Episode 3157

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Big Bird introduces the Amazing Mumford, who will be performing a special trick with an energetic dog (Peter Linz) where they change personalities.
 	SCENE 1 	Mumford reiterates to Big Bird how his trick will work: he will become the dog, and the dog will become him. With a wave of his wand, the trick works as planned: Mumford's voice and personality emit from the dog, while Mumford's voice and mannerisms involve typical dog behavior. He tries reversing the trick, but since the dog now inhabits Mumford’s body, he acts as if the wand is a bone or a toy and runs off with it. Big Bird and the dog-Mumford chase after him.
 	Film 	Fay Ray gets on and under a rug.
 	Animation 	E / e (elephant / jazzy trumpet)
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts the Letter of the Day Pageant.
 	Cartoon 	E for Erase
 	Film 	Looking for squares in the city (Maria voiceover)
 	SCENE 2 	The Mumford-dog runs to Luis at the Fix-It Shop and begins sniffing and licking him. Big Bird and dog-Mumford arrive and explain what happened. Luis tries getting the wand back, but the dog snarls at him each time he tries. He finally retrieves it using reverse psychology, but it is soon grabbed back by the Mumford-dog who runs off with it again.
 	Cartoon 	Abstract count to 15
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Kids play bongo drums loud and soft.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L--Loud
 	Cast 	Gordon hosts "What Happens Next," in which the viewer has to guess what kind of humiliation Maria as Chaplin is going to face before Gordon rings the Dinger's ding-dong bell. First, the tramp slips on a banana peel, then collapses when sitting on a three-legged bench. Finally, when a rain cloud is about to rain on him, he shifts the cloud over to the left of the screen so it rains on Gordon instead. (new theme music added)
 	Cartoon 	A little boy describes a time when he got angry after his toy truck was destroyed by a big kid.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 3 	Mumford and Big Bird's search continues by the playground, where Barkley runs into them and wants to play with dog-Mumford. Mumford is in no mood to play, so Big Bird lures Barkley back to Linda’s apartment with the promise of dinner. Soon after he and Barkley leave, a cat (Julianne Buescher) mistakes Mumford for a real dog and begins hissing and scratching at him, which sends Mumford off running.
 	Cartoon 	A dog tries desperately to meow, but can only bark.
 	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.
 	Animation 	15 kinds of Japanese crests are counted.
 	Film 	Wendy makes cookies with her grandmother. They later visit Wendy's great-grandmother at the nursing home, and give her some of the cookies.
 	Animation 	Blue, red and yellow ovals play "Old MacDonald."
 	Muppets 	Grover and Erik surprise each other.
 	Animation 	Beads arrange themselves in different ways, and finally stick themselves to a girl's necklace.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird instructs Mumford to growl to make the cat leave, but his dog impression fails to scare the cat. Bigger growls scare the cat away, which come from Mumford’s dog counterpart! They try to get the wand again but observe that he doesn’t have it anymore.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #15
 	Film 	A boy talks about living in Alaska and about racing sled dogs.
 	Muppets 	Four monsters, including Elmo, sing "We Are All Monsters". (redubbed version)
 	Cartoon 	"L" for "Large" and "l" for "little" (new music added)
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Kadeem Hardison says the alphabet with Natasha.
 	Animation 	Sand L/l
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird realizes that since dogs bury bones, the Mumford-dog must have buried it. The dog points to a tree in the park, indicating that's where the wand is buried. Mumford requests for a shovel, but Big Bird thinks it isn't needed; as he's now got a dog's body, Mumford himself can do the digging. He comes across 10 bones that Big Bird counts until he finally finds the wand. He then takes a rest after all the digging he’s done. ("I've been working like a dog!")
 	Animation 	Counting from 10-0 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish dub)
 	Film 	Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"In and Out Crowd"Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Film 	Animals fight.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Caveperson DaysCaveperson Bert invents a window so that he and Ernie can see outside without going all the way to the cave's exit. (new music added)
 	Cartoon 	"Mother Brown's Farm (Number Fifteen Song)"
 	SCENE 6 	With the wand in his mouth, Mumford waves it and puts himself and the dog back in their respective bodies. However, just like before, the dog ends up having the wand and runs off with it again! Mumford chases the dog in close pursuit as Luis announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*This was Bruce Connelly's first recorded episode as Barkley.Tough Pigs "Dog Person: An Interview with Barkley Performer R. Bruce Connelly, Part 1," August 24, 2022
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3476.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 25