Episode 3986

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird opens with a rock joke - "Why did the pebble go on the ship? Because he wanted to rock the boat!" A duck passes through, laughing at the joke. However, the joke gets Big Bird to thinking and he picks up a rock from the ground, wondering if it's alive. He turns this into a game and asks Gordon to participate, but he's too busy brushing his teeth. Big Bird instead launches into a song, "Is It Alive?," and deduces that the rock isn't alive.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Out on the street, Big Bird continues his musical game as he poses the question regarding Slimey. Oscar is quick to point out that Slimey is alive, with a baby photo as evidence. He adds that he's also alive and proves it by telling Big Bird to scram. Big Bird sings his song again, now regarding a hat on the banister of 123 Sesame Street. The hat is not alive, but the monster underneath it is. He and his fellow hat-wearing monsters then call for "Monster Time!"
 	Muppets 	Monster ClubhouseThe monsters read the previous meeting's minutes and dance the Honk Your Nose, Touch Your Toes, Spin Around And Strike A Pose Dance. After naptime, the Snack of the Day is a huge salami sandwich. A Lavender Anything Muppet, voiced by Jerry Nelson, arrives looking for the Club for People Who Like To Pretend They're Seagulls.
 	Muppets 	The Number of the Day: 13Thirteen dancing vegetables show up after learning that the number of the day is 13.
 	Cartoon 	Alien parents tuck their child in at night, and he counts 13 spaceships.Artist: Bill Davis
 	Film 	Computer #13
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird returns to his nest to retrieve Radar and finds a small, purple bird who distressedly repeats "Paraguay!" Big Bird doesn't know what this means and assumes it's a new way to say hello, but this is quickly proven wrong. He can tell from her tone that she wants something, but with no indication as to what that is, Big Bird decides he needs some help.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	In the yard, Big Bird runs into Snuffy and explains his predicament. Snuffy recalls that when he's sick, he tells his mommy so in a similar fashion to the bird's distressed manner, suggesting that she could be sick. Thus, the best course of action is to see Dr. Gina.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	At her clinic, Gina wraps up with a hoarse horse when Big Bird comes in with the bird. Gina does an examination and finds it's perfectly healthy, meaning "Paraguay" is not a way to indicate she's sick. Before Gina can help any further, an elephant with a stuffed-up trunk arrives for some emergency care.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Back outside, Big Bird now theorizes that "Paraguay" could simply be a noise birds like her make and starts repeating it along with her, encouraging Alan to join in. He explains to Big Bird that it's actually the name of a country (having to describe what that means as well). Alan knows where they can learn even more on the subject...
 	SCENE 2,cont'd 	They head to the Mail It Shop and use the computer to look up Paraguay's official website. Maria is able to get the bird to open up by speaking Spanish - she reveals her name is Fatima and she lives in Paraguay; she's been separated from her parents and desperately wants to go back home. Big Bird offers to take her there himself, but is told Paraguay is much too far to walk. Instead, using the Yoohoo! search engine, they find the "Lost Birds of Paraguay" website. Maria leaves a message regarding Fatima and hopes they'll get a response soon. In the meantime, she suggests Big Bird bring Fatima back to his nest for the night.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	It's now nighttime and Fatima shares the nest with Big Bird. Although he can't speak Spanish, he can tell Fatima feels sad and misses her parents. When he feels sad, he likes to cuddle Radar and allows Fatima to do the same as the two fall asleep.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	In the morning, Maria rushes over with some good news - Fatima's parents saw their message and have arrived to reclaim her (making a speedy arrival thanks to Paraguay Airlines). Big Bird is happy they've been reunited, but is disappointed to be losing a new friend. Fortunately, the two can continue to communicate via email.
 	Film 	Kids talk about meeting friends and saying Hello.
 	Muppets 	Journey to ErnieBig Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird looks for Ernie's box with the Martian's help.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Gloria Estefan sings "You Say Hola and I Say Hola."
 	Muppets 	Journey to ErnieBig Bird looks for Ernie's box in the chicken coop.
 	Film 	A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Journey to ErnieBig Bird tries to catch Ernie's box using the penguins' pattern. We found him!
 	Muppets 	Come back tomorrow for another Journey to Ernie.
 	Muppets 	The Letter of the Day: Z, part 1Cookie Monster stops himself from eating the Letter Z Cookie, for now.
 	Cartoon 	The Letter Z in various typefaces.
 	Muppets 	The Letter of the Day: Z, part 2Cookie builds a Great Wall of Cookie to separate himself from the Letter Z Cookie.
 	Film 	Kids make a giant Letter Z.
 	Muppets 	The Letter of the Day: Z, part 3Cookie busts through the brick wall and eats the Letter Z Cookie.
 	Muppets 	Spanish Word of the Day: perroA bunch of dogs pounce Grover to illustrate the word perro.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Sleep
 	SCENE 3 	As Big Bird reads the sponsors, he encounters another stray bird who says nothing but "Sheboygan."
==Notes==
*Additional performers include David Rudman (as the hat-wearing monster and the little horse), Matt Vogel (Fatima's father), and Joey Mazzarino (the bird from Sheboygan).
*Some elements from an early script draft that were changed or cut include the following:Tony Geiss papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
**Fatima was originally named Zuela.
**Big Bird initially finds the bird moving under his blanket, which he initially thinks is another hat-wearing monster.
**Upon meeting up with Snuffy, they first think "Paraguay" means the bird is hungry and they have Alan prepare a birdseed sandwich for her.
**While using the Lost Birds of Paraguay site, Maria uses a digital camera to add a photo of the bird.
**After putting up the listing, Big Bird and the lost bird remain in the Mail It Shop until dusk. Grover appears as a transitional clock graphic, which eventually sends him flying off as time moves forward. He appears again as Super Grover to usher in night to day, singing a quick snatch of "I Got the Sun in the Mornin'."
**After the birds leave back for Paraguay, Big Bird is seen back in the Mail It Shop starting his email correspondence.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 33