Episode 3996

	Sesame Street
	Baby Bear and Telly get a letter B
Air date	February 25, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Written by	Mo Willems
Production	November 7, 2001
Sponsors	B, 0
Syndication	PBS Kids Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird plays a musical game of "Bird Says" with the kids. Oscar can't tolerate their happy game and tells them to scram, but everyone stays put. Big Bird states that he needs to say "Bird Says" first in order for them to listen. He complies and they scatter; Oscar admits to liking the game after all.
	Muppets	Monster Clubhouse Today's Furry Feeling of the Day is Surprised, a duck arrives to play a flapping dance, they get chased by an elephant, and they answer a letter asking how monsters scratch their backs. (edited) (First: Episode 3969)
	Muppets	The Number of the Day: 0 The Count's organ vanishes, leaving him with zero organs. He then counts zero elephants, zero yo-yos, and zero gefilte fish.
	Cartoon	A coach gives a pep talk to the number zero. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3725)
	SCENE 2	At the Mail It Shop, Baby Bear and Telly impatiently wait for a delivery from the Letter of the Day Club (which Baby Bear is a proud card-carrying member of). Mail carrier Grover finally arrives with the package. Inside is a dimensional, lowercase letter B, and Maria reads the pair the accompanying note from the club, which mentions several B words.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Inspired by the letter, the pair jaunt down the street singing a tune naming all the B words they see along the way.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	As they reach Oscar's trash can area, Baby Bear comes up with a letter B game, using the B to act like a boat. Suddenly, he's called away by Papa Bear to take a family photo. He leaves the B in Telly's care. Telly tries the game on his own, seeing if the B can bounce. Instead, it breaks. He frets that Baby Bear will be upset with him upon his return and acts out the likely scenario where Baby Bear ends their friendship over this. When Baby Bear returns for real, he's upset over his broken letter, but still considers Telly his friend, knowing it was an accident. The two agree they need a grown-up's help in treating the B.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	They rush over to Gina's clinic, just as she finishes dealing with a duck patient. They figure that she can lend her veterinary skills to help the letter. Although it's not an animal, Gina gives it a try and pieces the bump together again, then applies some bandages to keep it in place. The letter looks slightly different, but Baby Bear doesn't mind, since the bandages add visual interest and also begin with B. As they head out, Telly tells Gina she should consider a second career in letter repair.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Emerging from Gina's office, Telly and Baby Bear sing their B song once again (using words from their medical escapade).
	Celebrity	The Dixie Chicks sing "No Letter Better Than B" with the help of Big Bird, Bert, Baby Bear, The Count and his bats, some chickens and another bird.
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird looks for Ernie's box with the Martians' help. (First: Episode 3981)
	Film	"Happy Happiness," against footage of kids playing at a beach. (First: Episode 3320)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird looks for Ernie's box in the chicken coop. (First: Episode 3984)
	Cartoon	"Hey Diddle Diddle" (First: Episode 2404)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird tries to catch Ernie's box using the penguins' pattern. We found him! (First: Episode 3981)
	Muppets	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie." (First: Episode 3842) Come back tomorrow for another Journey to Ernie.
	Muppets	The Spanish Word of the Day: hola Everyone tells Grover "hola," (hello) but he doesn't know what it means. Maria tells him, but now there's no one for Grover to say hola to... except the viewer.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Families (First: Episode 3975)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird, Baby Bear, and Telly read the sponsors.