Episode 2759

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo, Maria, Gabi, and the kids finish up their lunches, and Maria alerts them that it's time to clean up. Elmo calls all the kids over toward the wall as they collect their paper bags. A fanfare signals the arrival of "Elmo's Rangers!" Elmo and the kids turn their paper bags into hats and recite some important, environmental tips when cleaning a mess. Elmo invites Maria and Gabi to join, but there aren't enough bags to make hats from, so Elmo suggests Maria make one from her lunch basket. Elmo's Rangers take all the trash and properly throw it into the trash can.
 	Song 	"Every Bit of Litter Hurts"
 	Cartoon 	"Yo Soy Un ..."
 	Film 	Alphaquest: FA faucet finishes a fire, and flood of freaky fish.
 	Cartoon 	A pink circle splits into a cat, and a gray circle splits into a mouse.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Number creatures 17
 	SCENE 2 	Telly finishes eating a banana, but doesn't know what to do with his peel. He doesn't want to leave it on the ground (someone could slip and hurt themselves) and he can't spot a trash can anywhere, meaning he'll have to stand there with his banana peel for the rest of his life! He calls for help, attracting the ears of Elmo's Rangers. Elmo helps Telly remember he has a certain best friend who lives in a trash can nearby. Telly follows the rangers to Oscar's trash can, where he properly disposes of his peel. Elmo commemorates the occasion by making Telly one of Elmo's Rangers too, earning him his own paper bag hat.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	Oscar tells the rangers to scram and begins admiring his latest piece of trash.
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse spot a kitty stuck in a tree. Grover tries to find ways to get the kitty down such as shaking the tree trunk. He finally came to the conclusion that to get the kitty down, he would climb up the tree to bring it down. However, Fred has another idea to bring the kitty down by calling the kitty by saying "Kitty" and the kitty comes down. Now that the kitty is down, they now have another problem - how is Grover going to get down?
 	Cartoon 	A rolling circle becomes a square, then a triangle, and various other shapes.
 	Muppets 	Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird.
 	Song 	"Beautiful Baby" song, over footage of various babies and their parents.
 	SCENE 3 	Luis reads the newspaper before heading back to work at the Fix-It Shop, leaving it on the worktable. Elmo's Rangers come by and assume it's litter. Luis stops them before they head to the recycling center and explains he'll be re-using the newspaper for other tasks. Elmo's Rangers huddle together and decide that Luis' environmental efforts are worthy enough to make him one of Elmo's Rangers, awarding him a paper hat.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Maria comes to the shop and notices Luis' ranger hat. "You're lucky, you got a bag to wear. I had to wear a basket," she quips.
 	Animation 	Lollipop and feathers - what goes where?
 	Muppets 	At the beach, the Twiddlebugs notice that only Thomas has a beach umbrella, which they decide to share. They soon notice that they have no idea where the ocean is.
center 	Song 	"Sawmill" - Folk singers detail how lumber is made into usable wood. (beginning edited)
 	Cartoon 	"The Stranger" - a song about a baseball team hesitantly allowing a newcomer to join them, who ends up helping them win the game.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo stops Mike on his way home and requests his bike and sandwich wrapper for a round of "Three of These Things." Mike can't figure out what item doesn't belong among his bike, sandwich wrapper, a wagon, and a litter basket, so Elmo's Rangers point the answer - the paper doesn't belong on the ground; it belongs in the basket. Elmo then chides Mike for littering, saying he'll miss his chance on earning a ranger hat.
 	Cartoon 	A Flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F.
 	Film 	Jack RabbitMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons" to address the importance of proper trash disposal for the sake of pigeons.
 	Cartoon 	Mi kat iz ... gone
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man.
 	Cartoon 	Four people cooperate building a table.
 	SCENE 5 	At night, everyone gazes at the moon and Elmo wonders if the rest of the world shares his attention to the environment. Luis strums his guitar and sings "Todos un Pueblo" to show how everyone on the world is connected (over footage of various film inserts from all over the globe).
 	Cartoon 	A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers.
 	Film 	In Alaska, a sculptor makes carvings of cold climate animals.Music: David Snell
 	Cartoon 	It's a squirrelArtist: Ishu Patel
 	Celebrity 	James Taylor performs "Jellyman Kelly" with a bunch of kids.
 	Animation 	Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroses as pets.
 	Film 	Kids count ten buses as they drive by.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	"Rebel L"
 	Cartoon 	Kids hear an L poem.
 	SCENE 6 	Luis sings a bit of "Me gusta la leche" before alerting all the kids of their bedtimes. Elmo's Rangers demonstrate they can do more than clean as they announce the sponsors. Maria leads them all home and Luis finishes by mentioning the Children's Television Workshop. "¡Bueñas noches!"
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Category:Environmentalism
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22