Episode 3871

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis welcomes the viewer, and finds Miles at the Fix-It Shop with a baby doll. He explains that he is learning how to be a good babysitter, and that Gabi is teaching him. Gabi tells Miles that babies like to be talked to in a nice, friendly voice. Miles tries it by asking the baby if it caught the basketball game last night.
 	Cartoon 	A baby and father illustrate up and down.
 	Muppets 	Ernie's Show and TellNelson shows Ernie the baby booties he got for his yet-to-be-born sister.
 	SCENE 2 	Gabi and Miles dress the baby doll when Elmo comes along. He wants to help by pretending to be the doll's big brother. Elmo names the doll "Shirley" and wants to hold her. He gets to, and Elmo decides to rock her. He finds that he needs more practice when he accidentally rocks her into a tree.
 	Song 	Jerry Nelson sings "I'm the Big One Now."
 	Muppets 	A quartet of lambs do a daredevil act on stage, which involves the first two lambs balancing a chair on top of a pole, the third lamb firing a cannon, and the fourth lamb landing in the chair after being shot out of the cannon. When the act fails, vaudeville team Big Bird and Snuffy take the stage, and introduce the letter of the day with a joke.
 	Animation 	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase letter Y.
 	Film 	Y for yell, yellow, yodel
 	Cartoon 	Y for yawn
 	SCENE 3 	Gabi brings a stroller to show Miles (and Elmo) how to take a baby for a walk. She decides to stay at the Fix-It Shop as Elmo and Miles takes the doll for a walk.
 	Film 	A mom takes her son for a walk in the stroller, and he sees all he can see.
 	Muppets 	A magician attempts a suspension act, which fails. Big Bird and Snuffy then come back out to introduce the number of the day ...
 	Cartoon 	The lightning bugs at the Glowworm Jamboree display the numbers 1-14.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	Girls dance and chant about the number 14.
 	Cartoon 	Abstract count to 14 (new sting added)
 	Cartoon 	Parts of a face are drawn in black on-screen before forming a picture.
 	SCENE 4(Insert) 	Baby Bear and Isabella teach "open" and "close" with their eyes, mouths, hands, and arms.
 	Song 	"Open Song"
 	Muppets 	Three Honkers teach a newly-hatched baby Honker to honk. (new sound effects added)
 	Animation 	Characters on a quilt form the letter Y.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Cartoon 	Mary doesn't like the letter Y at first, but eventually finds it useful, especially for her name.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo goes off to play with Baby Bear and Isabella, while Miles considers himself ready to take care of a real baby. He sees Humphrey with a grumpy Baby Natasha. Humphrey has tried different games (the "Wubba Wubba" and "Ooky-pooky" games), but they didn't work. Miles suggests "Peek-a-boo", and Natasha loves it! Humphrey commends Miles on the game he "invented" and asks if Miles can babysit for Natasha right now.
 	Muppets 	A rooster comedian bombs on stage, so Big Bird and Snuffy introduce an alphabet segment ...
 	Film 	A karate team punches out the alphabet.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	The Goo Goo Dolls and Elmo sing "Pride," which celebrates Elmo's achievements of tasks like dressing himself.
 	Film 	Kid mural painting #14
 	Cartoon 	"Sing a Song of Fourteen"
 	SCENE 6 	After feeding Natasha, Miles reads "Tickle the Elephant" (by F. N. Jones), a simple interactive book.
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie reads about pirates.
 	Muppets 	Grover sings "I Do Not Crawl Around Much Anymore."
 	Cartoon 	A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle. (new music added)
 	SCENE 7 	Gabi finds Miles taking care of Natasha. Miles thanks her for all the help, and the two of them play peek-a-boo with Natasha.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Babies
 	SCENE 8 	Miles, Gabi, and Natasha announce the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 31