Episode 3736

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Ruthie welcomes the viewer and finds Telly standing still. He explains he's practicing for when his mother wants him to stand still for pictures or being combed. He demonstrates some poses for her. Ruthie reveals when she was young, she was a standing-still prodigy, winning several contests all over the country and shows him some of her (sillier) poses.
 	Song 	Leon Redbone sings "Have You Ever."
 	Cartoon 	A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle. (new music added)
 	Muppets 	"African Alphabet Song"
 	Animation 	African quilt pattern #2
 	Film 	A boy named Anthony and his parents are trapeze artists in a circus.
 	Animation 	"Step right up and find my voice!" A girl plays a carnival game in which she pushes buttons to identify which sound each animal makes.
 	Muppets 	Kingston Livingston III sings "A Cat Had a Birthday."
 	Cartoon 	A group of kids' voices sing "Happy Birthday." While they're singing, a birthday cake with animated candles is shown.
 	SCENE 2 	Elmo finds Telly still standing still and wants him to play. Telly would like to, but still wants to stand still. Elmo comes up with an idea for them to cooperate and makes a new game where one of them stands still, while the other hops until Elmo yells "Change!"
 	Cartoon 	An arrow doesn't know which way is up.
 	Song 	"The Braid-y Bunch"
 	Cartoon 	A report on homes around the world.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	The Count counts how many times Jock Soto and Lourdes Lopez spin around. Finally, they spin him around.
 	Film 	What sound does a horse make?
 	Cartoon 	D for Dance: Ladies on stage dance a can-can to the tune of "The Infernal Gallop" from Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, the lyrics of which are all the letter D.
 	Film 	Two girls sing "Dipsy Doodle D" while clapping each others' hands.
 	Animation 	D / d candles
 	Cartoon 	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks.
 	Cast 	"The Add-ems Family": Gordon, Susan, Carlo, Bob, Maria, Luis and Gabi star in a faux-sitcom about a family who loves to add.
 	Animation 	Jerry Nelson sings "Two Pretty Flowers."
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar challenges Telly to stand still longer than a tin can he has. Telly knows better, fully aware that the can isn't alive and wouldn't move anyway. He goes through with it anyway, not wanting to be labeled a quitter. Much to Oscar's surprise, the can begins to wobble and Telly runs off, preaching his victory. Oscar doesn't understand, until he finds Slimey's sister, Sloppy, was under the can.
 	Song 	"They're Not Alive"
 	Cartoon 	A dinosaur tries to eat an apple on a tree. A group of kids keep telling him to "GO HIGHER!"
 	Film 	A boy takes a bite out of an apple after it falls off a tree above him. The word APPLE is then shown.
 	Muppets 	Baby Bear visits the Museum of Modern Art, where he observes Joan Miró's sculpture "Moonbird" in the garden. He then passes Big Bird, who laments, "Standing still is hard! How do statues do it?"
 	Cartoon 	Edgar Turtle plays the banjo as some kids sing the "Bird Song."
 	Muppets 	Samantha shows Grover how to play "Duck Duck Goose."
 	Film 	"We have a nice school"... with ducks.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound Limerick: D—Dog (new music added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	In a Dragnet spoof, Darlene depends on Detective Dave to debunk the debacle of her "DOG" word, which is missing its first letter.
 	Animation 	D / d (drums and drumsticks)
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Tim Robbins needs a place to stay, so he tries The Furry Arms Hotel, where the bed is a little too small for him, but the company of the lullaby-singing animals is "strangely relaxing."
 	Cartoon 	A girl fantasizes what she could do without leaving her room if her nose, ears, legs, and arms got bigger.
 	Song 	"Exploring in Your Closet"
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"I'm a Little Airplane," with film of kids pretending to be airplanes.
 	Cartoon 	Number creatures #14
 	Muppets 	Worms in Space make the number 14.
 	Cartoon 	"Fourteen Desert"Artist: Joey Ahlbum
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dance with Mark Morris.
 	Cartoon 	"We Are Kids from Far and Wide": Rice harvesting in Sierra Leone
 	SCENE 4 	Ruthie begins to count to 20 so Telly can move and be earned a medal. As she starts, Oscar enters looking for Sloppy; he sees her crawling on Telly's body and questions him if it tickles. Once Ruthie reaches 20, Telly finally moves! He jumps up and down, screaming that there's a worm on him. Ruthie attempts to put the medal around his neck while Oscar announces the sponsors and Ruthie reports Slimey is still on his way to the moon.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Telly, Rosita and Big Bird leave to consult Ruthie about her groceries, but Elmo tries to tell them he knows what they are.
==Notes==
*This episode's plot line is a remake of Episode 2804.
*Scene 2 would later be used in international co-productions as a stand-alone Muppet sketch, including Sesamstrasse.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29