Episode 3448

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	At the Fix-It Shop, Luis and Maria are about to watch the Worm World Music Festival on TV. Worms from all over the world have come to Sesame Street to perform, and the event is so popular that Luis and Maria couldn't even get tickets. Maria makes sure the remote she has finished repairing works and aims it at the TV; it switches on and they watch the live coverage...
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	The festival is covered live at the park on WORM-TV by host Downtown Julie Brown, who introduces some of the bands and musicians who will be performing today: the Tokyo Worm Quartet from Japan, Gooey Armstrong from New Orleans, Gloria Esteworm from Cuba, Wormsmith Black Mambazo from South Africa, and Squiggy Marley from Jamaica. However, her favorite group, Slimey and the Polka Worms, have not shown up yet. Where could they be?
 	Cartoon 	With the help of his assistant, Dr. Geo shows the viewer what a globe is.
 	Song 	"Get On Up (Everybody Move)"
 	Animation 	Luxo Jr.: Up and Down
 	Muppets 	Elmo sings "In Your Imagination."
 	Animation 	Amelia likes to pretend she can fly.
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar and Telly, displaying an unusual amount of camaraderie betwixt each other, have brought Slimey over to the Fix-it Shop so that Maria and Luis can fix Slimey's tuba, which accidentally got run over by a garbage truck. He can't play in the festival without it, and after first displaying some doubt about fixing it, Luis goes to get some tools while Maria tries to bend the heavily-flattened tuba back into shape.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Meanwhile at the festival, a Russian worm band known as the Flying Rachmaninoffs perform a piano concerto, each member pressing a different key to make the music. After the performance, Julie gets a bulletin that Slimey may not be able to show up to perform.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Back at the Fix-it Shop, Slimey attempts to play the tuba, but it makes a sour duck sound. Maria and Luis continue to work...
 	Film 	Kids play low and high notes on the Shpritzer.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Ornate I's swing through the air to a song.
 	Cartoon 	Pencil box I/i
 	SCENE 3 	Telly frets that Slimey won't get to play at the festival today, and Oscar yells at Maria and Luis to stop "fooling around." Maria explains that a tuba is different than their usual fare. "A tuba is not a toaster, it's a musical instrument - it needs special care," Maria says before Luis gives the tuba a few good whacks with a mallet.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Next on the festival program, reggae artists Squiggy Marley and the Mud Makers sing "Everyone Makes Their Own Music." After the song, Julie reports that the reason for Slimey's delay is due to the damage of his tuba, which is being fixed right now.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Slimey gives the tuba another test, but it still needs work as it gives a high-pitched squeak sound.
 	Cartoon 	A dog, a girl and a lizard dance to a bongo beat.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	A girl in Jamaica goes to school and attends drum class.
 	Cartoon 	"Next To Song"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	Muppets 	Grover works at a department store. Mr. Johnson wants a suit just like the one on the mannequin, but Grover is worried that the mannequin will be embarrassed.
 	Song 	"I Put My Leg in My Pants"
 	Cartoon 	A map of Puerto Rico forms into the shape of animals and other things that are found there.
 	SCENE 4 	Back at the festival: Gloria Esteworm performs "Mambo I, I, I."
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	After the song, a blimp that reads "WE LOVE YOU, GLORIA!" floats by, barely missing Julie who reports on the condition of Slimey's tuba.
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	Slimey gives the tuba yet another test, and then it's back to work when it makes an OOOOOGAH! instead of an oompah.
 	Cartoon 	CGI sheep graze out I and i.
 	Animation 	I / i candles
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsIn Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse.
 	Animation 	Counting 1-10 and 10-0 in Spanish (Maria voice-over)
 	SCENE 5 	At the festival, the crowd cheers as Wormsmith Black Mambazo perform "African Alphabet." After the song, Julie reports that the condition of Slimey's tuba is still unknown, "But Slimey, if you can hear me, we're thinking of you, man. Good luck!"
 	SCENE 5cont'd 	By now, Slimey's tuba is still not in good enough condition to be played at the festival, sounding like a shrill whistle. Everyone feels very sad about Slimey's loss... until Telly remembers that he can just loan Slimey his own tuba! He runs off and tells Slimey he'll meet him at the music festival. An ecstatic Slimey begins to dance around happily.
 	Song 	"The African Animal Alphabet"
 	Film 	Wegman’s dogs: Old King Cole
 	Cartoon 	"You know what it's like to be scared?"
 	Song 	Everyone has the same feelings, "No Matter What." Kids of all types play with a huge beach ball.
 	Animation 	A group of round crayons draws a house, and is hesitant to let a square yellow crayon join, until it draws the sun. They all cooperate to make a rainbow.
 	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)
 	Cartoon 	A girl’s mom can dribble 5 balls.
 	Muppets 	Underwater #5
 	Cartoon 	Five outlines of people dance.Artist: Keith Haring
 	SCENE 6 	Julie happily reports that Slimey and the Polka Worms will be playing at the festival after all. She interviews Telly and thanks him for his generosity, though Oscar would rather cut the treacle and get to the music. Slimey's band starts playing a polka version of the "Sesame Street Theme" for a cheering crowd. Back at the Fix-it Shop, Maria and Luis watch the performance on TV and dance to it.
 	SCENE 6cont'd 	Julie announces the sponsors and signs off.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: An announcer (Kevin Clash) introduces the cast of "The Cloud Who Wanted to Leave the Sky."
==Notes==
*The episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3671.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27