| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Break dancing; Maria's life story |
| Air date | March 28, 1985 |
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) |
| Written by | Sonia Manzano |
| Sponsors | E, R, 7 |
| Syndication | Sesame Street Unpaved |
This episode guide is missing segments cut from Noggin's broadcast. ⓘ
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
  | SCENE 1 | Big Bird imagines life as a mailbox. |
 | Film | A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. (First: Episode 0493) |
 | Cartoon | Seven animals in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1530) |
 | Muppets | The Count's Bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) |
 | Cartoon | They'd play with me if I had... (EKA: Episode 0815) |
 | Film | George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders. (EKA: Episode 0265) |
 | Cartoon | E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (First: Episode 0002) |
 | Muppets | Grover compares himself and the viewer, noting how much they are alike (except for the viewer's lack of blue fur). |
 | Cartoon | A man saws out a letter E. (EKA: Episode 0409) |
 | Celebrity | James Taylor performs "Jellyman Kelly" with a bunch of kids. (EKA: Episode 1800) |
 | Cartoon | R for Rhinoceros. Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1151) |
 | Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (EKA: Episode 0675) |
 | Cartoon | Boy and the UP balloons. (EKA: Episode 0798) |
 | Cast | Sleeper tries to wake up in the morning. (David as "Sleeper"). (First: Episode 1357) |
 | Cartoon | The Typewriter: R -- Rope Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0764) |
 | Muppets | Two Anything Muppets sing "As I Was Going to St. Ives." (First: Episode 0045) |
 | Cartoon | The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals. Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1407) |
  | SCENE 2 | Piri does some break dancing. Oscar shows him Fluffy's "break"-dancing skills. |
 | Film | Joe Raposo: Elephant (instrumental). (First: Episode 0034) |
 | Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0619) |
 | Muppets | News Flash: Mary and her Little Lamb. After an interview with Mary, the lamb follows Kermit the Frog. (EKA: Episode 2029) |
   | SCENE 3 | Piri shows Bob a break-dancing move in order to impress Linda. Big Bird thinks he's trying to fly, and Linda has no idea of what he's doing. |
 | Film | Letter R hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0315) |
 | Muppets | Grover and the letter R, which ROLLS, ROCKS, RUNS, and ROCKETS. (First: Episode 0194) |
 | Song | "Water, Wind, and Sun" |
 | Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John: up/down (EKA: Episode 0784) |
 | Cartoon | Square in space. (First: Episode 1554) |
 | Cartoon | A man chases a runaway "no." (First: Episode 0794) |
 | Insert | Big Bird, David and the kids play an animal guessing game. (First: Episode 1193) |
 | Film | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" (EKA: Episode 0926) |
 | Cartoon | The 3 Numero Brothers show addition and subtraction. (First: Episode 1182) |
 | Muppets | Ernie sings "D-U-C-K-I-E." (EKA: Episode 1957) |
 | Cartoon | I Love You (in American sign language). (EKA: Episode 1186) |
 | Film | Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (re-recorded music) (First: Episode 0004) |
 | Cast | Luis and Gordon clean up. (EKA: Episode 1340) |
 | Cartoon | Mi kat iz ... gone. |
     | SCENE 4 | For storytime, Maria tells Big Bird about all the jobs she's had since high school. We see flashback scenes of her at the Lending Library, as a construction worker (with Jerry Nelson making a cameo), and asking Luis for a raise at the Fix-It Shop. She confides that when Sally Ride visited, she thought about going to work with the space program. Her life story puts Big Bird to sleep. |
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