Episode 2682

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Linda is angry because her television set at the Fix-It Shop won't be fixed until tomorrow. After she leaves in a huff, Maria explains to Telly that Linda just got a new closed-caption decoder, which will enable her to understand what they say on television for the first time, but with a broken set she can't use it. Telly doesn't understand how it works, so Maria imitates what TV looks like for Linda with and without closed captioning, using an old TV frame and a written message for the text. Telly sees how important the decoder is for someone who is deaf, and leaves to try and borrow Oscar's television for Linda.
 	Cartoon 	Letter U salesman
 	Muppets 	"Ladies and gentlemen, the Starlight Hotel takes great pride in presenting the world's favorite six-year-old entertainer, Miss Prairie Dawn!" Prairie sings "All By Myself" with a backup group of monsters.
 	Film 	Kids in a room full of tables show empty & full.
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Geronimo 10-0: instead of a parachute, she is carried to the ground by four birds.
 	SCENE 2 	While Bob balances in strange positions to get the signal, Oscar has the decoder attached to his set and tunes into the NO channel on Grouch Television, on which a Grouch (Jerry Nelson) keeps saying "No." They turn on the captioning machine, and Linda is able to understand what the Grouch is saying! Maria finds the show repetitive and suggests that Linda wants to watch something that she would enjoy; Oscar can't think of a better program, claiming the show has won five Whammy Awards. Bob gives up balancing and loses the signal, so Telly starts looking for another set.
 	Cartoon 	Draw a circle around the bus. Cross out the telephone.
 	Muppets 	A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time.
 	Film 	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited)
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley promotes the use of "Air." He leads his marching band through the walls of a barber shop every time someone there says a word out loud that rhymes with "air."
 	Film 	Lemurs rest on tree branches.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The HummingbirdArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 3 	Maria and Linda talk about watching Edge of Tomorrow, Maria's favorite soap opera, when Telly excitedly rushes in and asks them to come see what the Count has brought. Out in front of 123 Sesame Street, the Count reveals that he has brought 20 televisions! After counting all 20 sets, they are disappointed to learn that each one is broken, and they're only for counting purposes. Big Bird comes to the rescue when he announces that they can use Mr. Snuffleupagus' TV, and he pulls Snuffy's giant-sized portable set into the yard.
 	Cartoon 	A mysterious little box on a tightrope entraps a bird, a train, and a cat, which can still be heard. A large frog eats the box, and makes all of the sounds inside.
 	Muppets 	Clementine and some cowboys sing "I'm a Real Cowboy" to Forgetful Jones to remind him of what he is.
 	Cartoon 	HEN / PEN / TEN / MENMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Grover and Eric observe the differences between fur and skin.
 	Film 	Seashells form various patterns in the sand.
 	SCENE 4 	Using the decoder, they watch a re-filmed version of Joe Raposo's song "Starfish." Linda then recites the song in sign language, confirming that the closed captions helped her understand what was being sung. Next, they watch a fast-breaking news story...
 	Muppets 	The segment starts on the TV in SCENE 4, and is shown with closed captioning.
 	Cartoon 	A dog tries desperately to meow, but can only bark.
 	Celebrity	Itzhak Perlman and a girl demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses.
 	Cartoon 	H - Horse
 	Muppets 	The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches.
 	Cartoon 	The rooster finds a role on the farm.
 	SCENE 5 	Snuffy has joined the group as Linda and Maria watch Edge of Tomorrow. Snuffy finds the idea of a soap opera comical: "Soap can't sing!" Maria shushes them as they finish watching today's thrilling episode, where Crystal (played onscreen by Fran Brill) reveals she has been discussing business with Doctor Bob, threatening her relationship with Kimberly. At the episode's conclusion, Linda and Maria discuss what they've witnessed, and Linda is happy to be able to watch TV with her best friend. Snuffy decides he'll let Linda borrow his TV for the rest of the day... even if it means missing Mister Rogers. He and Big Bird then begin a rousing discussion on their favorite parts of that show.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #19
 	Muppets 	Grover's Health Minute: Kermit and Grover talk about teeth. Grover notices that Kermit does not have any teeth at all, so he puts a bridge of teeth in Kermit's mouth. Grover says to see a "tooth checker," to eat crunchy things like bananas, and to clean teeth with a "tooth comb."
 	Cartoon 	Bolt and Nut show how they work together.
 	Film 	City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover)
 	Cartoon 	A runner leaps over letter H hurdles.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Geometry of Circles #1 "Circle with Flower"
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar has a closed-captioning decoder of his own for Irvine to help her learn to read. After learning from the NO channel for a while, they switch to the PHOOEY channel, which consists of nothing but a Grouch (Martin P. Robinson) reading "Phooey!" over and over. Bob announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
* The closed-captioning on the TV sets were done by the National Captioning Institute Inc. which has been closed captioning Sesame Street since 1980.
* In addition to his characters, Jerry Nelson does the announcer work for Edge of Tomorrow.
* An additional scene in the original script featured Big Bird introducing Bob to a duck who has just learned the alphabet. Big Bird translates as the duck quacks the letters, mistakenly inserting "Z" into the wrong spot. To Bob, however, all the quacks sound the same.Tony Geiss Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21