Episode 2499

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Bob, Susan, Gordon, Gina, Miles, and the kids tell the viewer that today is Telly’s birthday and they sing about the “Big Surprise” party they plan on giving him.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	After they all leave to prepare, Telly emerges from behind the staircase with Freddy and is excited for the party… until he realizes he ruined the surprise! He goes off repeating “forget about the party” to himself in hopes it will make him do so.
 	Cartoon 	What's missing? (parrot)
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings about "The Insects in Your Neighborhood."
 	Film 	A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Two men push two large bird eggs on top of two hills
 	SCENE 2 	Telly enlists the help of Forgetful Jones to teach him to forget about his party. He tries some methods Forgetful suggests such as turning around and back, staring off into space, and doing several kinds of actions at once, but none of them work.
 	Celebrity 	Max Headroom recites the alphabet.
center 	Muppets 	Bushman Bill introduces Didi O'Day and the Dew Drops performing "D Duah Duah."
 	Film / Animation	Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover has a new method of remembering orders: he makes up a poem to remember what is ordered and who ordered it. Mr. Johnson orders a cheeseburger with a pickle and French fries, which Grover interprets as "Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, French fries, yum, yum, yum!" However, he brings him a grapefruit on a bun.
 	Cartoon 	D for danger, dragon, doctor, dinner, and dessert
 	Insert 	Linda plays a guessing game with Bob, Maria and the kids in which she makes some signs for animals.
 	Cartoon 	Eight buttons are counted on a monkey's shirt.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	How Crayons are MadeMusic: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finds a cardboard cut-out of themselves, but find they don’t have hats like it does. They run off to get some.
 	Cartoon 	Mi kat iz...gone
 	Muppets 	The monster returns wearing football helmets, but they still don’t match the cut-out. They dash off again to change.
 	Animation 	D/d (drums and drumsticks)
 	Muppets 	The monster returns, now with cowboy hats that match the cut-out. Their image falls over and they follow.
 	Film 	A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station.
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 3 	Telly tries to talk to Oscar about his problem, but finds he’s not home. Telly pretends to do so anyway, flipping the lid of Oscar's trash can up and down whenever Oscar would talk. He becomes glad that Oscar isn't there considering the grouchy things he would likely tell him.
 	Cartoon 	Geronimo 10-0: Instead of a parachute, she has a helicopter propeller.
 	Muppets 	On the vaudeville stage, Big Bird and Snuffy identify S words and tell gum-wrapper jokes.
 	Cartoon 	An orange creature shows things that measure.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as he visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it.
 	Film 	Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be.
 	Cartoon 	A sleepy man counts 8 sheep. (Spanish soundtrack)
 	SCENE 4 	Telly can’t take it and confesses what he did to Susan. She’s not angry and tells him that while he may know about the party, he still doesn't know where and when it will be, putting him at ease.
 	Film 	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world.
 	Muppets 	While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself, or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). He then corrects them on the actual production phase.
 	Cartoon 	Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand.
 	SCENE 5 	Telly wonders when the party will be, when everyone surprises him with it right where he’s standing. Then, they all sing "Happy Birthday" to him.
 	SCENE 5 cont’d 	Down by the Fix-It Shop, Forgetful sees the commotion and wonders whose birthday they're celebrating before announcing the sponsors.
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Category:Birthday Episodes
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20