| Category | Details |
| Title | Lights, Camera, Bert! |
| Season & Episode | Season 44, Episode 4425 |
| Main Muppets | Bert, Ernie, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Grover |
| Human Guest(s) | Chris (voice-over) |
| Special Guest(s) | Forest Whitaker |
| Letter of the Day | K |
| Number of the Day | 10 |
| Theme | Using your imagination and brainstorming. |
| Air Date | February 27, 2014 |
Parent's Guide
Bert reads a book about oatmeal. He won't play a cowboy. He feels silly. Some kids act reserved during pretend play. Make sure these feelings are valid. Don't make fun of the child. Ernie talks about how Bert has the right stuff to be a movie star. This builds confidence. Look for a role that's a good fit for your child's personality. I used to use an old cardboard box to pretend I was a robot because I was too shy to sing. This made the game feel safe. Having specific roles makes it easier to get into the make-believe.
Murray and Ovejita stop by a dance class. They're learning the Doundounba. This West African dance involves waiting in a circle. Murray has a hard time with the wait. Waiting is still something that a lot of kids have a hard time with. It's essential for community functions. Practice this skill with visual timers. Try playing some waiting games at home. It's important to acknowledge the difficulty of the process. Make sure you emphasize the reward of the final turn. It's better to respect the group because it makes the result more satisfying.
Bert gets stuck during his performance. Ernie sings a song to help him brainstorm. Music is like a restart button for the mind. Use a simple jingle when a child feels frustrated. This helps reduce stress. It helps the brain access creative parts.
Gonnigan's worried about a dance recital at the fairy school. He thinks he needs magic shoes. He later realizes his own wiggling is a dance. Kids often think they need perfect tools to succeed. Teach them that natural movements have value. Try shifting the focus away from doing things the right way. Keep your eyes on the ball—what the body can do. This helps build their self-esteem. It does away with the need for any kind of shortcuts.
Forest Whitaker shows the Count a wooden stick. One stick can be used in many ways. You don't need to spend a lot of money on toys to be creative. Open-ended objects like boxes or stones have been shown to boost brain development. They ask the child to tell the story. Ask your child what a household object could be. This helps you find more than one solution to a problem.
Bert stops the film to brainstorm. He doesn't know what cowboys do. Teach your child to pause and plan. Taking a moment to pause and reflect can help you avoid feeling overwhelmed. It leads to better results.
Eventually, Bert takes the lead in the game. He wants to play an alien. He comes up with his own movie ideas. Take a step back when a child gets a creative idea. Let the child take the lead when it comes to the play. They learn best when they're in control.
What's the Word on the Street? : In Sesame Street Episode 4425, we meet the word Imagination, it means the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.
Scenes: Scene begins with Bert. We see him when he enjoys his new book. The name of the book is Fifty Shades of Oatmeal. And then director Ernie and assistant Elmo appear, they have an offer to Bert, the offer is to be the lead actor in their new movie, but Bert does not like this offer. Ernie persuades him.
The first scene of the film is the cowboy scene. Although Bert feels silly, Ernie gets Bert into costume. They bring in the cow, who's an actor squirrel. In the next scene, Bert is stranded on a desert island with a sheep pirate crew.
Bert does not know what he will do, Ernie sings a song there. They continue the shoot, it is last scene, and this time Bert becomes an astronaut. He meets an alien from the moon.
Muppets / Celebrity: Forest Whitaker, who is an Academy Award-winning actor, is in the Sesame Street Episode 4425. He talks with Count Von Count about imagination.
Film: In the film part, we see siblings who imagine with their cardboard box.
Muppets: Murray and Ovejita are at school, and give a lesson on waiting in line. And then they go to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for West African Dance class. He learns some dance figures there.
Muppets: The letter of the day is K in the Sesame Street Episode 4425. Muppets talk about the letter K.
Abby's Flying Fairy School: Today, the class put on their Dance Recital. Abby, Blögg, Peck and Niblet are ready to dance, but Gonnigan says that he cannot dance and he cannot do it in front of a crowd. Mrs. Sparklenose poofs him up special “Sugar Plum Fairy Dance Shoes”, she thinks that it will help him dance.
Animation: It is animation time in the Sesame Street Episode 4425. It is "Ten Turtles"
Muppets: Two-Headed Monster shows the number of the day. It is 10.
Cookie's Crumby Pictures: Murray and Maylon introduce "Cookie's Crumby Pictures". The name of this part where Cookie Monster takes place is: Lord of the Crumbs. Cookie Monster becomes Gobble. It is a monster that ate "one dessert to rule them all," and then he loses the recipe of dessert.
Elmo the Musical: Murray and the children musically announces Elmo the Musical Pizza the Musical. Today, Elmo dreams himself as a Space Pizza Delivery Monster, he delivers the number 10 special to Mars. He loses each slice when meet different situations, and finally arrives Mars, there is no pizza, he has only empty pizza box, and apologizes to Martians for this. They do not mind.
At the end of the episode Murray announces the sponsors at the dance class, Sesame Street Episode 4425 ends there.