Episode 2874

Sesame Street
A day at Birdland
Air date	May 9, 1991
Season	Season 22 (1990-1991)
Written by	Norman Stiles
Sponsors L, Q, 19 Releases HBO Max

Picture	Segment	Description
	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.
	Animation	Number creatures #19 (First: Episode 2718)
	Muppets	Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree." (First: Episode 1920)
	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)
	Cartoon	Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440)
	SCENE 2	Hoots welcomes everyone to Birdland, and introduces Duck Ellington and the Sesame Street All-Animal Jazz Ensemble, with special guest Wynton Marsalis. They perform a new version of "No Matter What Your Language."
	Animation	Two seemingly identical machines - one black, one white - cooperate to make the sound of a choo-choo train. (First: Episode 2843)
	Film	Fay Ray subtracts three balls. (First: Episode 2608)
	Muppets	Mysterious Theater Sherlock Hemlock is commissioned to find the shape of a circle in an antique castle before time runs out at 5:00. Watson does his best to point out that the face of a clock is the shape of a circle. (First: Episode 2706)
	Cartoon	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version) (First: Episode 0023)
	Muppets	"Daddy Helps with the Dishes" - three families sing about how they help each other doing chores, cooking, and homework. (First: Episode 2223)
	Cartoon	"L" for "Large" and "l" for "little" (First: Episode 1455)
	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 every little rapid note he plays on the trumpet.
	Cartoon	"One to Five Counting Animals Song" (First: Episode 0780)
	Film	Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster observes the letter Q, then the word QUIET. (First: Episode 1850)
	Cartoon	A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1017)
	SCENE 4	Hoots introduces Biff and Sully and the Hard Hats (including Stella), who perform "This Song Is for the Birds."
	Film	Two birds Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0295)
	Cartoon	L for Laugh Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel (First: Episode 2767)
	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)
	Cartoon	A pattern of daisies and tulips - can you tell what comes next? (First: Episode 2256)
	Film	A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. (First: Episode 0601)
	Cartoon	Sign Man: WALK TALL (First: Episode 1161)
	SCENE 5	Hoots introduces Bobby McFerrin, who does a call-and-response scat song with the audience.
	Cartoon	Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131)
	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.
	Cartoon	A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (First: Episode 0793)
	Film	Counting the circus clowns (First: Episode 0501)
	Cartoon	A boy gets lost in a mall, and a security guard shows him how to use a map. Artist: ArtistMike
	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'."
	Cartoon	Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings. (First: Episode 1309)
	Muppets	The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family." (First: Episode 2724)
	Cartoon	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop. (First: Episode 2855)
	Insert	Big Bird watches the shape dancers form a rectangle. (First: Episode 1276)
	Song	"Above and Below" (Christopher Cerf) (First: Episode 2839)
	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)
	Animation	Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse. (First: Episode 0239)
	Song	"Elbows and Knees" (First: Episode 2641)
	SCENE 7	At closing, Hoots, Wynton, and the animals play the Sesame Street Theme. Hoots mentions the sponsors.

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