Episode 3705

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	At daycare, Gina tells Baby Bear, Zoe and the kids they're going to learn to count backwards today. Baby Bear claims he already knows how, faces backwards and begins counting. He tries doing it the correct way, but can't even make it past 10. He begs Gina to teach him.
 	Film 	Farmer McFay counts 40 fruits from the season's bumper crop.
 	Cartoon 	A boy finds a set of doors with animals that make the wrong sound, and swaps the doors to correct them.
 	Celebrity 	Melissa Etheridge sings "Like the Way U Does."
 	Cartoon 	Students raise their hands and name words that begin with "U."Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	The letter U dances at the beach.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A Japanese boy plays taiko drums in the park.
 	Cartoon 	"Island of Emotion"Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	SCENE 2 	Gina sings and plays piano, leading the day care group in a song about "Counting Backwards."
 	Animation 	Ocean countdown 10-1
 	Muppets 	In Search of Fish - Wolfgang the Seal tries to look for fish at the New York Aquarium.
 	Song 	"Zero Song": A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0.Arist: Jane Aaron
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Gladys Ormphby is approached by Cookie Monster, who begs for cookies. Gladys sharply insists that she has zero cookies, so Cookie Monster eats her pocket book instead, then hungers after her sweater and hairnet.
 	Cartoon 	A girl's friend tries to guess how many elephants she saw at the zoo today; the answer is zero.
 	Film 	Footage of kids playing professions, alternating with footage of analogous real-life jobs.
 	Film 	The floating kids form a square
 	Cartoon 	The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square."Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel
 	SCENE 3 	Baby Bear attempts to count backwards, until he's interrupted by a visiting Goldilocks, who finishes it for him. Baby Bear gets very infuriated because he did not want any help.
 	Cartoon 	A little boy describes a time when he got angry after his toy truck was destroyed by a big kid.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Song 	"My Friend U"
 	Muppets 	SuperBaby finds the letter U.
 	Cartoon 	U knocks on the door of P's apartment. When she answers the door, they go UP.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsBig Bird visits a Puerto Rican casita in East Harlem. He tries to find out what people do there, but everyone is too busy raising chickens, planting tomatoes, cooking and planning music to answer.
 	Cartoon 	"Family Dance"Artist: Karen Aqua
 	SCENE 4 	Gina advises Goldilocks to not help Baby Bear while he counts. Baby Bear starts counting and Goldilocks tries hard to restraint herself from joining. Baby Bear is able to count all the way down to 0!
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song."
 	Animation 	Two frogs demonstrate up and down.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Gymnast Dominique Dawes demonstrates up, down, fast and slow for Telly.
 	Song 	"See Like a Bird" (Robin)
 	Cartoon 	A bird talks to a girl about what's inside the street. When she questions his credibility, he stammers, "A little worm told me!"Artist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	"Elmo's Rap Alphabet"
 	Animation 	Wooden shapes group themselves by color, then regroup by shape, then assemble themselves into a rocket ship.
 	SCENE 5 	Zoe and Baby Bear play "Liftoff!," a game where they count backwards and pretend to be rocket ships taking off into space.
 	Cartoon 	Flash Gizmo, Space CadetFast and slow
 	Film 	Two kids play drums as animated kid-drawn figures clap with the beat.
 	Muppets 	While shopping in a China store, Simon Soundman helps Old McDonald find his lost animal - however his animal sounds attract animals to barge into the fragile store. (beginning edited)
 	Song 	"Learning to Swim"
 	Animation 	A group of round crayons draws a house, and is hesitant to let a square yellow crayon join, until it draws the sun. They all cooperate to make a rainbow.
 	SCENE 6 	Baby Bear shows Gina the different ways he can count backwards while she announces the sponsors and status of Slimey's space journey.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Baby Bear pretends to be a teddy bear for Rosita.
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	INTRO 	In the 1999 rerun, the season 30–32 intro sequence is used in place of the season 29 opening.
 	Muppets	Grover and Meghan pretend to go to the moon.This segment replaced the Ernie and Bert sketch in the 1999 rerun.
 	Muppets	Worms in Space form shapes.This segment replaced the "Floating Kids" film in the 1999 rerun.
 	Muppets	This segment replaced the sketch with Telly and Dominique Dawes in the 1999 rerun.
center 	Muppets	Ernie's Show and TellBen shows Ernie his toy calculator that he received from his dad.This segment replaced the Simon Soundman sketch in the 1999 rerun.
 	Cartoon	Hands embrace the words LOVE. (new music added)This segment replaced the crayons animation in the 1999 rerun.
==Notes==
* This episode was among a select group of Season 29 episodes that were reran during the last few weeks of 1999, shortly before Season 31 began airing the following January. This particular episode aired on November 18 and December 9, and also retained its closing credits sequence despite airing on Thursdays.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29