Episode 3444

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Rosita and Lexine are playing checkers when Celina emerges with Barkley, whom she's looking after today while Linda runs errands. They all decide to cooperate in taking care of him since he's so big, and Lexine suggests teaching him some new tricks. Celina shows him the following segment...
 	Video 	Fay demonstrates addition by placing 3 balls on a table.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Following the segment, Celina tries to get Barkley to do what Fay just did. She sets three balls on one of Finders Keepers' outdoor tables and Lexine puts one of them on the ground, expecting Barkley to pick it up and put it back on the table. Barkley doesn't, so Lexine pretends to be a dog and shows him how to do it. Celina puts the ball in his mouth to clue him in, but he runs off with it instead. Rosita then realizes that Barkley just did a subtraction trick (three balls minus one equals two), and they all go chasing after Barkley.
 	Song 	"Three Rabbits" minus two equals one.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Whoopi Goldberg talks with Hoots the Owl about how proud they are of their body parts.
 	Film 	Alphaboy: B - A bumpy bicycle ride.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Bug
 	Song 	"B is for Bubble" (remake)
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Tim Robbins and Elmo talk about surprise.
 	Cartoon 	Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get.
 	SCENE 2 	Celina comes back with Barkley and congratulates him on the "trick" he did. She then points his attention to the next segment...
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form all the letters of the alphabet.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	The gang thinks Barkley wants to make a letter of the alphabet, but he just runs around instead. "Forget it!" says Rosita.
 	Film 	(song) Ornate Bs around the neighborhood and at the beach.
 	Cartoon 	B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear) (new music and sound effects added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Alphaquest: B
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A girl dances her way into her family portrait.
center 	Muppets 	"El Baile del Pinguino"
 	Animation 	The word "dog" appears on-screen, followed by a shot of a dog.
 	SCENE 3 	Celina decides to show Barkley a different kind of dog, as seen in the next segment...
 	Song 	"Cow Dog Song"
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	After watching the aforementioned segment, Barkley lies down and starts whimpering. Linda comes by and is confused when she sees him this way. She tries cheering him up by giving him a dog biscuit and tickling his tummy, but neither of those work. Celina explains what happened and Linda realizes why Barkley feels this way: he is a sheep dog, and watching the cow dog round up the cows made him want to round up some sheep. All they need to make him feel better is some sheep, and Linda gets an idea.
 	Cartoon 	Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names.
 	Film 	Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press.
 	Cartoon 	A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants.
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #16
 	Muppets 	"Sixteen Samba"
 	Celebrity 	Blair Underwood swings Elmo sixteen times.
 	Song 	"Ookyook Song," a Joe Raposo song with the Alaskan words for all the things you need to put on when it's ukiuq (winter).
 	SCENE 4 	Linda brings some kids over to Barkley so they (along with Lexine) can pretend to be sheep. The kids all baa while Barkley herds them around, and he feels a lot better afterwards. Celina becomes inspired, and leads everyone into her dance studio.
 	Cartoon 	Is no one afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?
 	Film 	Lamont, who lives in the city, visits his friend Adrian, who lives in the country. Together they ride bikes, swim, and have dinner with Adrian's family.
 	Animation 	Native American bead designs display some wild animals, which have Indian names.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird tells an unusual story about his feet wanting to go in different directions until he told them to cooperate.
 	Cartoon 	Counting 40 pigsArtist: Keith Haring
 	SCENE 5 	In the dance studio, Celina consults Linda on how to sign such dog commands as "sit," "stand," and "roll over," and teaches the kids how to do them as well; Barkley appropriately follows their commands while doing so. This is all a part of her plan to create a dance for both kids and dogs, but the others find this idea unbelievable.
 	Film 	A boy signs the word cat, and morphs into one.
 	Cartoon 	A story of a cat who hated rain, wished for it to stop, and witnessed the disastrous effects of no rain. (new sound effects added)Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster shares a pillow.
 	Cartoon 	A mosquito bites a man and a dog, who agree to scratch each other's backs.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Song 	"Family Song" - a rewritten version of "Brothers Song"
 	Cartoon 	A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes.
 	SCENE 6 	Celina lines up all the kids so the dance can begin. Rosita turns on the boombox to play some dance music, and she and Linda watch in amazement as Celina conducts Barkley and the kids by signing the commands, making it appear as if they are doing an elaborate dance. Everyone gives Barkley a hug as Rosita announces the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Baby Bear tries to use the Furry Arms Hotel's revolving door to get in, but only manages to land on Benny back outside.
==Notes==
*The episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3764.
*Among the props spotted in Finders Keepers are John Goodman's bunny briefcase (from a segment) and a gold number 2 from the song "Two for Two."
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27