Episode 4036

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo comes across Gordon setting up a chess board. He plans on playing chess with Alan today. Since he always loses, he's going to practice first with the help of his new book - How to Be a Better Chess Player. Elmo is disappointed that he cannot help, so Gordon asks him to set up the pieces. Elmo becomes very fascinated with the "horsies" (the knights). Elmo thinks he's won the game by finding and counting them, but Gordon explains there's more to it.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Gordon shows Elmo how the pieces are supposed to be set up and reads off their names. Elmo thinks it's a story game and comes up with a story about the royal pieces, thinking that's how the game is won.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Gordon explains the actual rules of the game and states he'll be practicing his opening moves, which could make or break the game. Elmo demonstrates some of his silly moves (misunderstanding what Gordon meant) and knocks over the table, spilling the pieces. One of the knights is missing, so Gordon tries substituting it with a salt shaker. Elmo begs Gordon to think of the horse's feelings and has an idea.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Elmo puts up a flyer advocating a search for the missing piece (that only Elmo can read). Some real horses answer the call (as well as an actual knight), but none of them match. When Alan shows up, the two race horses (Epitaph and Fortune Cookie) are playing their own game of chess.
 	Muppets 	Grover is a personal trainer of his workout video called, "Grover's Monster Workout Video." He exercises with Bobby and Cissy, but he gets so tired from swinging his arms, running, and jumping up and down that he faints.
 	Song 	"Jump" (soul)
 	Muppets 	The Number of the Day: 10A talking number ten appears after The Count reveals that 10 is the number of the day. "Finally the ten-sion is broken!"
 	Cartoon 	Number Guy: "How Many Pigs Will Jump into This Mud?" The answer is 10.
 	Film 	Three girls do a "One Potato" rhyme.
 	Animation 	Martin P. Robinson counts 30 racehorses.
 	Muppets 	Monster on the Spot: Play of the DayTelly watches and comments as Melissa asks three other kids if she can play catch with them.
 	Film 	J.D. competes in a chess tournament, and wins fourth place.
 	Muppets 	Journey to Ernie: Musical Instrument Land
 	Muppets 	In song, Ernie tells Bert to "Wake Up!" even though it's far from morning. By the end of the song, Bert is restless.
 	Muppets 	Hero GuyHero Guy hits a fly ball, but will Hero Guy be able to catch it?
 	Muppets 	The Letter of the Day: IInstead of eating the Letter I Cookie, Cookie Monster decides to just lick its icing. Now it's no longer The Letter of the Day cookie.
 	Cartoon 	You've Got a Letter: I
 	Muppets / Celebrity	At the beach, Sheryl Crow and friends sing "I Soaks Up the Sun."
 	Cartoon 	Pencil box I/i
 	Muppets 	The Spanish Word of the Day: holaEveryone tells Grover "hola," (hello) but he doesn't know what it means. Maria tells him, but now there's no one for Grover to say hola to... except the viewer.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Games
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon and Alan play a round of chess together as Elmo and a knight have a horserace. Big Bird announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*Additional performers include David Rudman (country horse), Joey Mazzarino (grey horse and race announcer), and Martin P. Robinson (knight), with Matt Vogel (Big Bird and pony).
*An additional street scene was scripted, but unaired. While Gordon and Alan play chess, Elmo initiates a game of "Three of These Things" using the other horses and the knight to find out which group his new horse friend, Ed, belongs in. When the horses are all in a group, they take off as a racetrack announcer starts a race.Tony Geiss papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
==Sources==
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Category:Sports
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 34