Episode 3616

	Sesame Street
	Papa Bear learns to pogo stick
Air date	March 24, 1997
Season	Season 28 (1996-1997)
Written by	Joey Mazzarino
Sponsors	Z, 19
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Telly bounces on his pogo stick with Lexine and another girl, as today is "Pogo Sticking Day." Baby Bear observes the festivities and wants to join, only he doesn't know how (Telly's past lesson didn't sink in very well). Telly offers to teach him, but Baby Bear would prefer to learn from his idol - Papa Bear. Sure enough, Papa Bear shows up and would be glad to teach Baby Bear. He just has one question: what's a pogo stick?
	Song	"The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve. (First: Episode 2950)
	Animation	In a Van Gogh painting, a baby takes its first steps to Papa. (First: Episode 3492)
	Celebrity	Ray Charles sings the Alphabet Song. (First: Episode 3538)
	Cartoon	A worm illustrates over, under, around and through with an apple.
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: "Conservations With My Father" (First: Episode 3241)
	Song	An ode to D-A-D. (First: Episode 3583)
	SCENE 2	Papa Bear doesn't think he can teach Baby Bear to pogo, since he himself doesn't even know how. He doesn't think he can learn, brushing it off as a "kid thing," but sees even Gina can do it. She and the kids show Papa Bear how they can pogo so he can get the right idea.
	Cartoon	In the "Land of No Shoelaces", people find it difficult to play basketball, swing, and run, until Edna Lovelace comes along. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3102)
	Muppets	Big Bird's Video Postcards Big Bird visits Union City, New Jersey, where he learns how to play some Cuban games with some kids. (First: Episode 3061)
	Cartoon	"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0085)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet boy plays hide-and-seek with three letter Zs, who blend into his porch. (EKA: Episode 1062)
	Cartoon	Z for zebra and zoo (EKA: Episode 0307)
	SCENE 3	Gina walks Papa Bear through each step of using a pogo stick. He stumbles at first, but finds his balance. He then tries to bounce, using so much force that he flies high into the air and lands with a crash. Papa Bear doesn't think he can continue, but Baby Bear's hero worship encourages to continue...at least, until Papa Bear recovers from his headache.
	Cartoon	A baby and father illustrate up and down. (First: Episode 2687)
	Song	"You Can Get Right Up": a song about getting active to cheer up. (First: Episode 3142)
	Cartoon	Zig...zag...zoom...zoo. (EKA: Episode 0307)
	Animation	The Letter Z in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2855)
	Cartoon	An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests. (EKA: Episode 2489)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyming game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (EKA: Episode 0798)
	Cartoon	A determined little boy makes several attempts to fly, and eventually gets his dad to take him on an airplane. (new music added) (EKA: Episode 2029)
	SCENE 4	Telly still thinks it would be easier if he taught Baby Bear, but he tells Telly that even if it takes "a million-billion-gazillion" years, he will learn it from Papa Bear. Gina suggests he bounce softer this time, but Papa Bear has trouble staying up for more than a couple of bounces. Baby Bear encourages him to keep trying and soon, Papa Bear is able to bounce around without falling. But now, he doesn't know how to stop ("Stop the pogo insanity!").
	Cartoon	The word "GO" races down the street. (First: Episode 3311)
	Muppets	Humphrey thinks Natasha will help him demonstrate the words GO and STOP, but she does the opposite of whatever he says. (First: Episode 3122)
	Film	A boy who lives in the Congo (in Africa) narrates a film of the kinds of games he and his friends play. (First: Episode 2668)
	Cartoon	Masked March #19 (First: Episode 3391)
	Film	Growing Numbers #19 (First: Episode 2937)
	Animation	Nineteen popcorn kernels (First: Episode 2855)
	SCENE 5	Gina is able to stop Papa Bear's wild pogoing and he decides to quit, since Gina can't be around all the time to help him stop. He suggests his son learn from Gina or Telly, but Baby Bear sticks with his Papa. He tells them all that if Papa Bear quits, he does too and leaves. Papa Bear doesn't want to disappoint his son and decides to keep going. He asks everyone how you stop - you just jump off! Papa Bear practices and can do it! He pogos off to find his son.
	Song	"Jump" (soul) (First: Episode 3136)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster finds a TELEPHONE, and reads the word. (First: Episode 1569)
	Film / Animation	A class makes up a story about going to the zoo, which is told through animation based on the kids’ drawings. (First: Episode 3328)
	Song	"One of These Things" (with Wegman's dogs and a terrier) (First: Episode 3105)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover talks to Zelda about "fast" and "slow." (First: Episode 2611)
	Animation	A girl dances with a tiger. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3387)
	SCENE 6	Papa Bear catches up to his son and shows how well he can pogo now. Baby Bear knew he could do it and sings "My Papa Bear." Papa Bear begins to teach Baby Bear how to ride, but finds his son is a born natural. Everyone pogos around the street as Papa Bear announces the sponsors.
	COMING SOON	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Big Bird beats the Big Bad Wolf in tic-tac-toe, so he huffs-and-puffs the board away.