Episode 2806

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo and Zelda have been given some empty oatmeal boxes to play with from Gina. Luis helps them use the boxes as a secret telephone device. Elmo thinks they can imagine being secret agents, and pictures himself, Zelda, and Luis dressed in trenchcoats and fedoras on a foggy Sesame Street. They use their "phones" to communicate a secret message to each other from opposite sides of the street - the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and The Beetles sing "Hey Food."
 	Cartoon 	A girl talks about her skin.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Orangutans playing (piano music)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Three owls blink. (Gordon VO)Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Song 	"Conga Counting Song"
 	SCENE 2 	Gina helps Elmo and Zelda turn the oatmeal boxes into hats. They remind Elmo of the kind of hats the royal guards wear when protecting the Queen, and they begin to imagine themselves as such...
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	In their imagination, the royal letter carrier and the royal dry cleaner arrive (both played by David Rudman), but neither know the password (“oatmeal”), so Elmo and Zelda take the Queen's goods on her behalf. Finally, the Queen (Gina, speaking with a Bronx accent) reveals that she has been behind them the whole time and promotes them to captains of the guard, rewarding them with oatmeal cookies.
 	Cartoon 	A map of Brazil morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A little girl narrates a film about how cans can be recycled. She washes them and collects them in a wagon, which she takes to the recycling center. There it is sorted and separated with a magnet. After its loaded onto trucks, it is taken to a factory to be melted and shaped into new cans like the ones seen in her fridge at home.
 	Cartoon 	AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor ...
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving."
 	Cartoon 	Millie and Molly argue over whether to get a pet cat or a dog, so their mom gets them a turtle instead.
 	Celebrity 	14 Karat Soul sings "The Alphabet Song," followed by "The ABCs of Love."
 	Cartoon 	A man has a J under his hat.
center 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I Like Alaska," along with a montage of kids saying what their hobbies are, and what they like about their community.
 	Cartoon 	What does the word COLD match with?
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon."
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word snow, and Gordon gets snowed on.
 	Cartoon 	Campers don't want to play ring toss with Zork, until their counselor reminds them not to be judgmental.
 	Celebrity 	Isaac Stern plays "Follow the Fiddler" with Big Bird and the kids, who alter the way they move based on the song Issac plays.
 	Cartoon 	A boy learns to play his violin.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	With the help of his assistant, Dr. Geo shows the viewer what a mountain is.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finishes drinking milk, and doesn't know what to do with the cartons at first, but gets the idea to "recycle" them and play with them like a train.
 	Cartoon 	P is for Pillow
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy notices his friend Alice wanting to join a baseball game. He gives her the idea to go over there and ask them if she can play.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Cartoon 	A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ... and promptly wiggle around.Artist: James Rizzi
 	SCENE 3 	At Hooper's Store, Gina shows Luis, Zelda, and Elmo something else an oatmeal container can be used for - to make oatmeal. She assures Elmo that the dry, flaky contents from a full container will become oatmeal and starts to prepare some. Gina says it will take about 40 seconds to cook, so Elmo invites the viewer to count along...
 	Animation 	A voiceover counts forty dots, each one rising on a musical scale as their colors shift from red to orange.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Everyone enjoys the oatmeal, but Elmo prefers using the container as a drum. He keeps drumming (and singing "Babalu!") as Hoots announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22