Episode 3521

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird gets a time out
Air date	May 13, 1996
Season	Season 27 (1995-1996)
Written by	Cathi Rosenberg-Turow
Production	November 30, 1995
Sponsors	U, 19

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird gives a melancholy welcome to the viewer from his nest, where he's put in "time out." He and Radar think back to what got them in their present situation...
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Earlier in the day (seen in flashback) Big Bird wants to play with Maria, who is trying to concentrate as she repairs a toaster at the Fix-It Shop. He constantly bothers her with loud noises and questions as she works when she's had enough and decides to put Big Bird in time out, telling him to think about what he's done and what he'll do next.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Back in the present, Big Bird begins pondering Maria's orders.
	Cartoon	On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (new sting added) (First: Episode 0768)
	Muppets	Kermit Lecture: What Happens Next Machine — Kermit's machine is supposed to turn on the radio. (First: Episode 0089)
	Cartoon	We Are Kids from Far and Wide: Rice harvesting in Sierra Leone (First: Episode 2774)
	Song	Kevin Clash sings "(I Eat With) Chopsticks" over a film of kids doing so. (First: Episode 3270)
	SCENE 2	Maria checks in on Big Bird, who still isn't sure why he's in time out. She has him imagine their encounter from before, only with the roles reversed. Big Bird imagines trying to repair a toaster, when Maria and Radar distract him from his work. In reality, Big Bird realizes his mistake and apologizes. Maria forgives him and promises they can play when she finishes work. But, what will Big Bird do until then?
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play." Snow leopards version (First: Episode 2519)
	Cartoon	What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226)
	Muppets	"Elmo's Rap Alphabet" (First: Episode 3456)
	Film	A boy who is learning to write in Chinese writes the word "rain." (First: Episode 3192)
	Cartoon	Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808)
	Muppets	Ethel Mermaid sings "I Get a Kick Out of U." (First: Episode 3127)
	Animation	Sand U/u (First: Episode 0624)
	Film	A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal. (First: Episode 2787)
	SCENE 3	The Count visits Big Bird in search of things to count. He figures he could count blocks as Big Bird assembles them into a large tower. Big Bird confers with Radar over the idea and imagines creating a giant block structure. Unfortunately, in reality, Big Bird only has a mere three blocks to count. The Count counts them anyway, then leaves to count the bricks that make up the Empire State Building.
	Film	Farmer McFay has three fruits. (First: Episode 3189)
	Cartoon	A shepherd plays hide-and-seek with his sheep. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2109)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Prairie Dawn: Prairie Explains Closed — Prairie Dawn keeps Cookie Monster from interfering with her demonstration of the word "closed."
	Cartoon	An army of ants gets to the bakery, only to find that it's closed. (First: Episode 2088)
	Song	"Elbows and Knees" (First: Episode 2641)
	Cartoon	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Follow Arrows — The monster's arrows point in opposite directions, so they straighten the arrows out and follow them. (First: Episode 1627)
	Film	A ONE WAY sign switches sides. (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 3268)
	SCENE 4	The Amazing Mumford poofs into the nest on his way to Key West, attributing the rhyme for his mistake. He asks Big Bird if he wants to see his disappearing chair trick, but first Big Bird wants to think about what could happen. In Big Bird's imagination, Mumford instead causes Big Bird's bear to disappear and replaces it with hair (since they also rhyme). Back in reality, Big Bird declines to see Mumford's trick and he poofs off, hoping to make it to Key West (or at least Budapest) this time.
	Song	"It's Time for a Rhyme" (First: Episode 3151)
	Muppets	Hoots tells Ernie to "Put Down the Duckie." (First: Episode 2310)
	Animation	Abstract count to 19 (First: Episode 2827)
	Cartoon	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop. (First: Episode 2855)
	Animation	Number creatures #19 (First: Episode 2718)
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dance Part 1 (First: Episode 3136)
	SCENE 5	Mr. Handford stops by and offers to play with Big Bird for the time being. He recalls a game he used to play when he was young, where Big Bird replies "yeah, yeah" to everything he chants. Big Bird recalls playing such call-and-response games with Bob, though he also remembers Bob saying they went too long. Ultimately Big Bird keeps replying to Mr. Handford after the game, not sure when to stop (as he did with Bob's games).
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dance Part 2 (First: Episode 3136)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Two-Headed Monster: Baseball — Robin Williams invites a nonsense talking, horned, two-headed stranger to play baseball. (First: Episode 2795)
	Cartoon	"The Stranger" - a song about a baseball team hesitantly allowing a newcomer to join them, who ends up helping them win the game. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2108)
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dance Part 2a (First: Episode 3185)
	Cartoon	A dog learns about U. (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	The Martians: Alphanumeric Quickies — The Martians present the letter U. (First: Episode 3387)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: U for UP (new sting and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0624)
	Film	Kids practice circus acts and give a performance in a gymnasium. (First: Episode 2889)
	Cartoon	A dinosaur tries to move around a rock. (First: Episode 2744)
	SCENE 6	Maria is finally ready to play with Big Bird, and they pretend that they're firetrucks. Mr. Handford announces the sponsors, concluding with another "Yeah, yeah!"
	COMING SOON	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Grundgetta and others sing about how yucky she feels.