Episode 3514

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird greets the viewer when he hears the sound of a wolf. It turns out to be none other than his good friend, the greatest actor in the world - Sir John Feelgood! Sir John is on a break from having traveled around the world performing, but he pretends to be a chicken (a role he recently played in A Chicken for All Seasons) for Big Bird. He finds the "chicken within" and struts around clucking, but afterward finds that he can't stop pretending! He claims it happens to all great actors, so Big Bird gets an idea how to get him to stop and leaves while Sir John eyes a tasty worm on the ground.
 	Cartoon 	Is no one afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?
 	Song 	"When You Grow Up"
 	Muppets 	Morgan sings the alphabet for Grover.
 	Film 	Nicholas is now old enough to rollerblade, and ride a bike without training wheels.
 	Song 	"At the Coastline" (Beach Boys style)
 	Muppets 	Game Show: "Say the Word"
 	Animation 	The camera encounters STOP signs in many locations.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird returns with a STOP sign, which he instructs Sir John to read when he starts clucking. It seems to work, but ultimately fails. Big Bird leaves to get help from a grown-up: Maria.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	"This is the price I pay for my genius!" Sir John cries, when he's suddenly approached by a chicken (David Rudman) who admires his impression. He tries to explain he's not really a chicken, but decides to just go home and take a nap, thinking he'll be fine when he wakes up. Big Bird brings Maria out to the yard where Sir John was and only sees the chicken, which Big Bird believes is Sir John!
 	Cartoon 	"Three Waltzing Chickens"Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	"Barn in the USA"
 	Film 	Q, for quack. Quiet!
 	Animation 	Airplanes carve the letter Q.
 	Film 	Girls giggle as they clap their way to the letter Q.
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"At School," with animation bookended by live-action footage.
 	SCENE 3 	Using a framed picture of Sir John, Big Bird has Maria dress as the famous actor, thinking it'll make the chicken remember how to be "himself." Maria insists the chicken is an ordinary bird, but agrees to help Big Bird anyway. Maria does a convincing impersonation of Sir John (even getting applause and flowers from his unseen audience), but even her performance as an elevator doesn't help.
 	Animation 	The word ELEVATOR gets on one.
 	Muppets 	"The Elephant Elevator Operator"
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals. (new sound effects added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Elmo and Seven Goldfish sing.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #7
 	Film 	Two boys working at the family Mexican restaurant show how they prepare for the day, and how tacos and enchiladas are made.
 	Animation 	A girl unfolds a map and uses it to describe her trip to Mexico, stopping in Texas along the way.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird remembers he's multilingual and communicates with the chicken to help it remember its identity. The chicken responds that it's not Sir John, making Big Bird think the case is worse than he thought. He thinks he can stump the chicken by asking it to lay an egg, and when it can't it'll realize its true identity. The chicken happens to lay an egg on the spot, convincing Big Bird his theory is wrong. But if the chicken is real, then where is Sir John?
 	Animation 	The word EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet.
 	Muppets 	All types of wild animals that lay eggs sing "Let's Lay an Egg."
 	Animation 	Can you find the birds in this picture?
 	Song 	"Family Song" - a rewritten version of "Brothers Song"
 	Cartoon 	A baby and father illustrate up and down.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Ellen DeGeneres tries convincing Elmo on how similar they are (mainly how their names sound).
 	Cartoon 	Fish swim to form Q and q. (new sound effects added)
 	Muppets 	Herry and John-John observe a letter Q.
 	Animation 	Fans reveal the letter O.
 	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 baby demonstrates 'happy,' 'surprised' and 'sad.'
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "D-U-C-K-I-E."
 	Cartoon 	The letters in the word BESO kiss each other. (new sound effects added)
 	SCENE 5 	Sir John returns from his nap, still unable to stop pretending to be a chicken (even his dreams were affected). Big Bird realizes the solution: pretend to not be a chicken! Sir John prepares himself and starts to pretend, finding that he is back to normal. He must leave for Paris to star in a production of Bus Stop (starring as the bus), and Big Bird becomes sad when he's gone. Maria, still in her Sir John costume, admits that she's been having fun pretending to be someone else and tries to fill in, announcing the sponsors for the unseen yet receptive crowd.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Patrick Stewart tells a number to get in its proper place by commanding, "Make it so, Number One!"
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27