Episode 3491

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Baby Bear, Telly, Zoe, and Lexine finish a game of football in the park and wonder what to play next. Zoe recommends re-enacting "The Three Little Pigs," which Baby Bear is hesitant to do. Despite this, they vote for him first to pick a role to play. At a loss, Baby Bear claims he'll play "circus," claiming there's one coming to the street and dashes off.
 	Film 	A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: Two men demonstrate "up" on a teeter totter; one man ends up crashing through the ceiling. (new sting and sound effects added)
 	Muppets 	The Beetles are "Thinking of U."
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words Unite, U-turn, Underground, Up, and Universe.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo encounters Ray Charles playing the piano, and learns that he uses his fingers to read the lyrics. Ray sings and plays "Believe in Yourself", and everyone on Sesame Street joins them.
 	Film 	A blind child learns in class by using Braille.
 	Cartoon 	Kids see animals in their alphabet soup.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	SCENE 2 	Baby Bear returns dressed as a clown, then performs all the other acts in the circus as a one-bear show, introducing the tightrope walker and (stuffed) lion tamer. His friends are uninterested and tell him either he picks his character or they'll do it first. Baby Bear still doesn't know who he wants to be, allowing the others to assume the roles of the pigs and leaving Baby Bear as the Big Bad Wolf. Baby Bear rushes off to do "something important" first.
 	Animation 	Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe."
 	Muppets 	Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy.
 	Cartoon 	A monster named Doug has trouble getting to sleep at night, until the teeth in his dream remind him to brush his own.
 	Song 	"Take Care of That Smile"
 	Cartoon 	Masked March #19
 	Film 	Growing Numbers #19
 	Cartoon 	Rap #19
 	SCENE 3 	Baby Bear paces around in shame when Papa Bear arrives. Baby Bear tells him of his friends' plan and admits he doesn't know the story of "The Three Little Pigs." Papa Bear tells him to never be ashamed of not knowing something, and even lets the world know (by shouting) that he himself doesn't know everything either. This includes "The Three Little Pigs" story, so Papa Bear takes Baby Bear to the library to check it out.
 	Song 	"In the Library"
 	Cartoon 	The letters H, E, L and P try to arrange themselves to form the word "Help" while stuck on an island.
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs: Jack and Jill
 	Cartoon 	A mother and child make juice popsicles.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Insert 	Big Bird reads a fan letter, asking him how he has so much pep and energy. He explains it's because of sleep.
 	Cartoon 	A caterpillar sings "Exercise Song."Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 4 	Papa Bear and Baby Bear return from the library with a copy of The Three Little Pigs. As they read, Baby Bear makes sure to remember what the Big Bad Wolf does, then heads back to the playground.
 	Cartoon 	Anansi the Spider tells a story of how he helped the monkey and the baboon reach a compromise. (new sound effects added)
 	Song 	"Family Song" - a rewritten version of "Brothers Song"
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP. (new music sting added)
 	Muppets 	(new music and sound effects added)
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (new music and sound effects added)
 	Film 	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world.
 	Cartoon 	Counting 40 pigsArtist: Keith Haring
 	SCENE 5 	Baby Bear returns to his friends and they perform the story of "The Three Little Pigs," complete with the appropriate props for the houses.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	When the story's over, Zoe suggests they now play "Hansel and Gretel." This time Baby Bear admits he doesn't know that story either, so he makes a quick trip to the library to bone up on it. Papa Bear announces the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Gina and the kids at day care pretend to be monsters, then stop!
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27