Episode 3533

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird observes Celina in the yard doing some strange moves. He wonders what she's doing, and eventually realizes that since she's a dance teacher, she must be learning a new dance. Celina confirms she's learning the "Front/Back Yak Ballet," and points him toward the following...
 	Song 	"Front Back Ballet"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Big Bird wants to learn the dance too, and Celina walks him through it. With enough practice, Big Bird has fully learned it, but he needs two more "yaks" to complete his troupe (as that's how many were in the video). Celina thinks this will be a difficult task...
 	Animation 	Luxo Jr. displays its front and back, eventually getting exhausted.
 	Song 	"I Put My Leg in My Pants"
 	Animation 	Characters on a quilt form the letter Y.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	Y for yell, yellow, yodel
 	Animation 	Y: Yuri, a yellow yak, eats yams and yogurt.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird looks for a yak, using the cover of Yakkety Yak Magazine for reference. He questions a horse, but finds that he lacks the horns the yak sports on the magazine. He then encounters a Swedish-accented chicken (Joey Mazzarino) who claims to be a "yak," but that's only on account of his thick accent (he's really named Jack).
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Big Bird explains his quest to Maria and Luis, who point out there aren't any yaks on Sesame Street. They suggest he find some pretend yaks instead - after all, he's not a yak himself either. Big Birds offers the two the vacant spots, but they have to work on Mr. Handford's toaster.
 	Film 	Fay Ray dresses up as different animals. ("It's Kermit the Dog!")
 	Song 	"The African Animal Alphabet"
 	Film 	Amelia pretends she's an astronaut.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Imagine That" about things that he sometimes imagines to be: first a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon, then a sailor, and finally, himself.
 	Animation 	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase letter Y.
 	Film 	Jaws spoof with the letter Y.
 	Cartoon 	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak". (new sound effects added)
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird finds Miles, Gabi, and Lexine, who are very familiar with the dance and demonstrate it. Big Bird is impressed and hires them all, but realizes they all can't be yaks; there were only three yaks in the song... at least, he thinks. They consult the segment again...
 	Cartoon 	Ballet-dancing yaks show their fronts and backs.Artist: Jane AaronIn this repeat of the segment, the footage is shown in a mirror image.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	With the number confirmed, they see they unfortunately have one "yak" too many.
 	Cartoon 	Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg. (new music added)
 	Song 	"Something Old Into Something New"
 	Cartoon 	A group gives a newcomer funny looks, which hurts his feelings, but then they invite him to play marbles with them. He turns out to be a good player. (inaudible version)Artist: Joanna Priestley
 	Film 	What sound does a cow make?
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo runs into Ellen DeGeneres listening to "Put Down the Duckie" with headphones and singing along to it. They try taking turns, but Elmo soon decides it would be better if they used the headphones at the same time - that way they can dance together.This eventually leads to...
 	Muppets 	Hoots tells Ernie to "Put Down the Duckie." (introduction cut)
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #16
 	Muppets 	"Sixteen Samba"
 	Animation 	Masked March #16
 	Muppets 	Grover talks to Carrington about their nose and how they both have it in the same place.
 	Cartoon 	A girl fantasizes what she could do without leaving her room if her nose, ears, legs, and arms got bigger.
 	Film 	Feet wearing all different types of shoes dance.
 	Cartoon 	A lizard, a girl and a dog dance.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird decides to sit out and watch the kids do the yak dance instead. The kids see it's a good solution, but Big Bird doesn't find it as fun.
 	Cartoon 	Bobby's dog narrates why Bobby is sad.
 	Muppets 	Zoe demonstrates front and back using Wolfgang and a fish.
 	Film 	A group of girls do a playground cheer ("One step forward, one step back").
 	Cartoon 	"Do the Continental" - two kids jump into Africa.
 	Film 	A trip to an African dance school.
 	Cartoon 	At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself.Artist: John Korty
 	SCENE 5 	The kids are sad because they can't find a way to solve their problem. It becomes worse when Maria, Luis, Gordon, Susan, Celina, and a couple of kids now want to join, making 11 yaks in all! The others tell him that their troupe doesn't have to be limited to only three, and they can have as many yaks as they want. They all do the "Front/Back Yak Ballet" together as Celina announces the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: "One of us four is not like the others..."
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28