Episode 3977

	Sesame Street
	Hurricane, part 2
Air date	March 27, 2001
Season	Season 32 (2001)
Written by	Judy Freudberg
Directed by	Lisa Simon
Production	November 8 & 9, 2000
Sponsors	G, 12
Releases	Friends to the Rescue; Paley Center Archive

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	The residents of Sesame Street are cleaning up the aftermath caused by yesterday's hurricane. Papers, branches, leaves, and trash cover the street. The Hooper's Store awning has been penetrated by a loose branch, and Gabi observes that the tire swing has been blown away. As the scene pans to the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, Big Bird and Gordon comment on the damage, thankful that Oscar and his trash can were safe inside Bob's place. Big Bird then begins to wonder on the condition of his nest.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird walks with Gordon over to his nest, and Big Bird is devastated. The doors have been blown down and debris is scattered everywhere, with only a few twigs left where Big Bird's nest once stood. Big Bird mourns the loss of his nest and starts to cry while Gordon comforts him. "You're right, Big Bird, it's not all right... but it will be all right," he tells him and softly pats his feathers as they stand near the Sesame Street lamppost, its bulb busted and the sign dangling down.
	Song	"It's All Right to Cry" (First: Episode 3154)
	SCENE 2	The cast is congregated in Big Bird's nest area, surveying the damage and helping clean it up. Big Bird remains mournful, softly repeating "My nest, my home..." in shock. He is assured that his nest can be fixed and thinks it will be done by tonight, but the others confirm that time and effort will be required until the area can be livable again. In the meantime, his friends invite him to stay with them whenever he wants (starting with Gordon and Susan's apartment) and that they'll need his help in remembering how his old home looked.
	Film	Two sisters make their own buildings, both with paper and blocks. (First: Episode 3686)
	Muppets	Ernie and Elmo exchange milk and cookies, and sing "Share." (First: Episode 3825)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #12 (First: Episode 3898)
	Film	Milo Counting: 12 (First: Episode 3568)
	Cartoon	Clown Honking #12 (First: Episode 3210)
	SCENE 3	Luis shows Big Bird a diagram he made of where the doors to his nest will go. Snuffy comes over and learns about what happened to Big Bird's home and empathizes with his best friend about the damage, but is happy that his friends are helping him out.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	While sifting through the debris, Maria comes across a large feathered hat. Big Bird lets her know that it isn't his, but an Anything Muppet woman walks by and gratefully claims it as her own, first sad when she thought it was gone and happy to have it back. Snuffy offers to help Big Bird clean up, suggesting that that's what best friends are for and they exchange a hug.
	Film	Cookie Monster sings "What is Friend?" against a clip montage of kids. (First: Episode 3886)
	Muppets	Grover: Fifteen Seconds On Love — Grover and Rosita have fifteen seconds to talk about love. (First: Episode 3527)
	Cartoon	What if we celebrated Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts? (First: Episode 0488)
	Film	Kids on a jungle safari spot an ornate G swing through the trees. (First: Episode 3498)
	Animation	Pencil box G / g (First: Episode 3042)
	Film	G for go, girls, guitar, goldfish etc. (First: Episode 3269)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird remarks that it's now the time he usually sings "The Alphabet Song" in his nest using his special alphabet sign. Gabi and Miles find the sign, albeit in two pieces, but put it together so they and the kids can all sing together. Snuffy heads home to get a snuffle snack; Big Bird is hungry himself, but can't go to his nest as usual for a birdseed snack. Fortunately, Alan invites him over to Hooper's Store for the same purpose. The portion involving the alphabet song was cut in the home video release.
	Film	Kids comment on their favorite foods.
	Celebrity	Opera star Renée Fleming sings about "Counting Forwards and Backwards."
	Cartoon	Ladies, birds, and fish march forward and backward. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3083)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird enjoys his birdseed milkshake and cookie at Hooper's when Elmo and Baby Bear walk in. Baby Bear shows a picture he drew of his family during the hurricane, in which Goldilocks stayed with them and all that is visible in the dark is their eyes. He found the storm frightening, but says that making the picture made him feel better. Big Bird recalls that after his snack he would usually take a nap in his nest, but he can't do that right now. The others sing him a lullaby to the tune of "Rock-a-bye Baby" so he can take a nap there, and he promptly falls asleep. Baby Bear and Elmo find the lullaby very soothing and fall asleep in the store as well.
	Film	William Wegman's dogs portray an orchestra conductor and pianist. (First: Episode 3945)
	Muppets	Musical Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf sing "One Fine Face." The two then leave to play bingo with Grandma. (First: Episode 3949)
	Film	Paper crumples to reveal G, g, and Gg. (First: Episode 3128)
	Song	"Big G and Little G" (First: Episode 3397)
	SCENE 6	At the Robinsons' apartment, Big Bird explains the day's occurrences to Gordon and Susan. He walks over to the window to see how his nest area is progressing, but becomes disappointed with the current results. Big Bird recalls Baby Bear saying that drawing his picture made him feel better, so he decides to draw a picture himself. Gordon gives him some paper and crayons and he gets to work.
	Film	A child explains that he can paint anything.
	Cartoon	Noodles & Nedd: Leaf Painting This segment appeared only in the original 2001 broadcast.
	Animation	A mother and daughter walk through a park. After coming home, the child draws a picture of the things she saw there. (First: Episode 3955) This animation replaced the above segment when this episode was rerun on PBS in 2004 and 2005.
	Film	Ornate 12s fly through the air. (First: Episode 3274)
	Cartoon	Rubber Stamp #12 (First: Episode 2932)
	SCENE 7	Big Bird shows Gordon his finished picture, which depicts himself in his nest. He's a little sad that it reminds him how things used to be, but Gordon reminds him that it can also be a picture of how it's going to be once the nest area is repaired. Big Bird likes the idea of his picture having two meanings.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Drawing (First: Episode 3859)
	SCENE 8	Big Bird thanks Susan and Gordon for the leftover birdseed stew and suggests more activities they can do together as Susan and Gordon announce the sponsors. cut from the DVD version The story of the hurricane continues in Episode 3978...

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Part of Scene 1 is included on 40 Years of Sunny Days (the excerpt however is from Friends to the Rescue). Behind-the-scenes footage of this and other scenes from the episode are featured on A&E Biography: Sesame Street.

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