Episode 3247

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Big Bird says, "Ready, set, go!" and ducks down, popping up again during the theme sequence.
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird again says, "Ready, set, GO!" as the latter word appears on-screen.
 	Muppets 	Humphrey thinks Natasha will help him demonstrate the words GO and STOP, but she does the opposite of whatever he says.
 	Song 	Kevin Clash sings "The Pasta Song."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: Two men demonstrate "up" on a teeter totter; one man ends up crashing through the ceiling. (new sting added)
 	Muppets 	Ethel Mermaid sings "I Get a Kick Out of U."
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	Cast 	Savion and some kids do "The Arm."
 	Cartoon 	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	A girl narrates a segment about nature through winter and spring.
 	Cartoon 	Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "What is Friend?"
 	Cartoon 	Leaves form R and r
 	Muppets 	Telly and Sean come up with R words, including roar, which attracts Chicago.
 	Film 	Alphaquest: RRunning down a road past a rabbit, a radio, some rocks, and a rainbow.
 	Song 	"One of These Things" (with Fay Ray)
 	Animation 	Marco had a flower. When it wilted, he called his grandpa and told him exactly what the flower looked like. Grandpa told him to water the flower, and it grew again.
 	Muppets 	A harried bird visits a tree, who has some open nests available. She doesn't want the big or bigger nests and plants herself in his biggest nest so she can lay her many eggs.
 	Song 	"It's Time for a Rhyme"
 	Cartoon 	Mother Nature shows how earthworms help trees grow.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	"We Are All Earthlings"
 	Animation 	A map of China morphs into the shape of animals and things that are found there.
 	SCENE 2 	Linda does some stretches as Barkley rests next to her. She invites Maria and Gordon to go running with her, but they're both pre-occupied. She asks Barkley to go running and he gladly agrees. Big Bird appears in-between shots as Linda signs "Ready, set, go!" as Barkley charges off, dragging Linda behind.
 	Muppets 	"Forty Blocks From My Home"
 	Film 	Empty / full classroom (time-lapse)
 	Cartoon 	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Big Bird asks to see that number one more time.
 	Cartoon 	"Martian Beauty" (repeat)
 	Animation 	Rubber Stamp #9
 	Film 	College students volunteer at the San Francisco Children's Zoo, which has such animals as ferrets, possums and chinchillas.Music: Joe Raposo
center 	Cartoon 	A male chorus sings about zoo animals, to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
 	SCENE 3 	Colorful circles surround Big Bird, who asks the viewer to guess what he's thinking about, leading to...
 	Cartoon 	I thought a thought ... about circles.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Looking for circles in the city (Maria voice-over)
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 4 	Linda carefully visits Hooper's Store to show Maria and Gina a butterfly from the park resting on her head. They wonder how long it'll stay there, considering it has remained on her head after dropping Barkley off back home.
 	Animation 	Isadora's sneakers describe all the fun they've had this past year, as the seasons change.
center 	Muppets 	The Hispanic community of Anything Muppets sings "It Sure is Hot!"
 	Animation 	Match the word HOT.
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon now joins the grown-ups as they observe the butterfly, still on Linda's head. The Count comes by with his "counting wolunteers" who will count to 40. The others don't think it's an appropriate time, but Linda encourages them, thinking it'll get the butterfly to leave. They count and the Count's trademark thunder and lightning occur, but the butterfly remains. Linda jokes that it must be deaf too.
 	Cartoon 	I Love You, in American Sign LanguageArtist: Steve Finkin
 	Muppets 	Wanda's friends beg her to stay in the water, but she'd rather explore land and be "A Fish Out of Water."
 	Cartoon 	Water travels from a cloud to a river, into a reservoir, and through pipes, and finally ends up in a bathroom sink.
 	Film 	In a village in Africa, people catch fish and celebrate afterwards.
 	Cartoon 	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.
 	Animation 	The word ICE is formed with ice cubes, which melt.
 	SCENE 6 	The grown-ups go to the park, where Linda signs a goodbye to the butterfly. Sure enough, it leaves her head and flutters away to everyone's surprise. The grown-ups wonder where it's gone...
 	SCENE 6 cont'd	The butterfly has landed in Big Bird's hand. He says a final "Ready, set, go," letting the butterfly fly away. He then announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*The animated circles in Scene 3 are reused from Episode 2831.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 25