| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Open stage night at Birdland |
| Air date | March 14, 1991 |
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) |
| Written by | Mark Saltzman |
| Sponsors | E, I, 4 |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | SCENE 1 | Before Birdland opens, Hoots the Owl tells the viewer tonight is "Open Stage Night," where anyone can get their chance to perform on the Birdland stage. Then, a man named Forest Wimbeldon (Branford Marsalis) enters looking for Hoots, wishing to play jazz tonight. Hoots sees how un-jazzy his saxophone playing is and begins practicing with him. |
 | Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006) |
  | Film | Lamont, who lives in the city, visits his friend Adrian, who lives in the country. Together they ride bikes, swim, and have dinner with Adrian's family. (First: Episode 2800) |
 | Cartoon | A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of. (EKA: Episode 2523) |
 | Muppets | An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving". (EKA: Episode 2363) |
 | Cartoon | E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (First: Episode 0002) |
 | SCENE 2 | Hoots teaches Forest that jazz doesn't just mean music and lists off some jazz terms. Forest doesn't quite understand still. |
 | Cartoon | A map of India morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. (EKA: Episode 2758) |
 | Video | Ann Marie and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on. (EKA: Episode 2615) |
 | Cartoon | Sign language: Day, morning, noon, night (EKA: Episode 1226) |
 | Muppets | A shark sings about his "Perfectly Pearl-White Teeth." (First: Episode 1446) |
 | Cartoon | I-Ink (angry bird) (EKA: Episode 0514) |
 | Film | How paper is recycled (First: Episode 2627) |
 | Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (EKA: Episode 0811) |
| | SCENE 3 | Jelani, while sweeping the club, suggests Forest add more emotion to his music. |
 | Cartoon | A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0262) |
  | Muppets | While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself, or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). He then corrects them on the actual production phase. (EKA: Episode 2447) |
 | Film | An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (EKA: Episode 1450) |
 | Cartoon | Shooting stars form the letter I/i. (EKA: Episode 2291) |
 | Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Zelda look above and below. (EKA: Episode 2615) |
 | Animation | Four butterflies fly across a film of a waterfall. |
 | SCENE 4 | For the first act, Lillian sings "Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5" with The Count and his All-Bat Band. |
 | Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward. (First: Episode 0006) |
 | Film | Five girls play a clapping game. (First: Episode 2763) |
 | Muppets | Forgetful Jones invites a cowpoke to lunch, not realizing it's his own reflection in the mirror. (First: Episode 2798) |
 | Animation | Cecille sings "I Want to Be Me." (First: Episode 2791) |
 | Cast | Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a square. (First: Episode 1276) |
 | Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #4 (First: Episode 0984) |
 | SCENE 5 | Now, Hoots and Forest duet and perform "Listen and Bounce it Back." |
 | Cartoon | Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2749) |
 | Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit meets the Seven Dwarves, seemingly from the Snow White story. However, in this version each is named after (and represents) an emotion. (Kermit ad-lib: "Hey Dulcy, we got the wrong dwarves again!") They are named Cheerful, Sad, Lovey, Angry, Proud, Surprised and Fearful. (EKA: Episode 2415) |
 | Animation | E / e (elephant / jazzy trumpet) (EKA: Episode 2222) |
  | Film | Wanda the Word Fairy drives to a market to demonstrate the words of foods, attracting the suspicious gaze of the grocer in the process. (EKA: Episode 2736) |
 | Cartoon | Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter). (EKA: Episode 2620) |
 | Film | Fay Ray subtracts three balls. (EKA: Episode 2608) |
 | Animation | It's a giraffe Artist: Ishu Patel (EKA: Episode 2238) |
| | SCENE 6 | Jelani announces the sponsors as Hoots, Forest and the band play the closing theme. |
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