Episode 3181

SESAME STREET
Plot	SLIMEY’s new trick
Air date	January 24th, 1994
Season	Season 25
Sponsors	W, Y, 18
Syndication	123 SESAME STREET

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Telly introduces the sponsors for today while walking with Gordon. OSCAR points out that today, SLIMEY will perform a new trick - he’ll dive into the swimming pool in the TRASH CAN all the way from the playground. Gordon is skeptical & leads Telly to the playground so they can see how this will work, while OSCAR bugs GRUNDGETTA over their walkie-talkies.
	SCENE 1	At the playground, SLIMEY gets into position. GRUNDGETTA explains how the trick will work - SLIMEY sits on 1 end of the see-saw & when Jenna see-saws down, SLIMEY will be flung in the air toward the TRASH CAN. After the Countdown, Gordon pushes Jenna down on he see-saw & SLIMEY goes flying...onto Telly’s head. GRUNDGETTA blames him for SLIMEY’s failure, but Telly points out he wouldn’t have gone far anyway, but he’s still proud of SLIMEY for his 1st try.
	Animation	Ocean Countdown 10-1
	Song	"Ookyook Song" a Joe Raposo song with the Alaskan words for all the things you need to put on when it’s ukiuq (winter).
	Cartoon	The Bellhop is told that somebody at table 18 has a phone call, & after he struggles to get to the table, he is told to take a message.
	Animation	Growing Numbers #18
	Cartoon	A spoof of Alice Cooper’s "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from.
	Muppets / Celebrity	The Count teams up with Kid 'n Play for a rap song about how they argued whether they should rap or Count.
	Cartoon	"Recycling Blues"
	Film	Elephants in the zoo.
	SCENE 2	Gordon places Lanelle on Jenna’s side of the see-saw , believing the more weight they have, the farther SLIMEY will fly. As the Countdown begins, Telly rushes to the TRASH CAN to witness the landing. SLIMEY is rocketed toward the sky & almost reaches the TRASH CAN, but misses & lands on Telly’s head again.
	Animation	A hand draws a ditch, & some kids try to figure out a way to get across it.
	Cartoon	W for Wash
	Film	Kids fly & form the letter W.
	Cartoon	Gloria talks about W
	Film	Kids on a playground form the alphabet. (new music added, ending edited)
	Muppets	At night, Ernie sings "I DON’T Want to Live on the Moon"
	Cartoon	Millie & Molly take a walk, & have different perspectives of their surroundings.
	Song	"Starfish" by Joe Raposo (re-filmed version)
	Cartoon	A cube tries to fit through wall holes of different shapes.
	Film	2 kids play drums as animated kid-drawn figures clap with the beat.
	SCENE 3	As BIG BIRD begins a BIRDketeer meeting, Lanelle rushes to tell HIM that HE’s needed for SLIMEY’s trick. BIG BIRD accepts, but only after the meeting ends. Snuffy, their special guest, shows them his special dance - the Snuffleupagus.
	Cartoon	A boy is drawn, but he doesn’t have knees at first.
	Film	Kids dance around at gymnastics to "Rockin' Robin".
	Cartoon	Y for Yak Artist: Jeff Hale
	Muppets	Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, & he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y.
	Cartoon	Y is for Yo-Yo
	Muppets	Mommy Snuffleupagus demonstrates addition using coconuts.
	Film	3 (flowers) & 3 are 6.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover & Zelda look above & below.
	Cartoon	Mr. Tweak can’t sleep because his neighbor above snores, & his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow
	SCENE 4	BIG BIRD is ready & after the Countdown, he sends SLIMEY flyinga He lands right in the TRASH CAN, but misses the pool & instead lands on the trampoline . He’s sent flying away again, landing right into Maria’s soup.
	Cartoon	Animals walk.
	Muppets	The Oinker Sisters sing "A New Way to Walk".
	Cartoon	A crocodile, snake, & kangaroo all cooperate to escape from the zoo & get ice cream.
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: "The Monsters of Venice"
	Animation	CH words (chop, choose, change, etc.)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming.
	SCENE 5	GRUNDGETTA tells BIG BIRD to aim for the poolthis time (a command he doesn’t quite understand). SLIMEY is sent up into the air again & after bouncing around the TRASH CAN, finally lands in the pool, to everyone’s excitement. OSCAR recites the sponsors for SLIMEY.