Episode 3071

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Joey and Davey Monkey appear and display the sponsors (which they knock off the fence by accident). But, the most important thing they want to see on Sesame Street today is: BANANAS!
 	SCENE 1 	In his nest area, Big Bird paints a picture when Davey and Joey discover him and mistake him for a giant banana (because he’s yellow). He sings a song to them to explain he’s "Not a Banana." The monkeys head off afterward to find some bananas.
 	Animation 	Computer E / e
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A ferry terminal switches from empty to full.
 	Animation 	Sixteen TV sets are counted.
 	Cast 	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows.
 	Song 	Ornate E's go easing by to a song.
 	Animation 	"We Are Kids From Far and Wide": A girl describes the preparation for the Galungan festival in Bali, Indonesia.
 	SCENE 2 	Davey and Joey swing back and forth, calling out to any available bananas. Suddenly, Joey thinks he sees some bananas coming...
 	Cartoon 	"Ducklings"
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Davey points out that the film was about ducks, not bananas. Joey then hears a growling noise, which turns out to be Davey’s stomach. He then hears another noise thinking it's bananas, but Davey claims it's just a train. They run off too early to see that the miniature train driving behind them is actually a banana with train parts.
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy notices his friend Alice wanting to join a baseball game. He gives her the idea to go over there and ask them if she can play.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Cartoon 	E for Erase
 	Muppets 	Cerrado with Maria and an Anything Muppet (part 1). He sings a song about how everything is Cerrado, and at the end Maria gives him an Abierto sign, which opens everything in the house.
 	Cartoon 	A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from.
 	Muppets 	Abierto with Maria and an Anything Muppet (part 2). Now he sings a similar song about Abierto, and Maria's Cerrado sign closes everything.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Sloth
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird and Linda are going to be showing “same” and “different” using Wolfgang and a penguin (Peter Linz). Since no bananas are being used, Davey and Joey duck out. Big Bird explains the difference between the two animals, while Linda shows what they have in common: their interest in fish. Big Bird remarks, “I think Linda got the easy part.”
 	Cartoon 	Cars WALK.
 	Muppets 	"Sixteen Samba"
 	Film 	Looking for shapes in a metal junkyard (Maria voiceover)
 	Cartoon 	E for Eel
 	Muppets 	Mac TV host Old MacDonald introduces the newest music video, "A New Way to Walk" performed by The Oinker Sisters.
 	SCENE 4 	Davey and Joey note how the previous segment lacked BANANAS. Davey hears what he thinks are bananas, but it’s just a plane. They then continue their quest for bananas.
 	Cartoon 	Brand X
 	Muppets 	Grover tells Debo that the letter that's on the wall is an X, but that it's a secret. Kermit overhears Grover mention a secret and wants to know what letter the X is.
 	Cartoon 	A captain and a first mate think they have planned ahead well for their trip at sea, but they forgot to take in the anchor.
 	SCENE 5 	Joey alerts Davey’s attention to the following segments, sure that there will be BANANAS.
 	Animation 	Counting to 16 on quilt patterns
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Prairie Dawn are out in the fresh air. Prairie loves the outdoors, but Cookie Monster can't get over that she did not bring any cookies. She tries to get his mind off cookies by getting him to focus on the clouds, trees, and flowers. Everything he sees reminds him of eating cookies, but Prairie Dawn reminds him that if he ate all the flowers, there wouldn't be any left for other people to enjoy.
 	Film 	FlamingosMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	On a rainy day, Oscar recalls the way he met his worm, Slimey.
 	Film 	Fay Ray dresses up as different animals. ("It's Kermit the Dog!")
 	Muppets 	Telly and Elmo sing about the difference between "Heavy and Light."
 	Cartoon 	A young man carrying a brown paper bag walks up to the bridgekeeper and asks him if he works there. The bridgekeeper orders the young man to show him whatever circles are in the bag, and to eat them. The young man is ordered to eat three round foodstuffs: a cookie, a pepperoni pizza, and a slice of watermelon. Once the young man is granted permission to cross the bridge, however, he tells the bridgekeeper that he was merely trying to deliver the latter's groceries.
 	Celebrity 	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X."
 	Animation 	Sand X/x
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 6 	Davey and Joey are about to give up hope of finding BANANAS, when suddenly they hear music and look at the following segment...
 	Cartoon 	"Banana Samba"
 	SCENE 6cont'd	The monkeys rejoice after the segment and swing on some branches. They hear the banana-train, but fail to notice it. They also ignore a banana-plane that flies above them. Gordon announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*In the original script, the banana-shaped airplane that appears in the final scene was going to appear at the end of scene 4.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24