Episode 2274

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Bob welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, and says something exciting is happening today: Big Bird, Elmo, and Grundgetta are going to be contestants on TV's "My Best Friend Game Show." Bob is especially excited because Elmo asked him to be his best friend, which means he'll mention Bob on TV.
 	SCENE 1cont'd	He is about to head over to the yard to watch it on TV with everyone else, but Oscar stops him along the way, because he needs a favor: he needs someone to hold his Grouch TV antenna in a different position because he wants to make sure Grundgetta doesn't say anything nice about him on TV. Bob almost gets hit by a car while doing so, and Oscar decides he doesn't mind getting poor TV reception - he is a Grouch, after all.
 	Cartoon 	A man uses his memory to tell a woman how to get to a red house.
 	Muppets 	"Readers of the Open Range"
 	Cartoon 	Don't mess with the Mighty M.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Jack Rabbit (no voiceover) Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup.
 	Cartoon 	A boy observes a mother bird feeding her babies, and remembers to run home to dinner.
 	SCENE 2 	Maria takes Big Bird, Elmo and Grundgetta over to the TV studio and they look around in awe at the setup, amazed to be in a world they're used to seeing in a small box.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Elmo looks into a funny-looking thing, which turns out to be a TV camera. Charlie, the camera operator, shows them how the camera works, and what the sound man does as well. The impatient Grundgetta wonders when the show will start, and the director (whose duties are also explained) announces over the loudspeaker that it's just about to begin. "One minute to air. Places, everybody."
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Little Things".
 	Cartoon 	Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #3
 	Cartoon 	A shepherd plays hide-and-seek with his sheep.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	SCENE 3 	Bob, Gordon, Susan, Snuffy, David, and some kids get excited as they turn the TV on in the yard, and the "My Best Friend Game Show" comes on. Sonny Friendly, the host, introduces the first contestant, Elmo, and tells the audience to stand by. Each of the adults waits in anticipation, revealing through their thoughts how honored they are that Elmo chose each of them to be his best friend, oblivious to the fact that he picked more than one person.
 	SCENE 3cont'd	The show comes back on the air, and Elmo proceeds to talk about his best friend, giving clues about what his best friend does: reads him stories (Susan), sings to him (Gordon), gives him good things to eat (David), and plays games with him (Bob). Who is it? Elmo's answer is all four of the aforementioned adults, and everyone else on Sesame Street! The adults clear up the confusion amongst themselves as the show goes to commercial.
 	Cartoon 	A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M. Artist: Cliff Roberts
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events.
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers!
 	Film 	Building a log cabin
 	SCENE 4 	The show returns from commercial, and the next contestant, Big Bird, describes his best friend, Snuffy. He displays a blanket that they used when they went on a picnic in the park and got ice cream - Big Bird dropped his cone on the blanket, so Snuffy gave him his. He also brought a "few" notes which say why Snuffy is his best friend, but doesn't have enough time to read them all. The show goes to commercial again, and David decides to set up some lanterns and have a party in the yard.
 	Cartoon 	H is for horseshoe.
 	Film 	A variety of cat-shaped objects walk in front of the screen.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Quiet Time Song" while sitting under an apple tree, and is joined by a squirrel, a bird, a hornet's nest, a cat, and Gladys the Cow.
 	Cartoon 	Counting eight figures
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming.
 	SCENE 5 	The show comes back from commercial, and the last contestant, Grundgetta, goes into detail about her best friend, Oscar. She likes him because he's a Grouch like she is, and he would never be caught on a yucky show with a bunch of nice people. Sonny thinks it's the most unusual story he's ever heard and proclaims her the winner, which disappoints her.
 	SCENE 5cont'd	Meanwhile, Oscar is still struggling to get good TV reception with no success. He hears Sonny signing off and turns off the set, curious as to what Grundgetta could've said about him.
 	Cartoon 	Luis counts three blackbirds, which lay three eggs.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie tells the viewer to watch and listen for Cookie Monster, so he won't take the cookie which Ernie just got from Hooper's Store. Ernie encounters a machine that reads "Your Fortune Told. Insert One Cookie." Not realizing that Cookie Monster is inside the machine, he inserts the cookie. Some munching noises are heard, and a card comes out that says, "You will soon be kissed by a grateful Cookie Monster."
 	Cartoon 	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Celebrity 	The Count counts all the baskets Dr. J makes.
 	Film 	Kids learn how to use a computer at a public school.
 	Cartoon 	A man connects the dots to form a house to escape from the rain.Artist: Bill Davis
 	Muppets 	Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand."
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates fast and slow by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair.
 	Cartoon 	Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / patVoice: Daws Butler
 	SCENE 6 	At night, while everyone else is at the party in the yard, Oscar tells Grundgetta she should be happy that she won because it brings out the grouchiest in her, which he likes. When she thinks of it that way, she is happy that she won and is glad to have a best friend like Oscar, whom she can argue with. They announce the sponsors, and bicker as he tries to get her to tell him what she said on the show.
==Note==
*Elmo's full list of friends he mentions includes Susan, Bob, David, Gordon, Telly, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Forgetful Jones, Buster, Clementine, and the Honkers (each one).
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Category:Game Shows
Category:Friendship
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 18