Episode 2936

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo, standing upside down on his head, welcomes the viewer and sees how many more things he can do before falling down. He starts by reciting the alphabet. Next, he watches a segment about the number 8...
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	After the segment, Elmo says he could tell it was the number 8 because it looks the same upside down as it does right-side up. A stylized 8 appears onscreen and rotates to prove his point. Elmo then thinks about what else he can do while standing on his head until he realizes that he's already doing something: thinking.
 	Film 	A boy narrates a film of what happens when it changes from fall to winter.
 	Cartoon 	A poem about changing seasons.
 	Muppets 	Telly hosts "Here and There" from the library, where it's quiet. His co-host, Deborah Starr, is at the airport, where it's loud. The loud noises of the airport eventually make it hard for Telly to hear Deborah, so he has to talk louder into the microphone for Deborah to hear him, which results in his expulsion.
 	Cartoon 	"The Little Letter L: A Poem by Louise"Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays.
 	SCENE 2 	Elmo continues to think of what to do while standing on his head when a pair of feet wearing tap shoes walks toward him. It happens to be Savion, who asks Elmo if he can practice his tap dancing. Elmo gladly accepts and watches him practice. After Savion finishes, Elmo decides to practice tap dancing while standing on his head and he finally falls down, learning that he can't do both at the same time.
 	Cartoon 	A boy learns to play his violin by practicing.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep."
 	Cartoon 	An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. All voices by Hal Smith.
 	Film 	Ostriches walk and run. (piano music)
 	Cartoon 	Birds pop balloons of all the letters of the alphabet, making them lowercase.
 	Film 	How sweaters are made from sheep's wool.
 	SCENE 3 	Savion gives a special tap dancing class for Slimey. Elmo's confused by this since Slimey doesn't have legs or feet. Slimey then hops along with one tap shoe on the end of his body. Savion puts another shoe on Slimey's head so he can tap dance with both ends. Elmo remarks "Slimey is a very talented worm."
 	Animation 	Arrows give a presentation of the human body.
center 	Muppets 	Director Kermit is making a western film with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter through the saloon doors and shout, "Everybody freeze!" Of course, he forgets this, and instead enters under, around and over the door. He gets the line right for the first three takes, but when he finally goes through the door: "Everybody ... frolic!"
 	Cartoon 	A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse.
 	Film 	A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	A Lavender Anything Muppet and a choir sing "Lonely".
 	Cartoon 	L for life, love, lizard, leap and lumpArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 4 	Bob takes care of Natasha when Flo Bear comes by to give her a reading lesson. She tries to teach Natasha the word "milk" using a sign with the word written on it, but Bob explains that she's too young to read and can't even talk yet. Flo questions Natasha's babbling, and Bob replies that it's baby talk. Flo then takes out a sign written in a series of random letters - she says it's "baby talk," which Natasha reads out perfectly.
 	Song 	"Brothers Song"
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: A man rearranges a LIMK sign to make the word "MILK".
 	Muppets / Celebrity	
 	Cartoon 	A boy leads his sister up and down a staircase.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets / Cast 	"Brush Boogie"
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Z for Zoo
 	Film 	Kids pick green beans in the field. Later their mom cooks the beans, and they eat them.
 	Muppets 	Farmer Ernie sings "Grow High Grow Low" about how some plants grow high while some grow low.
 	Film 	Olivia briefly narrates a film of re-paving a street.
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word "pie," and gets hit with one, to Gordon's surprise.
 	Cartoon 	Eight frogsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Harry Belafonte sings of about the "Coconut Counting Man," who is actually The Count.
 	Cartoon 	Animals who eat crunchy things have nice teeth.
 	SCENE 5 	Bob tries to get Natasha to take her nap when Chicago the Lion lets out a roar. Soon, three kids show up dressed up in sandwich boards depicting vegetables. Chicago explains he's on a pretend vegetable hunt, but Bob tells him that his roaring is keeping Natasha awake. Chicago decides to express his excitement without roaring, letting out a Tarzan yell instead. As Chicago runs off for the hunt, Elmo announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
* This episode was later repeated in Season 25 as Episode 3176.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23