Picture Segment Description

SCENE 1 At Finders Keepers, Big Bird tries to welcome the viewer with a block in his beak. Ruthie takes the block out so he can properly talk, then lets him finish stacking all the blocks on one of her higher shelves. As a reward for helping out, Ruthie lets him pick a toy on display from an outdoor bin. Which one will he pick?

Animation Ten masked dancers are counted.
Artist: Karen Aqua
(First: Episode 3102)

Film Wendy makes cookies with her grandmother. They later visit Wendy's great-grandmother at the nursing home, and give her some of the cookies.
(First: Episode 2214)

Animation Stop-motion: The word TOY is spelled in blocks.
(First: Episode 3394)

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball.
(First: Episode 0410)

Cartoon "Hammer Time with Hammer"
(First: Episode 3179)

SCENE 2 Big Bird has picked a toy car with a control attached to it, making it go either forward or backward with the flip of a switch. Telly encounters him playing with the car and is amazed at the way it moves. Big Bird realizes that he has to use the bathroom, and asks Telly to watch his toy car while he's gone. Telly vows to make sure nothing bad happens to the car, and has fun testing it multiple times to make sure it works. However, the car suddenly stops working and Telly panics.

Cartoons Backward and forward: dancing, flying and swimming.
(First: Episode 3083)

Song Joe Raposo sings "Doggy Paddle."
(First: Episode 1967)

Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: The Invisible Man — Kermit meets the family of The Invisible Man.
(First: Episode 1009)

Film Wegman's dogs make an M.
(First: Episode 3276)

Muppets Herbert Birdsfoot: M Sound — Grover makes a sound that Herbert Birdsfoot thinks is a letter.
(First: Episode 0276)

Animation M for moon, monster, monkey and magic

SCENE 3 Telly rushes to the Fix-It Shop and knocks on the locked door, frantically yelling for Maria and Luis. Miles passes by and points out to him that there's an "OUT TO LUNCH" sign on the door, which means they aren't in the store right now. Telly decides to wait until they return from lunch, but he suddenly hears Big Bird coming back and hides behind the Fix-it Shop outdoor bench.

Cartoon A car drives by the water.
(First: Episode 3378)

Muppets An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving."
(First: Episode 2095)

Animation A girl dances her way into a family portrait.
(First: Episode 3134)

Muppets Biff asks Sully to recite the alphabet, but recites the whole thing without giving him a chance to speak.
(First: Episode 0873)

Song "Doing the Family Thing"
(First: Episode 3180)

SCENE 4 Telly, still hiding from Big Bird, wonders when Maria and Luis will return from lunch. Big Bird continues looking for Telly and asks Gabi if she's seen him. She hasn't, but invites Big Bird to play hide-and-seek with her while he waits for Telly to return. As she counts, Big Bird almost decides to hide behind the Fix-it Shop bench... but then he realizes that his feathers (or another body part) will still be visible if he hides there, so he decides to hide in the park. Telly breathes a sigh of relief, and thinks of another way of avoiding confrontation with Big Bird.

Cartoon Buttons ride a rollercoaster "up and down."
(First: Episode 3207)

Muppets Phil Harmonic introduces Ernie and Placido Flamingo, who sing "Up and Down Opera" to demonstrate up and down.
(First: Episode 2440)

Cartoon Typewriter: M for magic
(First: Episode 0841)

Animation The letter M appears on buildings.
(First: Episode 3385)

Cartoon Me and My M
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 1545)

SCENE 5 Telly has disguised himself as a firefighter (with sunglasses and a beard), thinking Big Bird won't recognize him. Big Bird approaches him and becomes slightly dubious, making sure he knows what a firefighter does. When the disguised Telly gets all of Big Bird's questions right, Big Bird is convinced. He continues his search for Telly, who wonders how much longer he'll have to hide from Big Bird.

Film A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station.
(First: Episode 1217)

Muppets The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family."
(First: Episode 2724)

Cartoon Abstract count to 17
(First: Episode 2820)

Animation Growing Numbers #17
(First: Episode 2975)

Animation Parade of Numbers #17
(First: Episode 3368)

Muppets / Celebrity Bert and Rick Moranis sit next to each other on a plane, and learn that they (and the rest of the passengers) are alike in more ways than they realized, singing the song "Stick Out Your Hand and Say Hello." (new music added)
(First: Episode 2943)

Cartoon A boy shares his bubbles with some kids dancing in a field.
(First: Episode 1926)

Cast "Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion)
(First: Episode 3133)

Cartoon A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants.
(First: Episode 2750)

SCENE 6 Telly, now out of his disguise, has decided to tell Big Bird the truth about the toy car. Big Bird arrives with Luis and becomes disappointed when he finds out his toy car is broken. Luis inspects it and reveals that it's not really broken - it just needs new batteries. He puts some new ones in and the car works again! Telly confesses to Big Bird how relieved he is not to hide anymore, even demonstrating how he was the firefighter Big Bird had met earlier. Luis announces the sponsors.

COMING SOON Coming soon on Sesame Street: a hot-shot director informs Elmo that he is the Chicken King!