| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Goldilocks knocks Baby Bear over |
| Air date | May 15, 1997 |
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) |
| Written by | Norman Stiles |
| Sponsors | V, 8 |
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo runs into Ellen DeGeneres listening to "Put Down the Duckie" with headphones and singing along to it. They try taking turns, but Elmo soon decides it would be better if they used the headphones at the same time - that way they can dance together. (First: Episode 3448) This eventually leads to... |
 | Muppets | Hoots tells Ernie to "Put Down the Duckie." (introduction cut) (EKA: Episode 2520) |
 | Film | Ornate 8s stroll through a gate and pose in other remarkable places. (First: Episode 3231) |
 | Cartoon | "Captain Spacey" counts 8 planets until the 25-cent rocket machine runs out of juice. (First: Episode 3554) |
 | Animation | Counting 8 harvesters (First: Episode 2981) |
| Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash Cinderella's Fairy Godmother tries to make a beautiful ball dress appear on Cinderella without success: it ends up on Kermit instead. (EKA: Episode 2442) |
 | Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1499) |
 | Film | A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry. (First: Episode 2641) |
 | 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. (EKA: Episode 0812) |
 | Song | "Do the Jelly" with Celina (First: Episode 3160) |
 | Cartoon | Leaves form a SH. (First: Episode 3127) |
 | Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster looks at its own SHADOW. (First: Episode 2578) |
 | Film | A class goes on a field trip to Prospect Park, where Ranger Roseanne gives them a tour. (First: Episode 2944) |
 | Cartoon | Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389) |
 | Film | V for violin: kids play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on the violin. (First: Episode 3280) |
 | Cartoon | The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507) |
  | SCENE 1 | Goldilocks comes across Baby Bear and the kids, who are pretending. Baby Bear is pretending to be an oak tree, swaying in the breeze (supplied by the kids). He allows Goldilocks to join in, but she doesn't want to be a tree or the breeze: she wants to be a bird who lives in the tree. She hops onto Baby Bear, knocking him over. She then pretends to be a squirrel, with the same results. He gives her an ultimatum: be a tree or the breeze or don't play at all. She complies and becomes a tree, but imagines the breeze becomes so strong, it knocks her down, landing on Baby Bear. He throws a fit and runs off. |
 | Film | A gardener trims a bush to form a giraffe. (First: Episode 3138) |
  | 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) |
 | Animation | Counting from 10-0 (Latin rhythm) (First: Episode 3048) |
 | 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) |
 | Cartoon | "Up and Down with Captain Brown" (First: Episode 2493) |
 | SCENE 2 | Goldilocks explains her situation to Carlo at Hooper's Store. He informs her Baby Bear might be mad over what she did and she decides to apologize...right after she finishes her milkshake. |
  | SCENE 2 cont'd | Baby Bear watches her from outside and tells Bob his plan: he's going to get back at Goldilocks by jumping on her when she leaves Hooper's. Bob has him imagine how that situation would work out - Baby Bear jumps onto Goldilocks, making her so mad, she does the same. The two end up in a vicious cycle and Baby Bear realizes his only option is to tell Goldilocks how he feels. |
 | Song | "Jump" (soul) (First: Episode 3136) |
 | Cartoon | Ranger Armbuckle talks about how plants travel -- by sowing their seeds. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2727) |
 | Muppets | Grover teaches the campers at Camp Wannagohoma about trees. (First: Episode 1486) |
 | Animation | Ornate Vs spin around as a song about them plays. (First: Episode 2942) |
 | Film | Floating kids make the letter V. (First: Episode 3133) |
 | Film | V for voice, violin, Victrola, etc. (First: Episode 3399) |
 | Song | "Litter Rap" (First: Episode 2646) |
| | SCENE 3 | Goldilocks and Baby Bear meet up and she apologizes for her behavior. Baby Bear accepts and proposes they play a new game, such as cowboys. The two argue over what roles they will be (the girl/boy or the cow). |
 | Cartoon | "Island of Emotion" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2822) |
 | Film | Coverage of a spring kite-flying festival, where both kids and grownups can participate. (First: Episode 3276) |
  | Insert | "Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate the word DANGER. (First: Episode 3627) |
 | 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) |
 | Muppets | "The Sneeze Song," with Kathleen the Cow with a Pig, a Sheep, and Fred the Wonder Horse. (First: Episode 2784) |
 | Animation | Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music. (First: Episode 3460) |
 | Film | What sound does a cow make? (First: Episode 3403) |
 | SCENE 4 | Carlo finds Baby Bear, Goldilocks and the kids all playing cowboy/cowgirl, but they all want to be the cow. Carlo asks them to play a different game why he tends to an important phone call, so they pretend to be cowpokes instead. Bob announces the sponsors. |
 | COMING SOON | Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Mumford turns Maria (and a pineapple) into 3. |
Notes
- This episode's plot is directly adapted from Episode 3078.
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