Episode 3788

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird and Elmo are about to play hide-and-seek. Big Bird counts to 10 (with the viewer) while Elmo hides under the stairs in the courtyard, and tells the viewer not to tell Big Bird where he's hiding.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Big Bird asks Alan if he's seen Elmo, and Alan says he hasn't. Big Bird decides to try looking for Elmo at Hooper's and the Fix-It Shop. Meanwhile, Elmo decides to play another activity with the viewer ...
 	Animation 	Can you find the animals hiding in the T-shirt?Artist: Deanna Morse
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Elmo makes sure the viewer found all the animals, and notices that Big Bird still hasn't found him.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Big Bird learns that Elmo is not at the Fix-it Shop, despite what Gabi said. Luis gives him the idea to look everywhere for Elmo, and he does so. Gabi thinks she can find Elmo as well, so she lets her dad finish fixing the toaster they were working on.
 	Animation 	Pencil box Y / y
 	Film 	Jaws spoof with the letter Y.
 	Animation 	Planet Y / y
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird looks all around his nest area for Elmo, and comes up close to the camera.
 	Cartoon 	Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks.
 	Video 	Kids demonstrate surprise by winding a jack-in-the-box, as “Pop Goes the Weasel” plays.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster Sketches: Miscellaneous: Cookie Monster does something unexpected by not eating a plate of cookies. Once the audience understands surprise, he then reverts to form and eats the cookies.
 	Film 	What sound does a rooster make?
 	SCENE 3 	Gabi looks for Elmo, and hears him crowing like the rooster in the previous segment. He invites Gabi to hide under the stairs with him. While under, they try to guess who's coming down the stairs based on what they see and hear. The first person they encounter is someone who sings, and wears socks with piano keys - it's Bob! They invite him to play along, but he has to go meet Linda.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Just then, they notice some feet bouncing on a pogo stick, and guess that it's Telly.
 	Cartoon 	Which legs belong on the man?
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	"In the middle of the city we have a garden..."Big Bird pops up at the end of the film, still looking for Elmo. "Wow, what a view - maybe I can see Elmo from up here!"
 	Cartoon 	Ten TurtlesArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	Three girls do a "One Potato" rhyme.
 	Cartoon 	Number Guy: "How Many Pigs Will Jump Into This Mud?" The answer is 10.
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo wonders why Big Bird hasn't found him yet, and think that he and Gabi could be here all day. Elmo gets the idea to call out Big Bird's name to help him out, but it doesn't work.
 	Song 	"Ookyook Song," a Joe Raposo song with the Alaskan words for all the things you need to put on when it's ukiuq (winter).Big Bird walks across the screen at the beginning and end of this segment, looking for Elmo in Alaska.
 	Animation 	Can you find the birds in this picture?
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Telly makes sure Dennis Franz knows the alphabet, and offers to be his "alphabet partner."
 	Film 	Wegman Dogs: Batty as Little Bo Peep, seeking her sheep.
 	Cartoon 	A cat follows its ears to a squeaking noise, which he thinks is coming from mice, but it's coming from swings.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo really wants Big Bird to find him; Gabi says she'll stay with him until that happens. Telly, having recovered from his pogo stick accident, comes to the scene for a Monster on the Spot coverage of the longest game of hide-and-seek ever played. Right after he interviews them, they hear Big Bird coming their way, and invite Telly to hide with them.
 	SCENE 5cont'd 	Big Bird thinks he knows where Elmo may be hiding: behind the counter at Hooper's! Telly thinks that now the game may go on a little longer. Gabi laments, "So near, yet so far ..." which cues a Grover segment.
 	Muppets 	Grover Sketches: Miscellaneous Grover, on a surfboard, demonstrates near and far.
 	Cartoon 	Mary doesn't like the letter Y at first, but eventually finds it useful, especially for her name.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	Y for yell, yellow, yodel
 	Animation 	Characters on a quilt form the letter Y.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finishes drinking milk, and doesn't know what to do with the cartons at first, but gets the idea to "recycle" them and play with them like a train.
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird is disappointed that he can't find Elmo. While Alan consoles him, he sees where Elmo is hiding, and asks Big Bird if he's sure that he looked everywhere for Elmo. Big Bird realizes there's that one spot under the stairs which he hasn't covered (because it was "too easy" for anyone to hide there). Big Bird looks there anyway, and finds Elmo and Gabi!
 	SCENE 6cont'd 	Telly arrives at the scene to cover the longest hide-and-seek game which has just ended, and interview the players. Elmo thanks everyone for the game, and leaves for his world.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Balls
 	SCENE 7 	Reporter Telly is now playing hide-and-seek with Big Bird. He announces the sponsors, and is immediately found by Big Bird, making it the shortest hide-and-seek game.
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Muppets	Elmo's World: JacketsThis segment replaced Elmo's World: Balls during summer reruns.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 30