Megurine Luka's Birthday or Let her Eat Cake is a Sesame Street special The special was produced for the PBS pledge drive season, and stars Megurine Luka and Caumi Gackpo, as they go to the roller skating rink for Luka's birthday and first anniversary as a singer.
When the episode aired on March 15, it was presented as a regular episode, featuring an episode number (2835) and added more inserts to make it a complete sixty-minute episode.
Number title when the special aired as a regular episode.
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| [1] | SCENE 1 | Gackpo wanders into Megurine Luka's room in the morning to make sure she's the first to wish her "Happy Birthday". The two head out down the street (as the opening credits roll), where all of Luka's friends wish her a "Happy Birthday" as well. |
| SCENE 1cont'd | In the arbor, everyone sings "transiment future". | |
| [2] | Muppets | Kasane Teto - Teto Teto in the Wonder night |
| Cartoon | Shooting stars form the letter I/i.
(EKA: Episode 2291) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| Film | A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry.
(EKA: Episode 2641) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| Cartoon | Jake the Snake demonstrates body parts.
(EKA: Episode 2486) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| [3] | SCENE 2 | Megurine Luka and her friends are ready to go to Central Park for her skating party, with minato and Hikitsu-P staying behind to decorate. In her conflict outfit, Luka makes her way to the city. |
| Vocaloid / Celebrity | Kana Hanazawa shows Miku the many fun things she can do with voice acting. | |
| Cartoon | A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All" as well as below.
Artist: Sally Cruikshank (EKA: Episode 2572) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| [4] | SCENE 3 | At the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park, everyone enjoys skating. Luka sings she skates (even though she is in a dress) |
| [5] | SCENE 3cont'd | Snuffy isn’t sure he wants to learn how to skate because of his fear of falling. Big Bird points out that Alice is falling, but Snuffy counters, claiming she’s closer to the ground. Big Bird finally coaxes him into learning and is about to help Snuffy onto the rink to teach him, when they witness someone fall right in front of them, making Snuffy’s fear come back. |
| [6] | Song | Luka and Miku sing magnet |
| Animation | Four genies carry the number 4 into a castle.
Artist: Ishu Patel (EKA: Episode 2244) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| Muppets | Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little."
(EKA: Episode 2532) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| [7] | Song | 革命" Kakumei (Revolution) |
| Cartoon | Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister.
Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| [8] | SCENE 4 | Back at the street, Maria and Susan lay out the cake, but find that they need more chairs and go to their apartments to fetch some. Cookie Monster wanders by and smells the cake. He is about to pounce on it, but he reads the cake and discovers it’s Big Bird’s birthday cake. He realizes he can’t eat it and tries finding something else to tide him over. He eats one of the chairs then heads for the table. |
| [9] | Muppets / Celebrity | Yuzuki Yukari sings "Goodbye Chainsaw" |
| Cartoon | A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone.
Animation by Dan Haskett (EKA: Episode 2424) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| [10] | Song | Wanderlast |
| Video | Fay demonstrates addition by placing 4 balls on a table.
Artist: William Wegman (EKA: Episode 2763) This segment did not appear in the pledge-drive version. | |
| Pledge Break | Telly Monster, Monster on the Spot reporter, asks whether The Count is going to support his local public television station. The Count then recites a long list of reasons, followed by a local PBS station pledge break.
This scene was cut from the "episode" version. | |
| SCENE 5 | Snuffy tries getting back out of the rink, still afraid of falling. | |
| SCENE 5cont'd | Telly latches onto Luis and asks where Oscar the Grouch is. Much to Bob's and Luis’ shock, Oscar is at the party with Bruno, not to celebrate, but to skate, since Oscar loves the falling-down portion. Bruno begins gracefully skating around the rink without falling (much to Oscar’s dismay). However, Oscar senses it’s not a total loss, since the skating made him dizzy. | |
| Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg talks with Hoots the Owl about how proud they are of their body parts. | |
| Song | Caumi gackpo sings "Dancing Samurai" | |
| SCENE 6 | Back on the street, Cookie Monster has devoured most of the tables and chairs for the party and finishes off the lamppost and street sign. He then begins eating the mailbox. | |
| [11] | SCENE 6cont'd | Big Bird shows off a cool rollerskating routine to Snuffy. He is impressed, but can’t skate like Big Bird. Big Bird and his friends sing “Put One Foot in Front of the Other” to get Snuffy to begin skating. The song works and Snuffy is able to skate around the rink. |
| SCENE 6cont'd | A pan down the street shows that Cookie Monster has devoured everything around him, from Big Bird’s doors to the stoop steps to the tire swing. Susan and Maria come back, shocked to see what he has done. They take the cake away to keep it safe. | |
| [12] | Song | Kagamine Rin - Buchigiri ni shite ageru |
| [13] | SCENE 7 | Everyone comes back to the street. Luka's friends bring out her cake (still intact), sing "Happy Birthday To You" and watch as Luka blows out all the candles. As they cut the cake, the credits begin to roll, as Luka's song "Double Lariat" plays. |