Episode 3385

	Sesame Street
	A day of storytelling and name tags
Air date	May 5, 1995
Season	Season 26 (1994-1995)
Written by	Josh Selig
Directed by	John Ferraro
Production	November 17, 1994
Sponsors	M, T, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	In the park, Gina introduces Big Bird, Lexine, and Devon to Maduka Steady and Michael Messer, a folk duo. Michael plays the guitar (and sometimes sings), while Maduka is a singer and storyteller. They do a call-and-response song with the group, where they say their names and what they like.
	Cartoon	A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh". The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV. (First: Episode 0771)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "Do-Op Hop". (First: Episode 2071)
	Animation	A picture puzzle of the letter T is put together. A man walks up to it, and calls a taxi. (First: Episode 2933)
	Cartoon	Spinning T (to the tango beat). (First: Episode 2933)
	Cartoon	T is for tiger, teapot, television and taxi. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3262)
	Song	Leon Redbone sings "Have You Ever." (First: Episode 3274)
	Celebrity	Basketball player Isiah Thomas shows a girl that it takes practice to play the game, but she makes a basket on her first try. (First: Episode 2933)
	Animation	The letter M appears on buildings.
	Film / Muppets	Alphaquest: M The girl uses mittens to make monster mush, which is eaten by a Muppet monster. (First: Episode 2724)
	Cartoon	M for Mask (First: Episode 2079)
	Muppets	How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger." (First: Episode 2030)
	Cartoon	Listening to sounds can tell you about danger. (First: Episode 1741)
	Song	"I'm a Polar Bear" (First: Episode 3276)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird helps Jamal in an attempt to trick Angela: while Big Bird hides behind a wall, Jamal sits on a bench nearby practicing impressions of various neighbors, including Oscar and Ernie. He shows them off to Angela who isn't impressed, but when he finally gets to his imitation of Big Bird, he lip synchs to a line which Big Bird speaks behind the wall. Angela gets wise to the trick (especially when Big Bird gives himself away) and playfully threatens to get back at Jamal, chasing him away. "Grown-ups!" a slightly bemused Big Bird comments.
	Cartoon	A boy finds a set of doors with animals that make the wrong sound, and swaps the doors to correct them. (First: Episode 2711)
	Film	Kids play bongo drums loud and soft. (First: Episode 2862)
	Cartoon	Rap #7 (First: Episode 2506)
	Muppets	Elmo and Seven Goldfish sing. (First: Episode 2734)
	Cartoon	Seven piglets Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1546)
	Film	In a village in Africa, people catch fish, and celebrate afterwards. (First: Episode 2669)
	Cartoon	A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. (First: Episode 2627)
	SCENE 3	Michael and Maduka sing an African song together when Big Bird encounters them. He offers some raisins, which Michael doesn't want but Maduka does. Big Bird is impressed that they're friends, even though they're different. The two men think he's referring to the difference in their nationalities, their accents, or their skin colors, but Big Bird clarifies that he's referring to the difference in who likes raisins: "It's great how people could overcome these things."
	Cartoon	Fish form capital and lowercase T's. (First: Episode 3126)
	Film	The floating kids make a small T. (First: Episode 3126)
	Cartoon	Cap'n Feenie asks, "What is it?" It's the ocean. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2710)
	Muppets	In the jungle, Joey and Davey Monkey see a bunch of bananas on a tree, and try to figure out how to get them down. They climb up the tree, knock the bananas off, and are about to climb down, when an elephant carries the bananas away. They decide to order a pizza instead. (First: Episode 3230)
	Animation	Luxo Jr.: Up and Down (First: Episode 3130)
	SCENE 4	Maria encounters Telly making name tags for himself, Kingston, and Mara. They were inspired by a story Kingston wrote about the history of name tags, and ask Maria to read it again. In the story, a king (Telly) throws a party but doesn't know everyone's name, which drives his guests away. His royal writer (Kingston) gets the idea to write all the guests' names down on small pieces of paper and stick them on their chest. The king initially questions his writer's logic ("Are you ill, Royal Writer?!") but goes with it anyway, finding it improves the party greatly.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	When Maria finishes reading the story, Telly offers to make a name tag for Maria but she turns it down, claiming that everyone on Sesame Street knows her name. Just then, tourists Lydia and John Bubba John pass by and introduce themselves to everyone who has a name tag... until they get to Maria. She quickly makes one for herself before the tourists head out.
	Cartoon	A group gives a newcomer funny looks, which hurts his feelings, but then they invite him to play marbles with them. He turns out to be a good player. (inaudible dialogue) Artist: Joanna Priestley Original version: (First: Episode 2840)
	Muppets	Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows." (First: Episode 2582)
	Cartoon	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. (beginning cut) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410)
	Muppets	Two creatures watch a girl dance while balancing two glasses with liquid inside. Part 1
	SCENE 5	Gina gathers the kids in the yard so they can hear and participate in a story told by Maduka and Michael. In the story, Spider and Monkey are on their way to the Forest Festival when they realize they need food. They dig in the ground and look in the trees for food, but don't find anything. They almost decide to go home when they see all the forest creatures celebrating despite having no food or drink either, but they still have their friendship to share.
	Cartoon	Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get. (First: Episode 0762)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "What Do You Do With a Fruit?" (First: Episode 2050)
	Cartoon	Edgar Turtle's three nephews demonstrate a round by singing "Redwood Tree." (First: Episode 2506)
	Film	The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to four to two children on a park bench. (First: Episode 2951)
	Cartoon	T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298)
	Muppets	One of the creatures tries the glass dance himself, then drinks from it. Part 2
	SCENE 6	Luis asks Maria why she's wearing a name tag, and she informs him of the story that Kingston wrote earlier. Kingston, Telly, and Mara come by having removed their name tags, and Telly thinks he needs to remind Maria what their names are. Luis announces the sponsors as an embarrassed Maria tears up her name tag, and the credits follow.