Episode 3741

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Big Bird goes for a walk and greets everyone he meets, singing "Walkin' Down My Street." He passes Hooper's Store, the Furry Arms Hotel, Gina's Day Care Center, Finders Keepers, Celina's Dance Studio, the playground, and Oscar's newsstand. As he finishes the song, Big Bird returns to his nest and gazes outside. "Sesame Street," he sighs. "Not just a street. A way of life. Home."
 	Animation 	A walk through a neighborhood made of paper and photographic characters.
 	Muppets 	"The Subway"
 	Cartoon 	The word "Subway" rides the MBTA subway.
 	Film 	Two sisters make their own buildings, both with paper and blocks.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Samantha try talking to the moon.
 	Cartoon 	In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callomouse attends a revue at the Lunar Lounge.
 	SCENE 1 	Herry's Mother wanders the street, looking for her son to bring him to dinner. She finds him in the yard, writing a book with no ending yet. His book is called “My Favorite Place to Be” and chronicles the places he loves best, but each place in the book is not his #1 favorite place. He fusses over the lack of an ending, and his mother comforts him. He realizes where his favorite place is – with his mom.
 	Song 	A salute to M-O-M.
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster: MOM.
 	Cartoon 	How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India.
 	Film 	A girl goes to school somewhere in Africa. We see the girl getting ready to go to school, as she washes herself and brushes her teeth, puts on her clothes, brushes her hair, and takes her lunch, all with some help from her mother. We see her walking past her neighbors and watching her classmates play outside as she arrives at school. The bell rings, and the girl enters the school, where the teacher is passing out chalk to her students. We see the teacher teaching the students the English words: "a boy," "a girl," "a man," "a woman," which she has written on the board, along with a drawing for each word. The students repeat the words, then write them down on their individual chalkboards as the girl remarks, "We are learning to read and write." The students then jump up and down, as the teacher looks on, smiling. Next, we see the students jumping outside excitedly, now that school has finished.
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	Film 	Milo Counting: 12
 	Animation 	12 kids are counted.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Los Lobos sings "Elmo and the Lavender Moon."
 	Cartoon 	Anansi the Spider tells the story of how the sun and the moon came to live in the sky.
 	Film 	Girls sing a jump-rope rhyme about naming a puppy.
 	Cartoon 	Fluffy recalls being a homeless dog, getting taken in to the dog pound, and meeting his new pal Petey.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Baby Fats Domino sings "Shake Your Rattle and Roll," encouraging babies to exercise.
 	Animation 	A clay-animated man uses a palette and a paintbrush to paint the letter P.
 	Celebrity 	John Moschitta, Jr. plays Porter Pepper of Peter Piper's P Products, which produces products that begin with the letter "P." He mentions that two of his clients were Peter Pan and Pablo Picasso until Peter Piper, the boss, gives him a phone call. Pepper now presents a new problem: Peter Piper's "P" Products has been purchased, and is now Sam Singer's "S" Stuff Store. Pepper, without stalling, summons his staff to stand by, switches his products to stuff, and searches for snacks and saucers.
 	Song 	“Letter P Menu”
 	SCENE 2 	Tonight, Frazzle is sleeping over at Big Bird’s, with Gordon as a chaperone. Big Bird has Gordon read the book he wrote – “Albert the Flower Who Loved to Grow,” based on a true story. In the story, Big Bird’s little plant, Albert, grows at a fast rate, eventually bursting from his pot. He then placed Albert in the window box of Gordon and Susan’s apartment.
 	Animation 	"Flowers on the Doorstep"
 	Muppets 	Grover recites a poem about a bubble.
 	Animation 	In a classic painting, a boy blows a bubble. It pops, and some kids yell "Surprise!"
 	Animation 	Kids are surprised when animated things pop up out of nowhere.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	Cartoon 	P for Planet
 	Film 	Kid jungle explorers sight a wild letter P.
 	Cartoon 	Peter Panda, the potter, makes a pyramid, a pear and a pot for his plant.
 	SCENE 3 	Now that the story is done, Gordon tells the two kids that it’s time for bed, but Big Bird needs a lullaby first. Frazzle knows one, titled “Obladi.” They sing along with him (despite the incomprehensible lyrics).
 	Cartoon 	Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine."
 	Animation 	A girl reads a book, a magazine, a newspaper, and a letter.
 	Muppets 	Zoe, Telly, and Prairie Dawn sing "That's the Way I Read."
 	Cartoon 	Zork lands on the coast of California, where he meets a slick agent.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	A little boy sings the "Cold Ocean Blues" at the beach.
 	Cartoon 	A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A girl overcomes her fear of scary things in the dark by singing with them.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon is about to turn off the light, when Frazzle begins hollering for him, since he’s afraid of the dark. He wants a nightlight, so Big Bird shows Frazzle his nightlight – the moon. Contended, they both begin to sleep. Gordon announces the sponsors and reports that Slimey’s still on his way back home.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Ruthie gives Telly a fake beard and wig.
 
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	INTRO 	In the 1999 rerun, the season 30–32 intro sequence is used in place of the season 29 opening.
 	Film 	A mom takes her son for a walk in the stroller, and he sees all he can see.This and "Rockin Rockets" replaced the three segments before the Grover and Samantha sketch in the 1999 rerun.
 	Animation 	An Elvis Presley-type man sings "Rockin' Rockets" as he blasts off into space.
 	Film 	A three-year-old African boy narrates a film about a day in his life.This segment replaced the African school film in the 1999 rerun.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird stands on the roof with Tony Bennett, who sings "Slimey to the Moon."This segment replaced "Elmo and the Lavender Moon" in the 1999 rerun.
 	Animation 	Colored tools build a house out of colored rectangles, squares and triangles.This segment replaced the dog adoption cartoon in the 1999 rerun.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Elmo sing "Sing After Me."This segment replaced "Shake Your Rattle and Roll" in the 1999 rerun.
==Notes==
* This episode was among a select group of Season 29 episodes that were reran during the last few weeks of 1999, shortly before Season 31 began airing the following January. This particular episode aired on November 30 and December 21.
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Category:Sleep
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29