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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Category:Sleep
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21