Episode 0396

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis helps Big Bird, Debo, Shannon, and Desiree put together Big Bird's toy boat using a diagram. Big Bird is disappointed when he can't get in it to sail, so he settles to play with it in his birdbath (using the water he left in his nest).
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet barbershop group sings "High, Middle, Low".
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Animation 	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
 	Cast 	Bob assembles a number 12.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!"
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar the Grouch tells Susan and Gordon that he admires Alphabet Bates because he gets to fly high up in the sky away from everybody. After they observe his plane write a letter D , Susan and Gordon tell Oscar he can look down now, but Oscar refuses because then he'd have to look at them. Once they leave, Oscar hatches a plan inspired by Alphabet Bates.
 	Song 	"Starfish"
 	Cast 	David, Luis and Linda count in different languages.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar has attached wings and a propeller to his trash can, but Luis and Tom make fun of its inability to fly. They leave and Oscar gets an idea from a bird he hears nearby.
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
center 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of chicken soup. Johnson says that he can't eat the soup, and Grover can't guess why. "That settles it," Johnson sighs. "From now on, I'm bringing my lunch to work in a paper sack." He finally explains to Grover that he can't eat the soup because he doesn't have a spoon.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar's now got a beak on his can and feathered wings that can flap with a pull string. Tom and Luis make fun of him again, but Oscar gets another idea when he sees that the beak is shaped like a rocket.
 	Animation 	An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns.
 	SCENE 5 	Having fashioned his can to look like a rocket, Oscar recites a countdown but nothing happens. Tom explains that he needs an engine strong enough to lift it off the ground. When a kid walks by with a helium-filled balloon, Oscar gets yet another idea.
 	Cartoon 	A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D.
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar finally achieves flight using a large gas-filled balloon. He enjoys himself at first, but when he meets Little Bird, he's told that there are no garbage dumps or mud puddles in the sky. Oscar decides he'd rather not be up there after all, so Little Bird pops his balloon. Upon landing back in front of 123 Sesame Street, he tells his neighbors he won't go back unless he can get a trash dump to fly.
 	Animation 	A kid's father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found.
 	Muppets 	Bob reads the story of "The Diamond D and the Dangerous Dragon" acted out by the Anything Muppets.
 	Animation 	A kid's father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found. (Spanish version)
 	Transition 	Bridge #4 - 4 Corner Bridge B
 	SCENE 7 	Susan sings "Three of These Things" with a hammer, knife, spoon, and fork.
 	Cartoon 	W For Wilbur
 	Cast 	Part 1: Tom has blocks and Gordon has a truck. How can they play on the same table without getting in each other's way?
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: D for Dog
 	Cast 	Part 2: Tom and Gordon figure out how to get the truck through the blocks.
 	Film 	Kids play in the snow.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 8 	Luis sings "Three of These Things" in Spanish with a taco, a hamburger, a hot dog, and a sneaker.
 	Film 	City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover)
 	Muppets 	"The AN Family Song"
 	Animation 	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (repeat)
 	SCENE 9 	A large box of books has arrived for Susan, but neither Big Bird nor Tom can lift it to bring to Susan's apartment. While Tom leaves to get some help, Susan suggests having the kids to carry the books individually.
 	Muppets 	Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball.
 	SCENE 10 	The kids go back to playing as Tom returns with Luis to help lift the box. Susan picks it up with ease and carries it off, baffling Tom into thinking she's very strong.
 	Film 	A woman counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey.
 	Animation 	The screen fills with sand like an hourglass.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word.
 	Animation 	The screen is emptied of sand, like the top of an hourglass.
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (repeat)
 	SCENE 11 	The kids play on Sesame Street while Tom announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*This story was partially adapted into Oscar's Book.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3