Episode 2037

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird plays a guessing game with Mr. Snuffleupagus in the guise of his snufflepuppet Gus. Big Bird gives several clues about the word "hot": it starts with an "H," it's how it feels in summer, and rhymes with "pot." Gus guesses the word correctly, but says he couldn't have done it without his friend Snuffy.
 	Cartoon 	Sign language: Morning, noon, night
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "Eight Beautiful Notes."
 	Film 	Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
 	Cartoon 	Before and after: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears.
center 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup and a sandwich, and says that he wants the sandwich before the soup. When Grover comes with the sandwich, Mr. Johnson has changed his mind and wants the soup first. When Grover comes with the soup, Mr. Johnson has decided that he wants the sandwich first. Grover ends up giving Mr. Johnson both the soup and sandwich, so he can decide what to eat first. Mr. Johnson tells Grover that he has decided to get a cup of coffee, then the soup and the sandwich.
 	Cartoon 	Antes y despues: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (Spanish version)
 	SCENE 2 	As he hangs his laundry in the yard to dry, Gordon asks Elmo (Richard Hunt) to find something that rhymes with "socks" for another one of the monster's games. Elmo leaves and returns with a pile of rocks. Gordon commends him on the find just as the rocks spring to life; it's one of the Rockheads. Elmo wants to play more of the game, so Gordon asks him to find something that rhymes with "pants." Elmo leaves and the Rockhead asks Gordon how the family is; for rocks, life is hard... "Get it? Hard, rock?"
 	Cartoon 	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya?
 	Cartoon 	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor.Singer: "¡Linda paloma!"
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon wonders what Elmo will bring back to rhyme with "pants." The Rockhead guesses Elmo will bring back some ants, and Gordon becomes concerned that this could be true. Elmo returns with... aunts; his Aunt Shirley and his Aunt Geraldine. The Rockhead asks them how their family is, and the aunts respond in repeated yeses, mimicking Elmo's speech.
 	Cartoon 	Little Red Riding Hood is prepared for her trip to Grandma's.
 	Muppets 	In the kitchen, Ernie bakes some cookies of different shapes; he lets Cookie Monster eat each one after he finishes displaying it to the viewer.
 	Animation	Floral patterns are formed to Eastern European music.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Celebrity	Maria and the kids visit Herbie Hancock's studio, where he demonstrates how to make electronic music.
 	Cartoon 	Two men go birdwatching, while one of them tries to alert the other about the closed bridge.
 	Film 	Footage of a sunflower seed factory, where birdseed bells are manufactured.
 	Animation	New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball.
 	Cartoon 	A young man carrying a brown paper bag walks up to the bridgekeeper and asks him if he works there. He orders him to show him whatever circles are in the bag, and to eat them. He is ordered to eat three round foods: a cookie, a pepperoni pizza, and a slice of watermelon. Once he is granted permission to cross the bridge, however, he tells the bridgekeeper that he was merely trying to deliver the latter's groceries.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird reads the poem he just wrote about a duck. It begins, "I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as..." When he's done, he wonders if he should have written it about trees.
 	Cartoon 	The 8 Brothers Circus displays 8 elephants.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "D-U-C-K-I-E."
 	Film 	Counting 1-20 (planes taking off)
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #8
 	Film 	Joe Raposo sings "Look at This" over footage of something ... can you guess what it is?
 	Cartoon 	A man stands on a street corner listening to traffic sounds.
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird tries finding someone to listen to his new poem, but Maria, Dr. Nobel Price, and Olivia are all too busy to concentrate on anything else. Disappointed, he sits in front of 123 Sesame Street where the Rockhead tries to share some facts with Big Bird that he learned in the library. However, Big Bird doesn't listen when he speaks, which upsets the Rockhead. Big Bird realizes his error and promises to listen to the Rockhead, who also wants to listen to the poem.
 	Cartoon 	"Uncle Gus and all of us went for a ride to Ho-Ho-Kus". Features a Snuffleupagus cameo.
 	Muppets 	Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand."
 	Cartoon 	B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	An ice cream man hands a boy too many cones. The boy cries out for "HELP" and some kids eat the extras.
 	Cartoon 	B for butterfly
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird finds the Rockhead's facts about concrete and cement interesting (he always took it for granite), and he's ready to read his poem now. However, everyone else has freed up some time and arrive up to listen, interrupting Big Bird's recitation as more and more people approach. Snuffy announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
* Performers include Martin P. Robinson (as the Rockhead), Pam Arciero (as Aunt Shirley) and Kevin Clash (as Aunt Geraldine).
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16