Episode 4023

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird sings a silly song with a duck, who is really a silly goose.
 	Muppets 	Monster ClubhouseToday's furry shape of the day is a Triangle. A penguin subs for The Elephant, and the monsters sing The Alphabet Song in Monster and English language. (edited)
 	Muppets 	The Number of the Day: 99 nifty bats, dressed to the nines, fly in after 9 is announced to be the number of the day, and The Count counts them.
 	Cartoon 	Number Guy: "How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed?" The answer is 9.
 	Animation 	The number 9 is spraypainted on a truck in various forms of graffiti art.
 	SCENE 2 	Baby Bear is excited because he is playing his first tee-ball game. He wears his baseball uniform number 9, which is the same uniform that his Papa Bear wore when he played tee-ball. Papa Bear told him he use to be called "Nifty Number Nine" when he played tee-ball and did a cheer about his player name. They soon met up with Maria as their coach with Lulu and some kids as they headed to go play tee-ball.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	When Baby Bear starts to play tee-ball, he find himself not good at catching the ball or batting. When Baby Bear was about to give up on playing tee-ball, Papa Bear tells him that it takes practices to be good at tee-ball. Papa Bear also told Baby Bear that he wasn't good when he first started playing, but he kept trying and practicing till he got better. With confidences, Baby Bear tries again at batting and successfully hitting the ball off the tee. Everyone cheers and chant the "Nifty Number Nine" cheer.
 	Song 	"The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve.
 	Muppets 	Journey to ErnieBig Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by singing Old MacDonald Had a Farm with the Three Little Pigs.
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs get their exercise by playing baseball.
 	Muppets 	Journey to ErnieBig Bird looks for Ernie's box with the Martians' help.
 	Celebrity 	The Dixie Chicks and some chickens sing "Sing."
 	Muppets 	Journey to ErnieBig Bird looks for Ernie's box across the tightrope. We found him!
 	Muppets 	Alone in the park with no one to play with, Ernie sings "Somebody Come and Play" with Rubber Duckie.Come back tomorrow for another Journey to Ernie!
 	Muppets 	The Letter of the Day: TTo prevent himself from eating the Letter T Cookie, Cookie Monster disguises it as a hat. He's so hungry, though, that he could eat his own hat.
 	Song 	"T, You're Terrific"
 	Cartoon 	Fishes form T/t.
 	Muppets 	The Spanish Word of the Day: casaGabi watches Slimey play in a small casa (house).
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Computers
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird announces the sponsors as the duck dances to the silly song.
==Notes==
*In addition to performing Lulu and Baby Bear, Stephanie D'Abruzzo and David Rudman perform some of the Monster Time monsters.
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Cartoon	"Dinner for Nine"Artist: Paul FierlingerThis and the following segment replaced the two number inserts in the Sprout version.
 	Film 	Milo Counting #9
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Category:Sports
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 33