Episode 3384

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar attempts to separate Irvine from her blanket; he wishes to put it through a mud wash to make it even dirtier, but Irvine refuses to let go. When he gives up, Maria (having been through the situation before with Gabi) offers to help. Her solution is to get Irvine to exchange her blanket for her squeeze-toy alligator. She hands Irvine the toy, but the Grouch child keeps both instead.
 	Cartoon 	A dinosaur tries to move around a rock.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Pencil box M / m
 	Animation 	Playing cards form an M, then dance the mambo.
 	Cartoon 	Melba spells her name and her brother's name on their robot, Meltro.
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar attempts to trick Irvine into dropping the blanket, but that also fails. Maria presses onward and talks Irvine into getting it washed, telling her how much messier it can get. Irvine is convinced, and even gets to put it into the mud herself! Maria is proud of her idea... until she gets a face full of mud while watching her inside Oscar's trash can.
 	Song 	"Front Back Ballet"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	Film 	A group of girls do a playground cheer ("One step forward, one step back").
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving".
 	Animation 	Masked March #17
 	Animation 	Seventeen derby hats drop onto a balloon head.
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #17
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird and Snuffy dance a minuet as played by the Tokyo String Quartet.
 	Animation 	Cecille sings "Brushin' Down the Doggies".
 	Muppets 	Elmo, Telly and Zoe want to show "between" by having Elmo appear between the other two. However, they never get in the right order and are forced to run around and switch places.
 	Song 	"I'm a Little Airplane"
 	Animation 	Can you find the animals hiding in the T-shirt?Artist: Deanna Morse
 	Song 	"Conga Counting Song"
 	Animation 	Counting 1-10 and 10-0 in Spanish (Maria voice-over)
 	SCENE 3 	Irvine is now bawling since she misses her blanket while it's in the dryer. Oscar decides to put on a trashy videotape to keep her mind off it...
 	Film 	"Box City Recycling Rap"Kids sing a rap song about recycling. They build a city out of boxes and cartons.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Irvine is in a much better mood after the video, scatting the tune. Maria accidentally mentions her blanket, so she starts bawling again. Oscar tells Maria to put in another trashy video...
 	Song 	"Every Bit of Litter Hurts"
 	Muppets 	Sonny Friendly hosts "The New Here is Your Life," honoring Prairie Dawn's glass of milk.
 	Animation 	The letter P appears in words on buildings.
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form a letter P.
 	Cartoon 	P is for Pillow
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming.
 	Cartoon 	"Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing. (new music sting added)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Animation 	Beads arrange themselves into different groups and finally become a girl’s necklace.
 	SCENE 4 	Irvine is still crying and doesn't want to watch any more trashy tapes. Maria returns from the library with something that might help - Grouchy Baby's Favorite Things, a picture book of grouchy items to take Irvine's mind off her blanket. It almost works, but Maria hesitates to read the last page as it is about Grouchy Baby's blanket. When they accidentally blurt it out Irvine starts crying again, so Oscar goes to check on the status of her blanket.
 	Cartoon 	Me and My MArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Cartoon 	Mandrake the magician does magic, while Mo the mechanic mends a martian's flying machine.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Isadora's sneakers describe all the fun they've had this past year, as the seasons change.
 	Muppets 	Mac TV host Old MacDonald introduces the newest music video, "A New Way to Walk" performed by The Oinker Sisters.
 	Film 	The crosswalk signal flashes WALK and DON'T WALK as pedestrians cross the street in fast-motion and kids read the signal indications out loud.
 	SCENE 5 	Maria tries to comfort Irvine when Oscar returns with her blanket, which Irvine immediately grabs and cuddles. He then tells Maria to scram before she upsets Irvine any further, but not before she can announce the sponsors.
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 28 as Episode 3635.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 26