Episode 3163

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Kingston Livingston III displays today's sponsors and teases two stories he'll be telling about himself.
 	SCENE 1 	Kingston tells the first of his stories via a flashback, about the time he went to a party at his friend Loretta's house. While all of his friends are dancing in a certain manner, he breaks out into a wild dance, shaking his limbs everywhere. Everyone else suddenly stops and are surprised by the different way Kingston dances, especially Loretta. Kingston explains that's just the "Kingston Livingston III way of dancing," and everyone goes back to dancing the way they like.
 	Film 	A zydeco band plays "Allons a Lafayette" while people dance.
 	Cartoon 	B for banana and ballerina
 	Film 	Kids paint pictures of things that start with B.Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises
 	Cartoon 	Small letter b (ball/bat)
 	Muppets / Celebrity 	Hoots tells everyone to imagine that it's turning from nighttime to morning, and the birds are waking up in the forest, while Bobby McFerrin sings "Tweet in the Mornin'."
 	Cartoon 	Leanna Williams explains why she loves her brother’s shoes - she has fun with the box they came in.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 2 	Baby Bear sets up a lemonade stand, selling each glass for a penny. Goldilocks buys each glass one at a time until Baby Bear is out of lemonade. When he considers going into the porridge-selling business, it is revealed that Goldilocks has made her own lemonade stand using the glasses, charging two pennies per drink. Baby Bear is enraged, while Goldilocks explains, "That's the lemonade business!"
 	Film 	The floating kids form an L.
 	Muppets 	Snuffy wears a green derby hat as he sings about L, "The Leading Letter of My Life."
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: L for lion
 	Film 	Kids have a lost dog poster made using an old-style printing press.
 	Cartoon 	A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying.
 	Film 	Amelia pretends she's an astronaut.
 	SCENE 3 	Elmo needs Gordon's help stacking some blocks for a game. Gordon re-arranges the tower to Elmo's liking, so that the blue and yellow blocks are on either the top or the bottom. Elmo then proceeds to play his "knock-over-the-blocks" game.
 	Cartoon 	Madrigal AlphabetArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	A group of people form a human pyramid to illustrate top and bottom.
 	Cartoon 	The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank.
 	Film 	Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like.
 	Cartoon 	Don't be a Snerd when you sneeze.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Polly Darton sings "I'm Under the Weather Over You."
 	Cartoon 	Three take away two is one rabbit.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Christopher talk about what love is.
 	Cartoon 	We Are Kids from Far and Wide: Rice harvesting in Sierra Leone
 	Celebrity 	Gloria Estefan sings a special version of "1-2-3" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers.
 	Cartoon 	Six pigsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party.
 	Animation 	"Six Circus Balls"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	Film 	"There's a lot to see under the sea," according to some young swimmers who narrate a poem about the ocean-dwellers they find.Music: "Kyisio Calypso" by Dermot Stewart
 	Cartoon 	A caterpillar sings "Exercise Song."Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.
 	Cartoon 	Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	SCENE 4 	Kingston's next story involves his trip to the park. He runs into his friends lounging on the playground, who are all wearing their caps backwards; he's the only one wearing his frontward. Loretta calls him out on his originality again, and Kingston just calls it the "Kingston Livingston III way of wearing my cap," which everyone is okay with. After the story, Kingston feels so good he randomly breaks out into James Brown's "I Feel Good!"
 	Cartoon 	Ladies, birds, and fish march forward and backward.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Cast 	Live at Sesame Hall, Bob, Maria, and Luis sing "The Curious Cantata" about a bird who asks a lot of questions, played by the ever-curious Big Bird.
 	Cartoon 	Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks.
 	Film 	Kids talk about playing tennis.
 	Cartoon 	A magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance.
 	Muppets / Transition	Big Bird's eyes get wider as the next segment plays ...
 	Cartoon 	"Wash Your Hands Before You Eat" (new sound effects added)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 5 	Kingston is reading a book when Loretta and the rest of his friends arrive, wearing their caps frontward like him and wanting to learn his dance. Kingston agrees to teach them... after he's done with his book. They join in reading a portion, which includes the sponsors.
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3481.
*Additional performers include Fran Brill (Lavender AM), Noel MacNeal (Green AM boy), and Martin P. Robinson (Fat Blue AM), with David Rudman (Purple AM).
*The dance music at Loretta's party is from "Just Happy to Be Me," which is sung by Kingston and features condensed versions of the two stories he tells in this episode.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 25