Episode 2129

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Bob walks outside of his apartment and greets the viewer. He's just happened to receive his mail, and decides to go through it as he strolls down a busy Sesame Street. He finds a music magazine, a postcard from his sister who lives in the mountains inviting him to visit, and a letter from his friend, Lester Little, who writes all about his love for Louisiana in alliteration. Lastly in his pile, however, is a mysterious letter without a sender. Bob opens it, and finds only the number 1.
 	Cartoon 	N is for nose.
 	Cast 	Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it.
 	Song 	"Doll House"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Sign language: Day, morning, noon, night
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum.
 	Cartoon 	I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most.
 	SCENE 2 	Bob finds Telly sitting outside of 123 Sesame Street with a number 2, both curious to know who sent it to him. Soon after, Piri and Sally (Lauren Tom) walk by with a 4 and 5, and Gordon comes out of 123 with a number 3. With everyone collectively confused as to who might have sent them all numbers, Forgetful Jones walks down the street sobbing, stating that he can't find his numbers. Everyone soon catches on that their numbers belong to Forgetful, and when presented with them, Forgetful assumes they've all stolen his numbers and begins yelling for the police.
 	Song 	"I Can Do It By Myself"
 	Animation 	A girl skips home through the city, hearing all kinds of noises. When she gets home, she repeats all the noises she heard with a little dance.Artist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest.
 	Cartoon 	A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come.
 	Muppets 	"At the Bus Stop Sign"
 	Cartoon 	An N-terview with an NArtist: John Paratore
 	SCENE 3 	A police officer finally arrives, and everyone tries to explain the situation. The officer asks Forgetful to describe step-by-step how he misplaced his numbers, and Forgetful finally winds up on the conclusion that he did indeed mail the numbers. Once the situation is resolved and the officer leaves, Susan walks in telling everyone about the letter N she found on the windshield of her car. Forgetful recognizes it as his, and once again begins yelling for the police as the others ditch the scene.
 	Cartoon 	Today's Secret Drawing is a policeman.
 	Film 	Kids dancing.
 	Cartoon 	Two groups of mountain goats try to pass each other on a mountain road.
 	Muppets 	NTV host Nora Nicks introduces Nick Normal and the Nickmatics singing "The Letter N."
 	Film 	Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant.music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett
 	Cartoon 	A salesman offers a passerby the letter N for next to nothing.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon and Susan are planning on taking Miles for taking his first walk in the park, and begin packing things in his stroller like sweaters, blankets, toys, and food in the case he might need them. Once they finally bring Miles out, they realize he has no room to sit in the stroller, so they decide to walk him there instead.
 	Animation 	2 farmers
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster builds a Two-Headed Snowman. It's missing noses; they fight over a carrot which breaks in half, solving the problem.
 	Film 	A baby monkeyMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car.
 	Cartoon 	Kids observe cloud formations, until it starts to rain.
 	Insert 	Maria sings a counting song and game that teaches the kids to count in Spanish.
 	Cartoon 	A boy demonstrates why his dog’s name is Happy.
 	Film 	The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	L for life, love, lizard, leap, and lumpArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Grover is going to teach the audience about "surprise" by sneaking up on Ernie. He sees Ernie sitting in his chair -- and he knows that it's Ernie, because he can see Ernie's shirt and Ernie's hair. Grover sneaks up to surprise Ernie -- but then it turns out to be Herry Monster, disguised as Ernie.
 	Film 	A film of butterfliesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him.
 	SCENE 4 	Gladys the Cow and Buster the Horse anchor in for the Sesame Street Nightly News, both reporting about the case of Forgetful Jones' missing numbers earlier that day, as well as Lester Little's love for the letter L.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Gladys and Buster read the sponsors and sign off for the night while bickering about Gladys' replacement of "news" as "moos."
==Notes==
*Kevin Clash voices the announcer for the Sesame Street Nightly News.
==Gallery==
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==See also==
* Gladys and Buster would host a similar news show in Episode 2330, and then a morning talk show in Episode 2540.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17