Episode 3887

	Sesame Street
	Snuffy gets a stain on his cloud costume
Air date	April 4, 2000
Season	Season 31 (2000)
Written by	Tony Geiss
Production	January 4, 5, 6 & 11, 2000
Sponsors	L, 6
Syndication	123 Sesame Street; PBS Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird plays hopscotch with Jelani, Andrew, and Chad when Snuffy bumps into them, wearing a puffy white costume and saying "float... float..." to himself. He explains that he is pretending to be a cloud, and is rehearsing his part for a Snufflegarden play about the sky. Big Bird wonders if he can play with them while wearing his costume and Snuffy decides to ask his mother, who is busy ordering large quantities of food from Alan at Hooper's Store. Mrs. Snuffleupagus says it's fine for Snuffy to play as long as he can keep his costume clean, and she will pick him up to go to Snufflegarden later. In the meantime, Snuffy and friends all pretend to be clouds.
	Animation	Elephants appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays. (First: Episode 3627)
	Muppets	Elmo hears from Dorothy that she wants to see the letter of the day.
	Cartoon	Letter L Animals' Limerick (First: Episode 3740)
	Muppets	Worms in Space Slimey and his fellow worm astronauts make a capital "L" and a lowercase "l." (First: Episode 3780)
	Film	Alphaboy: L Alphaboy leaps into lots of lovely leaves and becomes lazy. (First: Episode 3580)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird helps make sure Snuffy's cloud costume is still clean, gently brushing it and cautioning him about a nearby trash can. Snuffy decides to sing the song he will perform in Snufflegarden as he does a soft shoe dance in the yard, imagining himself as an actual cloud floating in the sky. He feels a bit tired afterward and wants to sit down, but the others warn him it might ruin his costume. "It's not that easy staying clean," admits Big Bird.
	Cartoon	"Wash Your Hands Before You Eat" (new sound effects added) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1523)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Patti LaBelle sings "Gospel Alphabet" with a chorus of Muppets. (ending trimmed) (First: Episode 3825)
	SCENE 3	Everybody is having a snack when Alan notices Snuffy isn't eating his spaghetti with carrot sauce. Snuffy says that he tends to slurp when eating spaghetti, which could result in getting orange spots on his costume. Alan has an idea - he uses a spare tablecloth to cover up Snuffy's cloud costume! Now Snuffy can slurp away... though it results in Alan getting splattered in the face with carrot sauce.
	Song	Kevin Clash sings "The Pasta Song." (First: Episode 3137)
	Muppets	Elmo learns that Dorothy wants to hear the song "Rubber Duckie."
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert Sings Rubber Duckie — Ernie coaches Bert on how to sing "Rubber Duckie" to his duckie.
	Song	"Pinball Number Count" #6 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0983)
	Film	Six children dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3122)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #6
	SCENE 4	Big Bird, Snuffy, and the kids decide to play "Ring Around the Rosie," Snuffy's favorite game. They play a round, but Snuffy doesn't do the "all fall down" part as it would result in messing up his cloud costume. After Big Bird's suggestion of "falling up" doesn't seem to work, they change it from "all fall down" to "all jump up!" It results in shaking the ground, causing Maria to spill her cup of juice onto herself. She thinks a more calm activity might work better, thinking they can all make their own cloud costumes, and they can all sing Snuffy's cloud song. She leaves to get some supplies (and change her shirt).
	Cartoon	A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1736)
	Film	A boy recites his poem, "Rabbits, Trees and Water." (First: Episode 3837)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover watches Matthew type the letter L on a computer.
	Song	"L Rings My Bell" (First: Episode 3580)
	SCENE 5	Maria has helped in making cloud costumes and counts the five in total, counting Snuffy's. Big Bird corrects her and says there's six costumes, surprising Maria with an extra one they made. She puts it on and Snuffy offers to help teach her his song.
	Film	Kenya and Cherie are friends, even when they disagree about how they do their hair. (First: Episode 3834)
	Cartoon	Rap #6 (First: Episode 2502)
	Animation	The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223)
	SCENE 6	Big Bird invites Alan to be the audience for their song, warning him to keep his glass of iced tea away from Snuffy lest it getting spilled. Snuffy and the group perform the cloud song and it goes off without a hitch. Snuffy then talks about how he avoided getting dirty and demonstrates his "all jump up" from his game earlier, which shakes the ground and causes Alan's tea to fly out and hit his costume! Snuffy starts to panic as everyone rushes off to get some things to clean up the stain.
	Cartoon	A girl tries to play catch with her lazy cat, and accidentally breaks the window. She considers blaming the cat, but realizes it's her responsibility to confess. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3519)
	Muppets	Elmo says Dorothy will tell us when it's time to count.
	Cartoon	Ball-dribbling characters count the feet on a wall ruler. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3227)
	SCENE 7	The stain has been reduced to a small spot on his costume, but Snuffy still worries that his mother will be upset with him. Mrs. Snuffleupagus arrives to pick up her son and they tell her what happened. She's not mad at Snuffy as it was an accident, and is happy that he tried his best to keep his costume as clean as possible, saying that "99% clean" isn't bad. She and Snuffy make their way to Snufflegarden with the others wishing him good luck.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Babies (First: Episode 3854)
	SCENE 8	Snuffy and his mommy tell everyone how well the play went, and Big Bird announces the sponsors with Maria signing off.