Episode 3071

	Sesame Street
	Joey and Davey Monkey look for BANANAS!
Air date	February 8, 1993
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Written by	Molly Boylan
Production	November 25, 1992
Sponsors	E, X, 16, BANANAS!

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Joey and Davey Monkey appear and display the sponsors (which they knock off the fence by accident). But, the most important thing they want to see on Sesame Street today is: BANANAS!
	SCENE 1	In his nest area, Big Bird paints a picture when Davey and Joey discover him and mistake him for a giant banana (because he’s yellow). He sings a song to them to explain he’s "Not a Banana." The monkeys head off afterward to find some bananas.
	Animation	Computer E / e
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Too Much TV — On a rainy day, Ernie watches TV, when Bert suggests he do something else, like write a story. (First: Episode 1293)
	Film	A ferry terminal switches from empty to full. (First: Episode 2968)
	Animation	Sixteen TV sets are counted. (First: Episode 2850)
	Cast	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows. (First: Episode 2067)
	Song	Ornate E's go easing by to a song. (First: Episode 2937)
	Animation	"We Are Kids From Far and Wide": A girl describes the preparation for the Galungan festival in Bali, Indonesia. (First: Episode 2750)
	SCENE 2	Davey and Joey swing back and forth, calling out to any available bananas. Suddenly, Joey thinks he sees some bananas coming...
	Cartoon	A story/song about a duckling who wants to join the others playing at the water's edge. (First: Episode 2852)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Davey points out that the film was about ducks, not bananas. Joey then hears a growling noise, which turns out to be Davey’s stomach. He then hears another noise thinking it's bananas, but Davey claims it's just a train. They run off too early to see that the miniature train driving behind them is actually a banana with train parts.
	Animation	Teeny Little Super Guy notices his friend Alice wanting to join a baseball game. He gives her the idea to go over there and ask them if she can play. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1900)
	Cartoon	E for Erase (First: Episode 0486)
	Muppets	Cerrado with Maria and an Anything Muppet (part 1). He sings a song about how everything is Cerrado, and at the end Maria gives him an Abierto sign, which opens everything in the house. (First: Episode 3015)
	Cartoon	A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from. (First: Episode 2248)
	Muppets	Abierto with Maria and an Anything Muppet (part 2). Now he sings a similar song about Abierto, and Maria's Cerrado sign closes everything. (First: Episode 3015)
	Song	Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Sloth (First: Episode 2500)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird and Linda are going to be showing “same” and “different” using Wolfgang and a penguin (Peter Linz). Since no bananas are being used, Davey and Joey duck out. Big Bird explains the difference between the two animals, while Linda shows what they have in common: their interest in fish. Big Bird remarks, “I think Linda got the easy part.”
	Cartoon	Cars WALK. (First: Episode 0556)
	Muppets	"Sixteen Samba" (First: Episode 2822)
	Film	Looking for shapes in a metal junkyard (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 2702)
	Cartoon	E for Eel (First: Episode 0408)
	Muppets	Mac TV host Old MacDonald introduces the newest music video, "A New Way to Walk" performed by The Oinker Sisters. (First: Episode 2268)
	SCENE 4	Davey and Joey note how the previous segment lacked BANANAS. Davey hears what he thinks are bananas, but it’s just a plane. They then continue their quest for bananas.
	Cartoon	Brand X (First: Episode 0299)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover tells Debo that the letter that's on the wall is an X, but that it's a secret. Kermit overhears Grover mention a secret and wants to know what letter the X is. (First: Episode 1494)
	Cartoon	A captain and a first mate think they have planned ahead well for their trip at sea, but they forgot to take in the anchor. (First: Episode 1591)
	SCENE 5	Joey alerts Davey’s attention to the following segments, sure that there will be BANANAS.
	Animation	Counting to 16 on quilt patterns (First: Episode 2996)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Prairie Dawn are out in the fresh air. Prairie loves the outdoors, but Cookie Monster can't get over that she did not bring any cookies. She tries to get his mind off cookies by getting him to focus on the clouds, trees, and flowers. Everything he sees reminds him of eating cookies, but Prairie Dawn reminds him that if he ate all the flowers, there wouldn't be any left for other people to enjoy. (First: Episode 2955)
	Film	Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450)
	Muppets	On a rainy day, Oscar recalls the way he met his worm, Slimey.
	Film	Fay Ray dresses up as different animals. ("It's Kermit the Dog!") (First: Episode 2639)
	Muppets	Telly and Elmo sing about the difference between "Heavy and Light." (First: Episode 2809)
	Cartoon	A young man carrying a brown paper bag walks up to the bridgekeeper and asks him if he works there. The bridgekeeper orders the young man to show him whatever circles are in the bag, and to eat them. The young man is ordered to eat three round foodstuffs: a cookie, a pepperoni pizza, and a slice of watermelon. Once the young man is granted permission to cross the bridge, however, he tells the bridgekeeper that he was merely trying to deliver the latter's groceries. (First: Episode 1582)
	Celebrity	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X." (First: Episode 2168)
	Animation	Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert and Ernie go fishing. Ernie catches fish by yelling "Heeeeere fishy, fishy, fishy!", and they come flying into the boat. Bert tries it, but only catches a shark. (First: Episode 1641)
	SCENE 6	Davey and Joey are about to give up hope of finding BANANAS, when suddenly they hear music and look at the following segment...
	Cartoon	"Banana Samba" (First: Episode 2920)
	SCENE 6 cont'd	The monkeys rejoice after the segment and swing on some branches. They hear the banana-train, but fail to notice it. They also ignore a banana-plane that flies above them. Gordon announces the sponsors.