Episode 3422

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	At Finders Keepers, Big Bird tries to welcome the viewer with a block in his beak. Ruthie takes the block out so he can properly talk, then lets him finish stacking all the blocks on one of her higher shelves. As a reward for helping out, Ruthie lets him pick a toy on display from an outdoor bin. Which one will he pick?
 	Animation 	Ten masked dancers are counted. Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	Wendy makes cookies with her grandmother. They later visit Wendy's great-grandmother at the nursing home, and give her some of the cookies.
 	Animation 	Stop-motion: The word TOY is spelled in blocks.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Hammer Time with Hammer"
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird has picked a toy car with a control attached to it, making it go either forward or backward with the flip of a switch. Telly encounters him playing with the car and is amazed at the way it moves. Big Bird realizes that he has to use the bathroom, and asks Telly to watch his toy car while he's gone. Telly vows to make sure nothing bad happens to the car, and has fun testing it multiple times to make sure it works. However, the car suddenly stops working and Telly panics.
 	Cartoons 	Backward and forward: dancing, flying and swimming.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Doggy Paddle."
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs make an M.
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot wants to demonstrate the letter M. Grover enters, making "Mmmmm" noises, so Herbert uses Grover to help him tell a story using M words. When the story is over, Herbert discovers that Grover's mouth is stuck together after eating peanut butter.
 	Animation 	M for moon, monster, monkey and magic
 	SCENE 3 	Telly rushes to the Fix-It Shop and knocks on the locked door, frantically yelling for Maria and Luis. Miles passes by and points out to him that there's an "OUT TO LUNCH" sign on the door, which means they aren't in the store right now. Telly decides to wait until they return from lunch, but he suddenly hears Big Bird coming back and hides behind the Fix-it Shop outdoor bench.
 	Cartoon 	A car drives by the water.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving."
 	Animation 	A girl dances her way into a family portrait.
 	Muppets 	Biff asks Sully to recite the alphabet, but recites the whole thing without giving him a chance to speak.
 	Song 	"Doing the Family Thing"
 	SCENE 4 	Telly, still hiding from Big Bird, wonders when Maria and Luis will return from lunch. Big Bird continues looking for Telly and asks Gabi if she's seen him. She hasn't, but invites Big Bird to play hide-and-seek with her while he waits for Telly to return. As she counts, Big Bird almost decides to hide behind the Fix-it Shop bench... but then he realizes that his feathers (or another body part) will still be visible if he hides there, so he decides to hide in the park. Telly breathes a sigh of relief, and thinks of another way of avoiding confrontation with Big Bird.
 	Cartoon 	Buttons ride a rollercoaster "up and down."
center 	Muppets 	Phil Harmonic introduces Ernie and Placido Flamingo, who sing "Up and Down Opera" to demonstrate up and down.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: M for magic
 	Animation 	The letter M appears on buildings.
 	Cartoon 	Me and My MArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 5 	Telly has disguised himself as a firefighter (with sunglasses and a beard), thinking Big Bird won't recognize him. Big Bird approaches him and becomes slightly dubious, making sure he knows what a firefighter does. When the disguised Telly gets all of Big Bird's questions right, Big Bird is convinced. He continues his search for Telly, who wonders how much longer he'll have to hide from Big Bird.
 	Film 	A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station.
 	Muppets 	The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family."
 	Cartoon 	Abstract count to 17
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #17
 	Animation 	Parade of Numbers #17
center 	Muppets / Celebrity	Bert and Rick Moranis sit next to each other on a plane, and learn that they (and the rest of the passengers) are alike in more ways than they realized, singing the song "Stick Out Your Hand and Say Hello." (new music added)
 	Cartoon 	A boy shares his bubbles with some kids dancing in a field.
 	Cast 	"Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion)
 	Cartoon 	A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants.
 	SCENE 6 	Telly, now out of his disguise, has decided to tell Big Bird the truth about the toy car. Big Bird arrives with Luis and becomes disappointed when he finds out his toy car is broken. Luis inspects it and reveals that it's not really broken - it just needs new batteries. He puts some new ones in and the car works again! Telly confesses to Big Bird how relieved he is not to hide anymore, even demonstrating how he was the firefighter Big Bird had met earlier. Luis announces the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: a hot-shot director informs Elmo that he is the Chicken King!
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3752.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27