Episode 3752

	Sesame Street
	Telly breaks Big Bird's toy car; (repeat of 3422)
Air date	March 31, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-1998)
Written by	Cathi Rosenberg-Turow
Sponsors	M, 17

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At Finders Keepers, Big Bird tries to welcome the viewer with a block in his beak. Ruthie takes the block out so he can properly talk, then lets him finish stacking all the blocks on one of her higher shelves. As a reward for helping out, Ruthie lets him pick a toy on display from an outdoor bin. Which one will he pick?
	Animation	Ten masked dancers are counted. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3102)
	Celebrity	Robin Williams demonstrates with his shoe how to tell if something is alive. (First: Episode 2749)
	Cartoon	A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 1737)
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dance to Aaron Copland's "Hoedown" with some ribbon twirlers. Part 1 (First: Episode 3542)
	Animation	Portraits of kids display the alphabet. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3203)
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dance to Aaron Copland's "Hoedown" with some kids. Part 2 (First: Episode 3542)
	Animation	Looking for shapes on the Aztec Calendar Stone (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 3049)
	Song	Hoots the Owl sings "This is How We Take a Bath." (First: Episode 3216)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird has picked a toy car with a control attached to it, making it go either forward or backward with the flip of a switch. Telly encounters him playing with the car and is amazed at the way it moves. Big Bird realizes that he has to use the bathroom, and asks Telly to watch his toy car while he's gone. Telly vows to make sure nothing bad happens to the car, and has fun testing it multiple times to make sure it works. However, the car suddenly stops working and Telly panics.
	Animation	Computer: forward / backward (First: Episode 3077)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster asks Jahwara to point to parts of her head. (First: Episode 3260)
	Cartoon	"Animal Books" Artist: Steve Segal (First: Episode 3396)
	Film	Wegman's dogs re-enact "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." (First: Episode 3325)
	Animation	The letter M in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2864)
	Film	The letter M dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3636)
	Cartoon	A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0276)
	SCENE 3	Telly rushes to the Fix-It Shop and knocks on the locked door, frantically yelling for Maria and Luis. Miles passes by and points out to him that there's an "OUT TO LUNCH" sign on the door, which means they aren't in the store right now. Telly decides to wait until they return from lunch, but he suddenly hears Big Bird coming back and hides behind the Fix-it Shop outdoor bench.
	Cartoon	A car drives by the water. (First: Episode 3378)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving." (First: Episode 2095)
	Animation	Seventeen derby hats drop onto a balloon head. (First: Episode 2820)
	Animation	Growing Numbers #17 (First: Episode 2975)
	Animation	Rubber Stamp #17 (First: Episode 2975)
	Film	Footage of kids playing professions, alternating with footage of analogous real-life jobs. (First: Episode 2811)
	SCENE 4	Telly, still hiding from Big Bird, wonders when Maria and Luis will return from lunch. Big Bird continues looking for Telly and asks Gabi if she's seen him. She hasn't, but invites Big Bird to play hide-and-seek with her while he waits for Telly to return. As she counts, Big Bird almost decides to hide behind the Fix-it Shop bench... but then he realizes that his feathers (or another body part) will still be visible if he hides there, so he decides to hide in the park. Telly breathes a sigh of relief, and thinks of another way of avoiding confrontation with Big Bird.
	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 river 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)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Jack and the Beanstalk — Kermit encounters a giant at the top of the beanstalk. (First: Episode 1162)
	Cartoon	Me and My M Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1545)
	Film	Two girls sing "Miss Mary M" as they clap. (First: Episode 3297)
	Cartoon	Melba spells her name and her brother's name on their robot, Meltro. (First: Episode 3363)
	Song	En Vogue sings "Adventure." (First: Episode 2951)
	Cartoon	A map of India morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. (First: Episode 2668)
	SCENE 5	Telly has disguised himself as a firefighter (with sunglasses and a beard), thinking Big Bird won't recognize him. Big Bird approaches him and becomes slightly dubious, making sure he knows what a firefighter does. When the disguised Telly gets all of Big Bird's questions right, Big Bird is convinced. He continues his search for Telly, who wonders how much longer he'll have to hide from Big Bird.
	Animation	Today's Secret Drawing is a fireman. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 0200)
	Film	Some kids watch a silent film featuring a lady in a burning house. They instruct her to "go to the EXIT!" (First: Episode 0536)
	Muppets	Grover: Exit — Grover explains the word "EXIT" with Little Jerry and the Monotones. (First: Episode 0210)
	Cast	"Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion) (First: Episode 3133)
	Animation	A piece of paper floats down onto a table, then folds itself into a paper crane, which flies away. (First: Episode 2892)
	Muppets	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Gonna Rock You to Sleep." (First: Episode 2980)
	Animation	Stop-motion: The word TOY is spelled in blocks. (First: Episode 3394)
	SCENE 6	Telly, now out of his disguise, has decided to tell Big Bird the truth about the toy car. Big Bird arrives with Luis and becomes disappointed when he finds out his toy car is broken. Luis inspects it and reveals that it's not really broken - it just needs new batteries. He puts some new ones in and the car works again! Telly confesses to Big Bird how relieved he is not to hide anymore, even demonstrating how he was the firefighter Big Bird had met earlier. Luis announces the sponsors.
	SCENE 6 cont'd	"And Slimey's spaceship is still on its way back to Sesame Street!"
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Baby Bear tries to use the Furry Arms Hotel's revolving door to get in, but only manages to land on Benny back outside.