Episode 3713

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	It's late at night and everyone on Sesame Street is sleeping. Suddenly, a red siren goes off at the WASA monitoring station Around the Corner and wakes up Oscar, Maria and Telly. Something may be wrong with Slimey's mission to the Moon.
 	SCENE 1 	The worm technicians are buzzing about trying to figure out what's going on. Professor Albert Einslime appears to be in charge, but he won't know what's going on until they make contact with the Wiggleprise. When they make visual contact, it appears that the ship's crew are arguing over who gets to use the pink bowling ball. Dr. Einslime explains that this happens to worms in space after being cooped up for so long and states that this could be a dangerous emergency. If they can't cooperate with one another, they may not get to the moon. Telly frets that they could even get lost in space.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Einslime says that to help, Oscar, Telly and Maria must sing the "Worm Cooperation March." Reluctantly, Oscar agrees to sing for Slimey. When the worms form a star together, it looks like they're not fighting anymore, but once the song stops, they resume their quarrel over the bowling ball. The song has to be sung again...
 	Insert 	"Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate the word DANGER.
 	Muppets 	How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger."
 	Film 	Children demonstrate "up" and "down" with balls.
 	Cartoon 	Z In Space
 	Film 	Kid jungle explorers sight a wild Letter Z.
 	Cartoon 	Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it.
 	Muppets 	A trio of bugs sing "Night Bug Boogie."
 	Cartoon 	The crew on spaceship CU2 looks for signs of life in space. They spot signs such as ONE WAY, STOP, and EXIT.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 2 	The song isn't working after several choruses; the worms are still fighting over the pink bowling ball. Suddenly, the ball breaks free from their grasp and floats toward the ship's control panel and hits the Wrong Way button. Instantly, the ship changes course, making a 180º turn away from the moon.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Because this is WASA's first mission to the moon, Maria is instructed to read their official Worm Spaceship Manual to figure out what to do. She finds the section on the Wrong Button, which strictly instructs never to press it -- but if this has already been done, all you have to do is push the Right Way button. The only problem is that the Right Way button is outside the spaceship, located near the tippy-tippy top so that it can't be pushed by mistake.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	It's determined that one of the worms has to crawl outside, and Slimey is the first to volunteer for the job. Oscar realizes that the only way this can happen is if everyone cooperates.
 	Cartoon 	In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callomouse attends a revue at the Lunar Lounge.
 	Cast 	Wish You Were Here: Gabi and Miles take a tour of the Kennedy Space Center, where they learn about how rockets are launched into space, along with a group of other kids. Miles works at Mission Control, while Gabi pretends to be an astronaut.
 	Cartoon 	Astronauts form a 2 in space.
 	Song 	"2, 2, 2, Me and You."
 	Cartoon 	Egyptian #2
 	Muppets 	Grover and Meghan pretend to go to the moon.
 	Cartoon 	Noodles & Nedd make the bed.Artist: John R. Dilworth
 	SCENE 3 	Taking charge of the situation, Oscar dons a headset and initiates a plan, assigning jobs for the worm astronauts. With each of them wearing a space suit, Slimey is ready to crawl to the top of the spaceship and the others are going to form a worm ladder to hang onto him out the door of the ship.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Oscar, Maria and Telly watch as Slimey slowly climbs to the top, hits the button for course correction, and squiggles his way back into the ship safely. Maria congratulates Oscar for his leadership, but he apologetically claims that he had to cooperate for Slimey's sake.
 	Cartoon 	A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and crickets. Her snores frighten the real monster.Artist: Deanna Morse
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Imagine That" about things that he sometimes imagines to be: first a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon, then a sailor, and finally, himself.
 	Film 	A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry.
 	Cartoon 	A television reveals many Z words.
 	Animation 	The Letter Z in various typefaces.
 	Cartoon 	An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests.
 	Film 	The floating kids form a square
 	Cartoon 	Alice Kadeezenberry tries to water the plants, but notices the hose doesn't go far enough for her to do so. After several harebrained attempts, she uses a nearby watering can.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Los Lobos sings "Elmo and the Lavender Moon."
 	Animation 	A boy has a dream in which he floats in Outer Space between things.
 	Song 	Jeff Redd sings "Between."
 	Film 	A karate team punches out the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (underscore added to intro)
 	Film 	A boy is scared to go to sleep at night, until his dad tells him to use his imagination to calm himself down. He conducts a symphony with his toys.
 	Cartoon 	The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages.
 	SCENE 4 	All pooped out from their rescue mission, the worms are dressed in their pajamas to get ready for bed.
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	Satisfied that Slimey is no longer in danger, Oscar, Telly and Maria head back to their homes. On their way, they look up and reflect on the fact that Slimey is among the stars headed for the moon. Telly can't see them, but Maria says that it's because they're so far away. She announces the sponsors, which appear in the stars.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly wishes Oscar wanted to play something with him, when a ball lands in his hands. "Thank you, Ball Fairy!"
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	INTRO 	In the 1999 rerun, the season 30–32 intro sequence is used in place of the season 29 opening.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "I Like Laughing When I'm Happy Best of All" with Baby Natasha.This segment replaced "Night Bug Boogie" in the 1999 rerun.
 	Animation	Horses appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays.This segment replaced the film about Strawberry the horse in the 1999 rerun.
 	Muppets 	Elmo plays ball with his plant Gloria, when Big Bird comes by and tries to explain that Gloria can't play ball, as they have nor arms or hands to catch it with. Elmo tries playing checkers with Gloria instead.This segment replaced "Between" in the 1999 rerun.
==Notes==
*This episode was among a select group of Season 29 episodes that were reran during the last few weeks of 1999, shortly before Season 31 began airing the following January. This particular episode aired on November 23, December 14, and December 29.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29