Episode 2179

Sesame Street
Big Bird wants Bob to hear his song
Air date	March 13, 1986
Season	Season 17 (1985-1986)
Sponsors B, P, 6 This episode guide has been compiled from incomplete video material. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Bob welcomes the viewer and gives Oscar a cheerful morning greeting. Oscar is sick of the peace around him and hopes an argument will occur soon. Bob disagrees and an argument between them inadvertently breaks out. Soon, Gordon, Susan and Hoots the Owl start arguing with each other. "Now this is more like it!," Oscar declares.
	Film	Fireworks Alphabet (EKA: Episode 1206)
	Cartoon	P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale
	Muppets	News Flash: Peter Piper's Pickled Peppers. (EKA: Episode 1563)
	Film	A boy and his dad go on a hike.
	Cast	A voiceover instructs Charlie Chaplin (Maria) where to put the shirts and the towels. (EKA: Episode 0986)
	Cartoon	Don't cross the street alone.
	SCENE 2	Telly is taking care of a baby Honker, who won't stop crying. Telly tries various ways to cheer it up, but fails and starts crying himself. He blows his nose, making a honking sound. The baby Honker, delighted, honks along with him.
	Cartoon	A boy's friends bring him flowers to cheer him up, not knowing that he's allergic to them.
	Film	"Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011)
	Cartoon	A determined little boy makes several attempts to fly, and eventually gets his dad to take him on an airplane. (EKA: Episode 2029)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. Bert is excited, but Ernie is afraid. They see statues that look like them. Bert decides to explore a tunnel while Ernie looks at the statues, and then the Ernie statue starts tapping and talking to Ernie. But when Ernie calls Bert back to the room, the statue doesn't move. Ernie is scared until the statue starts singing Rubber Duckie with him. Bert doesn't believe Ernie, until he says "Bye-bye, statue," and the statue replies "Bye-bye!" and laughs... just like Ernie. (EKA: Episode 1706)
	Animation	P for Pyramid (EKA: Episode 2061)
	Insert	Olivia joins a group of girls in a round of double dutch jump rope.
	Film	Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect. (EKA: Episode 0820)
	Muppets	A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be." (EKA: Episode 1065)
	Cartoon	Squares in objects
	Film	The crosswalk light says WALK. (EKA: Episode 0926)
	Cartoon	A man tries to push a huge balloon elephant through a narrow doorway, and a girl helps him by deflating it.
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster shares a pair of headphones. (First: Episode 1628)
	Cartoon	6 mice, 6 snakes, 6 fish, 6 monkeys, 6 witches
	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird and Crystal Gayle perform "Songs."
	Film	A metal crane and a real crane look alike.
File:2096k.jpg	Cartoon	"Pinball Number Count" #6 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0983)
	Muppets	Ernie eats one of Bert's cookies and doesn't know what to tell him. Bert observes that there are four cookies when there should be five. No matter how Ernie arranges them, there are still four cookies. Since Bert doesn't want to see four cookies, Ernie eats another one, making it three instead of four. (EKA: Episode 0238)
	Cartoon	Animated quilt patterns. (First: Episode 1470)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird stops by Bob's apartment and is sad; no one wants to listen to the song he wrote. Bob lends him his ear and Big Bird begins singing his song, which consists of him "La la"-ing over and over.
	Film	George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten. (EKA: Episode 0999)
	Muppets	Clementine reminds Forgetful Jones to call his cousin on her birthday (even though he's got a ribbon tied to his finger and to the phone). When he calls, his equally forgetful cousin doesn't remember having a cousin, and asks him to describe what he looks like. (EKA: Episode 1927)
	Cartoon	B for butterfly (First: Episode 0006)
	Film	A silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (EKA: Episode 0829)
	Cartoon	B for boats, bouquet, baby, bonnet, etc. (First: Episode 1703)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird is still singing his song, when Bob answers his phone. The caller instantly hangs up after hearing a sample of the song.
	Film	Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0428)
	Cartoon	Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK. (EKA: Episode 0820)
	Film	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays. (EKA: Episode 1234)

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