| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird's show and tell | |||||||
| Air date | January 19, 2000 | ||||||
| Season | Season 31 (2000) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
  | SCENE 1 | Big Bird welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, and finds two kids with something to show for show-and-tell day at their school. Big Bird suddenly tells Miles and Gabi what he just saw, and they tell him what show-and-tell is. He becomes inspired ... |
 | Cartoon | A girl bring her pet iguana to school for show and tell. (First: Episode 3757) |
 | Muppets | Ernie's Show and Tell A girl named Rebecca shows Ernie her crown. (First: Episode 3826) |
 | SCENE 2 | Big Bird has become inspired to start his own show-and-tell day. He proposes it to Telly and Rosita, and they agree to join him, but Telly says they have to plan all the details about it first - where, when, who else to invite, who will show their thing first, etc, etc. |
 | Animation | Number creatures #14 (First: Episode 2712) |
 | Film | Kid mural painting #14 (First: Episode 3613) |
 | Cartoon | "Fourteen Desert" Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 3267) |
 | SCENE 3 | Big Bird invites Gina to the show-and-tell, and she accepts. |
 | SCENE 3 cont'd | Big Bird is about to find his own thing for the show-and-tell, when Oscar the Grouch asks for an invitation. Big Bird invites him, and gets a no, because Oscar loves turning down invitations to such nice things. |
 | Cartoon | A fan reveals the letter C. (First: Episode 2746) |
 | Muppets | Worms in Space make the letter C. (First: Episode 3739) |
 | Song | "C, You're Cool" (First: Episode 3443) |
  | SCENE 4 | Gina and Telly are the first to arrive for the show-and-tell. Telly has brought a box of items to choose from, including a triangle and a pencil sharpener. Since Gina knows what both of those things are, he rules out the use of those, thinking they won't be as interesting as the other stuff that will be shown and told about today. He finds a strange-looking object that neither he nor Gina can identify, so he rules that out as well. |
 | Song | "Exploring in Your Closet" (First: Episode 3132) |
 | SCENE 5 | The show-and-tell is about to begin. Everyone feels ready for it, except Telly. Rosita displays her one-monster orchestra, which she plays. Now Telly doesn't feel like showing his alarm clock that plays "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and looks in his box for something else. |
 | Animation | A string quartet tunes up before it plays "Mary Had a Little Lamb." (First: Episode 3744) |
 | Muppets | Marilyn Horne sings an opera version of "C is for Cookie". (First: Episode 3189) |
 | Animation | A strange poem with C words. (First: Episode 3729) |
 | SCENE 6 | Now it's Big Bird's turn, so he displays the shell of the egg he hatched out of. He explains to Zoe that he was a lot smaller back then, and could only say "peep peep." |
 | SCENE 6 cont'd | Telly keeps looking in his box for something to show, and digs up a toy dinosaur with airplane parts glued to it - either it's a "dino plane" or an "aerosaur." He assumes everyone probably has one of those, so he looks some more. |
 | Animation | A chicken lays 20 eggs, which hatch. (First: Episode 3122) |
 | Cartoon | Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0506) |
 | Animation | Portraits of kids display the alphabet. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3203) |
  | SCENE 7 | Gina displays her Sesame Street Library card, as well as the items she borrowed with it today. Everyone is impressed, but Baby Bear feels distressed because he was going to show his brand-new library card, but Rosita points out that both library cards are different, and thus worth showing and telling about. Baby Bear goes into details about the books he borrowed, while Telly continues to look inside his box. |
 | Song | "In the Library" (First: Episode 3423) |
 | Muppets | Worms in Space make the number 14. (First: Episode 3736) |
 | Cartoon | Abstract count to 14 (First: Episode 2811) |
 | SCENE 8 | Zoe displays her flower, a geranium, which she grew all by herself from a seed. She goes into detail about the growing process. |
 | SCENE 8 cont'd | Now it's Telly's turn ... but he still doesn't think he has anything as interesting to show and tell about. He wants to go home and sit in his big comfy rocking chair, which Big Bird expresses interest in seeing. Telly becomes inspired, and heads home. |
 | Animation | Flower pattern - what goes in the middle? (First: Episode 3802) |
 | Cartoon | A bird displays the front and back of a turtle. (new sound effects added) (EKA: Episode 1298) |
  | SCENE 9 | Telly comes back from home, carrying his big comfy rocking chair. He mentions the things he can do while sitting in it, such as reading, thinking, listening to the radio, just being quiet - and, of course, rocking. Everyone asks for a turn to sit in the chair, and Telly gives them permission. Baby Bear enjoys sitting in the chair, especially since Goldilocks isn't around. |
 | Muppets | Elmo's World: Drawing (First: Episode 3859) |
 | SCENE 10 | Zoe and Rosita enjoy their chair session, as Gina announces the sponsors. |
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