Episode 3045

	Sesame Street
	Maria's friend visits
Air date	January 1, 1993
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Written by	Nancy Sans
Directed by	Jon Stone
Production	October 28, 1992
Sponsors	F, S, 6

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird watches Maria singing a "Cuban Pete"-esque song to herself while dancing, and tries to follow along. Maria helps him get the "da-ba-da-ching-boom-bing" rhythm down and explains that her old friend, Gloria Montoya, will be visiting Sesame Street today. As kids, the two were best friends and used to pretend to be grown-ups while listening to and singing the song.
	Cartoon	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw, and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239)
	Film	Cheri goes fishing with her abuelo. (First: Episode 2784)
	Cartoon	A dog-shaped television Animation inspired by Keith Haring.
	Muppets	Kermit says his "ABC's of the Swamp." (First: Episode 1960)
	Cartoon	Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand. (First: Episode 1669)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Prairie Dawn is sad because of how small she is; Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers cheer her up by singing "Small People". They are joined by Big Bird, Snuffy, the Birdketeers, Natasha, Merry Monster, and Billy. (First: Episode 2945)
	Cartoon	A girl talks about imagination. (First: Episode 0353)
	Muppets	Spaceship Surprise: Planet TR — Trevor Trout introduces the space explorers to the Planet TR. (First: Episode 2607)
	Cartoon	F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic. (First: Episode 1102)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet man sings about the word "Salida"...and refuses to stop. (First: Episode 1300)
	Film / Muppets	Alphaquest: S A swimsuit, Grover as a silly surfer, a seagull, the sunset and a submarine. (First: Episode 2729)
	Animation	Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You." (First: Episode 2873)
	Cartoon	A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f. (First: Episode 2288)
	SCENE 2	Using what Maria's told them about Gloria, Big Bird and Snuffy try to picture what Maria's childhood best friend is like. Though they both picture her to be a good dancer, Snuffy figures she has yellow feathers and a beak and can do ballet; likewise Big Bird pictures her with brown fur and a snuffle, doing a tap dance. The real Gloria (Olga Merediz) arrives and the two doubt it's her until they hear her singing and dancing to Maria's song. They offer to bring her to the Fix-It Shop.
	Cartoon	Rap #6 (First: Episode 2502)
	Muppets	Ernie doesn't want to play with Bert, who sings "I Wish I Had a Friend to Play With Me". (First: Episode 1819)
	Animation	Beads arrange themselves in different ways, and finally stick themselves to a boy's jacket.
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: Monsters of Venice — A misunderstanding about a surprise party leads to hurt feelings. (First: Episode 2836)
	Animation	"Six Circus Balls" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3001)
	SCENE 3	Maria and Gloria reunite and confuse Big Bird and Snuffy when the two start discussing their differences and similarities. They explain that friends can be both the same and different, comparing their own relationship to Big Bird and Snuffy's.
	Animation	Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish version)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder Snake. (First: Episode 0514)
	Muppets	Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand." (First: Episode 1959)
	Cartoon	S for sing (First: Episode 0824)
	SCENE 4	Gloria shows some childhood pictures of herself and Maria, saying how she could fix anything even at that age. They come across some pictures of Gloria as a child writing the alphabet, flying a toy plane, and holding a prize-winning story about airplanes. Gloria explains how moments like these influenced her current career - she's a skywriter. She then offers to take Maria and Big Bird up in her plane!
	Song	"When You Grow Up" (First: Episode 2912)
	Cartoon	"Pinball Number Count" #6 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0991)
	Muppets	The Adventures of Prairie Dawn: The TV — Prairie Dawn saves energy. (First: Episode 3002)
	Cartoon	A satellite view of the earth is shown on television, while a group of geese decide to fly south. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 2710)
	Animation	The word EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet.
	SCENE 5	Up in Gloria's plane, Big Bird celebrates the sensation of flying; Maria, on the other hand, is a bit uneasy as she clutches an airsickness bag. Gloria wants to show off what she can do and asks Big Bird for a word to write. He suggests "EGGS," and Gloria soars her plane around to form the word in the sky (actually done by a telestrator effect).
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Maria asks her to land the plane, and Gloria agrees to... but first she proceeds to write and announce the sponsors. The credits follow.