Episode 3829
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SCENE 1 | Gina, Devon, Jasmine, and Patrick come up with rhymes for "pet" as they sit near Oscar's trash can. Oscar wants them to leave, but later notices that Fluffy wants a turn. Gina is skeptical as Fluffy can't talk, but she comes up with a good rhyme anyway - "wet," as she sprays Gina with water. |
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Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465) |
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Film | A child in a classroom draws a picture of her dog Puck, and goes over the care required to keep a pet. A Bert and Baby Fozzie plush can be seen in the little girl's bedroom. (First: Episode 2853) |
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SCENE 2 | Baby Bear, Rosita, and Zoe cheer for the letter I. |
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Cartoon | Pencil box I/i (First: Episode 2890) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I — Grover plays a king who dances with the letter I. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Film | The McDouble twins know how to help each other. (First: Episode 3213) |
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Muppets | Ernie's Show and Tell: Patrick shows Ernie his rubber duckie collection. Later airings of this segment would cut Ernie's mention of Show and Tell at the end. |
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Cartoon | "Ducklings" (First: Episode 2852) |
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Film | What sound does a duck make? (First: Episode 3298) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | R.E.M. sings "Furry Happy Monsters." |
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Cartoon | Two viewers with Picassoesque facial features in an art gallery critically examine the portrait of a viewer. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3442) |
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SCENE 3 | The cheerleaders now recite a cheer about the number 12. |
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Film | Ornate 12s sail through the air. (First: Episode 3274) |
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Animation | Clown Honking #12 (First: Episode 3210) |
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Film | A girl named Shirley performs in the circus; her father is a clown. Other acts in the circus include elephant training and elephant jumping. (First: Episode 3529) |
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Cartoon | Ball-dribbling characters count the feet on a wall ruler. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3227) |
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SCENE 4 | Stinky and Susan watch as Gina measures the kids and Big Bird (the latter of whom she needs to break out the measuring tape for). Stinky gets measured next and finds he's a mere one foot tall, which doesn't please him; he wants to be bigger! He begins stretching to try to get taller. |
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Song | "We're All Growin'" (First: Episode 3141) |
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Animation | Flower pattern - what goes in the middle? (First: Episode 3802) |
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SCENE 5 | Stinky goes out to eat at Hooper's Store, hoping some water will help him grow. Elmo then rushes in with a problem - his ice cube is getting smaller. Alan explains that the ice melted and offers to refreeze it. Instead, Elmo gives it to Stinky to drink up (with a straw), and Stinky ponders other ways he could grow - which isn't easy, as he tends to shake around and yodel as he does so. |
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Animation | The word ICE is formed with ice cubes, which melt. (First: Episode 1177) |
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Cartoon | Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow. Artist: Len Glasser (First: Episode 1484) |
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Song | "They're Not Alive" (First: Episode 3661) |
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SCENE 6 | The cheerleaders now introduce an Ernie and Bert scene... |
| Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Big Bed Planning — Ernie overplans while getting ready for bed. | |
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Animation | Sand I/i (First: Episode 0619) |
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Animation | Ornate I's swing through the air to a song. (First: Episode 2921) |
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Cartoon | CGI sheep graze out I and i. (First: Episode 2896) |
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SCENE 7 | Alan moves Stinky into the sunshine when Zoe and Baby Bear rush in with a "cheerleader crisis" - Rosita's gone to the bathroom, leaving them one cheerleader short! Alan recommends Stinky, who thinks he's too small. Baby Bear points out the only criteria is being loud, which Stinky can manage just fine. They give Stinky his own personal miniature pom pom, and together they cheer for an upcoming aardvark film... |
| Song | Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2520) | |
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Muppets | Grover: Alphabet — Elmo helps Grover say the alphabet. (First: Episode 3783) |
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Cartoon | "The Wasteroon Song" - three water drops complain about people wasting water, calling them "Wasteroons." Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2851) |
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SCENE 8 | Susan learns that Stinky has become a cheerleader. After a cheer about Hooper's Store, Stinky suddenly feels something happening inside and he grows a new flower. Susan gets a ruler from Alan and finds that Stinky has grown two inches taller! Everybody celebrates with more cheering. |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Books (First: Episode 3817) |
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SCENE 9 | Everyone, now joined again by Rosita, announces the sponsors with a cheer. |
Notes[]
- Gina says that Big Bird is almost 93 inches (or 7 ft. 9 in.) tall in this episode, rather than his usually established 8 ft. 2 in.




































