Episode 2911

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	In a spoof of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer intro, Chicago declares he and the kids are going hunting today.
 	SCENE 1 	With the help of the kids, grown-ups, and Big Bird, Chicago sings about how he's a "Vegetable Lion." The others all provide him with fruits and vegetables as he mentions them in the song, after which he goes off hunting for some cabbage.
 	Animation 	Sand P/p
 	Film 	Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack)
 	Animation 	Can you find the animals hiding in the T-shirt?Artist: Deanna Morse
 	Muppets 	The Martians find a telephone.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 2 	At the Fix-it Shop, Snuffy waits for Maria to finish fixing his wagon. Chicago comes by, still hunting for vegetables, and lets out a hungry roar which scares Snuffy away. Maria suggests that he roar more quietly, and he seems to have trouble grasping the concept at first until she shows him how to do it.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Snuffy comes back, fearful that Chicago will roar again, but is reassured by Maria that he has a new quiet roar. Snuffy is now calm, until Chicago demonstrates the way he used to roar. "It's a jungle out here," he remarks.
 	Cartoon 	Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards
 	Muppets 	Elmo loudly interrupts Kermit's demonstration of "quiet" and "loud". Elmo loudly insists on helping Kermit demonstrate the difference, and Kermit manages to get Elmo to whisper as they talk about being quiet.
 	Animation 	Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall.
 	Song 	"Mom and Me"
 	Cartoon 	H - Horse
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird and Snuffy count the cabbages they have, which add up to 8. They put them in the wagon, but accidentally leave one behind. Chicago finds it and is surprised to find that it doesn't move when he tries to chase it. Luis tells him that vegetables can't run, and Chicago admits he's always known - he just hopes that they would so he could run after them. Luis offers to help him with his exercise.
 	Song 	Jeff Redd sings "Between."
 	Cartoon 	Passengers on a crowded subway illustrate between.
 	Muppets 	The Count sings about Bones.
 	Cartoon 	A peasant tries to woo a pretty girl by reciting the famous "Roses are Red" poem. The lines are fed to him by a poet behind a bush, whom she eventually runs off with.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Film 	Footage of a Chinese noodle factory.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and Snuffy ask Maria if she's seen a cabbage, because they appear to be missing one of their eight cabbages. (Snuffy: "Now we're gonna have to use Cabbage Helper.") She tells them to retrace their steps, and they start walking backwards.
 	Cartoon 	"I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions.Artist: Jim Simon
 	Celebrity 	At Birdland, Hoots introduces Bobby McFerrin, who does a call-and-response scat song with the audience.
 	Cartoon 	P is for Puddle
center 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"Above and Below" (Christopher Cerf)
 	SCENE 5 	Luis has attached the cabbage to a string on a stick so that Chicago can chase it. Big Bird and Snuffy continue walking backwards, and see that Chicago has their missing cabbage. They realize they have a conflict over who needs the cabbage more. Snuffy comes up with a solution: they can bring the cabbage-on-a-stick to lunch, and Chicago can chase it on the way.
 	Cartoon 	Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get.
 	Muppets 	Telly is shocked to see Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats at the library. They explain that in addition to being rock stars, they're also "Rock 'N Roll Readers."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole
 	Song 	Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer." (dog)
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird, Snuffy, Chicago, and the kids (nicknamed "Chicago's Cubs") continue having fun playing with the cabbage on a stick.
center 	Animation 	Scanimate Films #4
 	Film 	Three dolphins jump together.
 	Cartoon 	P is for Painting
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Madrigal AlphabetArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Empty / full classroom (time-lapse)
 	SCENE 7 	Big Bird, Snuffy, Chicago, and the kids have finished their meal of "cabbage à la mode" and are now sleepy. Big Bird and Snuffy announce the sponsors quietly as Chicago roars in his sleep.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23