Episode 3544

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Big Bird excitedly tells the viewer that Mary and her little lamb will be visiting today, and they will be getting to say her rhyme with them!
 	SCENE 1 	Mary arrives and reports that her lamb is sick today. Ruthie shows him the lamb's substitute - a clam, who sits in a small terrarium. Mary then recites her rewritten rhyme for the occasion:
:Mary had a little clam
:Whose shell was white as snow,
:And everywhere that Mary went,
:The clam put on a show!
The clam then begins clacking its shell like a castanet and they all dance to a flamenco tune.
 	Cartoon 	A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond. (new music and sound effects added)
 	Song 	Kevin Clash sings "Skin."
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (new sting added)
 	SCENE 2 	Mary's lamb Lamby (David Rudman) appears, having gotten over his illness. He's offended to see he's already been replaced, especially since Big Bird really wanted to hear the new rhyme. He storms off to find a new nursery rhyme as Mary bursts into tears. Big Bird decides to follow Lamby and make things right.
 	Cartoon 	A mouse sings "Felines," a song about emotions, to the tune of "Feelings."
 	Film 	A boy draws a picture of his friend, Kerry.
 	Muppets 	Elmo finds a large apple and wonders what letter "apple" starts with. Slimey pops out from the apple, holding a flag with the letter A on it.
 	Cartoon 	Soul A!
 	Film 	A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause.
 	Cartoon 	Colonel Travel takes a balloon trip around the country of Canada.
 	Celebrity 	Robin Williams demonstrates the uses of knees.
 	Song 	"Elbows and Knees"
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird finds that Lamby has signed himself with Little Boy Blue (Jerry Nelson), and the two perform their new, jazzy nursery rhyme. Boy Blue drops him, however, when he learns the lamb will follow him everywhere, crimping his private lifestyle. Lamby looks for another rhyme to participate in.
 	Cartoon 	A beatnik bat reads poetry at a nightclub, as everything rhymes with the "AT" sound.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	Film 	Wegman's Dogs: Little Jack Horner
 	Animation 	Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe."
 	Muppets 	Lexine and Cookie Monster tell each other they like each other, then hug.
 	Cartoon 	A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself.
 	Film 	Katie is going to be a big sister.
 	Cartoon 	K for kangaroo
 	Insert 	Mr. Handford tries to see if Zoe knows about the letter K. When she finally learns about the letter K, she can't think of any words that start with it, Mr. Handford tells her to look at the next segment.
 	Film 	Ornate Ks fly through the air to a song.Artist: Jane Aaron
 	Cartoon 	Two giddy female scribbles introduce themselves to a bar code, who can only beep. They recognize him from the supermarket.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	"We have a nice school"... with ducks.
 	Cartoon 	"Ducklings"
 	Insert 	None, some and all of the dancers dance as Big Bird narrates.
 	Cartoon 	The weary traveler asks the wise man to demonstrate none, some, most and all with a basket of oranges.
 	Muppets 	"Some Enchanted Lunchtime"
 	Animation 	Four penguins wave, spin and fall on the ice.
 	Animation 	Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 4 	Lamby is now working for Mary... Mary Mary Quite Contrary (Camille Bonora) that is, who uses him to replace her pretty maids. Their partnership ends when Lamby starts munching on her garden. He starts missing his old job and follows Big Bird back to Mary.
 	Cartoon 	An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A.
 	Muppets 	The Martians investigate an A.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: A for airplane
 	Muppets / Cast	Carlo sings a story-song about a prince who only says "No me gusta."
 	Film 	A girl who lives in El Salvador plays a counting game with her class, which involves running around and getting into groups of a number when it is called.
 	Cartoon 	A group gives a newcomer funny looks, which hurts his feelings, but then they invite him to play marbles with them. He turns out to be a good player.Artist: Joanna Priestley
 	Film 	A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal.
 	Animation 	Colored tools build a house out of colored rectangles, squares and triangles.
 	SCENE 5 	Mary and her lamb reunite and everyone recites her original nursery rhyme. Ruthie makes an addition to include the clam, who starts up another flamenco tune. Everyone dances as Rosita announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28