Episode 3874

CTW description
Snuffy can't sing "The Alphabet Song" with Big Bird because of all the things he has to do as a son, big brother, and nephew. Big Bird realizes that he has other identities, too -- he's a cousin and a grandson. So when the two friends finally get together, they use the letters of the alphabet to name all of their relationships.

Segments

 * Song: "Doin' the Family Thing"
 * The Two-Headed Monster reads MOM
 * Animation: A girl sings about dancing with her family.
 * Muppet and Kid Moments: Ernie talks to a kid about families.
 * Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces the letter "O"
 * Cartoon: A woman sings the "O" sound in a brief opera.
 * Letter Garden: O
 * Film: A girl describes a family picture (with her pet dog) before shrinking and entering the picture herself.
 * Song: Tracy Chapman sings with the Muppets about asking questions.
 * Claymation: Lillian talks about her little sister.
 * Zoe, in her Zoemobile, introduces ht enumber of the day.
 * Animation: Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall.
 * Cartoon: The Quadratic Equations (a four-headed singer) sing "I've Got Four"
 * Film/animation: Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroces as pets.
 * Zoe needs help counting, and asks for a film to help her.
 * Animation: Cuban countdown 10-0 in English
 * Animation: Animal Rock Group #4
 * Film: a Chinese girl balances four plates.
 * Grover attempts to demonstrate "away from" by moving away from a lamp post. He soon finds himself running away from the lamppost as it decides to be next to Grover. Grover is finally able to teach "away from" with the post, and mentions that next time, he will use something more sturdy, like the wall in front of him. He rests on top of it...but the brick wall carries him away!
 * Cartoon: Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes.
 * Song: Soul O
 * Film: A woman dances with a ribbon on a stick, rotating it and forming the letter O.
 * Zoe introduces a film on the alphabet.
 * Animation: Black-and-white cut-outs of kids hold colorful letters of the alphabet
 * Elmo's World: Babies