Episode 2356

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo greets the viewer and shows off his plastic zoo set, saying hello to all his toy animals. Gordon and Miles observe him playing with it, and Gordon notices how he's typically put all the animals in zoo cages. Elmo is intrigued when Gordon tells him about the Bronx Zoo, where the animals get to roam free and the people can look at them at a safe distance. The three decide to visit the zoo.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Z for Zoo
 	Muppets 	Over the Top, a ZZ Top-like band, sings "ZZ Blues."
 	Cartoon 	A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig."
 	Cartoon 	A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT.
 	Cast 	Maria as Charlie Chaplin tries to leave through the door marked EXIT, but the sign keeps moving, and a brick wall appears behind each opened door. Finally, she makes her own exit through a hole in the wall.
 	Cartoon 	In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing.
 	SCENE 2 	The gang arrive at the zoo, where they are surprised to see Buster the Horse who has a job as a tour guide. He leads Gordon, Elmo, and Miles into a trolley car (nicknamed the "Bengali Express") where they watch animals such as the antelopes, Siberian tiger, elephants, and rhinos in their natural habitats. After the ride, Elmo likes how the people were in "cages" instead of the animals.
 	Cartoon 	Kids observe cloud formations, until it starts to rain.
 	Celebrity 	Pee-Wee Herman recites his own version of the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Alphonso what the word EXIT means.
 	Cartoon 	"¡Ella juega ténis!""Did you say she's playing tennis?""¡Sí, ella juega ténis!"
 	Film 	An insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment.
 	Cartoon 	A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success.
 	SCENE 3 	Buster sees off the group as they go on a camel ride atop Sopwith, and goes on to describe what camels are like. Once the ride is finished Elmo comments how comfortable the ride was compared to on a horse, which offends Buster.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	Muppets 	The HBO Max version uses the previously-unaired 1992 re-edit of the segment with the new opening titles and Alistair Cookie bookends.
 	Cartoon 	Two itchy gorillas agree to scratch each other's backs.
 	Film 	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.
 	SCENE 4 	The group looks at more animals in their natural habitat, including monkeys, turtles, otters, and gibbons. Elmo points out that this environment is similar to a city building such as 123 Sesame Street - "You can live high high up, or way way down, so everyone can live close together without getting in each other's way."
 	Cartoon 	A ball goes up and down a musical staircase.
 	Cast 	Big Bird, Susan and Bob sing "Can Read" while at a newsstand.
 	Cartoon 	Snacks on Parade: Peanut ButterArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree.
 	SCENE 5 	Buster tries to encourage Chip to check out some of the other animals at the zoo, but he would rather look at the cats and sings "Just Cats."
 	Cartoon 	A man counts forty stars at night.
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.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster showcases 8 skating penguins.Artist: Jeff Hale
center 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I Like Alaska," along with a montage of kids saying what their hobbies are, and what they like about their community.
 	Cartoon 	Geometry of Circles #1 "Circle with Flower"
 	SCENE 6 	Elmo, Miles, and Buster explore some of the Bronx Zoo's displays that help them see what it's like to be a turtle (hiding in giant plastic shells)...
 	SCENE 6cont'd	... a spider (climbing a giant rope web)...
 	SCENE 6cont'd	... and a prairie dog (peering through glass domes sticking out of the earth). Elmo offers to show the prairie dogs how monsters live on Sesame Street.
 	Cartoon 	A boy observes a mother bird feeding her babies, and remembers to run home to dinner.
 	Film 	A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him.
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings "On My Pond."
 	Cartoon 	Gerald's dog Sparky likes to pretend he's an alligator.
 	SCENE 7 	Back home, Elmo shows Gordon and Miles his new pretend zoo, where he's painted a nature diorama and lets all the plastic animals out of their cages like at the Bronx Zoo. Buster announces the sponsors.
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Category:Zoos
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 19