Episode 2951

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN	Wanda the Word Fairy, while riding her bike to the Fix-It Shop to get her toaster fixed, greets the viewer and presents today's sponsors.
 	SCENE 1 	Maria is about to take Big Bird, Snuffy, Marcus, Alexis, and Zelda to the park when Wanda crashes into the Fix-it Shop workbench. Wanda picks herself up and introduces herself to everyone, then leaves her enchanted toaster on the bench and looks around Sesame Street for all the words she can find. With a wave of her wand and the magic words "Elia Kazan," name tags appear on every person and object on Sesame Street! Wanda begins to lead Big Bird, Snuffy, and the kids on a reading journey...
 	Cartoon 	A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All," as well as below.Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse look for water in the desert. Grover sees mirages of a waterfall and a drinking fountain, and Fred reminds him that he brought a canteen.
 	Song 	"Drink of Water"
 	Cartoon 	A fan reveals the letter C.
 	Film 	The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to four to two children on a park bench.
 	SCENE 2 	Snuffy asks Wanda how she got her job as a word fairy. In song, Wanda explains that instead of being a tooth fairy or a fairy godmother, she decided to be a word fairy because she loves words. "And the hours are good," she adds.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #3Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	A child narrates a film of him and his brother, Andrew, taking a ride on the ferry.
 	Animation	Arnold uses his imagination.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	Muppets 	"Cereal Girl"
 	Animation	A girl unfolds a map and uses it to describe her trip to Mexico, stopping in Texas along the way.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar is irritated at Wanda's cheeriness. When she approaches him, he tells her to go away in several ways, but instead she displays his words on the screen, which drives him into his trash can.
 	Cartoon 	Young Chris Columbus explores the world of ants - and they, in turn, explore his house.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Song 	"My New Computer"
 	Cartoon 	P for Planet
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep."
 	Animation	Luxo Sr. examines a box. Luxo Jr. pops out of the box, demonstrating "surprise."
 	Film 	Some kids talk about a garden they have in the middle of the city.
 	Animation	Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You."
 	SCENE 4 	Wanda says her favorite kind of words are verbs, and tries to show the gang how to FLY and how to CLIMB a wall, but doesn't succeed at either of them, so they all DANCE to "Feel the Beat" instead.
 	Cartoon 	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	On a windy day, Maria (in voice-over) asks a man (Bill Irwin), "Does air move things?" The wind speaks for him.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. (new sound effects added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	"We Are All Earthlings"
 	Cartoon 	A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog Pete.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	"Simple Pleasures" by Bobby McFerrin is played over footage of a girl trying to play frisbee with a dog on the beach.
 	Cartoon 	A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and a cricket. Her snores frighten the real monster.Artist: Deanna Morse
 	Song 	En Vogue sings "Adventure."
 	Animation	A girl plays in, on and under a sculpture.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A zydeco band plays "Allons a Lafayette" while people dance.
 	Cartoon 	P for PenguinArtist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 5 	Wanda's enchanted toaster is fixed by now. Maria asks why it's enchanted, and Wanda explains that it was once a frog (as evidenced by the fact that it can croak like one). Wanda takes her toaster and rides into the sky on her bike, announcing the sponsors, and leaving a litter of word name tags for Maria and the gang to clean up.
==Notes==
*This episode was later repeated in Season 25 as Episode 3174.
*Some additional scenes were present in an early draft of the script. In one scene, the gang rests on the steps of 123 Sesame Street for a snack. Wanda provides everyone with signs bearing the words of foods, which she then magically makes the genuine articles. Unfortunately, her sign reads "Hot Dog" and she magically gives herself a dog in a sweater instead. Another scene introduced Webster the Word Sprite, who helps segue to an original song, "Rubbadubba." In addition to these scenes, Telly Monster was also scripted to appear instead of Snuffy.Tony Geiss Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23