Episode 3870

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird and Snuffy welcome the viewer to Sesame Street, and find the yard full of animals, who are gathered for the Animal Film Festival. Big Bird and Snuffy want to say the alphabet, but before they can, the festival's master of ceremonies, the elephant, introduces a series of elephant films. He sees if there are any questions; Snuffy asks how long the show will last, and they find out that it's happening all day long, which means they have to find something else to do besides say the alphabet.
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Patrick sits with the animals in the audience, and they watch the following segment ...
 	Film 	A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment.
 	Muppets 	Bert asks Bernice how she knows the letter of the day, and they watch this segment ...
 	Cartoon 	S for Snail (new music added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Song 	"S, You're the Best"
 	Cartoon 	Seymore the snail presents himself.Artist: Mo Willems
 	Film 	Flamingos walk around to classical music. (new child voiceovers added)
 	SCENE 2 	Alan serves lunch to some of the festival-goers, and Big Bird and Snuffy ask him if they can say the alphabet at Hooper's. They overhear a conversation between two birds, who express interest in seeing a film with a big bird saying the alphabet. Big Bird and Snuffy become inspired, and run off to enlist the help of Miles, who has a video camera.
 	Film 	Ducks swim and fly.Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2
 	Muppets 	Bert: "Bernice ... you have wonderful form." They watch a segment about the number of the day ...
 	Cartoon 	Number Guy: "How Many Pigs Will Jump Into This Mud?" The answer is 10.
 	Film 	The McDoubles (Batty and Crooky) count to 10 on their fingers.
 	Animation 	Space frogs count to 10.
 	Film 	A girl uses an instant camera to take pictures of her friends, who demonstrate several emotions.
 	SCENE 3 	Miles sets up his video camera, and they're almost ready to start filming, when Snuffy wonders what his duty will be. Miles suggests that Snuffy could be the director, and Snuffy takes on the position immediately, telling Big Bird to practice first, and then ruffle his feathers a bit.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me."
 	Muppets 	Bert announces that Bernice will demonstrate front and back, then near and far ... but she doesn't have to do much.
 	Song 	"Front Back Ballet"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	Film 	A boy loves learning about fish. He reads books about them, and even catches them.
 	Muppets 	The inhabitants of "Telly's Aquarium" sing.
 	Cartoon 	S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake.
 	Film 	Kid jungle explorers sight a wild letter S.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird thinks he's practiced enough, but Snuffy suggests he say the alphabet in his own birdy language ("Tweet tweet tweet"). Miles settles the conflict by coming up with a way that both of their ideas can be used, and once everyone is in agreement, the filming goes on!
 	Animation 	A puzzle of an orangutan is put together.
 	Muppets 	Bernice counts to 10 - but has some help from Bert.
 	Cartoon 	An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on.
 	Film 	How to say "butterfly" in sign language.
 	Film 	What sound does a cow make?
 	Cartoon 	"Ten Turtles"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Animation 	Counting 10 shells
 	Muppets 	Nathan Lane and The Oinker Sisters sing "Sing."
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie tries to demonstrate what a telephone is, but keeps getting calls.Artist: Mo Willems
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird, Snuffy and Miles enter the yard with their finished film, but find the area devoid of festival-goers. They're bummed about it at first, but then they decide to show it to the viewer. Just then, one of the gossiping birds shows up again, and calls all the animals back into the yard to see the rumored alphabet film.
 	SCENE 5cont'd	The film is shown, and it gets a positive reception ("That's the best bird film since Hitchcock!").
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Telephones
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird and Snuffy announce the sponsors, and answer questions from the audience. The end credits follow.
==Supporting cast==
*Joey Mazzarino as elephant and robinNamed Fowl Bird in script, sounds more like Thalberg in dialogue, referencing film producer Irving Thalberg
*Matt Vogel as pig 
*Jim Martin as goat
*John Kennedy as monkey and rabbit 
*Stephanie D'Abruzzo as pink bird 
*Lisa Buckley as lamb
*Alice Dinnean as squirrel and cow
*Eric Jacobson as lion
*Michael Paul Ziegfeld as additional puppeteerUnder the Puppet interview. 15:04 timestamp.
==Sources==
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 31