Episode 3773

	Sesame Street
	Benny goes to Gina's day care
Air date	April 29, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-1998)
Written by	Tony Geiss
Production	December 11, 1997
Sponsors	A, 14

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	A grumpy Benny Rabbit is on his way back to work at the Furry Arms Hotel when he overhears everyone having fun in Gina's day care center. He never went to day care himself (rabbits don't have it), so he looks through the window and seems to enjoy what he sees. He even starts to join in, exclaiming what letter Gina's holding when she asks the kids.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Gina hears Benny and comes outside, and noticing he looks sad, she invites him into day care. He declines at first since he's a grown-up rabbit, but then summons his inner child (represented by a heavenly beam of light from above) and accepts the invitation - but first he has to go get his crayons.
	Cartoon	Soul A! (First: Episode 3359)
	Muppets	Grover: Thirty Seconds On the Letter A — Big Bird gives Grover 30 seconds to find the Letter A. (First: Episode 3640)
	Cartoon	A man is allergic to the letter A. (First: Episode 3311)
	Film	A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry. (First: Episode 2641)
	Muppets	Two flowers, a bird, and two bunnies sing "That's How I Got Here." (First: Episode 2983)
	Cartoon	How Andy Fritz Ate the Sun. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2730)
	SCENE 2	Gina introduces Benny to her day care group, which today includes Baby Bear and Frazzle. Gina explains why Benny is joining them today, and Baby Bear admires his continuation of education. She then notices that Frazzle is nervous because of the size of Benny's ears. She gets everyone to agree that Benny's ears are neat, and so is everyone else's ears. Benny comments that Gina's ears shouldn't be covered up ("If you've got 'em, flaunt 'em.") and is especially looking forward to the rabbit-based activities they will be doing ("I think I'm in heaven.").
	Film	How to say "bunny rabbit" in sign language (First: Episode 3300)
	Muppets	What's Prairie's Problem? — The object of the game is to figure out why Prairie Dawn can't use one of her senses. (First: Episode 2466)
	Cartoon	Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears. (First: Episode 0468)
	Song	Everyone has the same feelings, "No Matter What." Kids of all types play with a huge beach ball. (First: Episode 2782)
	Animation	"We Are Kids From Far and Wide": A girl describes the preparation for the Galungan festival in Bali, Indonesia. (First: Episode 2750)
	Film	A boy dances his way into his family's portrait. (First: Episode 3129)
	SCENE 3	It's "family show-and-tell time," which is when everyone shows pictures of their families and talk about them. Baby Bear displays his framed photo of his family, and when it's Benny turn he tries to remember how many siblings he has. The others help him count as he names them (among those listed are Curly, Moe, Zeppo, Cottontail, and Pirandello), learning he's got at least 14. He then displays pictures of some of his other relatives from his wallet (including the slightly transparent Harvey), and everyone notices that Frazzle is still freaked out by the family's long ears.
	Song	"Bunny Shadow" (First: Episode 3699)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Shadow — The monster sounds out the word "shadow" and then sees one of itself projected behind them. (First: Episode 2578)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (re-filmed version) (First: Episode 2518)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Kadeem Hardison says the alphabet with Natasha. (First: Episode 2787)
	Cartoon	A baby and father illustrate up and down. (First: Episode 2687)
	Film	A three-year-old African boy narrates a film about a day in his life. (First: Episode 3267)
	Animation	A/a (Gordon voice-over) (First: Episode 2240)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster asks Jawhara what letter they're holding. (First: Episode 3234)
	Film	A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause. (First: Episode 3266)
	Cartoon	Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746)
	SCENE 4	Gina serves cookies and milk to everyone for snack time. Benny is very reluctant to eat his oatmeal raisin cookie at first, and gets into a heated argument when Baby Bear encourages him to give it a try. With Gina's explaining how snack time is a regular thing at day care, Benny decides to give it a go and finds that he really enjoys it. He then downs the glass of milk (getting a little milk moustache) and loves it too, and becomes so ecstatic he's in day care that he can't help but jump for joy!
	Song	"You Don't Have to Be a Grizzly" to eat some honey! (First: Episode 3398)
	Muppets	Elmo uses his cardboard bus to demonstrate front and back, when the bus crashes. Part 1
	Film	A group of girls do a playground cheer ("One step forward, one step back"). (First: Episode 3031)
	Muppets	Elmo puts his bus back together, this time to demonstrate fast and slow, but he crashes the bus again. Part 2
	Cartoon	The dancing birds dance fast and slow. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3072)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "Eating Cookie" -- there's another reason every season. (First: Episode 3467)
	Cartoon	African quilt pattern (First: Episode 3145)
	SCENE 5	After Gina has read a story about rabbits, everyone is wearing the paper rabbit ears they made - even Benny. Frazzle has overcome his fear and loves his new ears. Gina counts the "rabbits" in day care including herself, and everyone starts hopping around like Benny.
	Cartoon	POP loves to BOP. Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 3519)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert Is It — Ernie wants to play tag while Bert reads his book. (First: Episode 1026)
	Cartoon	"Fourteen Desert" Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 3267)
	Muppets	Worms in Space make the number 14. (First: Episode 3736)
	Cartoon	Abstract count to 14 (First: Episode 2811)
	Film	Kids draw a map of their neighborhood, and then learn how maps are really made. (First: Episode 2760)
	Muppets	"It is I, Captain Vegetable!" (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 1741)
	Cartoon	The Carrot (censored version) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132)
	SCENE 6	Gina treats everyone to carrots, and asks Benny how his day was. Benny loved it, and even though he's grown up, he asks her if he can come back sometime... like tomorrow. Gina announces the sponsors, and Benny reports the status of Slimey's spaceship.
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Baby Bear wakes Ruthie up so that everyone can surprise her with a birthday party.