Episode 3045

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird watches Maria singing a "Cuban Pete"-esque song to herself while dancing, and tries to follow along. Maria helps him get the "da-ba-da-ching-boom-bing" rhythm down and explains that her old friend, Gloria Montoya, will be visiting Sesame Street today. As kids, the two were best friends and used to pretend to be grown-ups while listening to and singing the song.
 	Cartoon 	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw, and a typewriter.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Film 	Cheri goes fishing with her abuelo.
 	Cartoon 	A dog-shaped televisionAnimation inspired by Keith Haring.
 	Muppets 	Kermit says his "ABC's of the Swamp."
 	Cartoon 	Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Prairie Dawn is sad because of how small she is; Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers cheer her up by singing "Small People". They are joined by Big Bird, Snuffy, the Birdketeers, Natasha, Merry Monster, and Billy.
 	Cartoon 	A girl talks about imagination.
 	Muppets 	Spaceship SurpriseThe crew lands on the Planet TR, where they are greeted by Trevor Trout.
 	Cartoon 	F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet man sings about the word "Salida"...and refuses to stop.
 	Film / Muppets 	Alphaquest: SA swimsuit, Grover as a silly surfer, a seagull, the sunset and a submarine.
 	Animation 	Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You."
 	Cartoon 	A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f.
 	SCENE 2 	Using what Maria's told them about Gloria, Big Bird and Snuffy try to picture what Maria's childhood best friend is like. Though they both picture her to be a good dancer, Snuffy figures she has yellow feathers and a beak and can do ballet; likewise Big Bird pictures her with brown fur and a snuffle, doing a tap dance. The real Gloria (Olga Merediz) arrives and the two doubt it's her until they hear her singing and dancing to Maria's song. They offer to bring her to the Fix-It Shop.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #6
 	Muppets 	Ernie doesn't want to play with Bert, who sings "I Wish I Had a Friend to Play With Me".
 	Animation 	Beads arrange themselves in different ways, and finally stick themselves to a boy's jacket.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	"Six Circus Balls"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	SCENE 3 	Maria and Gloria reunite and confuse Big Bird and Snuffy when the two start discussing their differences and similarities. They explain that friends can be both the same and different, comparing their own relationship to Big Bird and Snuffy's.
 	Animation 	Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish version)
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder Snake.
 	Muppets 	Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand."
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
 	SCENE 4 	Gloria shows some childhood pictures of herself and Maria, saying how she could fix anything even at that age. They come across some pictures of Gloria as a child writing the alphabet, flying a toy plane, and holding a prize-winning story about airplanes. Gloria explains how moments like these influenced her current career - she's a skywriter. She then offers to take Maria and Big Bird up in her plane!
 	Song 	"When You Grow Up"
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" #6Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	The Adventures of Prairie Dawn: Turning Off the Television To Save Energy
 	Cartoon 	A satellite view of the earth is shown on television, while a group of geese decide to fly south.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Animation 	The word EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet.
 	SCENE 5 	Up in Gloria's plane, Big Bird celebrates the sensation of flying; Maria, on the other hand, is a bit uneasy as she clutches an airsickness bag. Gloria wants to show off what she can do and asks Big Bird for a word to write. He suggests "EGGS," and Gloria soars her plane around to form the word in the sky (actually done by a telestrator effect).
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Maria asks her to land the plane, and Gloria agrees to... but first she proceeds to write and announce the sponsors. The credits follow.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24