Episode 2884

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Gordon points to his map of the United States of America, certain that Snuffy is going to ask where Montana is again. Snuffy arrives, but doesn't need to know where Montana is; Gordon showed him yesterday. Snuffy is joined by an exhausted postal worker (David Rudman), who has brought a giant letter sent from Big Bird all the way from Montana, prompting Snuffy to ask Gordon to point it out on the map again. "Wow! Right where it was yesterday!"This is followed by the Montana version of the "Sesame Street Theme."
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon starts to read the letter to Snuffy, detailing events from their first two days in Montana (with flashback footage). He continues with what occurred the day he wrote this particular letter...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Big Bird, Luis, the Count, Gabi, and Maria accompany the family on a picnic at Arrow Creek to help acquaint Francis with the country, as he's used to living in the city. Maria watches as Billie Rose saddles up her horse Red before teaching Big Bird how to mount a horse himself. He isn't able to get on by climbing or hopping until they put up a ramp for him; he ends up mounting the horse backwards at first before correcting himself. Big Bird opts to join some of the others in the truck instead to continue their trip, while Maria finally rides a horse (taking her the wrong way).
 	Cartoon 	Rap #19
 	Muppets 	Astronaut Prairie Dawn floats on a space shuttle, when Elmo pops up out of nowhere, offering to help her. He soon learns that there is no need for a policeman, a construction worker, or a farmer in space (unless there's a cow).
 	Film 	Storks fly around and dance in their nest as flamenco music plays.
 	Cartoon 	A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f.
center 	Muppets 	The Hispanic community of Anything Muppets sings "It Sure is Hot!"
 	Cartoon 	Cap'n Feenie asks, "What is it?" It's the ocean.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird's letter continues as he describes the games the kids play at Arrow Creek, including one where they pretend to be a bucking horse, a game involving an elk's tooth, and a mudslide. A girl named Lauren demonstrates her elk calls. At lunch, Big Bird eats some fry-bread with plenty of dried corn.
 	Cartoon 	Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice.
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons" to address the importance of proper trash disposal for the sake of pigeons.
 	Cartoon 	M for Mask
 	Song 	"Hot in the City"
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog and Joey talk about body parts.
 	Animation 	Luxo Sr. examines a box. Luxo Jr. pops out of the box, demonstrating "surprise."
 	SCENE 3 	Snuffy asks Gordon to read some more, but his letter abruptly ends one sentence later: "Next we put up the..." The weary postal worker drudges in a large postcard at that moment. It completes the sentence: "teepee." Gordon explains what a teepee is to Snuffy.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	In Montana, Big Bird learns what a teepee is and watches as the kids put one together while Philip narrates what they're doing. Big Bird wants to go inside once the teepee's finished and takes up the entire space, being able to walk around with it still on him!
 	Cartoon 	40 lemmings (doo-wop)
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse look for water in the desert. Grover sees mirages of a waterfall and a drinking fountain, and Fred reminds him that he brought a canteen.
 	Cartoon 	A party is full of "Nineteen" of things.
 	Film 	Feet wearing all different types of shoes dance.
center 	Muppets 	The Sublime Miss M performs "The Sublime Ms. M."
 	Cartoon 	A baby and father illustrate up and down.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird comes across Philip, Lonn, and Billie Rose "feeding" the river as a way of thanking it for helping sustain life on the Earth. They inform Big Bird that all things in nature are gifts that we must take care of. He proceeds to sing "What a Gift" in appreciation of his surroundings.
 	Animation 	Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. (new narration by Jim Thurman added)
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Whoopi Goldberg talks with Hoots the Owl about how proud they are of their body parts.
 	Song 	Kevin Clash sings "Skin."
 	Cartoon 	F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic.
 	SCENE 5 	As Gordon continues reading, Big Bird can barely contain his excitement for the ceremony tomorrow. He sees Francis inside wearing his ceremonial outfit and practicing his dance. Big Bird starts to practice too, but decides to head right to bed; the faster he goes to sleep, the sooner tomorrow will come. He perks up, though, wondering what special name Francis will be given (perhaps "Dances with Big Bird?").
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Snuffy is upset that there isn't more to the letter when the postal employee returns with another giant postcard, reading "Love, your best friend, Big Bird." Before he heads off, the postman announces the sponsors, making sure to include "the United States Postal Service" as one of them.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23