Episode 2558

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis welcomes the viewer, and mentions that Maria is at the clinic where she is about to get her check-up. He also says that a friend has tagged along...
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Big Bird has accompanied Maria on her visit to the maternity clinic, which is specifically for women who are pregnant. As revealed from their bus trip, Big Bird is full of questions about having babies. Maria explains that she (and the doctors there) will answer any questions he has; knowing how curious he is, she states that no question would surprise her.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	As Dr. Kapi takes Maria's blood pressure, she asks her a series of questions about her appetite.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Dr. Kapi weighs Maria on the scale, and then introduces them to a special microphone that will allow the baby's heart beat to be heard. Maria becomes surprised and emotional when she hears the baby's heartbeat for the first time.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird finally gets a chance to ask the question he's always wanted to ask: "Do I look sillier if I twist my head all the way around, or if I put my head under my wing?"
 	Film 	People of all ages ride bicycles.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	"African Alphabet Song"
 	Cartoon 	I for Ink (angry bird)
 	Muppets 	Grover and Christopher talk about what love is.
 	Cartoon 	Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP
 	SCENE 2 	Outside the Fix-It Shop, Maria demonstrates the use of the microphone (which she borrowed from Dr. Kapi) to Luis and the others. They all have different interpretations on what the heartbeat sounds like to them - Luis thinks it sounds like tiny horses, Elmo thinks it sounds like motorboats, and Gordon compares it to a drumroll. Maria taps on Linda's hand to show how it sounds, and Oscar interprets the sound as being akin to the engine of a tiny garbage truck.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: R for Rope
 	Film 	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world.
 	Cartoon 	A boy has fun with his wood plank.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Seven owlsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 3 	Maria sits in the yard and listens to her baby's heartbeat some more while thinking about it in song, along with a montage of this episode's previous street scenes.
 	Cartoon 	HEN / PEN / TEN / MEN Music: Joe Raposo
 	Film 	In an Alaskan village, a doctor makes a regular visit to a clinic.
 	Cartoon 	Geronimo 10-0 (parachute under haystack)
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Animals and children bathe in water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	The alphabet is presented using many materials and writing methods.
 	Celebrity 	Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe and Malcolm-Jamal Warner notice Telly and Keshia Knight Pulliam pretending to look sad, which escalates into the three of them arguing over what's more sad: losing a purple pen with a picture of Prince on it, not making the football team, or a best friend moving away. Telly and Keshia then pretend to look angry, and then notice that they look just like them.
 	Cartoon 	Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot.
 	Muppets 	Clementine works at the Double Bar "R" Ranch; Gladys the Cow applies for a job there.
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert
 	Muppets 	A bunch of city folk work together to plant a garden for me and for you, as they show (in song) that "Cooperation Makes it Happen."
 	Animation 	Rorschach ink blob association with a funky jazz soundtrack.
 	SCENE 4 	Just before lunch, Sonny Friendly pops in with a traveling edition of "Name That Sound." The first instance of the sound is drowned out by a fire engine, and the second instance is drowned out by a jet plane. As it turns out, the sound Sonny plays happens to be the baby's heartbeat! They win a trip (as Sonny promised) to the doctor - even though she already went today. He remarks, "How about that, audience? Another happy contestant! They took their trip already - aren't they fantastic?!"
 	Film 	Olivia briefly narrates a film of re-paving a street.
 	Muppets 	The Count sings about the ten things most important to him.
 	Cartoon 	Is snow cold? Yes!
 	Cast 	In a spoof of a famous Coke commercial, football player "Big Murray" (Gordon) accepts a number 7 from a young fan, whom he rewards with a towel that also has one on it.
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates up and down.Artist: Al Jarnow
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	SCENE 5 	Maria and Luis listen to the baby's heartbeat again as Elmo announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20