Episode 3144

Sesame Street
Big Bird and Luis convince Hans that he's not an ugly duckling
Air date	December 2, 1993
Season	Season 25 (1993-1994)
Written by	Joey Mazzarino
Production September 21, 1993 Sponsors F, L, 3 Syndication 123 Sesame Street

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	The kids read the sponsors from cards, and Big Bird introduces a duckling who says goodbye instead of hello.
	SCENE 1	At the nest area, Big Bird and the kids have a hard time convincing Hans (a reference to Hans Christian Andersen), the ugly duckling from the story, to not leave. He's not ugly at all.
	Cartoon	At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2085)
	Film	Letter Garden: F (First: Episode 3048)
	Animation	F candles (First: Episode 3081)
	Film	Alphaquest: F A faucet finishes a fire, and flood of freaky fish. (First: Episode 2759)
	Animation	Stop-motion: a bunny tries to make a bench with blocks, but needs a chick's help. (First: Episode 1463) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	Kermit and some Anything Muppets sing "I Wonder 'Bout the World Above." (First: Episode 2679)
	Cartoon	A boy learns to play his violin by practicing. (First: Episode 1513) cut from the Noggin version
	SCENE 2	Hans wears a YOU sign, so instead of seeing his 'ugliness,' they'll see YOU. However, now he can't see.
	Cartoon	"Animal Elevator": 1-10 (First: Episode 2530)
	Film	"We have a nice school"... with ducks.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover instructs Caroline to read the word you, and acts crazy when she keeps telling him to read it. (First: Episode 2730)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0416) cut from the Noggin version
	Film	Kids rehearse a large group African dance in the park, get their faces painted, and perform. (First: Episode 3079)
	Cartoon	L for Lion (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149)
	Muppets	Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep." (First: Episode 1705)
	Cartoon	A schoolyard of gloves invites other gloves to join them. (First: Episode 1481) cut from the Noggin version
	SCENE 3	Hans has a set of wigs from Sy Duckling, the Feather Club president who's also a client. Gordon and Susan come by, but Susan makes it clear that bald is beautiful. Hans leaves to consult an expert.
	Animation	El numero tres (Luis V.O.) (First: Episode 2119)
	Cartoon	Three computer animated fish. (First: Episode 2792)
	Film	Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder. (First: Episode 0254)
	Celebrity	Take 6 sings "Take 6," a song about themselves that counts to the number 6. (First: Episode 3001)
	Cartoon	A ball goes up and down a musical staircase. (First: Episode 2151) cut from the Noggin version
	Film	A group of people form a human pyramid to illustrate top and bottom.
	Cartoon	Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger". (First: Episode 2030)
	Cartoon	A man encounters someone with a DANGER sign hanging on the end of his nose, and doubts there's any danger until the character sneezes. (First: Episode 1125)
	SCENE 4	Hans goes to the Fix-It Shop. Luis reads him the story of Gregory the mouse, who, after tired of being called "Little Squeaky" by the other animals, tries to be a lion and fails. However, the story isn't over.
	SCENE 4, cont'd	The mouse wakes all the animals up when there's a fire, and the animals agree to stop calling him names. Transformed by the lesson, Hans decides to stop being called "the ugly duckling" and also learns that he loves stories.
	Animation	A Navajo blanket is formed as tribal music plays. (First: Episode 2963) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	All types of wild animals that lay eggs sing "Let's Lay an Egg." (First: Episode 3060)
	Cartoon	A song about a very curious cat, who explores until it rains pots and pans. (First: Episode 2238)
	Film	A man (voice of Jim Thurman) finds a magic remote control that makes things go up and down. He tests it on various objects. When he presses "down" for a bridge, it crumbles and falls into the water below, prompting the man to abandon the remote and slink away. A girl then finds the remote and makes the bridge go back up. (First: Episode 2614)
	Cartoon	"L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483)
	Muppets	Caveman Days King Ernie needs to clean his yucky teeth. The Royal Smart Person brings a big brush (used for sweeping), then a middle-sized brush (used for brushing hair), then a smaller brush (used for painting), and finally a really small brush (a toothbrush). Just as Ernie proclaims that he'll "brush every tooth in the entire kingdom," a saber-toothed tiger comes in, seizes the toothbrush, and begins to use it himself! (First: Episode 1388)
	Cartoon	A story/song about a duckling who wants to join the others playing at the water's edge. (First: Episode 2852)
	SCENE 5	Hans is happy, but there's still one thing he'd like to change - he wants to do something else besides playing on the seesaw with Big Bird, which is not working. Luis announces the sponsors.

Notes

• This episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3436.
• Additional performers during Luis's story include Peter Linz (as Gregory the mouse), Fran Brill (as a chicken), Pam Arciero (as a cow), Jim Kroupa (as a donkey), and Joey Mazzarino (as a horse).

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