Episode 1959

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	David and Maria are looking after her baby niece, Rita. Big Bird wonders why she's just sitting on the ground and not running around playing. Maria counters that she's too young to walk yet. Big Bird makes a WALK sign, thinking it will surely inspire Rita to start walking, until Maria points out the baby is too young to read as well.
 	Cartoon 	Animals walk.
 	Film 	The crosswalk light says WALK.
 	Cartoon 	Letter U salesman
 	Muppets / Cast 	Bob reads "The Turtle Who Wanted to Make Friends" about a turtle who comes to the forest, but is afraid of every potential animal friend he sees.
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird watches Billy Dee Williams measure two kids. Big Bird is taller than the wall they're using, so Billy quickly builds an extension to find Big Bird's height.
 	Cartoon 	In song, an ostrich, frog, mole and bee change lifestyles, which alters which one is over, under, around and through.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Cast 	David, Linda, and Luis present the word "OVER" in their own, unique ways. Tim Scanlon appears as an athlete trying to jump over a hurdle.
 	Cartoon 	A dog learns about U.
 	Muppets 	"I'm in Love with U"
 	Film 	A man and a little girl perform small aerobic workouts.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	SCENE 2 	David tells everyone about his friend Michael who's coming to visit. Big Bird thinks he's imaginary, alluding to an earlier event involving his friend Bill. The two get into an argument over imaginary friends and David tells Big Bird to bring over crazy items his friend can juggle with.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	After Big Bird leaves, David's friend Michael Davis arrives. He demonstrates his juggling prowess by juggling Biff's bowling ball, an egg, and an apple. Oscar appears and invites Michael to do some juggling at his trash can.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Once the two are gone, Big Bird returns to Hooper's Store with items from his nest to be juggled (a megaphone, a box, and a giant sneaker). Since he never caught sight of Michael along the way, he still assumes he's imaginary.
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
 	Cast 	Olivia sings "Everything Grows."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar provides Michael with some junky items to juggle: a tennis racquet (from Oscar's hero John McEnroe), a ukulele, and an umbrella. Oscar would rather see Michael employ the Grouch way of juggling, which is to let everything fall to the ground. Afterwards, Oscar invites him into the can to juggle some of his animals. (Michael: "How about Elsie, is she in there?")
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Big Bird and David come by to find Michael, again having just missed him. David points to the trash on the ground, but it's not enough to convince Big Bird he's real. Big Bird goes off, as David overhears Michael inside the trash can. He then witnesses some of Oscar's pets (Esme, a donkey, and Fluffy) rising up from the can as Michael juggles them.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #8
 	Cartoon 	8 BatsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Kermit explains the importance of listening, using the Two-Headed Monster as an example.
 	Song 	"It's Easy"
 	SCENE 4 	Michael emerges from the can, covered in filth. He runs into Telly Monster, who missed his Hooper's Store routine and requests an encore. Michael produces some balls from his pockets and does some more juggling, explaining the importance of practice as he performers. He even gives Telly a short juggling lesson, allowing him to keep the ball to practice with.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd 	Before he must go, Michael confronts David on the supposed eight-food yellow bird he's heard him go on about. He's convinced David is making it up and Telly is too focused practicing to confirm David's assertion. He similarly can't help David when Big Bird arrives, still convinced David is making up the existence of Michael. He then invites David to his nest, where the real Mr. Snuffleupagus will do some juggling.
 	Cartoon 	Lots of bunnies are needed to pull the huge carrot from the ground.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets 	Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand."
 	Cartoon 	Different uses of a triangle
 	Film 	A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo)
 	SCENE 5 	Out of pure curiosity, David makes his way to Big Bird's nest to see Snuffy juggling. He waffles on whether or not he should go inside, missing the juggling action going on behind the doors. Eventually, he decides to forgo the whole thing, while Big Bird tells Snuffy all about David's imaginary friend. David announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
* Oscar's donkey is represented in this episode by a pair of ears seen as Davis juggles the animals inside Oscar's can. Eight years later, another donkey pet in the form of a full puppet, Iago, would be introduced in Episode 2886.
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 1959
 1959
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 15