Episode 1459

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird is upset about being unable to fly. Poco Loco suggests he could flap his wings hard like he does, but that doesn't work. Big Bird then attempts a running start and just ends up crashing offscreen. They hear a motor and look up in the sky to see an airplane, and Big Bird suddenly gets inspired and rushes off.
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Flying."
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	In stop-motion, blocks stack and arrange themselves to form zoo cages, arches, and a whole city.Artist: Al Jarnow
 	Film 	Counting 1-20 (planes taking off)
 	Cartoon 	A baby looks at a DANGER sign and imagines what it means.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird has dressed himself up like an airplane, thinking it will help him fly. Poco yells "Contact!" and Big Bird tries to become airborne, but remains grounded. Big Bird loses hope of getting up in the air.
 	Animation 	Four airplanes take off one by one.
 	Muppets 	Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below."
 	Cartoon 	Boy and the UP balloons
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Marlena demonstrate what the number 12 looks like. Grover is supposed to send up a balloon with the number 12 on it; however, he sends up balloons with the number 3, 9, a letter "A", and Cookie Monster before he finally gets it right. To celebrate that he sends up another balloon with a drawing of himself, but he doesn't let go of the string, so he floats away with the balloon.
 	Cartoon 	Find the camouflaged parrot.Voice: Paul Dooley
 	Insert 	Bob, Linda and Timi show some kids how to say "butterfly" in sign language. They sing a song about it.
 	Cartoon 	A large bird munches on rectangle edges, forming the word "BIRD."
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppet cheerleaders sound out the word "rocket," then witness a rocket blasting off.
 	Cartoon 	A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies.
 	Film 	An osprey flies around.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Richard Bird (from the Sesame comic strip) subtracts two balloons from a group of three.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Swimming and flying pelicans.
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP.
 	Film 	Exploring on the ocean rocks
 	SCENE 3 	Some kids hold a live pigeon as Luis sings them "La Paloma." At first, Big Bird thinks that pigeons will help lift him off the ground, but one of the kids lets go of their balloon and Big Bird notices how the balloon floats up to the sky. He becomes reinspired and runs off to prepare for his "big takeoff."
 	Animation 	Three rocks use different methods to get across a lake.Artist: Al Jarnow
 	Film 	As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat.
 	Song 	Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one.
 	Cartoon 	Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane.Artist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	Lefty the Salesman sells Ernie some air, but when Ernie waves to Bert, wanting to show it to him, he drops it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It couldn't have vanished into thin air." But Ernie sobs, "Yes, it could, Bert! It could!"
 	Cartoon 	A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. (new music and female voiceover)
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and a reluctant Maria call everyone over to let them know that they're about to take off in a hot-air balloon! After dropping a few sandbags, they are up in the air. Proud of his triumph, Big Bird sings "I'm Flying" and the two observe the world far below them.
 	Film 	A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Travis Travel demonstrates different methods of transportation.
 	Film 	While walking and reading the newspaper, a man barely avoids DANGER on three occasions, but then gets hit by a revolving door.
 	Cartoon 	Clouds that look like things.
 	Film 	Kids count 18 backflips.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Ernie has two bags of cookies, one of which has several cookies, and one that only has one cookie. Ernie asks Cookie Monster which he'd rather have, and Cookie Monster naturally chooses the bag with many cookies. However, Cookie is disappointed that his cookies are very small, while Ernie's one cookie is very big, so Ernie breaks his cookie into several small pieces.
 	Cartoon 	What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances?
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" (#12)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (repeat)
 	SCENE 5 	The balloon lands and Big Bird is happy that he flew, though he hopes to do so someday by himself. Poco announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12