Episode 2824

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Elmo (and the Beanstalk) announces he will be climbing a beanstalk today, as well as talking to some string beans (who make sure they're mentioned).
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo welcomes the viewer, and Mike begins to read Elmo a copy of his favorite story - "Jack and the Beanstalk." Elmo loves it so much he tells more of the story than Mike does, barely giving Mike a word in. After Mike finishes "reading," Elmo runs off to find some magic beans so he can climb a beanstalk and get some "gooolllden eggs" (as Elmo puts it).
 	Cartoon 	Gloria Globe pulls a tiger out of her hat, which belongs in India.
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
 	Cartoon 	A girl imagines being next to a tree, a house and a car. "Now I'm going over there," she says. "There's nothing here to be next to!"
 	Film 	Looking for squares in the city (Maria voiceover)
 	Cartoon 	G for Gorilla
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird helps Elmo plant the beans he got from Gina so he can climb to the sky and get six golden eggs (and split the spoils with Mike and Gina). Big Bird puts the beans in the pot and waters them and they both move away to let it grow, but nothing happens. Since it's a cloudy day, the sun won't shine on the beans to make them grow. Elmo begins to cry having planned for nothing, until Big Bird suggests he imagine climbing a beanstalk.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Elmo imagines the beanstalk fully grown and begins to climb it.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Meanwhile, in reality, Big Bird watches Elmo moving his arms and chanting "Climb" in a daze and hopes he has enough energy to make it to the top.
 	Film 	An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo).
 	Animation 	Seis flores
 	Muppets / Cast 	
 	Cartoon 	L for Lion (poem)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 3 	Still imagining, Elmo continues to climb and wishes there were an easier way to get to the top. He gets an idea he could fly...
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Elmo begins to soar through the sky singing "Elmo Can Fly" with two birds, who tell him the stalk's too high to fly up and suggest he climb instead.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Back on the street, Big Bird continues watching Elmo climb and wonders if he ever considered flying up the stalk.
 	Cartoon 	Farm animals are counted 1-6.
 	Film 	Lobster fisherman
 	Song 	Gina and Maria sing "The Word is 'No.'"
 	Cartoon 	An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar discovers Elmo panting in front of his can and tells him to go away, but he doesn't respond. He blares his (broken) horn, rattles his noisemaker, and plays his tom-toms, but with no success. Once he learns from Big Bird what he's doing, he hangs up some signs that forbid imagination and beanstalks, but they do nothing too. Oscar gives up, while Elmo snickers to the camera.
 	Cartoon 	"Crocodile Smiles Song": A crocodile sings about good oral hygiene.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Muppets 	John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble.
 	Cartoon 	"The Little Letter L: A Poem by Louise"Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets / Celebrirty	Harry Belafonte and The Count sing "Coconut Counting Man."
 	Cartoon 	What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Shots of the Louisiana bayou are shown, as harmonica music is played.
 	Animation 	G/g musical notes (Gordon voiceover)
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo is still "climbing," and Big Bird is sure he's got to be near the top by now.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Imaginary Elmo (and the Beanstalk) runs into the friendly string beans seen earlier, who tell him he's close to the top (as well as pointing out their nutritional value). Once he's gone, one bean wonders if they should have mentioned the giant that lives there.
 	Cartoon 	L for lion
 	Song 	Jerry Nelson sings "The Inside Story" over film footage which shows the insides of ordinary household items.
 	Cartoon 	HEN / PEN / TEN / MEN
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley takes his 39-member studio audience to a restaurant, but there is no place for him to sit.
 	Cartoon 	"Imagination Rain"
 	SCENE 6 	Elmo finally makes it to the top of the stalk, where a sleeping giant (Mike) lays. He finds the chicken (Camille Bonora) and has her lay one more egg so that the carton she's sitting on will have the six "gooolllden eggs" he needs. The chicken's squawking while laying the final egg awakes the giant, and Elmo flees without learning the giant just wanted to say hello.
 	SCENE 6 cont'd 	Elmo slides down the side of the crate, which Big Bird interprets as him sliding down the beanstalk.
 	Cartoon 	"Six Soccer Socks"Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Great Movie Classics: CasablancaRick keeps telling the pianist to keep saying the alphabet ("Say it again, Sam").
 	Cartoon 	Which footprint doesn't belong?
 	SCENE 7 	In Hooper's Store, Elmo shares his story with everyone. He then orders some string beans with "scrambled gooolllden eggs" for breakfast, while Big Bird passes on the eggs.
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	Oscar's upset to see the pot is still there, so he tries imagining the sponsors in its place with no luck.
==Notes==
*This episode was later repeated in Season 24 as Episode 3046.
*The original script contained an additional original song to be sung by the string beans.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22