Episode 3292

	Sesame Street
	Vegetable Day
Air date	December 27, 1994
Season	Season 26 (1994-1995)
Written by	Jeff Moss
Production	September 23, 1994
Sponsors	A, H, 16

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Chicago, Gina, and Celina reveal some stuff that'll be happening today (which includes a book, a silly suit, a magic wand, and the alphabet), while Zoe tries guessing what today is. After several wrong guesses, Chicago reveals it's "Vegetable Day," his favorite day of the year!
	SCENE 1	The Vegetable Day festivities begin at Hooper's Store with the "Vegetable Alphabet," where Gina shows off vegetables for every letter of the alphabet (with a few cheats here and there, like a quart of vegetable soup and a xylophone made of veggies). As they reach the letter Z, an Italian-accented zucchini (Martin P. Robinson) arrives with much celebration.
	Film	Three girls clap rhythms while naming vegetables. (First: Episode 3051)
	Cartoon	An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. (First: Episode 2813)
	Film	Wegman's dogs form a letter A.
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	The Count sings "The Batty Bat." (First: Episode 2096)
	Cartoon	A magician performs a trick that makes birds appear, and fish can be glimpsed between them. Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 1614)
	SCENE 2	Next on Vegetable Day, Gina reads the story of Snuffle and Gretel and Roy and Keesha. In the story, Roy and Keesha (Gina) leave a trail of cabbages as they make their way around the corner to the Subway Station. Snuffle and Gretel see the cabbages and Snuffle hungrily eats up the trail. Keesha is distraught, but the others show her how to remember the way back home.
	Cartoon	Abstract count to 16. (First: Episode 2822)
	Muppets	"Sixteen Samba" (First: Episode 2822)
	Animation	16 TV sets are counted. (First: Episode 2850)
	Film	College students volunteer at the San Francisco Children's Zoo, which has such animals as ferrets, opossums, and chinchillas. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2227)
	Cartoon	A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862)
	SCENE 3	Chicago and Zoe present Celina doing the Vegetable Day Dance, dressed as a broccoli. Chicago sings a song about the vegetable.
	Cartoon	"Name That Food" game show hosted by Don Carrot Artist: Len Glasser (First: Episode 1491)
	Song	Hoots the Owl sings "This Is How We Take a Bath." (First: Episode 3216)
	Cartoon	Kids sing about the joys of celery. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2976)
	Muppets	"It is I, Captain Vegetable!" (First: Episode 1741)
	Animation	Sand H/h (First: Episode 0630)
	Film	H for Hat - kids try on different hats as camera shutters go off.
	Animation	Planet H / h (First: Episode 2851)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird expects Zap Mama to show him a merry-go-round, so they make one with their voices.
	Cartoon	Leanna Williams explains why she loves her brother’s shoes - she has fun with the box they came in. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2985)
	Song	"Country in the City"
	Cartoon	How Andy Fritz Ate the Sun. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2730)
	Muppets	Oscar sings "Just Throw It My Way." (First: Episode 2794)
	Cartoon	Gloria Globe appears sick and ailing, because of pollution and damage to the planet. Only by taking better care of the Earth can Gloria become well again. (First: Episode 2781)
	SCENE 4	Back at Hooper's, Chicago now poses as a magician with Zoe and Gina as his assistants, who will all do tricks using potatoes. He waves his wand and Zoe says the magic words ("Potato shmato!") as Gina makes boiled, mashed, and French fried potatoes. She takes a sample of each and delivers a satisfied, "Yum!"
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "Healthy Food." (First: Episode 2404)
	Animation	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase A. (First: Episode 3209)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya? (First: Episode 0293)
	Cartoon	Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice. (First: Episode 2498)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig." (First: Episode 2356)
	Cartoon	The Carrot (censored version) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132)
	SCENE 5	Chicago, Gina, and Zoe reflect on the Vegetable Day activities, while Zoe takes great delight in repeating what's mentioned by adding a "schm" to the beginning of everything ("Broccoli schmoccoli!"). She does the same as Gina announces the sponsors.