Episode 2580

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo has gotten up early to be able to surprise everyone. He hides behind Oscar's trash can and unsuccessfully tries surprising Bob, Luis, and Linda, who are otherwise caught up in their activities. Oscar emerges and asks for the yelling to cease. Elmo, smashed by Oscar's lid, finds he was the one who has been surprised.
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals.
 	Muppets 	Over the Top, a ZZ Top-like band, sings "ZZ Blues."
 	Cartoon 	Z In Space
 	Film 	Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Animation	Counting animals (1 butterfly, 2 frogs, 3 birds, 4 turtles, 5 bees, 6 fish)
 	Cast 	Hoots shows Gordon and some kids the art of "Talkin' Scat."
 	Film 	Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Billy Jo Jive looks for the missing batch of strawberry shortcakes.
 	Muppets 	Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little."
 	Film 	"Listen ..." to various sounds, including the ocean, a heart beating, a clock ticking, a horse galloping, crickets chirping, a passing train, and others.
 	Cartoon 	An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling.
 	SCENE 2 	Elmo needs Luis to fix his broken toy airplane, but Luis is too busy at the moment putting together a piñata for Mrs. Friedman. Elmo feels sad, until Luis tickles him by blowing a party favor toward him. After Luis explains how the air tickled him, Elmo decides to find some air to use as a toy.
 	Cartoon 	A heart that says "I love you" is drawn.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Erik play a rhyming game.
 	Film 	A blind class goes on a field trip downtown, and visits a produce stand.
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party.
 	Cartoon 	Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow.
 	SCENE 3 	Elmo has been looking around for air, but can't see any. Bob explains how air is all around him, but invisible. He plays a game with Elmo - he puts an item into a grocery bag and has Elmo feel it to see if he can tell what's inside. Bob blows into the bag for the final part of the game, showing Elmo how one can feel air. Elmo asks him to blow into the bag so he can have a bag full of it. Soon he recruits Luis, Linda, and Big Bird to blow into more bags for his collection.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #6
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them.
 	Celebrity	Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing the African Alphabet Song.
 	Cartoon 	A girl picks the key that matches the keyhole in order to gain access to a cache of toys.Artist: Dan Haskett
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo carries his many bags of air, when Oscar tells him he can demonstrate another thing air can do - surprise someone. He takes the bags from Elmo ("Climb up here, you little red menace.") into his can and places them on the floor. Fluffy jumps from the piano onto them all, causing the bags to burst and sending Oscar flying out of his can (a major shock for Elmo).
 	Cartoon 	A red armless character is stalked by the letter Z until he eats it.
 	Film 	A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station.
 	Muppets 	Gordon reads the story of "Stan and Dan." Dan copies everything that Stan does, until Dan becomes a hippie.
 	Animation	Sand O/o
 	Film 	Chimps running around (piano music)
 	Cartoon 	Splash (girl on beach)
 	SCENE 5 	Ruby wants to grow up and become a scientist like Albert Einstein, and tries brushing her hair to get his well-known look. Luis points out that brushing her hair a certain way won't make her a scientist overnight. Ruby knows she has to read and study in school - she just wants the hairdo for fun. Luis starts helping her out as Big Bird and Oscar announce the sponsors, and the credits follow.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20