Episode 3769

Sesame Street
Here comes Alphabird!
Air date	April 23, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-1998)
Written by	Josh Selig
Sponsors M, 6

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Carlo welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, and Big Bird passes by, on his way to watch "Alphaboy." Carlo follows him out of curiosity into the arbor, where a TV is set up. The show comes on, and Carlo notices that Big Bird has suddenly disappeared. He reappears, wearing a cape, proclaiming that today he's pretending to be Alphabird! "I'll be just like Alphaboy, but with feathers!"
	Song	"I'm a Little Airplane," with film of kids pretending to be airplanes. (First: Episode 3266)
	Muppets	Telly hosts "Here and There" from the library, where it's quiet. His co-host, Debra Starr, is at the airport, where it's loud. The loud noises of the airport eventually make it hard for Telly to hear Debra, so he has to talk louder into the microphone for Debra to hear him, which results in his expulsion. (First: Episode 2864)
	Animation	The word AIRPORT (with photographs of such) (First: Episode 3373)
	Song	"Some Things Are Little, Some Things Are Big" (First: Episode 3537)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster demonstrates surprise. (First: Episode 2924)
	Animation	M for moon, monster, monkey and magic (First: Episode 3422)
	Cartoon	M for Moon (music and sound effects added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1163)
	SCENE 2	Alphabird presents the letter of the day, M, as he sees Miles making a mural with markers.
	Film	A group of kids paint a mural with the help of a mural artist. (First: Episode 3007)
	Cartoon	In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callowmouse hosts the "Mother Goose Jamboree" at night in a bookstore. (First: Episode 3653)
	Muppets	Grover sells newspapers in the street. He thinks they are for making paper hats, but a customer shows him they are actually for reading. The customer wants to buy a newspaper, but Grover won't stop reading the paper that the customer wants to buy. Grover reads about construction of a new building, a parade, and an expected rain shower, all of which occur as Grover reads. (First: Episode 1966)
	Film	Kids sing the alphabet on an island. (First: Episode 3154)
	Celebrity	Ray Charles sings the Alphabet Song. (First: Episode 3538)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie and her cat Feff pretend to be each other. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3727)
	Animation	Cats appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays. (First: Episode 3634)
	SCENE 3	Alphabird continues his M quest, and finds Maria, about to mend a milking machine.
	Film	Chundo, one of Wegman's dogs, drinks milk from a glass. (First: Episode 3545)
	Muppets	Superbaby Ingrid and Humphrey are in a dilemma: they need a baby to drink from their huge bottle of milk. Superbaby drops by, and solves their problem. (First: Episode 3474)
	Film	A mom takes her son for a walk in the stroller, and he sees all he can see. (First: Episode 3656)
	Animation	M in space (with astronauts) (First: Episode 3696)
	Film	Two girls sing "Miss Mary M" as they clap. (First: Episode 3297)
	Cartoon	M is for Marvelous Martha (new music added) (First: Episode 0013)
	SCENE 4	Alphabird enters Hooper's, remembering all the M words he found. He notices that there are hardly any M words in Hooper's, until Carlo shows him a jar of mayonnaise.
	Cartoon	Three mayonnaise jars follow three different paths after they leave the factory. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2762)
	Film	A girl narrates a film about how things are recycled around the world. (First: Episode 2913)
	Cartoon	"Pinball Number Count" #6 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0983)
	Film	Six children dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3122)
	Cartoon	Rap #6 (First: Episode 2502)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster paints a cookie so that he can compare for the audience how true the likeness is to the real thing. After he shows how he even got every little macaroon, he eats both the cookie and the painting. (First: Episode 3746)
	Cartoon	A dog-shaped television changes channels until it comes to a channel of itself. Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3045)
	Film	A boy draws a picture of his friend, Kerry. (First: Episode 2776)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Erykah Badu introduces herself to Elmo, Baby Bear, Zoe and Rosita, who are hesitant to join her at first, but they end up singing "We're All Friends." (First: Episode 3712)
	Animation	Two giddy female scribbles introduce themselves to a bar code, who can only beep. They recognize him from the supermarket. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2981)
	Film / animation	A talking bowl tells a kid how he became a bowl. (First: Episode 3396)
	Animation	A quartet of horns arranges themselves in the proper order to play Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert finds it difficult to listen to Pigeons in the News while Ernie and the Sesame Street Citizens' Band are outside practicing. In yet another case of miscommunication between the two, since Bert doesn't like it when they practice outside, Ernie leads the band into the apartment so they can practice inside. (First: Episode 0982)
	Film	A Japanese mother shows her son how to play taiko drums. (First: Episode 3156)
	Cartoon	40 lemmings (doo-wop) (First: Episode 2873)
	Film	Kids narrate footage of toddlers learning to walk. (First: Episode 3025)
	Animation	In a Van Gogh painting, a baby takes its first steps to Papa. (First: Episode 3492)
	SCENE 5	Alphabird arrives at the park, and finds two kids whose names don't begin with M. He feels sad about not finding any more M words, and from talking to Carlo, realizes that he'd rather be Big Bird again today. Carlo takes off his cape, and Big Bird happily goes off to find Snuffy. Carlo announces the sponsors and reports the status of Slimey's spaceship, and gives the cape to a boy passing by.
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: A prince and a pig, the main characters of "the greatest story ever told," approach Kingston Livingston III and ask him if he's a writer.

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