Episode 3025

Sesame Street
Tim Robbins stars in Prairie Dawn's pageant (repeat of 2855)
Air date	December 4, 1992
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Written by	Nancy Sans
Directed by Jon Stone Sponsors J, Z, 19

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Tim Robbins arrives on Sesame Street, and Big Bird and Snuffy try to guess who he's looking for. It's not Bob, Alice, or Gabi, but Prairie Dawn. When she shows up he becomes star-struck, mentioning some of his favorite Prairie Dawn pageants, and she invites him to watch the rehearsal of her newest pageant. He accepts, and they all follow Prairie to the yard. Snuffy and Big Bird are glad they were able to help Tim out, commenting how grown-ups need a lot of help.
	Animation	Number creatures #19 (First: Episode 2718)
	Film	Kids narrate footage of toddlers learning to walk.
	Muppets	Herry Monster sings "Two Heads Are Better Than One." (First: Episode 1447)
	Cartoon	Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746)
	SCENE 2	Prairie tells Tim that her new pageant is about the four seasons. The cast, consisting of Elmo as Spring, Big Bird as Summer, Snuffy as Autumn, and Grundgetta as Winter, only has one rehearsal left before today's premiere, but Grundgetta refuses to be in the pageant and storms off. Prairie quickly chooses Tim as a replacement for the role of Winter, and the others encourage him to give it a try. Tim accepts, and when he puts on the snowflake headpiece he remarks, "I'm beginning to feel a little wintry already..."
	Song	"At School," with animation bookended by live-action footage. (First: Episode 2782)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Katie think of rhymes. (First: Episode 1644)
	Cartoon	Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231)
	Song	Jerry Nelson sings "Salt, My Salt." (First: Episode 2909)
	Cartoon	Z for zigzag, zero, zoo, and zebra (First: Episode 1763)
	SCENE 3	Prairie coaches Tim as he rehearses his role as Winter, telling him to first try being big and bold, then soft and light. Neither seems to work well until his next try, where he does a little bit of both.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Prairie tells everyone to get in their places, but Jelani tells Snuffy that his mommy wants him to come home right now. Overwhelmingly, Prairie chooses Tim as replacement for the role of Autumn.
	Cartoon	An ant is pressured by his peers to finish the anthill all by himself, until he enlists the cooperation of the others. (First: Episode 1478)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming. (First: Episode 2016)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: J for jump (First: Episode 0772)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Celia Cruz and the Anything Muppets sing "Numero Comparsa." (First: Episode 2318)
	Film	Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406)
	Cartoon	Jim Thurman sings "Calcutta Joe." Animation by Buzzco Associates, Inc. (First: Episode 2492)
	SCENE 4	Tim talks to the viewer about how excited he is about playing two roles in a Prairie Dawn pageant... wait, make that three, as Elmo reports that Big Bird had to go to a Birdketeer meeting. "Oh, Tim..." Elmo and Prairie sweetly sing to the new Summer.
	Film	A boy draws a picture of his friend, Katie. (First: Episode 2760)
	Muppets	Clementine plays a game with the viewer to see if they can guess what Forgetful Jones is riding on. (First: Episode 2218)
	Song	"(Sittin' On) A Boat on a Lake" (First: Episode 2807)
	Film	A boy who lives in the Congo (in Africa) narrates a film of the kinds of games he and his friends play. (First: Episode 2668)
	Cartoon	Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025)
	Cast	Linda signs the word snow, and Gordon gets snowed on. (First: Episode 2712)
	Cartoon	Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615)
	SCENE 5	Tim tries to grasp the concept of switching three roles so quickly, while Elmo becomes sleepy and needs to go home to take a nap. Prairie asks Tim to put some peanuts on top of her piano, and imagine that each one represents a player in today's pageant, each of whom had to go home. Tim, the last peanut standing after subtracting the other three, now gets every role in Prairie Dawn's "Four Seasons" pageant.
	Animation	Draw a line from the dog to the bowl and underline the hen. (First: Episode 2178)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Watching Fish — Ernie wants to go outside and play catch, but Bert gets him interested in watching his goldfish. (First: Episode 1422)
	Animation	All, none, some and one fish swim around. (First: Episode 2109)
	Cast	Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 2062)
	Film	Fay Ray dresses up as different animals. ("It's Kermit the Dog!") (First: Episode 2639)
	Film	Growing Numbers #19 (First: Episode 2937)
	SCENE 6	The show is about to go on. Tim is nervous when he sees the audience outside, but Prairie gives him a pep talk: "Remember, you may be going on a nobody, but you will be coming back a star!" The show commences with an introduction from Prairie.
	SCENE 6 cont'd	Everyone watches and cheers as Tim portrays Spring...
	SCENE 6 cont'd	... Summer...
	SCENE 6 cont'd	... Autumn...
	SCENE 6 cont'd	... and Winter.
	SCENE 6 cont'd	Tim gets another round of applause from the crowd during his curtain call.
	Film	"Sesame Street Creature Feature": Today's featured creature is the Slug, who sings "I'm a Slug." (First: Episode 2988)
	Cast	Linda signs the word "pie," and gets hit with one, to Gordon's surprise. (First: Episode 2712)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "Do-Op Hop". (First: Episode 2071)
	Cartoon	A girl explains the concept of relativity by explaining how her house is a part of a neighborhood, the neighborhood is part of a city, the city is part of a country, etc. (First: Episode 2742)
	SCENE 7	The audience mingles with Tim after the show (Mike: "You made me want to be a performer!") while Grundgetta announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.

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