Episode 3395

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	The Furry Arms Hotel is in its usual state of chaos: Honkers honking, Benny going on his break, germs attacking talking produce, and so on. Elsewhere in the hotel is a small yet much more calm room, where telephone operator Ernestine Tomlin works at her booth and answers a guest's question about today's sponsors. Humphrey and Ingrid bring Natasha to her in need of help: the chef has called in sick, forcing them to fill in and they need someone to watch Natasha. Ernestine volunteers to take care of her ("Unlike some people I know, I am able to do more than one thing at a time.") and the parents leave Natasha's carriage in her care.
 	Song 	"Happy Happiness"
 	Animation	E / e Gregorian chant
 	Animation	Computer E / e
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form a letter E.
 	Muppets 	"Do De Rubber Duck"
 	Cartoon 	Apple: a riddle
 	Film 	Footage of kids playing professions, alternating with footage of analogous real-life jobs.
 	SCENE 2 	Ernestine decides to show Natasha how to be an operator. She pretends to take a call and turns the headset toward Natasha, who just blows a raspberry into it. Ernestine tells her this is the wrong thing to do: "A telephone operator must remain polite and courteous at all times. (aside) Gag me with a phone." When a real caller phones in Natasha lets another loud raspberry rip, which the caller hears and they become very upset. Ernestine argues with them before hanging up, realizing what a bad example she's setting.
 	Cartoon 	Figures dance around a telephone as it rings.Artist: Keith Haring
 	Song 	"Jump" (soul)
 	Animation	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase T.
 	Insert 	Celina teaches Elmo and the kids the "T Dance."
 	Song 	"T, You're Terrific"
 	Cartoon 	A girl notices some footprints near and far to her. They belong to a giant purple bird.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Chopstick dancePart 1
 	Cast 	A remake of "Can Read" with Mr. Handford reading a recipe, Rosita reading a letter from her abuela, and Ruthie reading a box label.
 	Cartoon 	"Letters in the Body"Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Forgetful Jones and Clementine ride on horseback, and come across a rock. Clementine consults her book, The Cowgirl's Companion, to figure out how to handle a rock in your trail: go around it.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig."
 	Cartoon 	The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light.
 	Insert 	Elmo asks Tarah about the word on his card (STOP).
 	Video 	Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on.
 	Cartoon 	What if we celebrated Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts?
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsBig Bird visits a Puerto Rican casita in East Harlem. He tries to find out what people do there, but everyone is too busy raising chickens, planting tomatoes, cooking and planning music to answer.
 	Animation	Counting from 10-0 (Latin rhythm)
 	SCENE 3 	On the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, Linda shows some kids the sign for "butterfly," and they sign it as Carlo sings a song about the insect.
 	Film 	How to say "butterfly" in sign language
 	Muppets 	The Martians examine a fan and are "blown away" by it.
 	Animation	Writing utensils form the upper and lowercase letter E.
 	Song 	Ornate E's go easing by to a song.
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Chopstick dancePart 2
 	SCENE 4 	The girls receive a call from a guest requesting a ham sandwich. Ernestine points out they have the wrong number; they need to call extension #13 for room service, which she offers to transfer them to. Instead, she and Natasha get a good laugh when Ernestine plugs the caller's line into her own extension and claims to be room service!
 	Cartoon 	A mouse riding an armadillo sings a song about 13, his lucky number.
 	Animation	Masked March #13
 	Film 	"There's a lot to see under the sea," according to some young swimmers who narrate a poem about the ocean-dwellers they find.Music: "Kyisio Calypso" by Dermot Stewart
 	Cartoon 	Esme's wooden clown breaks, and she is about to throw it away, when it suggests she use glue to fix it.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	Muppets 	"Some Enchanted Lunchtime"
 	Animation	Lillian discusses the adjustments she has had to make as a big sister. She ultimately appreciates her little sister.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	SCENE 5 	Humphrey and Ingrid return to collect Natasha, telling Ernestine that she should be proud of her attempt to teach their daughter the basics of being an operator. The proud parents discover that Natasha has picked up Ernestine's trademark snort before finding that they can do it as well. All the proud monsters leave as Ernestine answers one final call about the sponsors. She adds, "Sesame Street is a production of the Children's Television Workshop... but if you don't mind my saying so, I think you should know that by now, Ms. Cooney!" and the credits follow. So ends the 26th season of Sesame Street.
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 28 as Episode 3549.
*Excluding repeats (and minor exceptions), this is the last episode to have two letter sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 26