Episode 2280

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	David has two problems - he can't stop hiccuping, and the Count's counting of said hiccups is giving him a headache (as the Count has counted over 100 hiccups, cueing his thunder and lightning each time). Maria tells him to hold his breath, then tries surprising him, neither of which works. David tries one final solution - drinking a paper cup of water while putting his fingers in his ears. The plan works, to the Count's disappointment. He perks up when Maria's hay fever starts acting up, allowing him to count her sneezes.
 	Cartoon 	Y is for Yo-Yo
 	Film 	Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish.
 	Muppets 	Grover, Herry, Cookie Monster and Frazzle sing "Fuzzy and Blue (and Orange)."
 	Animation 	"¡Él juega fútbol!"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches.
 	SCENE 2 	Maria, Luis, Bob, and the kids gather for Oscar's Special Exercise and Number Show, where he'll call out a number and Herry Monster will do that many of some exercise. Herry gets excited when reminded that today's number is 12. However, Oscar keeps asking Herry to do zero exercises. Herry gets fed up and leaves, as does the audience.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates in and out.
 	Cartoon 	A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror.
 	Muppets 	A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers.
 	Cartoon 	I - ice cream.
 	Song 	"Rainy Day Song"
 	Cartoon 	Y for yawn
 	Muppets 	Grover and Katie think of rhymes.
 	Cartoon 	Can you see the car, frog and bird in the picture?
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird wishes he had a heavy rock or book to keep his many papers from blowing away. Sherlock Hemlock enters, bringing his large "Detective's Dictionary" to help. Big Bird finds the dictionary is just what he needs as a paperweight, but Sherlock instead consults the dictionary on what a book is. Big Bird finally points out he needs the book to put on his papers, which blow away when he points to them.
 	Cartoon 	A colorful, rhythmic demonstration of the word IN
 	Film / Cast 	Gordon joins a class for some exercises.
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" (#12)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings about "The Insects in Your Neighborhood."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word.
 	Film 	In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it.
 	Cartoon 	A ball goes up and down a musical staircase.
 	Celebrity 	George Benson plays some "happy" chords on his guitar.
 	Cartoon 	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn.
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues."
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of Princess Twelvia".Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets 	Kermit describes the times it is appropriate to use the in and out doors. To his dismay, a group of monsters keeps going out the in door.
 	Cartoon 	Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one duck (Joe Flynn) is short and the other is tall.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird tells Maria he wants to do something original, which Maria claims won't be easy. Big Bird finds everything he suggests has already been done - including trying to hide a parrot, as Maria points to...
 	Cartoon 	Find the camouflaged parrot.Voice: Paul Dooley
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Big Bird is upset his idea has been taken. He thinks something original would be organizing some kids to form a triangle and square, but Bob claims that's been done too...
 	Film 	The kids form a triangle and a square.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Big Bird thinks he has a sure-fire, original idea - getting a bunch of zebras to slide down into a pool. Maria points out that while the idea is original, there aren't any zebras around to execute such an idea. Big Bird thinks he can substitute the zebras for penguins, which Luis unfortunately tells him has already been done...
 	Film 	Kids count 20 penguins going down a slide.
 	SCENE 5 	The grown-ups and kids gather on the stoop so Big Bird can read them a poem he's written about his futile attempts to be original. They point out that his poem is an original work, making him feel much better. Maria escorts him to bed as Herry announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
==Note==
*Scene 3 would later be used as a stand-alone Muppet segment on international co-productions such as Sesamstrasse.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 18