Episode 2600

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gina explains to Big Bird that the party set up out in the yard is for Maria's baby shower, and invites him and Mr. Snuffleupagus to come. Though Gina says it's okay that he doesn't have to bring something, he insists on getting Maria a gift... but what will it be?
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop has to bring 8 steamer trunks down 8 flights of stairs.
 	Muppets 	Construction worker Sally Smith is the surprise contestant of the on-location game "This Is Your Lunch." Sally must guess the contents of her lunchbox correctly after each food item gives her clues.
 	Cartoon 	Pistons push a capital H through a tunnel, where it breaks and turns into a lowercase h. (with voiceover by Roscoe Orman)
 	Song 	"Garbageman's Blues Song"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A snake has a knot in his middle, and he can't find his end. The detective helps the snake find his end ... playing drums in a band.
 	SCENE 2 	Snuffy wanders into Big Bird's nest area and learns about the party. He too wants to bring a gift, but because they don't know anything about the baby, they have a hard time thinking of the right present. Snuffy proposes a year's supply of cabbages and spaghetti (which is what his mom and dad received before Alice was born), while Big Bird suggests a year's supply of birdseed. They conclude more thinking is in order, and put their heads together (CLUNK) to think.
 	Cartoon 	The Alphabet Song (country, gospel, Mexican)Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Film 	A girl puts on her coat all by herself.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown paper bag, and asks Cookie Monster what he hopes it is. Cookie Monster hopes that it is a cookie. It turns out that Ernie has ten cookies in the bag.
 	Film 	Colored sand forms the letter B and a boat.
 	Film 	Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press.
 	Muppets 	Grover sits in a park and recites a poem about a butterfly that he sees.
 	Film 	A film of butterfliesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Edgar Turtle's three nephews demonstrate a round by singing "Redwood Tree."
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird and Snuffy come up with several potential gifts which would be useful for a baby, but they learn everyone else has already gotten them: Susan got a onesie, Gordon got some rattles, Gina got a diaper bag, Bob got a Hello Kitty music box, and Linda got a teddy bear. They put their heads together once more (CLUNK)...
 	Cartoon 	H - Horse
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	The pair now have the letter H on the brain and think of gifts beginning with H (such as a haystack, helicopter, and hippo). Big Bird suddenly gets a great idea and heads for his nest.
 	Video 	Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on.
 	Cartoon 	Letter B becomes a banana and broccoli
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "The Paperclip."
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel.
 	Cartoon 	A runner leaps over letter H hurdles.
 	Muppets 	The Count has built a rocket with the help of Dr. Reinbrein and plans to launch it from inside his castle. The two count down from the computer console, but the rocket doesn't take off. Indeed, Count never intended for lift-off; he plans on counting down again and again.
 	Animation 	Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
 	SCENE 4 	Maria continues opening her presents at the party. Big Bird and Snuffy's is a large posterboard with a poem written on it which everyone reads aloud; the poem says that their gift is plenty of love for the baby (as well as the poem itself).
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings "Get Along" with some Anything Muppet greasers, the Martians, the Twiddlebugs, and a cow.
 	Cartoon 	Two men push two large bird eggs to the top of two hills.
 	Film 	Fish swim around.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Gladys the Cow assists the Amazing Mumford on stage. Mumford says he will make her disappear, but his attempts fail, so he says he'll turn her into a duck instead. She runs offstage in fright, which means his trick did work this time.
 	SCENE 5 	Everyone cleans up from the party as Big Bird and Snuffy announce the sponsors in voiceover. The nighttime credit crawl from Episode 2255 follows.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20