Episode 126: The Empire Strikes Backside

Sesame English
Plot	Tingo and Niki deal with some wacky weather.
Writer	Billy Aronson
Director	Rick Fernandes
Sponsors	13

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	A narrator details the journey of a spaceship, which flies through the (miniature) solar system. It bumps into the sun, moving it further away from the Earth. On the planet, Tingo and Niki sit outside while playing checkers, when they start to feel colder. They button up their sweaters and put on their scarves. Suddenly, it starts to snow.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Carrington show how they look when they're cold.
	SCENE 2	The Earth grows colder, as Tingo and Nikki must bundle themselves up even more.
	Muppets	"All Dressed Up" (Bert's verse only)
	Cast	Niki and Tingo rap their own version of the alphabet. (introduction cut) (First: Episode 102: Wake Up, Niki!)
	SCENE 3	The spaceship now bumps the sun closer to the Earth than before. Now, Tingo and Niki feel the heat and start to shed their winter outfits.
	Cartoon	Jerry Nelson sings and counts 13 turkeys.
	Animation	Abstract count to 13.
	SCENE 4	The spaceship bounces about the solar system still, knocking against other planets before setting the Earth back into place. It then heads for Earth, now realized as a miniature device and crashes in the yard. As Niki and Tingo continue their game, the ship's operator tries to get their attention.