Episode 3246

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird welcomes the viewer and plans to sing his favorite song for them. Just as the opening vamp ends, Elmo and Zoe interrupt with a repeated lesson on "here" and "there." Big Bird tries to move somewhere else (there) to sing his song, but Elmo and Zoe keep moving near him (here). When Big Bird explains how upset he is now, the monsters comfort him saying, "There, there."
 	Muppets 	Grover gives the viewer a brief explanation of "here" and "there."
 	Cartoon 	The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square."Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel
 	Film 	Squares are shown in close-up.
 	Muppets 	Oscar sings "Just Throw It My Way."
 	Cartoon 	Leanna Williams must save the world by cleaning it.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird tries to start his favorite song again in his nest area, but is now disrupted by a country chicken trio who perform the "Clucky Clucky Chicken" for Carlo, Nathan, and the other kids. After they finish, Big Bird tries to sing again but they perform an encore, cutting him off.
 	Cartoon 	Kids try to guess what a bunch of shapes will form; eventually they form a chicken.
 	Film 	Kids rehearse a large group African dance in the park, get their faces painted, and perform.
 	Cartoon 	A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
 	Muppets 	Kermit says his "ABC's of the Swamp."
 	Cartoon 	A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from.
 	Film 	A child narrates a film of him and his brother, Andrew, taking a ride on the ferry.
 	Cartoon 	Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil.Artist: Jim Jinkins
 	Muppets 	Bip Bipadotta sings "Opposite Stuff." (new keyboard overdubs added)
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird attempts his song yet again, when Bob and the kids (including Tarah) arrive to read a story. Big Bird includes himself, hearing the story's about "U." He immediately finds out it's about the letter U instead - "The Letter U Who Didn't Want to be a U." Big Bird reluctantly listens along as Bob begins the story...
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	In Alphabet Land, a princess (Maria) comes across a letter U (Kevin Clash), who turns himself into an H, preferring to be that letter instead. She convinces him how unique his old form was and he changes back.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Big Bird is disappointed, having expected a story about "me." The word "me" (Julianne Buescher) appears and starts telling a complicated story about itself.
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words Unite, U-turn, Underground and Universe.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig."
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals.
 	Muppets 	"Barn in the USA"
 	Cartoon 	Number creatures #20
 	Animation 	A chicken lays 20 eggs, which hatch.
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop is sent to the grocery store to get twenty grapefruits. He counts to 20 on the way there so that he can remember the quantity, but forgets what item he was sent for.
 	Muppets 	(new music added)
 	Transition 	Crystal bridge: diagonal crossover
 	Animation 	Luxo Sr. examines a box. Luxo Jr. pops out of the box, demonstrating "surprise."
 	SCENE 4 	Everyone gathers in the park, vowing not to interrupt Big Bird as he sings his favorite song.
 	Cartoon 	A boy draws a portrait of himself and calls it ME.
 	Song 	"The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve.
 	Cartoon 	One cube plus two equals three. Three cubes plus two equals five.
center 	Muppets 	(new music added)
 	Film 	The floating kids form H.
 	Animation 	H/h (space paint)
 	Film 	A variety of H's are grown in a garden.
 	Muppets 	The Cereal Girl sings about her missing "Hair Brush."
 	Animation 	A girl plays in, on and under a sculpture.
 	SCENE 5 	Clarice from the chicken band asks to use Big Bird's song for her act, performing her modified version of it. Maria announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 25