Episode 4408

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	What's the Word on the Street?: Author
 	SCENE 	Chris welcomes the viewer before he and Mando start a basketball game, when Rosita rushes in, asking if any mail deliveries have been made yet. She's expecting a special package today. Suddenly, a pig representative (Eric Jacobson) of Hamazon.com arrives with her package - a book called Hola, Lola!, about a little Mexican girl (just like Rosita). They begin reading it to her and discover it is just like the other Mexican kid books she has - they all have kids stereotypically wearing sombreros and taking siestas next to their burros. Rosita wishes there was a book that was more accurate to her life. Mando felt that way too, but fixed the problem by writing his own. Rosita asks him to write her one, but he suggests she write her own about what being Mexican means to her.
 	SCENE cont'd 	Mando provides her with some materials and assures her the inspiration for the book will appear before she knows it. He then gives her the title for her book - Mi Amigita Rosita. Now that she has a title, she needs something to write about. Elmo and Zoe then show up, asking if Rosita would like to dance with them, just like the Ballet Forklorico troupe they saw last week. Rosita joins them in a dance. She still needs an idea, while Mando and Chris try to point out the dance was the perfect Mexican thing for her book.
 	SCENE cont'd 	Now, Abby poofs in to return the guitar Rosita left at her house during their sleepover. Abby states she loved the Mexican folk songs she sang to her and asks her to play "Los Pollitos." Rosita returns to her book, still in need of something Mexican to write about.
 	SCENE cont'd 	Telly and Baby Bear now show up, showing off how they've dressed their dolls like luchadores and ask her to play Lucha Libre (Mexican wrestling) with them. Rosita declines their invitation and continues to struggle with her book. Mando and Chris finally make her realize everything that's just happened was how she integrates her Mexican heritage into her life on Sesame Street. Inspired, Rosita runs off to write.
 	SCENE cont'd 	Later, Rosita returns to Chris and Mando to show off her finished book. All her friends gather 'round to hear the final product. Rosita can't read them her story; it's meant to be sung! She pulls out her guitar and sings them her story, listing the Mexican things she does with her friends and how much she loves the life she leads.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Lauren Graham and Grover explain what an author is by writing their own book about a dill pickle.
 	Muppets 	Murray announces Abby's Flying Fairy School is coming, but first, it's time for "Alphabet Cook-off!" Ovejita provides him with a potato, pickle and pineapple, concocting a letter P!
 	Animation 	Latin foods that begin with the letter P.Artist: Alexander Gorelick
 	Film 	P is for Princess
 	Muppets 	Murray and Jordan introduce Abby's Flying Fairy School.
 	Muppets / Animation	Abby's Flying Fairy SchoolToday for Show & Tell, Abby brings in the enchanted apple from Snow White. During snack time, Blogg takes a bite and falls into an enchanted sleep. Gonnigan and Abby try to think of how they can wake him up, when Gonnigan remembers he wakes up to the sound of an alarm clock. They go through Mrs. Sparklenose's filling cabinet and find one, but it doesn't wake Blogg up. They call Spot, who shows them videos of mouths. Abby thinks they should kiss him, but when she tries, he stays asleep. Abby checks the Snow White story and finds they need a prince to wake him. She turns Gonnigan into a frog so she can kiss him and make him into a prince. Gonnigan kisses Blogg and he wakes up, and notices the apple and heads for it, with his fairy friends tackling him. (re-orchestrated theme song)
 	Muppets 	"Super Grover 2.0" is coming soon, but first, it's time for "Number Cook-off!" Ovejita brings in two sticks of butter, creating a number 2.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Elvis Costello and Elmo sing "(A Monster Went and) Ate My Red Two." The monster in question is Cookie Monster. (sound effects removed)
 	Animation 	Salty and Pierre, spicy detectives, look for the number 2. They climb a mountain of potatoes and find 2 swans shaped like the number 2, while Salty obsesses over the connection to Swan Lake.
 	Muppets 	Murray and Francisco introduce "Super Grover 2.0."
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 	Muppets 	"Elmo the Musical" is next, but first, it's time for "Murray's Monster Measuring." He plans on measuring his kite, but has forgotten his tools. Ovejita provides him with an eggplant, which they measure with. The kite turns out to be two eggplants long, then the eggplant makes off with the kite.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Romeo Santos sings "Quiero Ser Tu Amigo" to Elmo to help him make friends.
 	Muppets 	Murray and Semaya introduce "Elmo the Musical."
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 	Muppets 	Murray announces the sponsors.
==Gallery==
Production photos taken during the taping of the episode:
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 44