Episode 2491

Picture 	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Big Bird and Snuffy pretend to explore Sesame Street. They encounter some native Sesame Streetians speaking Sesamese and attempt to communicate with them and learn their customs.
 	Cartoon 	R for rhinoceros, raquet, robot
 	Film 	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	"It's Funny"
center 	Animation 	2 houses plus 3 houses equal 5.
center 	Muppets / Celebrity	Oscar and Andrea Martin talk about being angry.
 	Animation 	It's a giraffeArtist: Ishu Patel
center 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not.
 	Cartoon 	G for Gorilla
center 	Film 	A flock of sheep crosses the river.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Elevator Operator demonstrates front and back by telling the passengers on his elevator where to stand.
 	Cartoon 	A little boy asks his big brother questions about what happens at school. Artist: John Korty
 	Film 	Kids talk about how many things they can do now that they're five years old.
center 	Cartoon 	Two men try to go over a very steep hill.
 	Insert 	In his room, Bob gives the Two-Headed Monster a singing lesson: singing "Sing."
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue".
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Sounds Around the House v1: a dripping water faucet, a man playing the violin, a woman vacuuming, a teenager listening to pop music, and a passing elevated train.
 	Animation 	Counting 1-9 in Spanish
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks it in half and shares it with the girl. He eats his half. When the girl eats hers, she does so just like him.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Frankenstein makes sure his monster knows about front and back. (Voices: Rick Cimino)
center250px|center 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird welcomes the audience to "The Big Bird Show!" He brings on "The Story of the Salesman," with Gordon as the shopkeeper and himself as the salesman. His salesman character tries selling shopkeeper Gordon some triangles. Gordon is eager to buy, listing the many impressive things he loves to use them for. Big Bird gets so wrapped up in the marvelous uses, he buys the triangles himself.
 	Cartoon 	Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot.
 	Muppets 	Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him.
 	Film 	Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left.
center250px|center 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird brings on Hoots the Owl and his Birdland band with a musical story about leaves, with the kids as the leaves. Mr. Snuffleupagus stands by for his cue, where he plays the autumn wind blowing the leaves off the tree. Hoots ends the song with a segue to the next bit: "We're done with this song, but now here comes the news!"This scene would be used in subsequent episodes as a standalone insert.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Willy Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river.
 	Cast 	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows.
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Song 	"Pig's Love Song" (live-action version)
 	Animation 	The inhabitants of a farm feel like celebrating when it rains during a hot, dry summer.Artist: Peter Wallach
center250px|center250px|center	SCENE 3 	Big Bird brings on "The Triangle Detective," with Gordon teaching Jennifer how to find triangles in a drawing of a rock band.
 	Cartoon 	Gordon voiceover R/r
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppets sing the "City-Country Song" about the difference between life in the country and life in the city.
 	Cartoon 	An old man recites a poem about the time he had the flu.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash.
center250px|center 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird says goodbye from "The Big Bird Show" and has everyone who did an act join him onstage to take a bow. He wonders why there's no one applauding, only to remember that the audience is also made up of most of the performers. Everyone continues their curtain call and announce the sponsors together as Hoots and the band play a jazzy outro.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20