Episode 3655

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Telly welcomes the viewer and explains to Maria and Luis that he's going to The Furry Arms Hotel for a special "Friends of 3" party. He's wearing three hats and bringing his triangles, anxiously wondering who the special guest will be. Benny Rabbit won't let him in however; he's only one and they're only admitting parties of 3. Telly begs Maria and Luis to join him and they relent, then struggle to fit through the revolving door.
 	Animation 	Teddy bears demonstrate opposites.
 	Film 	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (new music added)
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree."
 	Animation 	Writing utensils form the upper and lowercase letter E.
 	Film 	Jaws spoof presenting the letter E.
 	Cartoon 	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dance with Mark Morris.
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "Pig's Love Song." (new sound effects added)
 	SCENE 2 	Telly is amazed at all the numerical decorations around the hotel and meets the evening's three hosts - Sherry Netherland, Humphrey and Ingrid. Though there are few in attendance, Ms. Netherland welcomes the guests to the 3rd Tri-Annual Friends of Three party, then introduces the night's first 3 guests - the Three Little Pigs, who sing "The Alphabet Song." Everyone joins in as they sing the song over and over.
 	Animation 	Arnold uses his imagination.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	Film 	A Japanese boy plays taiko drums in the park.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Rosita explain the concept of "love" in 15 seconds. Grover exasperates about the assignment, but Rosita intervenes just in time.
 	Cartoon 	Fluffy recalls being a homeless dog, getting taken in to the dog pound, and meeting his new pal Petey.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Song 	"I'm in Great Shape": Kids dance with triangles, circles and squares.
 	Cartoon 	A magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance. (new music and sound effects added)
 	SCENE 3 	Ms. Netherland introduces the next guest - the Amazing Mumford, who brings Maria on as his assistant. She holds a pineapple he intends to turn into 3, but magically makes 3 Marias instead! Luis faints instantly, while Mumford finds his wand won't function. He dashes off ("Talk amongst yourselves," he tells the Marias), leaving his wand with Ms. Netherland.
 	Animation 	"Pineapple Addition"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	Cartoon 	Two camels (voiced by David Rudman and Joey Mazzarino) at a watering hole learn to share.
 	Song 	"It's Time for a Rhyme"
 	Cartoon 	Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and Baby Bear visit the Museum of Modern Art, and look at a sculpture by Pablo Picasso.
 	Cartoon 	A car drives by the water.
 	Film 	People go under, over, through and around a hoop. (Luis voice-over)
 	Animation 	Computer E / e
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: E-Ear
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form a letter E.
 	Cartoon 	"Mad Goat Song"Artist: Derek Lamb
 	SCENE 4 	To pass the time, Ms. Netherland starts a game of "Three of These Things" using herself and the 3 Marias. She waves the wand and turns her into a single Maria.
 	Film 	Three taxi chairs
 	Muppets 	Elmo and Zoe demonstrate above and below with a cloud.
 	Cartoon 	Orville the mouse (voice of Joey Mazzarino) feels proud of his new job as a lab rat for Dr. Igor. His job is to find a piece of cheese at the end of a maze, which proves to be difficult.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	Xiao-Mei from northern China describes a festival at the end of every year that her family participates in. Each day of the festival, there is a new show to watch, a series of parades and lots of food like noodles and dumplings. Women prepare floats for the parade while men dress up as river animals. Xiao-Mei's favorite part or the festival is the lion dance. Xiao-Mei also demonstrates how she can walk on stilts which are strapped to her legs, and hopes someday to dance in the big parade.
 	Cartoon 	The dancing birds dance fast and slow.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	SCENE 5 	As the staff and attendees sing "Three Is My Favorite Number," Ms. Netherland makes an announcement - the mystery guest hasn't arrived! She instead brings out The Count, who gives a passionate speech about the number 3. He then introduces his favorite films about the number...
 	Cartoon 	In Egypt, three lemons make lemonade.
 	Video 	Three kids dance in three columns.
 	Cartoon 	Luis counts three blackbirds, which lay three eggs.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd	The Count introduces the mystery guest - the actual number 3 (Kevin Clash)! He gives a speech about how shy he is and almost didn't show up to the party. He rushes off, which upsets Telly.
 	Animation 	Kids are surprised when animated things pop up out of nowhere.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster does something unexpected by not eating a plate of cookies. Once the audience understands surprise, he then reverts to form and eats the cookies.
 	Film 	On the farm, a boy enjoys a glass of MILK.
 	Animation 	Cecille sings "Brushin' Down the Doggies."
 	Film 	A boy named Anthony and his parents are trapeze artists in a circus. David Larible, a clown from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, appears in some scenes.
 	Cartoon 	Esme's wooden clown breaks, and she is about to throw it away, when it suggests she use glue to fix it.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	SCENE 6 	The party is over, but Telly is sad he didn't get to meet the number 3. He thanks Maria and Luis for joining him. When he's alone, the number 3 appears and asks for a quiet place to eat dinner. Telly recommends other things they can do on the street. Luis announces the sponsors.
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Category:Numbers
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28