Episode 2340

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	David discusses exercise with the kids as Bob and Big Bird run around the block. The runners stop by Hooper's Store and Big Bird learns what "perspiration" means when they see how much Bob is sweating. Big Bird discovers that as a bird he can't perspire, but he can stick his head between his legs while walking backwards.
 	Cartoon 	Bolt and Nut show how they work together.
 	Cast / Muppets	Olivia sings about her "One Two Blues" with two Anything Muppets.
 	Film 	Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people.
 	Cartoon 	E for End
 	Celebrity 	Yosh Shmenge (John Candy) visits Oscar, who is the 100th customer of the "Shmenge By-Mail Music Institute." His reward is a free, in-person clarinet lesson, but Oscar points out that the lessons have been for Slimey. Yosh is confused by the idea of a musical worm, but is impressed by his skills and the two play a duet. Oscar then requests some trumpet lessons for his pet pig.
 	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.
 	Cast 	A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (piano underscore)
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called"
 	Animation 	Sand F/f
 	Muppets 	While Ernie looks after Hooper's Store, Bert asks him for something to drink. Ernie starts out with a glass of unflavored soda water, tastes it, and decides it's too dull for his ol' buddy Bert. To Bert's dismay, Ernie then adds some strawberry syrup to the soda water, then a scoop of ice cream, and finally, some whipped cream. Now it's an ice cream soda, which Bert doesn't want... but Ernie does.
 	Cartoon 	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
 	Film 	A baker decorates a birthday cake to a jazz percussion beat.
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of Princess Twelvia".Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets 	Forgetful Jones needs something to ride around the ranch. Clementine gives him clues: it has four legs, a bushy tail, eats hay, and neighs. It's his horse Buster, who arrives with the jeep.
 	Animation 	Apples fall from a tree, which bothers the hill beneath it, as Irish music underscores the segment.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	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 	E ... see me eating a peach
 	Song 	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson)
 	Muppets 	As ominous music plays, The Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does.
 	Cartoon 	It's a whale Artist: Ishu Patel
 	Insert 	Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to play football with Slimey, but Oscar the Grouch thinks the size difference will make the game unfair to Slimey. He suggests Hide and Seek. Snuffy looks everywhere and can't find Slimey. Oscar shows Snuffy that Slimey is hiding in his fur, and says the joke is on him. Instead of getting angry, Snuffy thinks it's funny and leaves to tell Big Bird that the joke was--literally--on him.
 	Cartoon 	A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts the Letter of the Day Pageant.
 	Cartoon 	David reminds a boy to wash his face and brush his teeth before going to bed.
 	Insert 	Maria teaches Telly to count to 10 in Spanish with a song.
 	Cartoon 	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one.
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Lisa what "DANGER" means.
 	Film 	Saxophone factory
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird tells David that he intends to run every day, becoming so in shape he'll have to be renamed "Thin Bird." In the meantime, he orders a fattening birdseed sundae. Bob announces the sponsors and the credits roll.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 18