Episode 3421

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird welcomes the viewer as he plays with Snuffy. They reveal that today is Snuffy's birthday, and everybody gathers in the yard to celebrate that "It's Somebody's Birthday!"
 	Animation 	Stop-motion representation of "Happy Birthday," with balloons, gummi bears, glitter, etc.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle." (new sound effects and extra music added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	Snuffy is excited because he'll be having two birthday parties today: one in the afternoon with all his friends, then one at night with his Snuffleupagus family. He tells Big Bird something he'd like for his friends' party: a performance by the Great Nineteeni, Big Bird's magician alter ego. He recalls some of his past tricks (in flashbacks from episodes 3116 and 2970) and asks Big Bird to do a magic show at his party. Big Bird agrees to do so and goes to get his outfit.
 	Cartoon 	Masked March #19
 	Cartoon 	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop.
 	Song 	"You Can Get Right Up": a song about getting active to cheer up.
 	Animation 	Luxo Jr.: Up and Down
 	Film 	A karate team punches out the alphabet.
 	SCENE 3 	Miles, Gabi, Tarah, and Lexine tell Snuffy about all the fun things they'll be doing at the party, like a "Pin the Tail on the Dinosaur" game and dancing to some party music. Snuffy informs Big Bird, now in his Great Nineteeni outfit, that he can't participate in any of them because of his status of entertainer. Big Bird tries to convince Snuffy that it might be better if he just came as himself so he can join in the fun, but Snuffy gets upset at the idea as he really loves the Great Nineteeni. Big Bird leaves in a huff, telling a confused Snuffy he won't be attending the party at all.
 	Cartoon 	"Island of Emotion"Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Film 	Alphaboy: B - a bumpy bicycle ride.
 	Muppets 	The Oinker Sisters sing "Where Can You Be B?"
 	Animation 	B / b candles
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird sulks at his nest, assuming that all Snuffy wants is the Great Nineteeni at his party, not Big Bird himself. From the other side of the doors, Snuffy sings a musical plea to convince him he does care about him. Big Bird stays behind to think about his feelings some more.
 	Song 	"You're Important"
 	Cartoon 	Campers don't want to play ring toss with Zork, until their counselor reminds them about being judgmental.
 	Muppets 	Game Show: Happiness Begins at 40Guy Smiley gets the Sad Family out of their rut by having them count to 40.
 	Cartoon 	"The Room is Full of Chickens"
 	SCENE 5 	The party begins at the playground in the park, with everybody blowing party horns and noisemakers and tossing streamers. Snuffy, though, can't get into the mood as he feels guilty over his situation with Big Bird. The grown-ups assure him everything will be fine given how good friends he and Big Bird are. Sure enough, Big Bird arrives for the party! Snuffy apologizes for how he acted before ("It was all a nutty misunderstanding - nutty, but painful.") and the two make up. Everyone starts partying, and Big Bird feels so happy that he offers to do a special performance as the Great Nineteeni.
 	Song 	John Pizzarelli sings about feeling "happy and proud" on your birthday.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	WH words (wheel, which, whiz, where, white, whale)
 	Celebrity 	Whoopi Goldberg introduces the sound "WH" and then yells, "Whoopi!"
 	Cartoon 	"Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction)
 	SCENE 6 	Snuffy awaits the arrival of the Great Nineteeni when Gabi, Ruthie, and Celina give a dramatic introduction as Big Bird enters to perform a special trick with the birthday boy. Snuffy requests he do his favorite trick: having him guess the number Nineteeni is thinking of. The Great Nineteeni waves his 19 flag and encourages everyone to chant "19," but Snuffy instead thinks of the number 6. As the stunned party crowd disperses, Snuffy confides again to Big Bird that the best part about the Great Nineteeni being at his party is his best friend being there.
 	Film 	A zydeco band plays "Allons a Lafayette" while people dance.
 	Cartoon 	Letter B becomes a banana and broccoli
 	Song 	"B is for Bubble" (remake)
 	Cartoon 	B for bathtub, ball, boat, boot, boomerang, brush and bison
 	Song 	Hoots the Owl sings "This Is How We Take a Bath."
 	Cartoon 	A bird watches as two monkeys climb above and below each other in a tree.
 	Song 	Jerry Nelson sings "Salt, My Salt."
 	SCENE 7 	Everyone gathers around a giant birthday cake and sings "Happy Birthday to You" to Snuffy, who blows out the candles (as well as Maria's hat) and wishes every birthday party will be this fun. Afterwards, everyone digs in while Big Bird reports that the Great Nineteeni is off performing somewhere else in the world. Gabi, Tarah, and birthday boy Snuffy take turns announcing the sponsors and signing off.
 	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly hopes that the Fix-It Shop will be open again soon, as he accidentally broke Big Bird's toy car and doesn't want him to find out. He hides when Big Bird comes around looking for him.
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-broadcast in Season 29 as Episode 3678.
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Category:Birthday Episodes
Category:Magic
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27