Episode 3447

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Telly comes across Maria and Gabi, learning that Gabi is almost finished writing some postcards to her relatives in New Mexico and Puerto Rico. The postcards have already been addressed, but need postage stamps. Telly observes how Gabi wets one side of the stamp with a damp sponge and sticks it on the corner of one postcard. Gabi asks Telly if he would like to try it on the other, and though he nervously declines at first, Maria helps him and he successfully places a stamp on Gabi's other postcard. Telly becomes eager to put stamps on all kinds of mail and declares himself, "Telly Monster, Stamp Putter-Onner!"
 	Cartoon 	A boy learns to put his mom's letter in the mailbox all by himself (with a little help).
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsBig Bird visits Guadalupe, Arizona, and conducts a child mariachi band, who sing "Viva Mexico."
 	Cartoon 	Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles.Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan.
center 	Muppets 	The Sublime Miss M performs "The Sublime Ms. M."
 	Cartoon 	A conductor conducts a choir to hum his music ("My Music").Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Film 	A park ranger speaks to a group of kids about trees and the fruits that come from them. Then all the kids hug a tree.
 	Cartoon 	What kind of print does a hand make?
 	SCENE 2 	In the yard, Gabi and Maria find Telly perfecting his technique of wetting and putting on postage stamps, with the idea that everyone on Sesame Street will come to him so he can put postage stamps on their mail. He imagines putting stamps on letters and packages from Bob, Gordon, Gina, and other people formed in a long line. Maria doubts that Telly's plan is going to work the way he expects it to, but Telly realizes that he doesn't have a sign to advertise his one-monster business and rushes off.
 	Song 	"I Know How to Swing"
 	Animation 	In stop-motion, sandwich ingredients square-dance in a ring and arrange themselves into a sandwich, which gets a bite taken out of it in a refrigerator.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover opens a menu and shows Mr. Johnson a large picture of the special sandwich, which comes with potato chips on the side, a pickle on the top, and olive stuck in with a toothpick. When the sandwich arrives, Mr. Johnson complains that it doesn't match the picture on the menu -- it doesn't have potato chips, a pickle or an olive.
 	Cartoon 	Hortense counts 3 peas.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Film 	Three Wegman dogs are arranged in different ways.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. (new sound effects added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Big Bird recites a poem about front and back.
 	Song 	"Front Back Ballet"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	Film / Animation	A class makes up a story about going to the zoo, which is told through animation based on the kids' drawings.
 	Film 	A karate team punches out the alphabet.
 	Celebrity 	Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing the African Alphabet Song.
 	Cartoon 	Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs"
 	Film 	A girl writes to her grandmother about going to summer camp.
 	SCENE 3 	Telly now has a sign that reads "Postage Stamps Put On Here," but Maria and Gabi still don't think Telly's business will be as great as he thinks. Telly agrees - he thinks it'll be even bigger and envisions putting stamps on mail from people all over the world, imagining himself assisting customers from Zaire and Germany. Back in reality, an Anything Muppet woman (Lisa Buckley) comes by and reads Telly's sign. However, she states that she doesn't need help putting postage stamps on (she does it herself) and was more interested in reading his sign. Telly begins to mope, but Gabi has an idea.
 	Cartoon 	A man (Marty Robinson) has a small octopus on his head, but a little boy (Joey Mazzarino) has a big octopus.Artist: Mo Willems
 	Muppets 	Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little."
 	Song 	"Let's Go Tubbin' Today"
 	Cartoon 	The secret drawing is a mailman.(new music and sound effects added; line color changes throughout)
 	SCENE 4 	Gabi comes back with a bunch of postage stamps and blank postcards, and she and Maria suggest that Telly can write them and put postage stamps on every one he writes. Telly decides to give it a try, first writing to his mom. He becomes enthralled and proceeds to write postcards to his Uncle Norman and Aunt Gladys.
 	Cartoon 	Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Song 	"Something Old Into Something New"
 	Animation 	Pencil box M / m
 	Animation 	Letter Garden: M
 	Animation 	A clay man hikes up a letter M.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster is in a disagreement about where to go for vacation: the mountains or the seashore. Cookie Monster says he likes both, better than going to Cucamonga for the National Cookie Convention. 2-Head gets inspired, and heads off for Cucamonga, leaving Cookie to choose between the mountains and the seashore.
 	Cartoon 	"You Don't Have to Be a Grizzly" explains that kids and animals can like the same foods.
 	SCENE 5 	Telly continues writing postcards to his grandparents and putting the postage stamps on as Maria announces the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Downtown Julie Brown introduces Slimey and the Polka Worms, who perform the "Sesame Street Theme Song."
==Notes==
*During Telly's fantasy in scene 2, Gordon comments that the package he is sending is for his sister.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27