Episode 3188

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Merry Monster pops up shouting "Wubba wubba wubba!" at the viewer. Being a monster, she's practicing scaring people today. She tries scaring Maria inside the Fix-It Shop, who's merely surprised. Maria tells her she needs to concentrate on her work, so Merry decides not to practice on her; instead, she begins to practice scaring herself.
 	Cartoon 	A man explains to a girl what a surprise is. (sound effect added to ending)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Celebrity	Whoopi Goldberg introduces the sound "WH" and then yells, "Whoopi!"
 	Animation	WH words (wheel, which, whiz, where, white, whale)
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsIn Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound Limerick: D—DogArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Alphaquest: D
 	Cartoon 	A photographic couple ballroom-dances on, in and under a plane.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 2 	Merry attempts to scare Prairie Dawn, who doesn't even flinch. She encourages Merry to keep trying though, and offers some suggestions on how to scare someone. Prairie's suggestions in trilling and waggling her arms around succeeds in scaring Merry off. "Hmm, maybe I have discovered a brand new talent," Prairie comments.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to push a huge balloon elephant through a narrow doorway, and a girl helps him by deflating it.
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive."
 	Cartoon 	A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive.
 	Film 	Kids dance around at gymnastics to "Rockin' Robin."
 	Muppets 	In the park, Harvey Kneeslapper comes up behind a man, asks him, "Wanna see something funny?" and then holds a mirror up. The man sees nothing funny...until he looks at Harvey!
 	Animation	Can you find the animals hiding in the T-shirt?Artist: Deanna Morse
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP.
 	Cartoon 	A boy narrates a poem about how he met Eleanor, the monster under his bed.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 3 	Merry uses Prairie's advice on Barkley, who leaps onto Linda's lap, whimpering. Gordon and Linda don't think that was very nice and Merry apologizes. She starts speaking softly to him and he calms down and begins to lick her face. Merry begins to warm up to the idea of being a friendly monster rather than a scary one.
 	Cartoon 	Do you know what it's like to be scared?
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: Christopher Cerf sings "I'm a Manatee".
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation	13 hamburgers dance around.
 	Song 	Lillian sings "Face Facts."
 	Cartoon 	A hippo has difficulty getting the succulent fruit down from a tree, and enlists the help of another hippo.Artist: John Korty
 	SCENE 4 	Chicago the Lion visits the library for the first time and Linda suggests he look around for a book he might like. He pounces on top of one of the bookcases looking for a book on vegetables, rooting around and knocking books over with his nose. Maria tells him that Linda can help him find the books he's looking for, and remarks that Linda should get a book on lion taming when Chicago jumps down.
 	Cartoon 	A mouse riding an armadillo sings a song about 13, his lucky number.
 	Film 	A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal.
 	Cartoon 	Pencil box I/i
center 	Muppets 	"Once Is Not Enough"
 	Film 	A girl dances her way into her family portrait.
 	Muppets 	Count von Count sings "Lambaba" as he counts sheep and other animals that pop into the room.
 	Cartoon 	Counting 40 pigsArtist: Keith Haring
 	SCENE 5 	Chicago spies Gordon reading The Broccoli from Another Planet. He stealthily sneaks toward Gordon before pouncing on the book, claiming it's the law of the jungle. Gordon tells him that at a library, he must wait his turn. Chicago waits patiently until Gordon finishes the book, then asks Gordon to put the book on the table so he can properly "catch" it like it's prey.
 	Cartoon 	"Beginning, Middle, End"Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Muppets 	Big Bird wears a disguise and says "D-disguise."
 	Animation	Letter Garden: D
 	Muppets 	The Bicuspids sing "Kids Just Love to Brush."
 	Song 	"One of These Things" (with Wegman's dogs and a terrier)
 	Cartoon 	The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i. Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster wants Prairie Dawn's cookie and she makes Cookie Monster imagine the potentials for his actions. First, Cookie Monster imagines himself having a temper tantrum, realizing that'd hurt his fists. Then he tries to pounce on the cookies and then imagines himself stealing the cookie, and gets arrested by a police officer. Just when Cookie Monster eventually runs out of ideas, Prairie suggests that he asks her and he does, and gets half of the cookie.
 	Film 	Kids in Jamaica play bongo drums.
 	Cartoon 	Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	SCENE 6 	Chicago's roars of laughter from reading start frightening the other patrons, and Maria asks that he keep his laughter to a dull roar. He becomes so happy when he learns he can take the book home with him he roars with joy, causing all the patrons to run out afraid. Gordon announces the sponsors, while Chicago wonders where everyone went.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 25