Episode 3521

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird gives a melancholy welcome to the viewer from his nest, where he's put in "time out." He and Radar think back to what got them in their present situation...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Earlier in the day (seen in flashback) Big Bird wants to play with Maria, who is trying to concentrate as she repairs a toaster at the Fix-It Shop. He constantly bothers her with loud noises and questions as she works when she's had enough and decides to put Big Bird in time out, telling him to think about what he's done and what he'll do next.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Back in the present, Big Bird begins pondering Maria's orders.
 	Cartoon 	On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (new sting added)
 	Muppets 	Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly.
 	Cartoon 	We Are Kids from Far and Wide: Rice harvesting in Sierra Leone
 	Song 	Kevin Clash sings "(I Eat With) Chopsticks" over a film of kids doing so.
 	SCENE 2 	Maria checks in on Big Bird, who still isn't sure why he's in time out. She has him imagine their encounter from before, only with the roles reversed. Big Bird imagines trying to repair a toaster, when Maria and Radar distract him from his work. In reality, Big Bird realizes his mistake and apologizes. Maria forgives him and promises they can play when she finishes work. But, what will Big Bird do until then?
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play."Snow leopards version
 	Cartoon 	What if a dog looked like a bird?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	"Elmo's Rap Alphabet"
center 	Film 	A boy who is learning to write in Chinese writes the word "rain."
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	Muppets 	Ethel Mermaid sings "I Get a Kick Out of U."
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	Film 	A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal.
 	SCENE 3 	The Count visits Big Bird in search of things to count. He figures he could count blocks as Big Bird assembles them into a large tower. Big Bird confers with Radar over the idea and imagines creating a giant block structure. Unfortunately, in reality, Big Bird only has a mere three blocks to count. The Count counts them anyway, then leaves to count the bricks that make up the Empire State Building.
 	Film 	Farmer McFay has three fruits.
 	Cartoon 	A shepherd plays hide-and-seek with his sheep.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Muppets 	Prairie Dawn demonstrates the word of the day, "closed", by closing three tin cookie containers. Cookie Monster desperately wants the cookies, but must wait until Prairie is done. Once the lesson is over, Cookie attempts to open the boxes, but finds that all of them are stuck. Undaunted (and not wanting to wait until the word of the day is "open"), Cookie eats the cookies and the containers.
 	Cartoon 	An army of ants gets to the bakery, only to find that it's closed.
 	Song 	"Elbows and Knees"
 	Cartoon 	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster follows the arrows.
 	Film 	A ONE WAY sign switches sides. (Maria voiceover)
 	SCENE 4 	The Amazing Mumford poofs into the nest on his way to Key West, attributing the rhyme for his mistake. He asks Big Bird if he wants to see his disappearing chair trick, but first Big Bird wants to think about what could happen. In Big Bird's imagination, Mumford instead causes Big Bird's bear to disappear and replaces it with hair (since they also rhyme). Back in reality, Big Bird declines to see Mumford's trick and he poofs off, hoping to make it to Key West (or at least Budapest) this time.
 	Song 	"It's Time for a Rhyme"
 	Muppets 	Hoots tells Ernie to "Put Down the Duckie."
 	Animation 	Abstract count to 19
 	Cartoon 	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop.
 	Animation 	Number creatures #19
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dancePart 1
 	SCENE 5 	Mr. Handford stops by and offers to play with Big Bird for the time being. He recalls a game he used to play when he was young, where Big Bird replies "yeah, yeah" to everything he chants. Big Bird recalls playing such call-and-response games with Bob, though he also remembers Bob saying they went too long. Ultimately Big Bird keeps replying to Mr. Handford after the game, not sure when to stop (as he did with Bob's games).
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dancePart 2
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Robin Williams asks Elmo and the kids whether they would allow a nonsense talking, horned two-headed stranger to play baseball with them. The Two-Headed Monster shows up to play.
 	Cartoon 	"The Stranger" - a song about a baseball team hesitantly allowing a newcomer to join them, who ends up helping them win the game.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dancePart 2a
 	Cartoon 	A dog learns about U.
 	Muppets 	The Martians discover a "U."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP (new sting and sound effects added)
 	Film 	Kids practice circus acts and give a performance in a gymnasium.
 	Cartoon 	A dinosaur tries to move around a rock.
 	SCENE 6 	Maria is finally ready to play with Big Bird, and they pretend that they're firetrucks. Mr. Handford announces the sponsors, concluding with another "Yeah, yeah!"
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Grundgetta and others sing about how yucky she feels.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27