Episode 3258

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Rosita teaches Big Bird, Telly, and some kids (including Tarah) that "me gusta" means "I like it" in Spanish. Big Bird tries saying it to Maria and Luis but they correct him, saying that "me gusta" is usually paired with something (like "Me gusta cantar" - "I like to sing"). Luis, Maria, and Rosita then lead a song about how to properly use the phrase, backed up by a Muppet Latin trio.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	The group ends their song in front of 123 Sesame Street, where an eavesdropping Oscar peeks from his can and snidely comments, "Oh yeah?"
 	Cartoon 	A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend.
 	Song 	Hoots the Owl sings "This is How We Take a Bath."
 	Animation 	Computer G / g
 	Muppets 	Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue".
 	Film 	Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse)
 	SCENE 2 	With the help of Osvaldo, Grundgetta, and two other Grouches, Oscar gives Maria, Luis, and Rosita a musical rebuttal to their song, changing it to "No Me Gusta." Ironically, the three love it and Oscar can't keep himself from dancing! ("Help, it's mambo mania! Stop the song, I want to get off!")
 	Film 	A group of kids paint a mural with the help of a mural artist.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: C for carrot
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie."
 	Cartoon 	Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Chip and Dip hold a sign with the word "CAT" written on it and ask Danny if he knows what it says. When they learn that he can't read the sign, they give him clues.
 	Animation 	The word CAT is shown, followed by a black cat sitting on a chair.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Zoe counts the number of times Michael Chang bounces a tennis ball.
 	Animation 	A voiceover counts forty dots, each one rising on a musical scale as their colors shift from red to orange.
 	Film 	Farmer McFay counts 40 fruits from the season's bumper crop.
 	Cartoon 	Hands embrace the word "LOVE."
 	Film 	"Visiting Iesha": Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family is black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Nancy Einstein shows how the brain works.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family."
 	Cartoon 	The story of Tommy LaPlaid, the painter so sad until he discovered the joys of kicking his paints on the canvas.Artist: Mo Willems
 	Muppets 	Snuffy brings his TV over to Big Bird's nest so that he, Big Bird, and some kids can work out along with Jane Snuffleupagus.
 	Cartoon 	A beaver does his exercises, while his friends make fun of him. He then uses his strength to save his friends when the dam breaks.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Marmoset.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Six camelsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Animation 	"Six Circus Balls"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	SCENE 3 	Finders Keepers is having a "Lincoln's Birthday" sale. Elmo comes by, feeling sad because he lost his imagination hat. Ruthie gives him some different hats to try on, and he has fun with a "daddy hat" (fedora), an admiral's hat (setting sail for Chicago), then a space helmet. Maria arrives having found Elmo's imagination hat, but Elmo is busy going on an imaginary trip to the planet Mayonnaise.
 	Song 	"Imagination Landscape"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river.Artist: Abe Levitow
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo has found a coat that matches Abraham Lincoln's, and pretends to be him. Ruthie shows that since he's still wearing his space helmet, he doesn't look much like the former president (she assumes he's pretending to be Darth Vader). Ruthie gives him a stovepipe hat and beard to match the picture she has of Lincoln in her store display, though Elmo is curious if the president ever had red fur.
 	Film 	Lucia, who lives in Argentina, narrates a segment where she visits her abuelo's chocolate factory, where they make candy out of chocolate and mazapan.
 	Cartoon 	Which footprint doesn't belong?
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Cab Calloway sings "Hi De Ho Man."
 	Animation 	Crayons play together.
 	SCENE 5 	As Elmo and Rosita debate on which of them should announce the sponsors first, Ruthie does it for them. The two then agree to say it last together.
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3498.
*Additional performers include Peter Linz (as Osvaldo and maraca player), David Rudman (as musician), and Noel MacNeal (as musician and Grouch).
*Oscar had a previous experience unable to control himself while listening to Latin music when Tito Puente got him and his Grouch friends to dance to "Ran-Kan-Kan."
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 25