Episode 2897

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 - KangarooArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	"It's Zydeco"
 	Cartoon 	A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive.
 	Song 	Everyone has the same feelings, "No Matter What." Kids of all types play with a huge beach ball.
 	Cartoon 	A parade of toys illustrates first and last.
 	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.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #11
 	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 Hubleys
 	Song 	"Old Button Hole"
 	Cartoon 	Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats.
 	Muppets 	Ernie doesn't want to play with Bert, who sings "I Wish I Had a Friend to Play With Me."
 	Cartoon 	A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend.
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word wind, and Gordon is blown away.
 	Cartoon 	Household appliances count 1-10 and 10-0.
 	SCENE 3 	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 	A map of India morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
 	Muppets 	A Muppet girl (Ivy Austin) approaches a sad Herry and asks him what's wrong. He laments about being left out of the baseball game, and she offers to cheer him up by taking him to the zoo.
 	Cartoon 	A boy narrates a poem about how he met Eleanor, the monster under his bed.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	Two Navajo kids go to school in Arizona. This year, Dante enters pre-school.
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word snow, and Gordon gets snowed on.
 	Cartoon 	Various sounds are demonstrated, including an alarm clock, a baby crying, a telephone, a faucet dripping, and a boy sneezing.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	SCENE 4 	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 	The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light.
 	Film 	A saxophone is made in a factory, while a solo saxophone underscores the process.
 	Cartoon 	"It's a Lovely Eleven Morning"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word "pie," and gets hit with one, to Gordon's surprise.
 	Muppets 	Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song."
 	Cartoon 	A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone.Animation by Dan Haskett
 	SCENE 5 	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.
(The scene where the first caller, Owlfred, asks about Hooper's Store during the night and day is cut from this airing.)
 	Cartoon 	An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise.
 	Film 	Shots of the Louisiana bayou are shown, as harmonica music is played.
 	Cartoon 	Pencil box K / k
 	Muppets 	Annette Monster and Frankie Monster sing "Love the Ocean" to urge others to "show respect for the sea" and refrain from throwing trash in the water.
 	Cartoon 	A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?"
 	Muppets 	Grover instructs Caroline to read the word you, and acts crazy when she keeps telling him to read it.
 	Cartoon 	A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers.
 	SCENE 6 	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).
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Category:Sleep
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23