Episode 2397

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar is about to eat an anchovy-sardine-jelly sandwich when Elmo comes along wanting to play. Oscar refuses, because he's a Grouch and only does grouchy things. Elmo wants to be a Grouch too, so Oscar decides to play along and offers his sandwich to Elmo, who starts gagging in disgust. Gordon steps in and tells Elmo to forget about being a Grouch and just be himself. Elmo says "no" to Oscar's sandwich and accepts Gordon's offer to have lunch with him. Oscar thanks "Curly" for wrapping things up perfectly.(A brief clip of this scene appears in A&E Biography: Sesame Street.)
 	Cartoon 	They'd play with me if I had...
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L.
 	Song 	"Beet Beet, Sugar Beet."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #11Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Chelsea, What is love?
 	Cartoon 	A man circles the number 1, draws a line to the number 2, follows the arrows to the number 3 (and crosses it out), underlines the number 4, draws a door, and goes through it.
 	SCENE 2 	Elmo is about to play "telephone" with two cups attached to a string, and realizes he needs someone to answer his calls. Susan and Gordon are both too busy, so he plays "telephone" with himself, having a pretend conversation with someone who awards him a trip to zoo. When Susan and Gordon return, they see how much fun Elmo is having playing by himself. They tell Elmo the perks of playing alone, which interrupts Elmo's phone call about going to the moon.
 	Cartoon 	A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat.
 	Muppets 	Clementine reminds Forgetful Jones to call his cousin on her birthday (even though he's got a ribbon tied to his finger and to the phone). When he calls, his equally forgetful cousin doesn't remember having a cousin, and asks him to describe what he looks like.
 	Song 	"It's Easy" / "I Can Do It By Myself"
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L--Loud
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon and Miles play in the yard before heading over to the Fix-It Shop. On their way there, Big Bird asks Gordon for a quarter so he can make a phone call in Hooper's Store. Once they enter the Fix-It Shop, Luis answers a call meant for Miles; it's Big Bird, who wants to play "telephone" with him. When they meet Big Bird outside, Gordon asks why he didn't just say so earlier. Big Bird replies that he had to make sure Miles knew how to play.
 	Cartoon 	A salesman offers a passerby the letter N for next to nothing.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	A woman repairs wires for the telephone company.
 	Muppets 	Bip Bippadotta and friends show none, some and all.
 	Cartoon 	The weary traveler asks the wise man to demonstrate none, some, most and all with a basket of oranges.
 	Cast 	Linda signs "wind" and David is blown away.
 	Cartoon 	A man uses his memory to tell a woman how to get to a red house.
 	Film 	A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down.
 	Cartoon 	Pick the right ET word (featuring the Zet)
 	Muppets 	Snuffy brings his TV over to Big Bird's nest so that he, Big Bird, and some kids can work out along with Jane Snuffleupagus.
 	Cartoon 	A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog, Pete.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Alphabet Chat: Mr. Chatterly's poem on the letter L ends in chaos as usual.
 	Animation 	A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster learns to use manners while eating with a spoon.
 	Cartoon 	L es para luz
 	Insert 	Maria blindfolds two girls as they guess what objects are by feeling them.
 	Cartoon 	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Lena Horne and The Anything Muppets sing an upbeat version of "The Alphabet Song."
 	Film 	A still of construction equipment fades into a shot of a parrot.
 	SCENE 4 	Susan and Gordon leave some fortune cookies with Elmo and Oscar, who work out a system: Oscar breaks the cookies with a mallet, and Elmo eats them. Elmo points out that they're cooperating, to which Oscar shrugs "It's worth it."
 	Cartoon 	A blue man demonstrates in and out with the help of a barrel.
 	Muppets 	Grover the elevator operator gives a demonstration of in and out which annoys the passengers.
 	Film 	Counting 20 boxesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo eggs on Oscar to break another cookie, and Oscar reads its fortune, which includes the sponsors. Oscar smashes another cookie which has the CTW mention.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 19