Episode 2989

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Grundgetta stays in Oscar's trash can while he visits his cousin Smudgley. She becomes annoyed when Elmo wants to happily welcome the viewer, as she prefers an "unwelcome." Elmo tries to comply by saying welcome so quietly, she can't hear him. She's pleased with the result, until Gordon happens by and welcomes the viewer on his own. Grundgetta screams, Elmo is in hysterics, and Gordon is left confused.
 	Animation 	Thirteen hamburgers dance around.
 	Muppets 	Bip Bipadotta sings about "Air."
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Annie Eyeball, PhD., looks at breathing.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Song 	"It's Easy"
 	SCENE 2 	Preposterous gnaws on his squeaky pickle, accidentally dropping it on the sidewalk. Linda and Barkley pass by and Barkley snatches it up as Linda tries to tickle the cranky puppy. When the two stop for a break in the yard, Preposterous reclaims his pickle and runs back home. Barkley drags Linda back over to Preposterous, which gets Grundgetta's attention and she enjoys the chaos.
 	Cartoon 	A poem about dogs of different sizes, feelings and colors.Artist: Deanna Morse
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows."
 	Cartoon 	Why did the chicken cross the road?
 	Film 	"Visiting Iesha": Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family is black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	SCENE 3 	Grundgetta is disgusted as Gordon prepares to give Susan a bouquet of flowers. Before he can, Preposterous eats them all while Gordon hides them from Susan's view, leaving only the stems. Grundgetta is shocked when they don't become angry, as they're instead merely amused at the dog's antics. However, this does cause her to be the angry one.
 	Cartoon 	A boy's friends bring him flowers to cheer him up, not knowing that he's allergic to them.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	La palabra cerrado
 	Film 	Looking for rectangles in the city (Maria voice-over)
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo, Alice, and Caitlin observe as Linda and Lisa set up the library before opening it to the public. Inside, Lisa and Linda both like seeing the library in a calm, clean state after restacking some books, turning on the computer, and laying out some new magazines and newspapers, but like it more when it's open and full of friendly, book-hungry patrons.
 	Cartoon 	The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light.
 	Film 	A child narrates a film of him and his brother, Andrew, taking a ride on the ferry.
 	Cartoon 	Y for yawn
 	Muppets 	Here Is Your LifeDisguised as a dentist, Guy Smiley surprises a tooth at a dentist's office. The tooth is reunited with healthy food (represented by Carl Carrot and Melvin Milk), his dentist, and toothbrush/toothpaste pair Bristly and Pastey.
 	Cartoon 	A map of India morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
 	Song 	Jeff Redd sings "Between."
 	Cartoon 	What's missing? (cow)
 	SCENE 5 	Grundgetta carries a large stack of rotten-sounding books to the front desk. Since she's only allowed to check out four at a time, she tries to narrow down her choices. She comes to realize that the books she's picked out (including The Story of a Bad Boy, The Ugly Duckling, and The Tale of Two Bad Mice) are actually much nicer than their titles let on. Linda leads her to their special Grouch section. Grundgetta sticks her large pile with Gordon, whom Lisa reminds of their four-book policy.
 	Song 	"Every Bit of Litter Hurts"
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup, roast beef, and peach pie, wanting them in that order (one at a time). Grover doesn't understand the order and keeps bringing the wrong item. Upon being brought the pie twice, Johnson explains that he wants that after "everything else," prompting Grover to bring everything else on the menu.
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #13
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Celia Cruz tells Big Bird about a hummingbird, and sings "Zunzun."
 	Animation 	Sand Y/y
 	SCENE 6 	Lisa and Linda are confused when they see an entire shelf of books is missing. They find Elmo and Alice have them for the purposes of answering an important question - are all the books in the library shaped like rectangles? Linda takes them over the children's section, where they have books in many non-traditional shapes. Elmo is pleased with the answer, then poses another question - will Linda and Lisa read to them?
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP.
 	Muppets 	The Oinker Sisters sing "The Boogie-Woogie Piggies."
 	Cartoon 	A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 7 	Alice and Elmo help the staff put all the books they took back onto the shelves as Gordon announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23