Episode 2976

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Snuffy watches as Maria tries to measure how tall Gabi is. He learns about how a ruler is used, and wants to find out his height, so she measures him (he's six feet, ten 1/2 inches). He asks her to measure more of him, such as his snuffle, his foot, his tail...
 	Cartoon 	"The Stranger" - a song about a baseball team hesitantly allowing a newcomer to join them, who ends up helping them win the game.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Iguana
 	Cartoon 	A man takes advantage of his television appearance to display his giant ME sign.
 	Muppets 	"The Ten Commandments of Health"
 	Cartoon 	P Words (including parachute and plug)
 	SCENE 2 	Maria prepares to take Gabi to today's Birdketeer meeting when Oscar points out they'll have another new member today. He gives some clues about the new recruit, who turns out to be Irvine as she emerges from the can in a Grouch-ified Birdketeer uniform, squawking loudly.
 	Cartoon 	Three mice (Swedish animation)
 	Song 	"Cow Dog Song"
 	Animation 	Draw a line from the dog to the bowl and underline the hen.
 	Muppets 	As ominous music plays, The Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does.
 	Cartoon 	Kids sing about the joys of celery.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Kids paint a picture of a porcupine on glass.
 	SCENE 3 	Telly, standing by a letter P, sobs after the previous segment, noting that "porcupine" is yet another word missing from the world if there were no letter P. He sings about what a struggle life would be with any P-words ("Life Without P"). He celebrates the letter when Gina comes in with some popcorn.
 	Cartoon 	A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies.
 	Animation 	Kids narrate how a Navajo blanket is weaved.
 	Celebrity / Muppets	Hoots tells everyone at Birdland to imagine that it's turning from nighttime to morning, and the birds are waking up in the forest, while Bobby McFerrin sings "Sweet in the Mornin'."
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it.
 	Song 	"Three Is My Favorite Number"
 	SCENE 4 	Snuffy teaches Alice the rules of crossing the street in the yard, with Mamoon pretending to be the traffic light. When he realizes that he and Alice don't have hands to hold with a grown-up friend's hand, Gina makes a special exception by holding onto both of their snuffles.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: DON'T WALK
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster and Louisey sing "I Can Sing."
 	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.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Erik play a rhyming game.
 	Cartoon 	An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling.
 	Film 	A blind class goes on a field trip to the park, using their other senses to experience their surroundings. The teacher sings "If You're Happy and You Know It."
 	Cartoon 	"Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange.Artist: John Korty
 	SCENE 5 	At the Birdketeer meeting, Irvine doesn't participate in any of the flapping and tweeting the other group members are doing; she'd rather play with Big Bird's garbage as if it was blocks. Big Bird launches into a round of "Three of These Things" using today's members.
 	Cartoon 	A dog learns about U.
 	Muppets 	Forgetful Jones and Clementine ride on horseback, and come across a rock. Clementine consults her book, The Cowgirl's Companion, to figure out how to handle a rock in your trail: go around it.
 	Cartoon 	Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale.
 	Film 	Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder.
 	SCENE 6 	Irvine returns to the can after the meeting, squawking raucously. Maria announces the sponsors, with both Oscar and Irvine chiming in when they learn the letters spell out "P-U."
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23