Episode 3786

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird is about to have a Birdketeers meeting, but first, he decides to say hi to Alan, the new storekeeper at Hooper's Store. Big Bird and the Birdketeers help him unload and count six boxes. Alan thanks them by offering the store as a place for their meeting, but he doesn't realize there may be more Birdketeers coming.
 	Cartoon 	"The Room Is Full of Chickens"
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover works at a chicken restaurant, Chicken Castle. He serves Mr. Johnson an empty bucket. When he demands a full bucket, Grover squeezes into the bucket. (beginning edited)
 	Cartoon 	African quilt pattern
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Rubber Duckie introduce Suzie Kabloozie, especially because they enjoy saying her name.
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie sings "Somebody Come and Play."
 	SCENE 2 	While Alan gets the snacks, Elmo decides to be a Birdketeer. Meanwhile, the Birdketeers practice the Birdketeer call: "Tra la la, tweet tweet tweet."
 	Muppets 	Monsters in Day Care: Sam, Emma and Stephanie teach Herry to sing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". The monsters sing it at Monster Day Care.
 	Cartoon 	Slot machine legs: tiger.Artist: Veronika Soul
 	Muppets 	Ernie asks Rubber Duckie what he wants to see next.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Angel Corella dances the Ballet Alphabet, while Telly, Zoe and Elmo name the letters. (edited)
 	SCENE 3 	Alan returns with Elmo's sandwich. Big Bird leads the Birdketeers in the "Up and Down Dance."
 	Cartoon 	A baby and father illustrate up and down.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Humphrey and Ingrid hire Fran Drescher as Baby Natasha's nanny. But instead of going to work, Humphrey and Ingrid don't want to miss all the fun -- so they stay home with Natasha and Fran.
 	Song 	"Beautiful Baby" (remake)
 	Muppets 	Ernie loves and is tickled by Rubber Duckie.
 	Animation 	The word "LOVE" in various situations.
 	SCENE 4 	The Birdketeers meeting has one more surprise guest: Herbert, the letter H (Joey Mazzarino).
 	Cartoon 	Soul H
 	Cartoon 	A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!" (new sound effects added)
 	SCENE 5 	The gang enjoyed Herbert's H movies. Herry joins the Birdketeers, and asks Alan for 12 sandwiches.
 	Film 	HAT: Kids try on different hats.
 	Animation 	H in space (with astronauts)
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert: Bert sees Ernie singing into a pot, pretending it's a microphone. Ernie tells Bert he likes his music loud, while Bert prefers soft, leading into "Loud and Soft". After their song, Ernie offers Bert the pot to sing with, but he declines, so Ernie puts it on Bert's head as a hat.
 	Cartoon 	A baby demonstrates 'happy,' 'surprised' and 'sad.'
 	SCENE 6 	Alan is running out of food, and is going to have to tell the Birdketeers to end the meeting. Meanwhile, they're having "the best meeting ever."
 	Film 	William Wegman's dogs show what a waiter does at work.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Rubber Duckie introduce the number of the day.
 	Cartoon 	A chorus of 5s come out of a 5 painting.
 	Film 	Two girls clap out Five.
 	Animation 	"Five Waltzing Chairs"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	SCENE 7 	Before Alan can end the meeting, the Birdketeers thank Alan and make him a lifetime Birdketeer. Then they end the meeting themselves. Most of the cast joins to welcome him by singing "Welcome!"
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Balls
 	SCENE 8 	Alan thanks Big Bird for helping with the Birdketeers to clean up the yard. Big Bird shows him how the sponsors are read.
==Notes==
* This is the first appearance of Alan and a new design of Hooper's Store.
* The Sesame Street sign has a new look beginning with this episode, with a thinner yellow border and a rounder half-circle containing the "CTW" in it. It replaces the original Sesame Street sign that had been used since the very first episode.
* This marks the debut of new designs for Baby Bear and Rosita; Baby Bear's figure is slimmed down, and is given a whisp of hair on the top of his head. Rosita's face is made slightly wider, and her head is given more hair.
* This episode features the first appearance of Elmo's World and Monsters in Day Care, and is the first show where a Sesame character appears throughout the episode to introduce segments (this practice will end by Season 33, with the advent of repeated segments for every episode).
* A to Jeff Moss appeared in the episode's original airing.
* After Caroll Spinney's death, Alan Muraoka posted on Facebook: "My very first episode of Sesame Street involved me hosting a Birdketeer Club meeting at Hooper's Store, and ends with Big Bird and the entire cast singing "Welcome To The Party" to let me know that I was now a part of their family. We got to watch a sneak preview of that episode a few months later during a lunch break, and when it ended Caroll was sitting in front of me and turned to me with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face. I knew then that I was indeed a part of the Sesame family. That is something that I will keep with me for the rest of my days."Facebook post
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 30