Episode 3720

	Sesame Street
	The Great Stinkini
Air date	February 13, 1998
Season	Season 29 (1997-1998)
Written by	Joey Mazzarino
Directed by	Emily Squires
Production	September 12, 1997
Sponsors	S, 19

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	After taking roll at the day care center, Gina tells Baby Bear, Zoe, Lily, Ashley, and Malcolm that today they have a special guest. Stinky, who is visiting today, is surprised to find out that he is whom she's talking about as he can teach everything he knows about plants. Stinky isn't sure how to go about it, but Gina says that everyone can ask him questions and he will try to answer them. Baby Bear starts it off: “What is it like being a plant?” Stinky's response ("It's alright.") doesn't suffice, but he gets excited when Zoe wonders how plants grow. He wants to show them rather than explain, and whispers to Gina the supplies he'll need to do so.
	Film	Kids observe different kinds of bugs and flowers. (First: Episode 3696)
	Cartoon	Ranger Armbuckle talks about how plants travel -- by sowing their seeds. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2727)
	Muppets	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher." (First: Episode 0553)
	Film	The McDoubles (Batty and Crooky) count to 10 on their fingers. (First: Episode 3224)
	Cartoon	What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Tracy Chapman sings with the Muppets about asking questions. (First: Episode 3702)
	Cartoon	Why did the chicken cross the road? (First: Episode 2050)
	Film	What sound does a baby chick make? (First: Episode 3419)
	Muppets	Grover: Weather Report — During a weather bulletin, Grover forecasts weather that changes as he speaks. (First: Episode 3526)
	Cartoon	S for sing (First: Episode 0824)
	Song	"S, You're the Best" (First: Episode 3551)
	Cartoon	The letter S grows on a vine. (First: Episode 3278)
	SCENE 2	Stinky wants the others to call him “The Great Stinkini” as he goes on to show how a plant grows. Baby Bear tells him to grow, but Stinky says it is not that simple. He needs two important things: sunlight and water. First, Stinky gets his light from a sunlamp provided by his "lovely assistant" Gina, and shows how some plants like himself can move toward the light source (almost falling off the table as he does so). Next, Stinky has Gina pour water on him from her watering can. Stinky concentrates, and with a drum flourish he grows a small blue flower from his head! Everyone claps and cheers for the Great Stinkini's amazing trick as well as for the water and light.
	Song	Jerry Nelson sings "Don't Waste Water." (First: Episode 2804)
	Cartoon	How Andy Fritz Ate the Sun. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2730)
	Muppets	Rosita observes Elmo yelling the word "hot," and finds out it's because he learned how to read the word. (First: Episode 3516)
	Song	"Hot in the City" (First: Episode 2751)
	Animation	Marco had a flower. When it wilted, he called his grandpa and told him exactly what the flower looked like. Grandpa told him to water the flower, and it grew again. (First: Episode 0555)
	Muppets	Big Bird recites a poem about the sun. (First: Episode 3357)
	Film	UN words (sun, run, fun) (First: Episode 3583)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "Eating Cookie" -- there's another reason every season. (First: Episode 3467)
	Cartoon	Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow. (First: Episode 1484)
	SCENE 3	Gina lets Stinky know he's doing just fine as a special guest as Zoe asks another question: was he always this big? Stinky explains that he was once very small, and asks Gina to look inside his dirt for his baby pictures: "What do you expect me to do, schlep around a pocketbook?" The first picture is of him as a tiny but cute seed. The next picture is of Stinky's "planting day," where he is put into the soil. He recalls a little girl named Mabel had done so for him, and they still write to each other. His family was also present (his Aunt Ivy and his Cousin Fern). Stinky then shows what he looked like as a little sprout, where he begins to look more how he does today.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Finally, Stinky shows a picture of him at the present, and everyone applauds and cheers for him again.
	Song	"Beautiful Baby" (remake) (First: Episode 3549)
	Cartoon	S for scribble, scrub, scrunch, splash, spring, spin, stomp, scream, stop, sorry Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3504)
	Song	"Wild West Letter S" (First: Episode 3649)
	Film	Kid jungle explorers sight a wild letter S. (First: Episode 3504)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Walks Forwards and Backwards — While Bert is trying to read a book, Ernie practices walking backwards. (First: Episode 3534)
	Cartoon	Ladies, birds, and fish march forward and backward. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3083)
	Film	Nicholas is now old enough to rollerblade, and ride a bike without training wheels. (First: Episode 3514)
	Cartoon	"Alphabet Jungle" (First: Episode 2733)
	SCENE 4	Baby Bear asks Stinky about the parts of his plant body, which he answers in the form of a song as he shows off each part. Afterward, Stinky has a problem as he's pulled one of his roots out from the dirt to show and needs Gina to put it back in.
	Animation	Arrows give a presentation of the human body. (First: Episode 2839)
	Film	"Simple Pleasures" by Bobby McFerrin is played over footage of a girl trying to play frisbee with a dog on the beach. (First: Episode 2876)
	Muppets	Telly sings "My Outer Space Friend" as he gazes out his bedroom window, musing about space travel and his "outer-space friend." (First: Episode 3645)
	Cartoon	19s in space
	Film	Growing Numbers #19 (First: Episode 2937)
	Animation	Number creatures #19 (First: Episode 2718)
	Song	Leon Redbone sings "Have You Ever." (First: Episode 3274)
	Cartoon	A snake has a knot in his middle, and he can't find his end. The detective helps the snake find his end ... playing drums in a band. (First: Episode 2600)
	SCENE 5	Everyone cheers for Stinky once more, and Zoe asks if there’s anything else they can do for him. Stinky says that he likes to talk to others, but goes into a repeating loop with Zoe on what to talk about, driving Baby Bear crazy. Gina announces the sponsors as well as the status of Slimey's ship to the moon, and the credits follow.
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Celina, Big Bird, and the kids dance outside Finders Keepers to waltz music.