Episode 3487

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird, Gabi, Sage, and Allison are about to jump rope when Tarah wheels in. Big Bird invites her to jump with them, but she reminds him that her wheelchair prevents her from jumping rope and suggests he figure out another way she can play. Big Bird thinks springs and a giant rubber band will help propel her, but she finds those implausible. She shows she can use her arms, and they have her to help turn the rope.
 	Film 	A girl learns how to jump rope.
 	Muppets 	Mr. Johnson wants something to read, so Flight Attendant Grover suggests reading the EXIT sign, the safety manual and the tag on the collar of his shirt. After he informs Mr. Johnson that the airplane is out of newspapers and magazines, he sets the fat blue man on his lap and tells him to read his lips as he recites a story.
 	Cartoon 	“Animal Books”Artist: Steve Segal
 	Film 	Wegman’s dogs: Little Jack Horner
 	Cartoon 	Soul O
 	Animation 	Planting Letters: O
 	Animation 	Sand O/o
 	Muppets / Celebrity	“Two Princes”
 	Animation 	Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music.
 	Film 	A girl narrates a film of helping her dad, a pilot, fly a small plane. They fly through New York City, past the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty.
 	Animation 	"Family Dance"
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	“African Animal Alphabet”
 	SCENE 2 	Next, the group is going to play tee-ball. However, Big Bird points out that it’s about to rain, so they all try to get in one hit before the rain comes. Once the rain pours, Allison and Sage head for home, but Tarah lives too far away to wheel herself in the rain. Gabi invites her and Big Bird to seek shelter in her house.
 	Song 	"Get On Up (Everybody Move)"
 	Cartoon 	Leanna Williams must save the world by cleaning it.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finishes drinking milk, and doesn’t know what to do with the cartons at first, but gets the idea to “recycle” them and play with them like a train.
 	Animation 	Characters on a quilt form the letter O.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	A gymnast twirls ribbons to form the letter O.
 	Cartoon 	A lady receives a letter O in the mail, which promptly rolls around her living room.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 3 	Maria and Luis dry off the kids and hear an announcer (Martin P. Robinson) on the radio report that the storm is so bad, all citizens are advised to stay indoors. This means Big Bird and Tarah can sleep over! Big Bird worries that since Tarah’s parents aren’t with them, they won’t be able to ask them. He thinks they could send a letter or a messenger, when a phone call from Gordon reminds him they can use the phone. Tarah begins to make the call.
 	Film 	"Visiting Iesha": Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family is black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family.
 	Cartoon 	A girl’s mom can dribble 5 balls.
 	Muppets 	Underwater #5
 	Animation 	"Five Waltzing Chairs"Artist: Jane Aaron
center 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "You Made Me Love You."
 	Cartoon 	Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 4 	Tarah now has permission to stay over. Big Bird wonders what they should do before they go to bed, and Tarah says she must do her arm exercises to give her energy to move her wheelchair. Maria happens to know the “Workout in a Chair” song, so they stretch their arms as they each sit in a chair. After their workout, they decide it’s time for bed.
 	Cartoon 	Gerald’s dog Sparky likes to pretend he’s an alligator. (new music and sound effects added)
 	Muppets 	Elmo is sleeping over at Telly’s However Elmo can't sleep due to Telly's snoring. Elmo turn on the radio, so he can't hear Telly snoring, however the music is so loud that they can't sleep. Telly then tries to put his hand over his mouth and nose, however that don't work since he can't breath. Elmo then asks for some earmuffs, that worked. However now Telly can't sleep, because Elmo snores, luckily Telly has another pair of earmuffs.
 	Cartoon 	Household appliances count 1-10 and 10-0.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	On a rainy night, the Count brings Susan Sarandon to a locked castle. He knocks on the door just for the sake of counting the knocks, until it's revealed that the castle is his own. He then proceeds to unlock the numerous locks. (new music added to sting)
 	Song 	John Pizzarelli sings about feeling "happy and proud" on your birthday.
 	SCENE 5 	Maria lays out a mattress on the floor for Tarah, her bedtime being one of the times she can get out of her wheelchair. She also explains that it prevents any accidents if she should fall out of her bed. Luis helps her out of her chair, while Gabi will be using her sleeping bag and Maria sets up a blanket for Big Bird to sleep on. As the kids sleep, Maria and Luis embrace as they announce the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Big Bird and Baby Bear present a bouquet of flowers to Goldilocks, who sneezes.
==Notes==
*The episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3673.
*An instrumental of "Mambo I, I, I" is heard on the radio during scene 3.
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Category:Sleep
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27