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Sesame Street
A day at Birdland
Air date May 9, 1991
Season Season 22 (1990-1991)
Written by Norman Stiles
Directed by Jon Stone
Production January 15, 1991
Sponsors L, Q, 19

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
2874a
SCENE 1 "Can you tell me how to get, how to get to..."
Telly interrupts the opening sequence: "Birdland! Can you tell me how to get to Birdland?!" Susan, Gordon, Miles, and some kids happen to be going there, and they say he can come with them.
2874-NumberCreatures19
Animation Number creatures #19
(First: Episode 2718)
HonkerDuckieDingerJamboree
Muppets Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree."
(First: Episode 1920)
Winditup

Winditup2
Film A montage of the evolution of mechanical technology, from wind-up toys, to robots that can spell "SESAME STREET" with blocks, to satellite transmitters.
Music: "Portrait d'un robot," composed by Janko Nilovic
(First: Episode 2226)
0871l
Cartoon Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
(First: Episode 0440)
2874b
SCENE 2 Hoots welcomes everyone to Birdland, and introduces conductor Duck Ellington and the Sesame Street All-Animal Jazz Ensemble, with special guest Wynton Marsalis on trumpet. They perform a new version of "No Matter What Your Language."
BlackWhiteMachines
Animation Two seemingly identical machines - one black, one white - cooperate to make the sound of a choo-choo train.
(First: Episode 2843)
FaySubtract
Film Fay Ray subtracts three balls.
(First: Episode 2608)
Watson
Muppets Mysterious Theater: Sign of the CircleSherlock Hemlock tries to find a shape matching a circle before the clock strikes five... and it turns out to be the round clock face.
(First: Episode 2706)
Gloria2
Cartoon Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version)
(First: Episode 0140)
ItSoonGetsDone
Muppets "Daddy Helps with the Dishes" - three families sing about how they help each other doing chores, cooking, and homework.
(First: Episode 2223)
1576r
Cartoon "L" for "Large" and "l" for "little"
(First: Episode 1455)
2874c
SCENE 3 Wynton says he's ready to do not one number, but twenty - maybe even more. He has help from Count von Count, who counts the twenty notes Wynton plays before doing a more complicated tune. The Count manages to count every little rapid note he plays on the trumpet, fainting from exhaustion but tallying up 237 notes in all (give or take).
Zoo1-5
Cartoon "One to Five Counting Animals Song"
(First: Episode 0780)
0926o
Film Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack)
(First: Episode 0926)
2head.Quiet
Muppets The Two-Headed Monster observes the letter Q, then the word QUIET.
(First: Episode 1850)
Cayard.kittykitty
Cartoon A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 1017)
2874d

2874e
SCENE 4 Hoots introduces Biff and Sully and the Hard Hats (including Stella), who perform "This Song Is for the Birds."
1091-24
Film Two birds
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0295)
2874-L-Laugh
Cartoon L for Laugh
Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel
(First: Episode 2767)
CookiePrairie.Face
Muppets Prairie Dawn talks about three important parts of the face which are the eyes, the nose, and the ears, with assistance from Cookie Monster. Prairie agrees that cookies can be seen and smelled, but not heard - unless eaten by Cookie Monster.
(First: Episode 2838)
Flowerpattern
Cartoon A pattern of daisies and tulips - can you tell what comes next?
(First: Episode 2256)
2874-Shadowpuppetdog
Film A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog.
(First: Episode 0601)
1710p
Cartoon Sign Sounds: WALK TALL
(First: Episode 1161)
3141u
SCENE 5 Hoots introduces Bobby McFerrin, who does a call-and-response scat song with the audience.
Qthatfunnything
Cartoon Q -- that funny looking thing.
(First: Episode 0131)
MarshalGroverFred.Water
Muppets Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse look for water in the desert. Grover sees mirages of a waterfall and a fountain, and Fred reminds him that he brought a canteen.
200016
Cartoon A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses.
(First: Episode 0793)
1836i
Film Counting the circus clowns
(First: Episode 0501)
cut from the Max version
ArtistMike.Map
Cartoon A boy gets lost in a mall, and a security guard shows him how to use a map.
Artist: ArtistMike
2874g

2874h
SCENE 6 Hoots tells everyone to imagine that it's turning from nighttime to morning, and the birds are waking up in the forest, while Bobby sings "Tweet in the Mornin'."
cut from the Max version
MillieMollywalk
Cartoon Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings.
(First: Episode 1309)
3164zc
Muppets The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family."
(First: Episode 2724)
3980za
Cartoon Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop.
(First: Episode 2855)
cut from the Max version
ShapeDancers.rectangle
Insert Big Bird watches the shape dancers form a rectangle.
(First: Episode 1276)
AboveandBelow
Song "Above and Below" (Christopher Cerf)
(First: Episode 2839)
Soundsaroundthehouse
Film Sounds Around the House v2: chimes, snoring, a boy pretending to be an airplane, a man playing a trumpet, and a motorcycle outside.
(First: Episode 1713)
TodaysDrawing.Nurse
Animation Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse.
(First: Episode 0239)
3136j
Song "Elbows and Knees"
(First: Episode 2641)
2874i

2874j
SCENE 7 For the closing number, Hoots, Wynton, and the animals perform the closing theme, with Duck Ellington quacking along and Hoots announcing the sponsors.

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