Prairie Dawn Goes to the Doctor

Prairie Dawn Goes to the Doctor is a direct-to-video compilation about medical health and care. In this video, Prairie Dawn dosen't feel very good, she has come down with a severe cold. and something called Gastroenteritis, and she has to go to the doctor, but she's afraid to go because she's afraid of shots (otherwise known as trypanophobia), So her friends Big Bird, Grover, and Elmo help her not to be afraid of doctors anymore. Released in 1989.

Segments

 * Grover's Health Minute: The Check-Up
 * "The Ten Commandments of Health" (EKA: Episode 1163)
 * Film: Broken Wrist
 * Kermit the Frog goes to see his doctor, who listens to his heart. Describing what he hears as "groovy," the doctor sings "Heart of a Frog" about different kinds of noises (backed by frog nurses) (EKA: Episode 2649)
 * A man talks about how much he loves his bones. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2955)
 * Cookie Monster and Ernie: Dr. Monster (EKA: Episode 0691)
 * Cookie Monster sings "Healthy Food" (EKA: Episode 2404)
 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie has heard that somebody in the neighborhood is sick. He looks in a medical book to find out how to tell if someone is sick... not realizing that Bert is the one with a cold. (EKA: Episode 0673)
 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie asks Bert to go play in the park with him. When Bert says "no", Ernie wonders if he isn't feeling well, and starts to examine him. (First: Episode 0124)
 * Kermit's Lectures: Kermit has Herry Monster step behind an X-ray machine to show what's inside his body. (EKA: Episode 2254)
 * An old man recites a poem about the time he had the flu. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1845)
 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie plays doctor and makes Bert be the patient for his check-up. He checks Bert's heart, mouth and more. At the end, Bert wonders how he is feeling, but Ernie can't tell him that until he's a real doctor, twenty-three years from now. Bert faints after Ernie's answer and Ernie wonders if there's a doctor in the house. (EKA: Episode 1090)

Credits

 * Executive Producer: Jon Stone
 * Producer: Sonia Rosario
 * Directed by: Jon Stone
 * Written by: Norman Stiles
 * Segment Writers: Jerry Juhl, Emily Perl Kingsley, Thad Mumford, Luis Santeiro
 * Starring: Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets, with Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Martin P. Robinson, Kevin Clash, Fran Brill, Camille Bonora, David Rudman, Pam Arciero, Cheryl Blaylock, Ed Christie, Rick Lyon, Jim Martin, Brian Muehl, Karen Prell, Caroly Wilcox, Bryant Young, and Jim Henson
 * Cast: Loretta Long as Susan, Roscoe Orman as Gordon
 * Songs by: Christopher Cerf, Stephen Lawrence, Jeff Moss, Thad Mumford, Joe Raposo, Luis Santeiro
 * Special Thanks to: Al Hyslop, Sharon Lerner, Emily Swenson, Leslie Raicer, Cher Jung