Episode 2029

Sesame Street
Big Bird stays up late
Air date	February 14, 1985
Season	Season 16 (1984-1985)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar shows Gordon Slimey's latest act - he programs music into his miniature computer, then tap dances to it.
	Film	Kids learn how to use a computer at a public school. (EKA: Episode 1933)
	Animation	The King of Eight (EKA: Episode 0270)
	Film	A man and children observe the life along the river. (EKA: Episode 1540)
	Muppets	The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches. (EKA: Episode 0322)
	Film	Kids shout "empty" and "full" to describe a subway car.
	SCENE 2	Snuffy goes walking down the street, signing a song, with the goal of finally being seen by one of the grown-ups. However, no one (David, Gordon or Susan) notice him, all involved in their own activities. Once he reaches Big Bird at his nest, he and the kids invite Snuffy to go to the park.
	Animation	Blue, red and yellow ovals play "Old MacDonald."
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (EKA: Episode 0372)
	Song	"Summer Song" - A singer describes what happens in the summertime. (EKA: Episode 1460)
	Cartoon	While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Mary's Little Lamb After an interview with Mary, the lamb follows Kermit.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: C for carrot (EKA: Episode 1885)
	Cast	Maria as Charlie Chaplin - Don't Walk (3:39)
	Cartoon	A man gets a letter C in the mail. (EKA: Episode 0294)
	Cast / Celebrity	On the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, astronaut Sally Ride talks about space travel with Bob, Maria and the kids. (First: Episode 1965)
	Film	Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (EKA: Episode 0826)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "It's Alive."
	Cartoon	Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (EKA: Episode 0897)
	Muppets	Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s. (First: Episode 0079)
	Cartoon	8 cows Artist: Owe Gustafson
	Insert	Tophat Sorting Song (0:43)
	Animation	Stop-motion: A bunny tries to make a bench with blocks, but needs a chick's help. (EKA: Episode 1545)
	Muppets	Super Grover A girl cannot get her computer to start. Super Grover tries to fix it by jumping up and down and shouting "Wubba wubba!", but she soon discovers that the computer is not turned on.
	Cartoon	An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise.
	SCENE 3	Big Bird joins Gordon, Susan and Luis at the stoop at night, hoping he can stay up as late as they do. He learns about shooting stars and full moons and also watches Olivia leave for her disco date. The adults tell him to go back to bed, he assures them he's not tired and wants to learn more about the...*yawn*...shooting moons.
	Film	I hab a cauld ib by dose. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1186)
	Animation	Three balls try to match three holes. (EKA: Episode 0810)
	Muppets	At night, one of the heads of the Two-Headed Monster sings his other head a lullaby.
	Cartoon	A determined little boy makes several attempts to fly, and eventually gets his dad to take him on an airplane.
	SCENE 4	Susan wants Big Bird to go to bed, but he points out all the lighted windows down the block, meaning they're still awake. They subtract the lights as they go out, leaving no more people awake. Big Bird heads back to his nest, as Radar is tired.
	Cartoon	Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal) (EKA: Episode 0815)
	Song	"B is for Bubble." (First: Episode 0008)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: B for Bug (EKA: Episode 0355)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert are camping. It's time for them to sleep, but Ernie keeps distracting Bert by pointing out the various sounds that they hear.
	Cartoon	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (EKA: Episode 1031)
	Film	The camera zooms out on a pepper as kids guess what it is. (EKA: Episode 1138)
	SCENE 5	A pan down the street shows everyone is asleep, including Big Bird. Susan announces the sponsors.

Notes

• This episode was taped on October 29, 1984 and was written by Luis Santeiro.
• This episode was re-aired in season 18 as Episode 2243. The repeat omitted scene 2, as Snuffy has since been officially revealed to the cast.

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