Episode 2855

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Tim Robbins arrives on Sesame Street, and Big Bird and Snuffy try to guess who he's looking for. It's not Bob, Alice, or Gabi, but Prairie Dawn. When she shows up he becomes star-struck, mentioning some of his favorite Prairie Dawn pageants, and she invites him to watch the rehearsal of her newest pageant. He accepts, and they all follow Prairie to the yard. Snuffy and Big Bird are glad they were able to help Tim out, commenting how grown-ups need a lot of help.
 	Cartoon 	The 'J' TrainVoice: Daws Butler
 	Muppets 	"Readers of the Open Range"
 	Animation 	Abstract count to 19
 	Cast 	Gordon hosts "The Crossing Zone," in which a boy named Jonathan has to find a way to cross the street. Susan helps him across.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Isadora's sneakers describe all the fun they've had this past year, as the seasons change.
 	SCENE 2 	Prairie tells Tim that her new pageant is about the four seasons. The cast, consisting of Elmo as Spring, Big Bird as Summer, Snuffy as Autumn, and Grundgetta as Winter, only has one rehearsal left before today's premiere, but Grundgetta refuses to be in the pageant and storms off. Prairie quickly chooses Tim as a replacement for the role of Winter, and the others encourage him to give it a try. Tim accepts, and when he puts on the snowflake headpiece he remarks, "I'm beginning to feel a little wintry already..."
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word SHADOW, then sees one of itself projected behind it.
 	Film 	Chimps running around (piano music)
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	"Box City Recycling Rap"Kids sing a rap song about recycling. They build a city out of boxes and cartons.
 	SCENE 3 	Prairie coaches Tim as he rehearses his role as Winter, telling him to first try being big and bold, then soft and light. Neither seems to work well until his next try, where he does a little bit of both.
 	SCENE 3cont'd	Prairie tells everyone to get in their places, but Jelani tells Snuffy that his mommy wants him to come home right now. Overwhelmingly, Prairie chooses Tim as replacement for the role of Autumn.
 	Cartoon 	Magical Herman's number trick
 	Muppets 	The Count has Telly help him demonstrate over and under. He counts the number of times Telly walks under the table, until Telly feels like taking a rest, and then the Count jumps over the table, landing on Telly each time.
 	Cartoon 	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop.
 	SCENE 4 	Tim talks to the viewer about how excited he is about playing two roles in a Prairie Dawn pageant... wait, make that three, as Elmo reports that Big Bird had to go to a Birdketeer meeting. "Oh, Tim..." Elmo and Prairie sweetly sing to the new Summer.
 	Film 	Kids count 20 penguins sliding down.
 	Cartoon 	Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes.Artist: Abe Levitow
 	Film 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats."Re-filmed version
 	Cartoon 	A woodpecker drills through a tree to demonstrate entrada and salida.
 	SCENE 5 	Tim tries to grasp the concept of switching three roles so quickly, while Elmo becomes sleepy and needs to go home to take a nap. Prairie asks Tim to put some peanuts on top of her piano, and imagine that each one represents a player in today's pageant, each of whom had to go home. Tim, the last peanut standing after subtracting the other three, now gets every role in Prairie Dawn's "Four Seasons" pageant.
 	Animation 	The Letter Z in various typefaces.
 	Muppets 	John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty.
 	Cartoon 	Gloria Globe attempts to pull a rabbit out of her hat, but pulls out a camel instead, which belongs in Egypt.
 	Film 	Megan goes to the doctor and gets a cast on her arm so it can heal.
 	Cartoon 	Different ways to use a stringArtist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	"J Friends"
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: J for jump
 	SCENE 6 	The show is about to go on. Tim is nervous when he sees the audience outside, but Prairie gives him a pep talk: "Remember, you may be going on a nobody, but you will be coming back a star!" The show commences with an introduction from Prairie.
 	SCENE 6cont'd	Everyone watches and cheers as Tim portrays Spring...
 	SCENE 6cont'd	... Summer...
 	SCENE 6cont'd	... Autumn...
 	SCENE 6cont'd	... and Winter.
 	SCENE 6cont'd	Tim gets another round of applause from the crowd during his curtain call.
 	Cartoon 	A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes on a picnic, with a basket full of cookies. A bug flies by, and tries to get into the basket, buzzing furiously. Cookie Monster offers to give the bug a little cookie if it'll go away. The bug refuses, buzzing even more strenuously. Cookie tries a big cookie, but it still refuses. Cookie offers an almond cookie, a raisin cookie, a pistachio nut cookie, and a crunchy granola cookie. He realizes that the little bug doesn't like cookies. All he has left is a letter Z. The bug is excited, and buzzes off with the Z.
 	SCENE 7 	The audience mingles with Tim after the show (Mike: "You made me want to be a performer!") while Grundgetta announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.
==Notes==
*This episode was later repeated in Season 24 as Episode 3025.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22