Episode 4140

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	"What's the Word on the Street?" -- ballet
 	SCENE 	Abby and Zoe are playing in the yard. They love dancing so much, so Zoe lets Abby try on her tutu. To return the favor, Abby lets Zoe try out her wand. As she's figuring it out, she inadvertently wishes that everyone would wear a tutu and dance ballet.
 	SCENEcont'd 	Suddenly, a penguin (Joey Mazzarino) wearing a tutu crosses their path, followed by a mail carrier (Carmen Osbahr). In the Fix-It Shop, Maria and Luis have promised to fix a giant 8-toast toaster just when they appear to be wearing tutus and begin dancing. Similar scenarios play out for Gina and Horatio, Chris and Big Bird, Oscar and Slimey, a Honker and Dinger, Grover and Mr. Johnson, and Telly Monster.
 	SCENEcont'd 	Abby and Zoe think it's great, but they soon realize that their spell has caused an inconvenience on Sesame Street. Unsure of how to reverse the effects, they eventually figure that Abby's mommy would come up with a rhyme to undo the spell. After a short exchange, everyone turns back to normal, but they all seem to have enjoyed it enough to dance ballet again some other time. Abby and Zoe are convinced that the spell is undone, until a pig (Peter Linz) happens by in a tutu. Zoe and Abby think something has again gone wrong, but the pig assures them that he just loves to dance ballet, and the tutu was given to him by his Aunt Isidore, star of Swine Lake.
 	Song 	"Dancin' Shoes"
 	Celebrity 	Ellen DeGeneres presents "ballet" as The Word of the Day.
 	Animation 	Zoe narrates an animation of a ballet painting by Edgar Degas.
 	Muppets 	The Letter of the Day: EPrairie Dawn begins to introduce the Letter of the Day segment, when Cookie Monster comes in, saying the green letter E is a cookie. Prairie tries to correct Cookie, and is relieved when Cookie says he's pretending. He cites "Eat", "Egg", and "Elephant" as E-words. Prairie compliments him, saying that it's excellent. The cookie Cookie imagines has chocolate chips, sprinkles, raisins, and vanilla icing. Cookie eats the letter E, stating "Me have good imagination". Frustrated Prairie Dawn says that "I'm going to pretend this never happened."
 	Film 	Jaws spoof presenting the letter E.
 	Animation 	School supplies make the letter E.
 	Muppets 	Hero GuyBaby Bear and Hero Guy show how to dance the Bear Family Dance, the Bunny Hop, the Twist and the Swim.
 	Song 	Hop, Hop and Shake Your Head and Wriggle Like an Octopus.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Elmo sing "Share." (ending edited)
 	Animation 	Cavemen look for a place to sit.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird introduces ballet dancers Jock Soto and Lourdes Lopez, as they demonstrate up and down.
 	Song 	"You Can Get Right Up": a song about getting active to cheer up. (removed sound effects)
 	Muppets 	Count von Count presents 6 as The Number of the Day.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #6
 	Song 	The Count sings a song of "Six at Sea" off-screen, while children play on the beach.
 	Muppets 	Grover conducts a piece of very emotional music. That is, the music that he conducts changes, and his mood changes with it. When he's had all he can take, he steps out of frame to stop that cassette tape that has been playing.
 	Cartoon 	Martin P. Robinson narrates a cartoon about a green violinist.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Violins
 	Muppets 	Oscar's Trashtime Band (the Not So Hot Four) sign off with the episode's sponsors as various Grouches and Grouchketeers play and clap along.
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Insert 	Snuffy teaches the kids how to "Do the Spaghetti."This segment replaced the "Hero Guy" segment in the Hulu version.
 	Insert 	Two dancers from the New York City Ballet dance to classic music. (excerpted from Episode 3851)This segment replaced the "Hero Guy" segment in the Hulu version.
==Gallery==
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4140-group.jpg|An altered production still, removing the visible puppeteers under Abby and Zoe.
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Category:Sesame Street Classical
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 38