Episode 2311

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Gordon goes through a stretching routine in the yard during the early morning and explains to the camera that he like so get up this early because there's very little traffic and it's a pretty time of the day. He invites the viewer along for a jog, which is set to a spoof of the Chariots of Fire music, and consists of a montage of Gordon running through the city.
 	Cartoon 	A man saws out a letter E.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor.Singer: "¡Linda paloma!"
 	Cartoon 	A gorilla names "G" words.
 	Insert 	While fixing Big Bird's record player, Luis tells him of a story he's reading about Captain Swashbuckle, a pirate. He tells Big Bird a synopsis of what he's read so far, but Big Bird throws several ideas what happens next, such as Swashbuckle having run-ins with a giant fish and bird. Luis reads him the remainder of the story: Captain Swashbuckle is sailing in a storm, when Luis' phone rings, and he must put the story on hold. Big Bird then thinks up the obvious ending - the bad guys call Swashbuckle and call off the fight because of rain.
 	Cartoon 	A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me."
 	Muppets 	Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft.
 	Cartoon 	Snacks on Parade: Peanut ButterArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog sings "When I Listen".
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel
 	Cartoon 	G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
 	Insert 	
 	Cartoon 	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Kids compare animals and human tools and technology.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "Me Gotta Be Blue."
 	Cartoon 	A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror.
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	Insert 	Count von Count and the kids practice brushing their teeth.
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	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?
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #9
250px 	Insert 	R2-D2 falls in love with a fire hydrant.
 	Cartoon 	What's missing? (parrot)
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets sing "Oh, G" in praise of the letter G.
 	Film 	Squares are shown in close-up.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster looks at different shapes.
 	Cartoon 	What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts?
 	Celebrity	Carly Simon sings "Be With Me" with Telly and some kids.
 	Cartoon 	Three little men climb up the three flower stems.
 	Cast 	Via split-screen, two Lindas sign letters of the alphabet: one is no-nonsense, and the other is very playful. A male voiceover narrates the letters with the same demeanor Linda signs them in.
 	Animation	Match the word HOT.
 	Muppets 	"One Banana"
 	Film 	A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 1 	At the Library, Micki tries to find Telly Monster a book to read. He declines books about cowboys, football, and trains, believing that they will be too noisy for a quiet library. Micki explains the book won't make any such noise as what he's reading about will all be in his imagination. Telly quietly begins to read the book about trains, stopping briefly to make sure the only noise he heard was in his head. Maria announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*The original script for this episode contains several original street scenes involving Maria, Elmo, Oscar, Gordon, the Grouchketeers, Big Bird, Barkley, Bob, and Mr. Snuffleupagus. Of the eight scenes originally scripted for the episode, only the scene involving Telly and Micki appears in the broadcast version.script documents provided by trusted source
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 18