Episode 3825

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird has breakfast with Luis and Maria
Air date	February 19, 1999
Season	Season 30 (1998-1999)
Written by	Judy Freudberg
Directed by	Victor DiNapoli
Production	October 16, 1998
Sponsors	A, 8, "Granny Bird's special birdseed bread - toasted"
Syndication	123 Sesame Street; PBS Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird is having breakfast with Luis, Maria, and Gabi over at their apartment. Granny Bird has made some special birdseed bread for Big Bird, and he's brought it so he can have some toasted. When Maria gets ready to toast the bread, though, the toaster shakes around and breaks!
	Film	A girl talks about making bread. (First: Episode 3742)
	Cartoon	Soul A! (First: Episode 3359)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster asks Jawhara what letter they're holding. (First: Episode 3234)
	Film	The letter A dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3569)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird really wants to have his bread toasted, but Luis thinks it may take a while to repair their toaster. Gabi recommends they call someone and borrow one. Gordon and Susan don't appear to be home, and Big Bird would prefer his birdseed toast over the other options, so they try calling others while Luis heads to the Fix-It Shop: "All these years of fixing toasters - first time I've had to fix my own."
	Cartoon	Figures dance around a telephone as it rings. Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3058)
	Muppets	Sesame Street Goes to Day Care Telly and Alexa play a guessing game based around parts of the face.
	Cartoon	Noodles & Nedd: Noodles tries to get Nedd to feed him while Nedd is fixated on looking at the stars through his telescope. (First: Episode 3701)
	SCENE 3	Maria calls Gina, who is currently having breakfast with a Honker and says she doesn't even own a toaster (it kept breaking). Gabi recommends they head to Hooper's Store and try the toaster there, but Maria recommends they have some cereal and fruit first.
	Muppets	Mysterious Theater: The Case of the Missing Toast — Sherlock Hemlock must find the thief of toast and a roast... who turns out to be Vincent Twice, the host. (First: Episode 2943)
	SCENE 4	Luis is still fixing the toaster as they all head into Hooper's. Alan is willing to let Big Bird toast his bread in the store toaster, but first Alan has to prepare some for the toast-loving monsters whose bus just arrived. Big Bird wonders how many slices he needs to cook, and Alan and the monsters count the 20 pieces of bread.
	Cartoon	Household appliances count 1-10 and 10-0. (First: Episode 2840)
	Muppets	Ernie and Elmo exchange milk and cookies, and sing "Share."
	Film	A group of girls do a playground cheer ("Ooh I'm so happy!"). (First: Episode 3017)
	SCENE 5	The monsters are very satisfied with their toast and head off. Alan puts Big Bird's bread in the toaster, which instantly breaks into pieces from being used too much. Maria takes it to the Fix-It shop to repair it.
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Just as they all leave, Mr. Johnson arrives asking for some toast.
	Animation	Two pipe-cleaner parents dig up some of their old toys, including a teddy bear, which they fight over until they accidentally rip it in half. They repair it with some chewed-up gum, and then decide to give it to the baby.
	Muppets / Celebrity	Patti LaBelle sings "Gospel Alphabet" with a chorus of Muppets.
	Film	A boy loves learning about fish. He reads books about them, and even catches them. (First: Episode 3689)
	SCENE 6	Maria brings Alan's toaster to the Fix-It Shop, where Luis reports he needs a replacement part for their own toaster. Maria gets out a business card for "Sal's Toaster Parts" and Luis phones Sally, who claims she can get the part to him in a few days. Big Bird worries that his bread will be stale by then, but when she learns it's for Luis' own toaster she has it shipped via air mail immediately, where the package plops down onto the Fix-it Shop workbench in seconds.
	Cartoon	"Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359)
	Film	Milo Counting: 8 (First: Episode 3554)
	Cartoon	Clown Honking #8 (First: Episode 3224)
	SCENE 7	Luis finishes with the toaster and they place Big Bird's bread inside. They wait in anticipation as it comes out perfectly toasted! Big Bird happily chows down.
	Film	A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause. (First: Episode 3266)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: A for Ape (new music added) (First: Episode 0006)
	Film	Wegman's dogs form the letter A, which stands for artist and airplane. (First: Episode 3534)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Playground or Zoo — The monster argues over whether to go to the playground or the zoo. (First: Episode 1475)
	Cartoon	Fluffy recalls being a homeless dog, getting taken in to the dog pound, and meeting his new pal Petey. (new music tag added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2981)
	SCENE 8	Big Bird has eaten all the toast when Alan arrives for his toaster, which has yet to be fixed. Maria allows him to borrow their toaster and Big Bird goes to write to Granny Bird about her wonderful bread. Gabi then leaves to go play with Miles while Maria and Luis stay behind to begin working on "their greatest challenge."
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Books (First: Episode 3817)
	SCENE 9	Maria and Luis continue tinkering with Alan's toaster as Big Bird announces the sponsors. The credits follow.