Episode 2620

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon welcomes the viewer when Elmo enters running around chanting, "Elmo got a letter! Elmo got a letter!" He asks Gordon to read it to him, and it turns out to be from David, who has left Sesame Street and moved to the country to help his grandmother on her farm. David lets everyone know he's fine, with a P.S. telling Elmo to say hello to everyone on the street for him. Elmo takes this part literally, so he says hello to Gordon and some kids walking by. Gordon tries to explain to Elmo that it was only an expression, but Elmo keeps saying hello to everyone he sees.
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals.
 	Muppets 	
center 	Cartoon 	V in space
 	Film 	Fay Ray climbs over a box.
 	Muppets 	A shark sings about his "Perfecty Pearl-White Teeth."
 	Cartoon 	An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. All voices by Hal Smith.
 	SCENE 2 	Gina helps Hooper's Store's new owner, Mr. Handford, with the plumbing while also explaining to the viewer that David had sold the store to him. Elmo arrives to say hello to the two of them, having said it to everybody else. Mr. Handford decides to rest having spent half the night working on the plumbing when he is greeted by Elmo once more - he wants to say hello to everyone again.
 	Cartoon 	The word "YES" follows a man.
center 	Muppets 	Director Kermit is making a western film with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful Jones is supposed to enter through the saloon doors and shout, "Everybody, freeze!" Of course, he forgets this, and instead enters under, around, and over the door. He gets the line right for the first three takes, but when he finally goes through the door: "Everybody ... frolic!"
 	Animation	A set of blocks reveal a square, a triangle, and a circle.
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Handford settles for a nap, lying on a lawn chair in the yard so he's prepared if the pipes were to burst. As he winds down, Mr. Handford explains to Gina that he used to be a firefighter; he left the fire department but soon became "tired of being retired" and bought Hooper's Store. Gina leaves so Mr. Handford can take his nap, but then Snuffy shows up asking him to watch his little sister Alice while he's on a playdate with Big Bird. Mr. Handford tells him he was planning on taking a nap, but Snuffy informs him that it's time for Alice's nap too and trots off.
center 	Cartoon 	Que es Esto?: Horse
 	Muppets 	Grover and Chelsea: YES/NO.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo
 	Muppets 	A Muppet girl (Ivy Austin) approaches a sad Herry and asks him what's wrong. He laments about being left out of the baseball game, and she offers to cheer him up by taking him to the zoo.
 	Cartoon 	Sign language: Day, morning, noon, night.Animation by Steve Finkin.
 	Film 	A zookeeper feeds some polar bears sardines.
 	Cartoon 	A large bird munches on rectangle edges, forming the word "BIRD."
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Handford tries to get Alice to fall asleep so that he can get some shut-eye, but it's not easy. Meryl Sheep shows up and suggests that Alice count sheep. Mr. Handford explains that Alice doesn't know how to count yet, so Meryl suggests that Mr. Handford count for her while she jumps. Meryl gets tired after doing 12 jumps and leaves to take her own nap, while Alice continues playing (calling Handford "Mr. Handfoot").
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter)
 	Muppets 	The Count counts as Suzanne Farrell spins around. Monsters offer her some flowers, and the Count counts the bouquets.
 	Film 	Photographic collage demonstration of ALL, MOST, SOME, and NONE of an apple. Artist: Frank and Caroline Mouris
 	Cartoon 	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet sings a "Pretty Little Song" with a canary, but neither of them can figure out when it ends.
 	Cartoon 	The Villain in the Panama Hat (V)
 	SCENE 5 	Mr. Handford reads Alice a story called Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown to put her to sleep. It works, and Alice finally begins to doze.
 	Cartoon 	A cat follows its ears to a squeaking noise, which he thinks is coming from mice, but it's coming from swings.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Cast 	Big Bird sings the alphabet while Bob accompanies him on glasses of water.
 	Film 	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays.
 	Muppets 	Grover plays a detective at his office. A frantic city gent (Brian Muehl) rushes over to warn him about something that's bothering him outside, which, unbeknownst to both of them, turns out to be a very strong wind that blows everything away—including Grover's office.
 	Cartoon 	The Yellow Yahoo
 	SCENE 6 	Just as Mr. Handford is about to rest, Linda arrives and asks Mr. Handford to watch Barkley while she's away. Barkley falls asleep, but Alice wakes up. Mr. Handford decides to play a game with her to demonstrate "same" and "different," trying to get Alice to match the sleeping dog. Just as she settles back down and Mr. Handford is finally free to nap, the alarm clock goes off, waking Alice and Barkley.
 	Film 	Body parts song sung in Spanish.
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. Variation 1
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster #12
 	SCENE 7 	Mr. Handford tries to teach Alice how to say his name, telling her to put together the sounds "Hand" and "ford," but when she does she continues to say "Handfoot." Gina announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21