Episode 4155

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	"What's the Word on the Street?" -- expert
 	SCENE 	On another sunny day, Big Bird gets some bananas from Alan, who almost welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street - when Baby Bear interrupts him so that his parrot, Ralphie, can do it instead.
 	SCENEcont'd 	Baby Bear is proud of how talented his parrot is, claiming that Ralphie can do anything. He can rhyme, sing, dance, and play peek-a-boo. As Baby Bear gives a speech on what a great friend Ralphie is, he doesn't notice Ralphie flying away. He looks around for Ralphie, and quickly becomes distressed. He calls out Ralphie's name, and hears a squawk from the distance, followed by "Welcome to Sesame Stweet." Alan pinpoints where it's coming from.
 	SCENEcont'd 	Baby Bear depends on the viewer's help to look for Ralphie, and the camera moves around Sesame Street, finally reaching Ralphie, resting in a tree.
 	SCENEcont'd 	Baby Bear is relieved that Ralphie isn't lost. He assumes Ralphie will come down from the tree when he calls, but Ralphie would rather just stay up there and rhyme - even when Baby Bear says "please".
 	SCENEcont'd 	Just then, a magazine is delivered to Baby Bear. It's the latest issue of Parroting, the #1 magazine for anyone who wants to be an expert on parrots. He finds an article which suggests he get his friends to dress up like parrots and dance "The Parrot Polka." Elmo and Zoe immediately do so, but it doesn't make Ralphie want to fly down.
 	SCENEcont'd 	Baby Bear is clueless what to do, since the experts' advice didn't help him get his parrot back. Zoe wonders if Ralphie is hungry, which gives Baby Bear the idea to lure him down with his "dinny-poo." Ralphie does fly down, but he flies past the food dish and out of Baby Bear's sight!
 	SCENEcont'd 	Baby Bear is heartbroken at the thought of losing his dear parrot friend. Alan tells him to look at it from Ralphie's point of view: Ralphie is a bird, and birds are born to fly. They both acknowledge it in song: "Sometimes a Bird's Got to Fly."
 	SCENEcont'd 	Once the song is finished, Baby Bear decides to accept the fact that Ralphie is gone. Just then, Ralphie comes flying back to him, and everything in Baby Bear's life is right again.
 	Animation 	Colored birds bring color to a paper world as "Frère Jacques" plays.
 	Celebrity 	Diane Sawyer is an expert at blowing bubbles.
 	Song 	Hoots sings "Baby, You're So Smart."
 	Muppets 	The Letter of the Day: HCookie Monster decides to hide the letter H cookie. He then finds a place to hide it: In his tummy!
 	Song 	Soul H!
 	Film 	The floating kids form an H.
 	Cartoon 	Anansi the Spider tells a story of how he helped the monkey and the baboon reach a compromise.
 	Muppets 	
 	Muppets 	Abby Cadabby sings "I Love Words."
 	Animation 	The word "LOVE" in various situations.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Trisha Yearwood sings "I'm Talkin' Love" to explain to Herry Monster about how she feels when she misses her friend who is very far away (further than China or New Jersey even). Baby Bear and Grover happen by to help sing back-up before her friend arrives. At the end, a Martian materializes and Herry notes, "Some guys have all the luck."
 	Film 	The Number of the Day: A remake of the Number Song Series brings forth 3.
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #3
 	Film 	"OK, We Got a Hip-Hop Beat" - #3
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	A horseshoe and boot pattern
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Pets
 	Insert 	The Adventures of Trash GordonChapter 692On Planet Upside-Down, Trash turns himself upside down to avoid frightening the Upside-Downians.
==Notes==
*This is the last episode to feature a "Trash Gordon" closing.
*The Bert and Ernie sketch in this episode also marks the last time a segment from the 1970s aired on the show.
*Leslie Carrara-Rudolph performs the deliverywoman that delivers Baby Bear's magazine.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 38