Episode 3568 (2004 Remake)

Premiere: January 15, 1997 (Original)
Defunct: 1998
Update on PBS: September 27, 2004
Sponsors: R, 10 (NOTE: The letter Q and the number 12 in the original are both replaced by the letter R and the number 10 for the rest of the show.)
Previous: Zoe watches bagpipes
Next: Rosita practices her guitar
== Summary ==
Telly and Rosita demonstrate what being important is while Telly practices his tuba in front of the Mariachi players. Can Telly handle it?
== Original broadcast ==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPENING 	He talks about calling Craig T. Nelson 'Bert' and Nelson calling him 'Ernie'.cut from DVD version
 	Muppets 	Telly tries practicing "The Blue Danube" on his tuba, but is disrupted by Elmo, who's practicing his drum. After their problem gets out of hand, they get an idea to cooperate.EKA: Episode 4007
 	Film 	Song: You're Important
 	Phonics 	The Letter of the Day: RCookie Monster sings a rap song about the letter R, naming R words and singing about how he shouldn't eat the letter of the day while singing the song, but then he finishes the song (and after that, he finishes the cookie).Words that begin with R: "rap", "repeat", "rumble" & "rule"
 	Film 	"Big R, Little R" (Christopher Cerf)
 	Animation 	A gang of pirates sing about their favorite letter, R.
 	Animation 	Song: Rhyme TimeArtist: Karen Aqua
 	Insert 	Journey to Ernie: BarnyardBig Bird looks for Ernie at a barnyard by asking questions to the animals there.Clue: Ernie is hiding in a haystack and Big Bird asks Old MacDonald's farm animals some questions to find good things out.Characters Big Bird talked to: A horse (once for yes/twice for no), a chicken & a pig
 	Muppets 	Bert tells Ernie that the perfect way to start the day is with a big bowl of oatmeal. But Ernie disagrees, saying that the "perfect" way to start the day is with a frog, who can count to 100 by tens. The frog ends up "knee-deep" in Bert's oatmeal.
 	Interntional 	Global Grover: Israel - KibbutzGrover goes Israel and meets some of the kids at a kibbutz. The children at the kibbutz make a play house together.
 	Animation 	Global Thingy: Ringy DingyGlobal Thingy is unable to practice the violin because of Ringy Dingy's annoying ringing sound. He solves the problem with Ringy Dingy putting it on silence so Global Thingy can practice.
 	Counting Organ	The Number of the Day: 10A talking number ten appears after The Count reveals that 10 is the number of the day. "Finally the ten-sion is broken!"
 	Live action 	10 Music Cases
 	Stop motion 	Misseri Studio: A butterfly has ten pedals.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: MailEKA: Episode 4031Meaning: Rosita sings Telly's song about being important: mailing letters to anyone!
 	Insert 	The Adventures of Trash GordonChapter 269 (Version 2)Planet of the Giant, Cranky Monster Baby: Trash handles the Giant Cranky Monster Baby by bringing a giant baby bottle.
== Trivia ==
*Carlo is replaced by Gabi for the rest of the episode.
*Street scenes 4 to 6 were cut in the episode.
*In Chapter 269 of The Adventures of Trash Gordon, today's sponsors are changed.
*Similar segments were reused in The Letter of the Month Club.
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