Episode 3041

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	In the middle of the night, Big Bird sleeps in his nest shouting "Feather dusters!" in fear. Susan is woken up and goes out to check on him.
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird is awake and tells Susan about the nightmare he just had, entitled "Feather Duster the 13th, Part One." He dreamt he was in a dusty place, where an unseen voice repeats, "Feather duster!" He was then surrounded by 12 feather dusters, who claim he's feather duster the 13th. Susan comforts him by telling him a story of when Cookie Monster had a bad dream...
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 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird points out that Cookie Monster didn't have a bad dream, but Susan says there's more to the story...
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 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird feels better now, and goes back to sleep.
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs are really sound sleepers - neither an alarm, nor a jackhammer nor an elephant will wake them up.
 	Muppets 	Grover sings "Monster in the Mirror" assisted by several celebrities including The Simpsons, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ray Charles.
 	Cartoon 	M for Mask
 	Film 	A little girl narrates a film about how cans can be recycled. She washes them and collects them in a wagon, which she takes to the recycling center. There it is sorted and separated with a magnet. After it's loaded onto trucks, it is taken to a factory to be melted and shaped into new cans like the ones seen in her fridge at home.
 	Animation 	A hand arranges blocks to form benches so a bunny and a chick can have tea.
 	Muppets 	Telly and Elmo sing about the difference between "Heavy and Light."
 	Cartoon 	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
 	SCENE 2 	Now daytime, Big Bird strolls over to Hooper's Store, where Mr. Handford uses a feather duster and has been told about Big Bird's dream. He recalls having a dream about feather dusters too, only his was a silly dream. In his dream, he was in a fencing match with someone when their swords suddenly turned into feather dusters, which they tickled each other with instead! Mr. Handford starts to tickle Big Bird with his duster too with an "En garde!"
 	Cartoon 	Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes.Artist: Abe Levitow
 	Film 	Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	Where do the Ds fit?
 	Film 	On a windy day, Maria (in voice-over) asks a man (Bill Irwin), "Does air move things?" The wind speaks for him.
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 	Film 	Seashells form various patterns in the sand.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird finds Linda, Gina, and the kids playing a game of "Here Are Some Things" using pictures of various cleaning items and a brush; a feather duster is among the items, and Linda shows how to sign each thing. Big Bird notices there have been feather dusters all over the street since his dream and wonders if he's currently dreaming.
 	Animation 	Thirteen hamburgers dance around.
 	Song 	Kevin Clash sings "Skin."
 	Cartoon 	Es un perro
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts Here Is Your Life, surprising Oak Tree with the story of his life. The guests include Granny Fanny Nesselrode, who planted the tree as an acorn, Cloud and Sun, who gave the tree rain and sunshine, and Marty Table and Sarah Chair, who were made from the tree's friends. (new title cards added)
 	Cartoon 	"Ooh What a Fabulous Party"Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird now watches Linda and Gina add up 20 feathers, which they put together to make a pretend feather duster. A Muppet bird (David Rudman), stripped of all his plumage, complains and demands his feathers be returned.
 	Cartoon 	A chicken sings "It Ain't Heavy, It's My Feather."
 	Film 	Looking for shapes in a metal junkyard (Maria voiceover)
center 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup and a sandwich, and says that he wants the sandwich before the soup. When Grover comes with the sandwich, Mr. Johnson has changed his mind and wants the soup first. When Grover comes with the soup, Mr. Johnson has decided that he wants the sandwich first. Grover ends up giving Mr. Johnson both the soup and sandwich, so he can decide what to eat first. Mr. Johnson tells Grover that he has decided to get a cup of coffee, then the soup and the sandwich.
 	Animation 	Arrows give a presentation of the human body.
 	Film 	A girls' jump-rope team trains for a contest. They end up winning second place.
 	Cartoon 	A mouse riding an armadillo sings a song about 13, his lucky number.
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird goes to bed, where he has another dream - "Feather Duster the 13th, Part 2." The twelve feather dusters return but Big Bird suggests they all dance together instead. The dusters agree and the dream ends on a happy note. Big Bird wakes up Susan so he can tell her about it as Gina announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*Feather duster performers include David Rudman, Carmen Osbahr, and Rick Lyon.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24