Episode 2953

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis welcomes the viewer and asks Telly to be careful not to break his vase. As he goes to answer the phone inside the Fix-It Shop, Telly admires the swirly designs on the vase, waving his hands around and accidentally knocking the vase to the ground where it shatters. He shows Roxie Marie what he did, and thinking that Luis will yell at him for breaking the vase, Telly runs away in fear.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Luis comes back outside and notices the remains of the vase on the ground. Roxie explains how Telly feels very guilty about it and believes Luis will yell at him. Luis assures her that he won't - it was an accident. Roxie is impressed at how Luis handles these situations: "If I ever break somethin', I hope it's somethin' of yours."
 	Animation 	Cecille sings "Brushin' Down the Doggies."
 	Muppets 	Kermit describes the times it is appropriate to use the in and out doors. To his dismay, a group of monsters keeps going out the in door.
 	Cartoon 	A man walks in an IN.
 	Film 	Michael introduces his friend to the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira.
 	Cartoon 	Animated quilt patterns.
 	SCENE 2 	Luis tells Gordon and Savion to keep an eye out for Telly and tell him he's looking for him, but won't get mad at him.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Meanwhile in the yard, Mumford is about to eat his lunch when Telly begs to be turned invisible so Luis won't find him. Mumford agrees to do so, but succeeds at making everything else invisible except Telly - his lunch, the crate he's using as a table, and even himself (save for his top hat). Savion spots Telly and informs him that Luis is looking for him; Telly runs away screaming again.
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	Muppets 	The Beetles are "Thinking of U."
 	Cartoon 	AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat.
 	Film 	Pizza is made.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 3 	To hide from Luis, Telly disguises himself as a banana, complete with a "BANANA" sign. However, he is mistaken for a real one by Joey and Davey Monkey who try to carry him away. Gordon reports to Telly that Luis is looking for him, and Telly quickly "splits" the scene.
 	Cartoon 	"Banana Samba" (short version)
 	Cartoon 	At night, a group of mice are scared of a monster in the woods. They describe its features until the feared monster looks like an elephant - who is more scared of the mice.
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse look for water in the desert.
 	Cartoon 	Z In Space
 	Song 	"Fixin' My Hair"
 	SCENE 4 	Telly has packed up his suitcase and is ready to run away from home. Rosita catches up with him and begs Telly not to run away. She tells him a story: when she was a little monster, she accidentally spilled her bowl of oatmeal and broke the bowl. She hid under the bed, but knew she couldn't stay there forever, so she told her mami the truth and she forgave her. Telly realizes he should do the same with Luis, and goes off to look for him.
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	Telly finds Luis, and tells him the truth. Instead of yelling at him, Luis invites him over to Hooper's for a soda and to talk things over. Telly is impressed at how great a guy Luis can be.
 	Cartoon 	The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square."Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks, "Would ya like one?"
 	Song 	"Elbows and Knees"
 	Cartoon 	The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light.
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon and the Count present the number 1 to the viewer. Gordon has only one book and one glass of juice, but the Count points out that with his one imagination, he is able to count multiples of each of them, and even nine of himself.
 	Cartoon 	Hortense beats one drum.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Muppets 	"Home to Me"
 	Film 	In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it.
 	Cartoon 	Z for zebra and zoo
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Tracey Ullman and some kids play a Simon-style game with Mr. Honker, a Dinger, and a duck.
 	Animation 	WH words (wheel, which, whiz, where, white, whale)
center 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark."Re-filmed version
 	Muppets 	Grover, Kimberly, and Kermit demonstrate first and last.
 	Cartoon 	First, Middle, Last (men on horse)
 	SCENE 6 	Savion has to get to his tap class, but first he, Telly, and some kids use his shoes to play a game of "Three of These Things" along with a toy rocket ship, toy airplane, and toy helicopter. Though they're all colored black, the shoes are the only things that don't fly... until Savion puts them on and taps away.
 	Cartoon 	A dog learns about U.
 	Film 	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Luxo Jr.: Heavy and light
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Doggy Paddle."
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon announces the sponsors, while the Count imagines 9 Gordons waving goodbye.
==Notes==
*This episode was later repeated in Season 25 as Episode 3197.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23