Episode 4038

Big Bird writes a fairy tale about a penguin who can sing beautifully.

The king (Alan) wishes to hear the penguin's beautiful song, and instructs his royal helpers (Telly Monster, Baby Bear, and Zoe) to bring the penguin to him. However, the penguin refuses to sing for an unknown reason.

That's as far as Big Bird had gotten when everyone came to hear the story, so the others try to come up with endings for the story. Telly comes up with the idea that the royal tuba player plays a catchy tune on his tuba that makes the penguin want to sing along to. Baby Bear comes up with the idea that the royal porridge eater plays his bongo drums made from empty porridge containers that makes the penguin want to sing along to. Zoe comes up with the idea that the royal dancer dances to a catchy tune that makes the penguin want to sing along to.

Unable to decide on which ending to use, Big Bird decides to combine all of their ideas, plus add a little idea of his own. The story ends with the royal tuba player playing his tuba, the royal porridge eater playing his porridge box bongo drums, the royal dancer dancing, and the royal la-laer (Big Bird) la-laing, thus tempting the penguin to sing along, which makes the king happy.

Segments
Incomplete:
 * Cartoon: Wilma Wiggins makes the very best of a very silly situation by hiccuping her way through an opera.
 * Garth Brooks and the monsters sing "Together, We'll Make Music"
 * The Number of the Day: The Count sings as he tries to get to the number of the day, and a penguin presents him with a number 15.
 * Cartoon: Abstract count to 15
 * Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig"
 * Spanish Word of the Day: Professor Grover shows his class a "libro" (book).
 * Journey to Ernie: Big Bird looks for Ernie at a barnyard by asking questions to the animals there.
 * Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree" along with the Honkers and Dingers
 * Global Grover: Alaska
 * Global Thingy: Dino Thingy scares Diva Thingy when he makes a silly face.
 * The Letter of the Day: Cookie Monster discovers there is no cookie for him ("That funny--propman here usually hand it to me") until a giant one lands into his paws. Trying to sustain himself, he eats the giant cookie.
 * G, You're Great
 * Cartoon: G for Giggle
 * Elmo's World: Wild Animals