Episode 2834

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Before Birdland opens, Hoots the Owl explains that tonight is "Open Stage Night," where anyone can get their chance to perform on the Birdland stage. A man named Forest Wimbeldon (Branford Marsalis) enters looking for Hoots, wishing to play jazz tonight. Hoots sees how un-jazzy his saxophone playing is by having Forest "bounce back" the rhythms he plays; while Hoots' licks have flair, Forest's music is more simple and lacks emotion. The two start practicing jazz together.
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #4"
 	Film 	Lamont, who lives in the city, visits his friend Adrian, who lives in the country. Together they ride bikes, swim, and have dinner with Adrian's family.
 	Cartoon 	A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving".
 	Cartoon 	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg.Voice: Casey Kasem
 	SCENE 2 	While Hoots rehearses with the band, Forest shows off the riff he's been practicing. Hoots explains that he should learn how to "speak" jazz as well, explaining how different phrases can mean other things. Forest becomes confused, taking terms like "you dig," "jam," and "straight up" too literally. Hoots explains why not everybody he calls "cat" is a cat (unless they're a member of the band), and has Forest practice playing music with the band.
 	Cartoon 	A map of India morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
 	Video 	Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on.
 	Cartoon 	Sign language: Day, morning, noon, night
 	Muppets 	A shark sings about his "Perfectly Pearl-White Teeth."
 	Cartoon 	I-Ink (angry bird)
 	Film 	How paper is recycled
 	Cartoon 	What Do You Do With a Pet?
 	SCENE 3 	Forest meets Jelani, who's sweeping up the club. Jelani recommends that Forest should put more emotion into his music, and demonstrates how he physically shows his happy, sad, and angry feelings. Forest is able to relate, and successfully translates the emotions into his saxophone. He thanks Jelani with some "sweeping up Birdland music."
 	Cartoon 	A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself, or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). He then corrects them on the actual production phase.
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	Animation	Sand I/i
 	Muppets 	Grover and Zelda look above and below.
 	Animation	Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall.
 	SCENE 4 	"Open Stage Night" is finally open at Birdland. For the first act, Lillian sings "Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5" with The Count and his All-Bat Band.
 	Cartoon 	Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward.
 	Film 	Five girls play a clapping game.
 	Muppets 	Forgetful Jones invites a cowpoke to lunch, not realizing it's his own reflection in the mirror.
 	Animation	Cecille sings "I Want to Be Me."
 	Cast 	Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a square.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #4
 	SCENE 5 	Hoots introduces Forest, and the two perform "Listen and Bounce it Back."
 	Cartoon 	Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation	E / e (elephant / jazzy trumpet)
 	Film 	Wanda the Word Fairy drives to a market to demonstrate the words of foods, attracting the suspicious gaze of the grocer in the process.
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter).
 	Film 	Fay Ray subtracts three balls.
 	Animation	It's a giraffeArtist: Ishu Patel
 	SCENE 6 	Jelani announces the sponsors as Hoots, Forest, and the band plays the closing theme.
==Notes==
* Additional performers include David Rudman (Dip) and Martin P. Robinson (bass player).
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Category:Sesame Street Jazz
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22