Episode 2860

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Elmo is wearing his "imagination hat" today. He tells the viewer that he's now going to imagine Big Bird and the kids playing and running outdoors. The theme sequence follows.
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo claims that he can imagine anything when he wears his hat. While Elmo is thinking of what to imagine next, Mike stops by to pick him up for their bike ride in the park today. Elmo decides to imagine some more after the bike ride.
 	Cartoon 	"Next To Song"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"B is for Bubble."
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Annie Eyeball looks at air.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive."
 	Cartoon 	Two giraffes Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 2 	Mike brings Elmo back to the yard, where Elmo is about to put on his imagination hat - but he notices that it's missing! Elmo remembers Mike strapping him into the seat, him telling Elmo to take off the imagination hat, explaining why helmets are needed for bike riding, and tucking the imagination hat next to Elmo. Mike takes Elmo back to the park so they can look for it.
 	Cartoon 	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Cast 	Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a triangle.
 	Animation 	Luxo Jr.: Heavy and light
 	SCENE 3 	Mike and Elmo are back from the park, still without Elmo's imagination hat. Alex brings the Yellow Pages over so they can find a place with lost hats. They look inside, and find a listing for the "Bureau of Lost Hats," which just might have Elmo's hat...
 	Cartoon 	"Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction)
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie".
 	Film 	As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat.
 	Cartoon 	B for banana and ballerina
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster brings in a suitcase filled with heavy and light objects, and places them on a wall. The right half lays out a feather, a ribbon, and a tissue. The left half puts down a book, a brick, a rock, and a 1000-pound weight, but the more weight that is placed on the wall causes the ground they're standing on to tilt!
 	Song 	Everyone has the same feelings, "No Matter What." Kids of all types play with a huge beach ball.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound Limerick: D—DogArtist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo and Mike go downtown, where they find an office which reads "BUREAU OF LOST _ATS." They enter the office and find a lot of bats flying around. A man (Martin P. Robinson) sits at a desk, looking over some forms. Mike confirms that this is the Bureau of Lost Hats, but the man doesn't know the difference, since it's his first day on the job. He tells Mike and Elmo to wait outside while he makes some changes.
 	SCENE 4cont'd	When they re-enter the office, they find the man surrounded by a gaggle of cats (including Chip and Dip, a tiger, and a lion). Mike reminds him why they're here, emphasizing that they're looking for a hat, and not a bat or a cat.
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Mike and Elmo walk outside again to wait, and when they re-enter the office once again, there are plenty of hats to go around. Elmo specifies that he's looking for a green hat, but the man is so fed up with his mistakes that he decides to quit and storms out of his office.
 	Cartoon 	AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat.
 	Muppets 	A monster sings "Comb Your Face."
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig."
 	Animation 	D / d (drums and drumsticks)
 	SCENE 5 	The bureau man, who decided not to quit after all, has filled the office with green hats to see if Elmo's imagination hat is among them. Mike reminds Elmo about the other features of his hat: it's also small, and pointy, has a feather, and has Elmo's name written inside it. The bureau man tries hard to find one that fits his description, but they don't find it. Mike and Elmo sadly leave the office, while the bureau man and his secretary (Pam Arciero) deal with the ensuing chaos from the hats, cats, and bats.
 	Cartoon 	A man wants a hat, but the hat shop owner's hats are all the same - except for a ten-gallon hat, which complements the customer's horseback riding nicely.
 	Song 	"Drink of Water"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A story of a cat who hated rain, wished for it to stop, and witnessed the disastrous effects of no rain.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 6 	Back on Sesame Street, Alex suggests that Elmo try imagining without his hat. Elmo decides to imagine himself finding his hat and feels better after doing so.
 	SCENE 6cont'd	Just as Elmo starts imagining again, the bureau man comes back with Elmo's lost hat! Elmo almost doesn't notice it, however, because he's busy imagining. He puts the hat back on, and the bureau man cries tears of joy.
 	Cartoon 	Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much.
 	Film 	Doll House
 	Cartoon 	A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Two balls follow an arrow down a hole.
 	SCENE 7 	Mike and Alex notice that Elmo's imagining again, with his hat on. Elmo knows he doesn't need his hat to imagine, but he likes to wear it anyway - not just as an imagination hat, but also as a "goodbye hat."
 	SCENE 7cont'd	The sponsors appear on his hat as he announces them, and the credits follow.
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 24 as Episode 3035.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22