Episode 3764

Sesame Street
Barkley dances with Celina and the kids (repeat of 3444)
Air date	April 16, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-1998)
Sponsors B, 16

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Rosita and Lexine are playing checkers in front of the Furry Arms Hotel, when Celina emerges with Barkley, who she's looking after today while Linda runs errands. They all decide to cooperate in taking care of him, and Lexine suggests teaching him some new tricks. Celina shows him the following segment ...
	Video	Fay demonstrates addition by placing 3 balls on a table. (First: Episode 2615)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	After the segment finishes, Celina tries to get Barkley to do what Fay just did. She sets three balls on a table in front of Finders Keepers, and Lexine puts one of them on the ground, expecting Barkley to pick it up and put it back on the table. Barkley doesn't, so Lexine shows him how to do it. Celina puts the ball in his mouth, but he runs off with it instead. Rosita then realizes that Barkley just did a subtraction trick (three balls minus one equals two), and they all go chasing after Barkley.
	Song	"Three Rabbits" minus two equals one. (First: Episode 3163)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo thinks that Whoopi's skin is a very pretty brown. Whoopi likes Elmo's soft red fur. Elmo admires Whoopi's bouncy hair, too. Elmo suggests that they trade, but Whoopi says that they can't -- it doesn't come off. But even if she could trade, she wouldn't want to. She likes her skin and her hair, and she wants to keep it. Elmo says that he wants to keep his fur, too. (First: Episode 2746)
	Song	Kevin Clash sings "Skin." (First: Episode 2749)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0623)
	Cartoon	A seal and a bear fight over a circus ball, but learn to cooperate. Artist: Frank Gresham (First: Episode 3282)
	Film	A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus. (First: Episode 2889)
	SCENE 2	Celina comes back with Barkley and congratulates him on the trick he did. She then points his attention to the next segment ...
	Film	Wegman's dogs form all the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 3266)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	The gang thinks Barkley wants to make a letter of the alphabet, but he just runs around instead.
	Animation	Letter Garden: B (First: Episode 3035)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: B for Bug (edited) (First: Episode 0137)
	Song	"B is for Bubble" (remake) (First: Episode 3266)
	Muppets	Grover recites a poem about a bubble. (First: Episode 3155)
	Film	A girl floats around in a circle. (First: Episode 3130)
	Animation	The word DOG is spelled out over a wiener dog. (First: Episode 3326)
	SCENE 3	Celina decides to show Barkley a different kind of dog, as seen in the next segment ...
	Song	"Cow Dog Song" (First: Episode 0783)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	After watching the aforementioned segment, Barkley lies down and starts whimpering. Linda comes by and is confused when she sees him this way. She tries cheering him up by giving him a dog biscuit and tickling his tummy, but neither of those things work. Celina explains what happened, and Linda realizes why Barkley feels this way: he is a sheep dog, and watching the cow dog round up the cows made him want to round up some sheep. All they need to make him feel better is some sheep ...
	Cartoon	A baby demonstrates 'happy,' 'surprised' and 'sad.' (First: Episode 3396)
	Muppets	"Big Kids Cry" (First: Episode 1488)
	Film	In Trinidad, Asha and her friends practice and dance on stilts in preparation for a carnival. (First: Episode 3427)
	Animation	Masked March #16 (First: Episode 3372)
	Animation	Growing Numbers #16 (First: Episode 2996)
	Cartoon	"Sixteen Blues" (First: Episode 2755)
	SCENE 4	Linda brings some kids over to Barkley so they (along with Lexine) can pretend to be sheep. The kids all baa while Barkley chases them, and he feels a lot better afterwards. Celina becomes inspired, and leads everyone into her dance studio.
	Cartoon	Is no one afraid of The Big Bad Wolf? (EKA: Episode 2405)
	Muppets	The Count's main jumping-over-the-bed sheep quits on him, so he calls the "24 Hour Emergency Counting Service". A reluctant deliveryman in sheep's clothing laments, "It's not an easy way to make a livin' ..." (ending edited) (First: Episode 2122)
	Muppets	Elmo pops up: "Make that SIX pretend sheep! Baa! Baa!" (First: Episode 3417)
	Animation	Cecille sings “Up Down, In Out, Over and Under.” (First: Episode 2746)
	Film	Children demonstrate "up" and "down" with balls. (First: Episode 3562)
	Cartoon	Letter B/b (bouncing circles) (EKA: Episode 2222)
	Film	Kid jungle explorers spot a wild letter B. (First: Episode 3508)
	Animation	Pencil Box B / b (First: Episode 3040)
	SCENE 5	In the dance studio, Celina consults Linda on how to sign such dog commands sit, stand and roll over, and teaches the kids how to do them as well. This is all a part of her plan to create a dance for both kids and dogs ...
	Film	A boy signs the word cat, and morphs into one. (First: Episode 3323)
	Cartoon	A dog tries desperately to meow, but can only bark. (First: Episode 0829)
	Muppets	Big Bird plays a guessing game with the viewer, by giving clues in the form of sounds. (First: Episode 3451)
	Song	"I Put My Leg in My Pants" (First: Episode 3402)
	Cartoon	A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado" (First: Episode 0771)
	Insert	"Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate open and closed, but his efforts backfire. (First: Episode 3637)
	Cartoon	A man asks the viewer to circle him, draw a line to him, follow him with arrows, etc. (First: Episode 2058)
	SCENE 6	Celina lines up all the kids so the dance can begin. Rosita turns on the boombox, and Linda watches in amazement as Celina conducts Barkley and the kids by signing the commands. Everyone gives Barkley a hug while Rosita 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: Big Bird goes fishing with Colin and Marlee, hoping to catch a fish of his own, but so far he only catches a boot ...

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