Episode 3628

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Celina meets Telly and Zoe in the park and gives them some bandanas, cowboy hats, and broomstick horses for a new game. She tells them they can pretend to be cowpokes who love to read. The monsters don't understand, so Celina points them to the following...
 	Muppets 	"Readers of the Open Range"
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Telly and Zoe sing the song from the segment, though Zoe immediately forgets who they're supposed to be. Celina points her toward another segment starring the Readers...
 	Muppets 	The Readers of the Open Range help the citizens of Bisbee, Arizona find out where they live.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Telly and Zoe look forward to being Readers, but realize they're too young to read many words. Celina writes down their names and has the monsters read them to prove there are some words they can read, meaning there must be others. The monsters ride off singing the "Readers" theme.
 	Song 	"Write Your Name"
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
 	Muppets 	The Martians discover a "U."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP (new sting and sound effects added)
 	Song 	"You Can Get Right Up": a song about getting active to cheer up.
 	Cartoon 	The word "Subway" rides the MBTA subway.
 	SCENE 2 	The (Pretend) Readers gallop down the street until they reach Oscar's Newsstand, where Oscar helps them read his "NEWSSTAND" sign. They want to read some more but can't afford any newspapers or magazines, so they continue to read the sign over and over.
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster."
 	Film 	How paper is recycled
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
 	Muppets 	Ethel Mermaid sings "I Get a Kick Out of U."
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP.
 	SCENE 3 	The monsters are still reading the newsstand sign when they're approached by the lead Reader himself - Verne! The rest of his posse is off doing other jobs (while his horse is vacationing in Cancún), so he's looking for replacements while he's in town picking up some supplies. He invites them to become real Readers of the Open Range and join him on a "word round-up."
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
 	Film 	A big X emerges, Jaws-like, in a swimming pool.
 	Animation 	A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of the painting. (Martin P. Robinson voiceover)
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum.
 	Animation 	Can you find the animals hiding in the T-shirt?Artist: Deanna Morse
 	Film 	Ducks swim and fly.Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2The Readers make their way through the paused film to read the word "DUCKS."
 	Animation 	"Animal Books" Artist: Steve Segal
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsIn Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse.
 	Cartoon 	A Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out.Artist: Chris Hinton
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs: Little Miss Muffet deals with a spider.
 	Cartoon 	Nine birds land in a tree.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	The Count sings about how he loves counting clouds, because when he does, he's "on Cloud Nine" (literally).
 	Cartoon 	Clown Honking #9
 	SCENE 4 	The Readers return to the street, where they come across a boy in the park having problems opening his juice. Verne shows them how reading can help one learn something by pointing out the text on the bottlecap, which reads "Turn To Open."
 	Cartoon 	"Tall Short Texans"Artist: Joey Ahlbum
 	Celebrity 	Davey and Joey Monkey listen as Marisa Tomei reads "The Monkey King," a story about a maiden who worked as a waitress at Banana King, until she was visited by the sad Monkey King.
 	Cartoon 	A poem about Hannah and Anna who lead similar lives in the city and the country.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	Song 	"In the Library"
 	SCENE 5 	Telly and Zoe run into Celina and tell her all the fun they've had today. Celina becomes starstruck when Verne arrives, and asks the readers to help read the sponsors. Verne hits the trail with his supplies (an armful of books), making sure the monsters promise they'll keep reading forever and always.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28