Episode 2557

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Bob happens upon Elmo poking his toy dinosaur, Ziggy, to "wake" him up. Bob notes that Ziggy isn't sleeping - he's just not filled with air. Bob explains what air is and how it can take up space, and begins blowing air into Ziggy.
 	Animation 	A ball looks for its match on a brick wall.
 	Muppets 	Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song."
 	Film 	Kids compare animals and human tools and technology.
center 	Cartoon 	R for Rhinoceros (poem)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	Bob keeps puffing into Ziggy, getting very tired. Elmo notices how his toy is starting to look like its old self, and claims that Ziggy's encouraging Bob to keep going.
 	Animation 	Stop-motion: tap-dancing shoes.
 	Song 	"School Song"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Five flies land on a kid’s face.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 3 	Elmo encourages Bob to keep blowing, as Ziggy is nearly inflated.
 	Film 	A girl narrates a film of her grandpa putting a horseshoe on their horse.
 	Song 	David sings "Can You Tell Me What Belongs Here?"
 	Cartoon 	A young man carrying a brown paper bag walks up to the bridgekeeper and asks him if he works there. He orders him to show him whatever circles are in the bag, and to eat them. He is ordered to eat three round foods: a cookie, a pepperoni pizza, and a slice of watermelon. Once he is granted permission to cross the bridge, however, he tells the bridgekeeper that he was merely trying to deliver the latter's groceries.
 	SCENE 4 	Ziggy is full of air now, making Elmo very happy. Bob lies down on the stoop for a bit of rest. Elmo notices how similar he looks to the deflated dinosaur and tries to find Bob's valve so he can blow air into him. Bob explains people don't have valves, but Elmo nevertheless blows into Bob's nose, ear, arm, and belly button anyway.
 	Cartoon 	What's missing? (a guitar)
 	Muppets 	All My Letters: VVivian is about share her vegetables with Victor when a vegetable vampire appears...named Walter.
 	Cartoon 	V for violin
 	Film 	A farmer takes care of baby calves.
 	Cartoon 	A lost number 5 looks for his brother.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Joe Williams sings "The Birdland Jump."
 	Cartoon 	Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool.
 	Film 	A montage of the evolution of mechanical technology, from wind-up toys, to robots that can spell "SESAME STREET" with blocks, to satellite transmitters.
 	Cartoon 	Men in boxes sound out the word RUN.
center 	Muppets 	Grover is a guest on the game show "Name That Sound."
 	Cartoon 	A determined little boy makes several attempts to fly, and eventually gets his dad to take him on an airplane.
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird, Maria, Bob, and the kids gather around the garage doors, which have been mounted with a large sign reading "EGGS" with arrows pointing upward. Big Bird assumes this means there are eggs above somewhere and suggests they jump or fly to see them, but Bob decides they simply get a ladder.
 	Cartoon 	Hockey player (Spanish).
 	Song 	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.Re-filmed version
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster #5: Five fantastic floating fools fall from the big blue blimp.
 	SCENE 6 	Maria and Bob carry the ladder back to the yard, when two birds arrive with shopping bags. They plan on having a big party today and watch as Bob climbs the ladder to find another small "EGGS" sign that points to a nest just above the doors with a pair of eggs in it. The eggs are scheduled to hatch today and when they do, the two birds plan to throw a party. Just then, one of the eggs hatches and the baby bird addresses Bob as "Daddy."
 	Cartoon 	A chicken gets an idea to sit on a football and hatch it like an egg.Artist: Dan Haskett
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word SHAKE, and an earthquake happens.
 	Cartoon 	Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks.
 	Film 	Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil.
 	Cartoon 	An elephant (voiced by Marshall Efron) asks Nesbitt (voiced by Don Arioli) for directions to the zoo, but won't listen to him long enough.Artist: Janet Perlman
 	SCENE 7 	Big Bird and the kids (now in their Birdketeer uniforms) imitate the peeping of the baby bird as Maria announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*Additional performers include Camille Bonora (mommy bird) and David Rudman (baby bird), with Kevin Clash (daddy bird).
*The mommy bird is made from the Little Bird puppet.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20