Episode 3271

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria and Luis arrive back from an evening of dancing when they hear Oscar moaning for help from within his trash can. Luis climbs in and wakes him up and they continue talking from the surface. Oscar talks about the worst nightmare he just had - happy people in a park trying to play with him. He guilts the two to bring him to their apartment (with his can) so he won't be alone when another nightmare occurs.
 	Cartoon 	Gerald is repeatedly kept awake by his dog Sparky, who does a dance and poses as an alligator through his shadow whenever his parents close his door.
 	Film 	A boy is scared to go to sleep at night, until his dad tells him to use his imagination to calm himself down. He conducts a symphony with his toys.
 	Muppets 	Count von Count sings "Lambaba" as he counts sheep and other animals that pop into the room.
 	Cartoon 	Falling leaves form H and h.
 	Film 	Alphaquest: HHeading over the hills in a helicopter to a hippo's house.
 	Film 	A variety of H's are grown in a garden.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster asks Lexine to express happy and sad faces.
 	Cartoon 	"Next To Song"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	SCENE 2 	The couple brings Oscar into their apartment and set him down next to the door. Oscar comes up with different conditions that may cause him to have another nightmare, so he changes his mind and prefers being next to the window, then suggests going next to their bed. They instead leave him in the middle of the room so (as Luis puts it) no one can "sneak up on him." Once settled, Oscar starts to fall asleep but immediately wakes up and complains when Maria whispers, "Sweet dreams," to him.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps" (re-filmed version)
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Ernie and Aaron Neville sing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon."
 	Cartoon 	Wilbur and Wanda try to find the lamp in a dark room, while figuring out who's here and there. Finally, their son turns on the light.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	Kids dance with the letter T, which is for triangle.
 	Animation 	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase T.
 	Film 	The floating kids make a small T.
 	Insert 	Big Bird heads to sleep, while Hoots the Owl starts his day. They sing about their different sleep schedules.
 	Cartoon 	The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages.
 	Song 	"Brand New Look" - people try on glasses.
 	Animation 	A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!"
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep."
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form the letter H.
 	Cartoon 	A runner leaps over letter H hurdles.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar slurps down an anchovy milkshake that helps put him to sleep. He begins to have another nightmare, where Celina, Mr. Handford, and the kids appear in brightly-colored outfits and big grins on their faces. They introduce the letter H for the words "Hip" and "hop" and start dancing to hip hop music. Oscar ends up waking Maria and Luis and tells them about his horrid dream.
 	Animation 	OP words (Drop / stop / top / hop / pop)
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster shares a pillow.
 	Cartoon 	Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine"
 	Muppets 	Elmo explains the importance of sleep, but the audience won't stop applauding and let him sleep afterwards.
 	Film 	Three girls do a "One Potato" rhyme.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar falls back to sleep, where he has another nightmare. Celina and Mr. Handford fawn over a number 10, then bring in 10 adorable butterflies that flutter around a horrified Oscar. He wakes everyone up again and Maria consoles him, realizing that as silly as Oscar's dreams sound to her, they would be awful for a Grouch to have. Oscar falls back to sleep as he describes the types of dreams he'd rather have (like having all the trash in the world).
 	Cartoon 	"Ten Turtles"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	A boy has a dream in which he floats in Outer Space between things.
 	Film 	Abierto and cerrado
 	Muppets 	Annette Monster and Frankie Monster sing "Love the Ocean" to urge others to "show respect for the sea" and refrain from throwing trash in the water.
 	Cartoon 	Zork lands on the coast of California, where he meets a slick agent.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Song 	Hoots the Owl sings "This is How We Take a Bath."
 	SCENE 5 	Now in the morning, Oscar marvels at how awful Maria looks, which she blames on her lack of sleep; Luis claims he was able to sleep anyhow. Oscar stays to have his breakfast - a turnip enchilada with lime and onion juice. Maria sticks with her cereal and decides to eat away from the table, but close enough to Oscar's can for Fluffy to eat up her food. Luis announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 28 as Episode 3546.
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Category:Sleep
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 26