Episode 3748

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon has the day off from work today and plans on spending it reading a good book. Big Bird moans nearby, as he has a playdate with Snuffy, but has to be taken to the doctor to have a band-aid removed. Gordon suggests leaving a note and volunteers to help write one. Big Bird begins dictating a very detailed note...
 	Song 	To the original Fats Waller recording of "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," a group of kids act out the song in a throwback to the silent film era.
 	Animation 	Fans reveal the letter O.
 	Animation 	Planting Letters: O
 	Cartoon 	A woman sings the "O" sound in a brief opera.
center 	Muppets 	Phil Harmonic introduces Ernie and Placido Flamingo, who sing "Up and Down Opera" to demonstrate up and down.
 	Cartoon 	An arrow doesn't know which way is up.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon finishes the note and tapes it to Big Bird's doors. However, Big Bird explains he must stay nearby so he can read it to Snuffy when he shows up.
 	Cartoon 	Mi kat iz ... gone
 	Song 	"In the Library"
 	Cartoon 	A boy shares his bubbles with some kids dancing in a field.
 	Celebrity 	"Rubber Duckie" with Little Richard.
 	Film 	A boy draws a picture of his friend, Katie.
 	Cartoon 	"In My Book" (sung by Jerry Nelson)
 	SCENE 3 	Telly finds Gordon reading outside Big Bird's doors and joins him with his own book, "The No Frills Alphabet Book." However, Telly's reading proves to be very loud.
 	Film 	Kids sing the alphabet on an island.
 	Cartoon 	Spike's Scribble Theatre Presents: "Island"
 	Muppets 	"The Sneeze Song," with Kathleen the Cow with a Pig, a Sheep, and Fred the Wonder Horse.
 	Film 	A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus.
 	Cartoon 	Clown Honking #8
 	Film 	Ornate 8s stroll through a gate and pose in other remarkable places.
 	Film 	Eight children dance in a colorblock grid.
 	Film 	D.J. goes to the doctor, gets weighed and measured, and gets a shot.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Annie Eyeball, PhD., looks at breathing.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 4 	Snuffy finally arrives and Gordon reads the note to him. Snuffy decides to write a thank you note in response, which Gordon will have to write.
 	Animation 	The word LOVE is formed on paper.
center 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "You Made Me Love You."
 	Cartoon 	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	"WXYZ Highlights" celebrates the letter O with special guest Rebecca Lobo, who faces off against Big Bird in a brief round of basketball.
 	Animation 	Sand O/o
 	Muppets 	"Some Enchanted Lunchtime"
 	Cartoon 	African quilt pattern
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon goes to mail the finished letter. Big Bird returns and wants to play at the schoolyard, which is across the street. The two start calling for Gordon.
 	Song 	"I'm Holdin' Your Hand" (while crossing the street)
 	Animation 	In a Van Gogh painting, a baby takes its first steps to Papa.
 	Muppets 	Elmo and Zoe sing "Share."
 	Film 	The McDouble twins know how to help each other.
 	Animation 	Colored tools build a house out of colored rectangles, squares and triangles.
 	Song 	"Playground Map Song"
 	Cartoon 	Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler)
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon helps the two cross the street and they announce the sponsors, as well as the progress of the Wiggleprise.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: How do flowers grow? Big Bird tries to answer using various hand gestures.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29