Episode 3534

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	At Finders Keepers, Baby Bear shows Ruthie why he's so upset: his favorite family photo that he takes everywhere is torn in half, and it looks like he's separated from his parents. Ruthie puts the pieces back together with tape, but Baby Bear notes it isn't the same with the big tear line in the middle. He breaks down in tears, but Ruthie has an idea on how to fix the problem.
 	Animation 	"Family Dance"Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	A three-year-old African boy narrates a film about a day in his life.
 	Animation 	Pencil box A/a
 	Muppets 	Elmo finds a large apple and wonders what letter "apple" starts with. Slimey pops out from the apple, holding a flag with the letter A on it.
 	Cartoon 	Soul A!
 	Muppets 	Mr. Johnson comes to Grover's photo studio to have his portrait taken. However, Grover photographs his foot and hand instead, and has to be reminded to capture the face.
 	Cartoon 	"Big Kid Photo Album"
 	SCENE 2 	Ruthie offers to retake the Bear family photo, as they recreate it outside her store. Just as everybody gets in their proper poses and Ruthie is about to snap the photo, Papa Bear's cellphone rings; it's his niece Kimberly, who needs help remembering the alphabet for her homework. Mama Bear and Baby Bear remain in their poses as Papa Bear recites it, continuing to do so when he does it more slowly a second time.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Everything seems fine to take the picture now, only Baby Bear is unable to hold his pose any longer. Ruthie revives him with a vigorous neck massage.
 	Animation 	Portraits of kids display the alphabet.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoons 	Backward and forward: dancing, flying and swimming.
 	Film 	A girl draws a picture of her friend, Dai Xi.
 	Cartoon 	Millie and Molly find a place for their picture of their favorite rock star, Danny.
 	SCENE 3 	To prevent any future disruptions, Papa Bear's phone has been placed far away. After Ruthie instructs Mama Bear to be more between the others, everyone seems ready to get a picture when Snuffy walks by in front of the Bears, ruining another photo. Ruthie has yet another idea...
 	Cast 	"Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion)
 	Cartoon 	A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants.
 	Song 	Leon Redbone sings "Blueberry Mouth."
 	Muppets 	Zoe uses Wolfgang to demonstrate near and far.
 	Animation 	Masked March #13
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #13
 	Cartoon 	The number 13 is seen as a birdhouse, in a tree, and in the sky.Artist: Joey Ahlbum
 	Song 	"Say Cheese"
 	Cartoon 	Geronimo 10-0: Instead of a parachute, she has a helicopter propeller.
 	SCENE 4 	Ruthie has set up some barriers around the Bear Family, with signs urging pedestrians to avoid walking through the area. This attracts a small crowd who stay and watch, while a vendor sells refreshments and T-shirts for the occasion. The Bears wonder what more could possibly go wrong when an overhead plane drops a parachuting chicken (Martin P. Robinson), who makes it into the next photograph. Baby Bear can't believe their horrible situation, but Papa Bear decides to turn it into a game of "One of These Things." Baby Bear knows the chicken doesn't belong, but a kid notes that Baby Bear is a different answer too, as he's the only one without a hat. Naturally, Ruthie has another idea to prevent another error.
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form the letter A, for artist (played by Batty) and airplane.
 	Animation 	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase A.
 	Film 	A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsBig Bird goes fishing in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with his friends Colin and Marlee. It takes awhile for him to catch one, but he finally does.
 	Animation 	Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. (new narration by Jim Thurman added)
 	Film 	A ferry terminal switches from empty to full.
 	Cartoon 	"The Room Is Full of Chickens"
 	SCENE 5 	Ruthie has placed an umbrella over the Bears in case of any more falling chickens. She snaps a photo and they notice Baby Bear's eyes are closed. He believes it must be an old picture of him napping somehow, but Ruthie explains he was merely blinking. He demands a way of preventing that from happening again ("Blinking should be, like, illegal!").
 	Cartoon 	A mouse sings "Felines," a song about emotions, to the tune of "Feelings."
 	Film 	What sound does a cat make?
 	Cartoon 	POP loves to BOP.Artist: Joey Ahlbum
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo thinks that Whoopi Goldberg's skin is a very pretty brown. Whoopi likes Elmo's soft red fur. Elmo admires Whoopi's bouncy hair, too. Elmo suggests that they trade, but Whoopi says that they can't -- it doesn't come off. But even if she could trade, she wouldn't want to. She likes her skin and her hair, and she wants to keep it. Elmo says that he wants to keep his fur, too.
 	Song 	Kevin Clash sings "Skin."
 	Muppets 	"I Am Chicken"
 	Animation 	A girl dances her way into a family portrait.
 	SCENE 6 	Baby Bear has produced a "Do Not Blink" sign to keep himself from doing so. Despite this and the other precautions they have, he's certain something will ruin this photo. Sure enough, just as Ruthie is about to snap it, a fire engine siren goes off and Baby Bear can't take it anymore. He throws a fit until his parents comfort him, reassuring him the fire engine is nowhere in the shot. Ruthie snaps a photo of the moment, and the Bear family finds it's a new perfect family photo for all of them to carry copies of. They share some hugs with Ruthie as Snuffy announces the sponsors, ending with a freeze frame of the new family portrait.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Betty Lou tells the story of a talking doll, starring Big Bird and a "counting person." The doll refuses to talk for Big Bird, but agrees to count with the Count.
==Notes==
* Additional performers include Jim Martin (AM vendor), Matt Vogel (AM man), Carmen Osbahr (AM woman), and John Tartaglia (AM boy).
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28