Episode 2050

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar gathers all his "friends" (Susan, Gordon, Luis, David, Bob, Willy and three of the kids) to take a picture for his Grouch club. He asks them to move closer and closer together, until they're all concealed behind the lamppost.
 	Cartoon 	A girl picks the key that matches the keyhole in order to gain access to a cache of toys.Artist: Dan Haskett
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep."
 	Cartoon 	Hats
 	Cast 	Big Bird talks about noses and beaks, and what his beak can do. He tells Olivia, "I'm awful sorry about your nose." (music button changed)
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "What Do You Do With a Fruit?"
 	Cartoon 	Z for zebra and zoo
 	Muppets 	Clementine hears water running, which reminds Forgetful Jones that he was about to do something. Using the clues at hand (a bar of soap, a backbrush, and a towel), Forgetful remembers that it's bath time. Buster's bath, that is...
 	Cartoon 	A painter pops out of a box and paints a lion, then hangs a "wet paint" sign on it.
 	Film 	A garfish swims around.
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" (#12)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Kermit and the word "taxi."
 	Celebrity 	14 Karat Soul sings "The Alphabet Song," followed by "The ABCs of Love."
 	Cartoon 	A for Acrobats
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster drives a car, but puts on the seat belt first.
 	Film 	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited)
 	Cartoon 	A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A.
 	SCENE 2 	Luis shows Telly and the kids different parts of a toy fire engine and what they do. Telly wishes he could be a firefighter one day and thinks he can become one right away.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	"Zig Zag Dance"
 	Cartoon 	Why did the chicken cross the road?
 	Film 	Folk song: Have You Ever Been To The Farm?
 	SCENE 3 	Telly dons a firefighter helmet and has a small fire extinguisher. After giving himself a pep talk, he calls out to see if anyone needs his help. Gordon, Susan, Willy, and Bob all tell him they have no need for his services at the moment.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Telly checks with Luis if he has any fires, disappointed to find again he's of no use. Luis explains that firefighters don't solicit for work; people call for them when there's a fire. He provides Telly with another helpful bit of advice - "Where's there's smoke, there's fire." Telly takes this to heart when he smells smoke coming from Hooper's Store. He darts over and sprays his extinguisher all over David's heavily-toasted English muffins. David angrily tells him, "You just extinguished my breakfast!"
 	Cartoon 	Roxanne and Violet Gorflatch are alike in many ways, but different in others.
 	Cast 	(Same and Different) Maria and Linda dress the same, then Linda dresses differently.
 	Film 	A young girl talks about her friend, Joe, who's training to be a fireman.
 	Film 	Cat block structure.
 	Animation 	A girl skips home through the city, hearing all kinds of noises. When she gets home, she repeats all the noises she heard with a little dance.Artist: John Korty
 	SCENE 4 	Bob informs Telly about how much work actually goes into becoming a firefighter, such as taking exams and going to school. He states this applies to many careers and sings "You Can Be Anything You Want To" with Telly.
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of Princess Twelvia".Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets 	Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief", who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape.
 	Cartoon 	An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests.
 	Film 	A wall painter on a high-rise spells and paints the word "WET PAINT" in red, but accidentally puts his hand on one of the painted letters and looks at his hand, all painted red, and shouts, "WET PAINT!"
 	Cartoon 	Splash (girl on beach)
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird watches Luis paint a "WET PAINT" sign to position by a door he's just painted. While he goes for some coffee, Big Bird realizes the sign is wet as well and believes making a "WET PAINT" sign for it would help. Luis comes back to find Big Bird has created several more "WET PAINT" signs to account for each other (and even sticks one on Luis in jest). Bob announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.
==Notes==
*This episode's street scenes are remakes from previous episodes. The main storyline about firefighters was written for Episode 1086, with Big Bird in place of Telly. The first scene is remade from Episode 0904 and the last scene is a remake from Episode 0967.
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Category:Firefighters
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16