Episode 3597

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Rosita and Prairie Dawn both have exciting news, so they take turns telling the viewer. Prairie starts off by presenting the sponsors, which Rosita considers more exciting than her news: practicing flying.
 	SCENE 1 	Rosita explains to Prairie and Gordon how her entire family has the ability to fly because of their wings. Today, Rosita will try some flying, though she admits she has trouble with landings. She demonstrates and lands on top of Prairie. She steps out of the way so Rosita can try again, but she gets landed on again. Rosita decides to give up to keep her friend safe, but Gordon recommends she practice and find something to aim her landings toward. Rosita goes to look for a good target while Prairie leaves to get a helmet.
 	Animation 	Amelia likes to pretend she can fly.
 	Cartoon 	A determined little boy makes several attempts to fly, and eventually gets his dad to take him on an airplane. (new music added)
 	Muppets 	Telly sings "Everything Goes" as he packs his backpack for a day in the park.
 	Cartoon 	A family goes over their camping checklist before they leave for the woods.
 	Film / Animation 	Lake (time-lapse)
 	SCENE 2 	Rosita has brought back a letter X to mark the spot where she'll land; Gordon helps place the letter on a crate in the yard. As she gears up, Prairie arrives (with her helmet) and spots the letter, unaware of its purpose. She picks it up to admire it and Rosita lands on her once more. Rosita apologizes and showers Prairie with boo-boo-healing kisses.
 	Cartoon 	The letter X appears on-screen.
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Mystery Guest," where the blindfolded panel of Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock must guess the identity of a special guest - the letter X.
 	Cartoon 	A lizard, a girl and a dog dance.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	A three-year-old African boy narrates a film about a day in his life.
 	Cartoon 	A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
 	Muppets 	Zoe talks about being proud.
 	Animation 	Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	Muppets 	Kingston Livingston III sings "Just Happy to Be Me."
 	Song 	"Me, M-E, Me!"
 	Film 	A ferry terminal switches from empty to full.
 	Cartoon 	An opera house is full when an operatic tenor sings, but it becomes empty when his partner (of lesser musical talent) attempts to sing. On their way home, the tenor and his partner become stuck on the freeway, where the lanes are full - but all it takes to make them empty is some bad singing.Artist: Gene Barretta
 	Animation 	Rubber Stamp #16
 	Muppets 	The Martians discover a sparkly number 16.
 	Animation 	Counting to 16 on quilt patterns
 	Film 	Kids practice circus acts and give a performance in a gymnasium.
 	Cartoon 	"Five Baby Oysters"
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird and Snuffy dance a minuet as played by the Tokyo String Quartet.
 	Cartoon 	A boy learns to play his violin by practicing.
 	Song 	"Explore With Me" (reggae)
 	Cartoon 	Fish swim to form Q and q.
 	Muppets 	Elmo shows the viewer a letter very quickly, and has the viewer guess which letter it is.
 	Animation 	In reversed film, Q and q candles are unmelted.
 	Muppets 	Some Anything Muppets sing about the staff you'll meet in "First Grade."
 	Film 	Girls sing a jump-rope rhyme about naming a puppy.
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "Pig's Love Song."
 	SCENE 3 	Rosita takes a break from flying to read some nursery rhymes with Prairie. Rosita recommends Prairie wear her helmet, but Prairie insists she can't get hurt reading. They read "Hickory Dickory Dare" when the Man in Brown shows up looking for his piggy. Prairie insists that pigs can't fly when she gets pummeled by the Man in Brown's flying pig.
 	Song 	"I'm a Little Airplane"
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray.
 	Film 	William Wegman's dogs form the letter X and demonstrate an X-ray.
 	Animation 	A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of the painting. (Martin P. Robinson voiceover)
 	Film 	"Simple Pleasures" by Bobby McFerrin is played over footage of a girl trying to play frisbee with a dog on the beach.
 	Cast 	Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola."
 	Cartoon 	A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 4 	Rosita plans to continue practicing after her grandmother arrives with her lunch. She invites Prairie to join her and she accepts, though makes sure Rosita isn't planning to practice soon (as well as checking to see if there are any pigs in the vicinity). They spot Rosita's abuela as she flies overhead... and lands on Prairie Dawn. Rosita and her abuela (Julianne Buescher) smother her with more boo-boo-healing kisses as Gordon announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28