Episode 2557
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Bob happens upon Elmo poking his toy dinosaur, Ziggy, to "wake" him up. Bob notes that Ziggy isn't sleeping - he's just not filled with air. Bob explains what air is and how it can take up space, and begins blowing air into Ziggy. |
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Animation | A ball looks for its match on a brick wall. (First: Episode 1470) |
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Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song." (First: Episode 2064) |
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Film | Kids compare animals and human tools and technology. (First: Episode 0491) |
| Cartoon | R for Rhinoceros (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1151) | |
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SCENE 2 | Bob keeps puffing into Ziggy, getting very tired. Elmo notices how his toy is starting to look like its old self, and claims that Ziggy's encouraging Bob to keep going. |
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Animation | Stop-motion: tap-dancing shoes. (First: Episode 2367) |
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Song | "School Song" (First: Episode 0986) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Hey Diddle Diddle — A cat preps a cow to jump over the moon. (First: Episode 0634) |
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Cartoon | Five flies land on a kid’s face. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1449) |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo encourages Bob to keep blowing, as Ziggy is nearly inflated. |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of her grandpa putting a horseshoe on their horse. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Song | David sings "Can You Tell Me What Belongs Here?" (First: Episode 2467) |
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Cartoon | A young man carrying a brown paper bag walks up to the bridgekeeper and asks him if he works there. He orders him to show him whatever circles are in the bag, and to eat them. He is ordered to eat three round foods: a cookie, a pepperoni pizza, and a slice of watermelon. Once he is granted permission to cross the bridge, however, he tells the bridgekeeper that he was merely trying to deliver the latter's groceries. (First: Episode 1582) |
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SCENE 4 | Ziggy is full of air now, making Elmo very happy. Bob lies down on the stoop for a bit of rest. Elmo notices how similar he looks to the deflated dinosaur and tries to find Bob's valve so he can blow air into him. Bob explains people don't have valves, but Elmo nevertheless blows into Bob's nose, ear, arm, and belly button anyway. |
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Cartoon | What's missing? (a guitar) (First: Episode 1971) |
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Muppets | All My Letters: V Vivian is about share her vegetables with Victor when a vegetable vampire appears...named Walter. (First: Episode 2277) |
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Cartoon | V for violin (First: Episode 2386) |
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Film | A farmer takes care of baby calves. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Cartoon | A lost number 5 looks for his brother. (First: Episode 0934) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Joe Williams sings "The Birdland Jump." (First: Episode 2260) |
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Cartoon | Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool. (First: Episode 0954) |
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Film | A montage of the evolution of mechanical technology, from wind-up toys, to robots that can spell "SESAME STREET" with blocks, to satellite transmitters. (First: Episode 2226) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
| Muppets | Name That Sound: Grover — Grover identifies two sounds with ease, but struggles with the third. (First: Episode 1643) | |
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Cartoon | A determined little boy makes several attempts to fly, and eventually gets his dad to take him on an airplane. (First: Episode 1871) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird, Maria, Bob, and the kids gather around the garage doors, which have been mounted with a large sign reading "EGGS" with arrows pointing upward. Big Bird assumes this means there are eggs above somewhere and suggests they jump or fly to see them, but Bob decides they simply get a ladder. |
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Cartoon | Hockey player (Spanish). (First: Episode 2114) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2490) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Pizza and Grape Juice — Ernie and Bert figure out how to share their pizza and grape juice. (First: Episode 0256) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster #5: Five fantastic floating fools fall from the big blue blimp. (First: Episode 1310) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria and Bob carry the ladder back to the yard, when two birds arrive with shopping bags. They plan on having a big party today and watch as Bob climbs the ladder to find another small "EGGS" sign that points to a nest just above the doors with a pair of eggs in it. The eggs are scheduled to hatch today and when they do, the two birds plan to throw a party. Just then, one of the eggs hatches and the baby bird addresses Bob as "Daddy." |
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Cartoon | A chicken gets an idea to sit on a football and hatch it like an egg. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2360) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Shake — The monster sounds out the word SHAKE, and an earthquake happens. |
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Cartoon | Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) |
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Cartoon | An elephant (voiced by Marshall Efron) asks Nesbitt (voiced by Don Arioli) for directions to the zoo, but won't listen to him long enough. Artist: Janet Perlman (First: Episode 1631) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird and the kids (now in their Birdketeer uniforms) imitate the peeping of the baby bird as Maria announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Camille Bonora (mommy bird) and David Rudman (baby bird), with Kevin Clash (daddy bird).
- The mommy bird is made from the Little Bird puppet.








































