Episode 3511

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird and Telly wonder why Wolfgang the Seal won't stop barking. Mr. Handford remembers that yesterday he put up a sign in the Hooper's Store window that says "Special Today: FISH." It's still on the window, but fish was yesterday's special, meaning that Hooper's is currently out of them. Since fish are Wolfgang's favorite thing in the world, Big Bird wonders how to get him some. Luckily, Big Bird's friends Colin and Marlee are about to go fishing right now, so they let him come along with them. Big Bird leaves, promising to bring a fish back to Wolfgang.
 	Cartoon 	"Water Conservation": Frank the fish calls Carl and tells him not to leave the water running while brushing his teeth, otherwise the lake will be dry.Artist: Peter Chung
 	Muppets 	"Pond Full of Fish"
 	Cartoon 	A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away.
 	Song 	"I'm in Great Shape": Kids dance with triangles, circles and squares.
 	Cartoon 	Q/q (balloons)
 	Film 	Girls do a hand-clap game about the letter Q.
 	Cartoon 	Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster shares a pillow.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats."Re-filmed version
 	SCENE 2 	Wolfgang continues barking at Mr. Handford and Telly as he waits for Big Bird to come back from his fishing trip...
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Meanwhile, the boat takes off on the lake.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Mr. Handford tells Wolfgang to be patient, and persuades him to try a new food. Today's special is chicken, so he serves different chicken dishes, which the seal gobbles up right then and there. Telly is amazed at the way he eats the chicken, but accidentally says the word "fish," which makes Wolfgang hungry for fish.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Back on the fishing trip, the boat arrives at the spot where Big Bird will hopefully catch a fish.
 	Cartoon 	Name That Food ("Will you eat it?")
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.)
 	Cartoon 	Three computer animated fish.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. (new sound effects added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment.
 	SCENE 3 	Wolfgang continues to bark, driving Telly and Mr. Handford up the wall. Telly suggests that they all say the alphabet ("I know it's a crazy idea, but so was striped toothpaste!"). It briefly distracts Wolfgang from his thoughts of fish, and even garners some applause from him... until Telly lets the word "fish" slip again.
 	SCENE 3cont'd	Back on the boat, Colin and Marlee catch one fish after another, but Big Bird still hasn't caught any yet.
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Doggy Paddle."
 	Cartoon 	Big / bigger / biggest (bikes)
 	Muppets 	Grover and Mr. JohnsonMr. Johnson asks Grover the concession stand monster for a box of popcorn. Grover asks him if he would want the big, bigger, or biggest box of popcorn. Mr. Johnson wants the big popcorn, but Grover suggests the bigger popcorn. The two have a tug-of-war over the popcorn, resulting in the biggest popcorn box falling over Mr. Johnson's head.
 	Song 	AT words
 	Animation 	The word CAT is shown, followed by a black cat sitting on a chair.
 	SCENE 4 	Wolfgang drives Telly and Mr. Handford out of Hooper's with his barking. Telly gets another idea: this time, he'll get Wolfgang ready to eat the fish by doing exercises with him, saying he needs the strength to shovel all the fish Big Bird will bring back. Mr. Handford leads Wolfgang, Telly, and some kids in doing 40 jumping jacks until Telly faints.
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Meanwhile, Big Bird thinks he has succeeded in catching a fish, but it turns out to be a boot.
 	Cartoon 	The rabbit and the turtle race to the top of a building. The rabbit goes up 40 steps, but the turtle takes the elevator.
 	Film 	Fay Ray listens to classical music on headphones. "Are you listening to me?"
 	Cartoon 	All the instruments in Sousaville love Mr. Tuba's music, but when he plays with them, he doesn't play the same music they're playing.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster has a riddle: what do you get when you have one cookie between two cookies? A cookie sandwich!
 	Song 	Jeff Redd sings "Between."
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: "Q", Quiet
 	Muppets 	Elmo shows the viewer a letter very quickly, and has the viewer guess which letter it is.
 	Animation 	A paper crumples to reveal Q, q and Qq.
 	Song 	Kevin Clash sings "Skin."
 	Cartoon 	A girl talks about her skin. (new sound effects added)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Insert 	Chicago and Zoe present Celina doing the Vegetable Day Dance, dressed as a broccoli. Chicago sings a song about the vegetable.
 	Cartoon 	The Carrot (censored version)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	A sign above a bathroom reads "boys", while boys exit the room.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Annie Eyeball looks at air.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	On a windy day, Maria (in voice-over) asks a man (Bill Irwin), "Does air move things?" The wind speaks for him.
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"Take Care of That Smile"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Two white squares try to push a great big object, and are reluctant to let a black square join them at first.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird finally returns with his catch in a bag, inadvertently teasing Wolfgang by waving it around as he describes his trip. Mr. Handford finally opens the bag to find only one very small fish. Wolfgang wolfs it down immediately and feels better, spitting out the tiny fish skeleton. Telly and Mr. Handford announce the sponsors, while Big Bird tries to tell them about the "one that got away."
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Zoe and Ruthie slide down the fire pole at Finders Keepers together.
==Notes==
*The episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3765.
*All of the footage of Big Bird fishing was originally made for a Video Postcard segment aired earlier this season .
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27