Episode 3889

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street. Today he tells us that the letter of the day is P. Miles meets him near Hooper's Store and tells him that he and Alan are still setting up for the surprise. Elmo knows what it is: a pony, but its not the surprise. Elmo has another idea: piano, but that’s not the surprise. Elmo tries pumpkin, or paint, or penguin, but still that’s not the surprise. Alan comes to tell them the surprise is ready so they both go and find a ping-pong court in the yard. Elmo doesn’t know how to play so Miles tells him what ping-pong is by playing ping-pong with Alan. Elmo tells the viewer that Elmo was wrong about it being the start of the letter P because it starts with a whole bunch of letter P’s as they continue playing!
 	Song 	"Praise the Letter P, Please, Please, Please" (James Brown style)
 	Cartoon 	P is for Painting
 	Muppets 	Grover looks for you, and is glad when he finds you.
 	Song 	"The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve.
 	Muppets 	A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers.
 	Cartoon 	In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callomouse attends a revue at the Lunar Lounge.
 	SCENE 2 	After noticing Elmo being small near the ping-pong table, Miles tells him that he may be a bit small at the moment to play. Elmo thinks that he’s tall enough. He can see the ball. Miles passes the ball to him but since he’s small, he can’t see it before it goes on the ground. He tries to see by jumping but goes over his head. Alan comes out and asks how is it but Elmo thinks it’s not good at all so Miles tells Alan what happened. Alan lifts Elmo up and makes his first hit.
 	Animation 	Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You."
 	Muppets 	Super Grover intends to fly into the air and wave at the number of the day. He claims that his springy legs will propel him into the atmosphere. After a few boingy jumps, he decides to forget the propelling part and just do the waving part. The following segment presents the number of the day.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #2Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Song 	"2, 2, 2, Me and You."
 	Animation 	Egyptian #2
 	SCENE 3 	Elmo hits the ball and passes Miles and Telly Monster is amazed when he comes and sees the ping-pong table in the courtyard. Miles looks at his watch and tells Elmo that it’s time to go home and see his mom so Miles has to bring him there. Like Elmo, Telly wants to play ping-pong but doesn’t know how to play it so Alan teaches him step by step how to play. Then, Alan tells him to not be surprised if he misses the first two tries because he can still practice. Alan drops the ping-pong ball when he was ready and in surprise, Telly hit it far away, past the net. Telly tells him that he is going to be very good at this.
 	Film 	A karate team punches out the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs play baseball.
 	Cartoon 	A number of kids named Joe play sports. Joanne plays kickball.Artist: John Korty
 	Film 	A parrot announces dos, or two, of everything.
 	Animation 	Astronauts form a 2 in space.
 	Song 	"Reggae Bounce"
 	SCENE 4 	Telly tells Alan that he's far away and Alan then tells him what happens when he hits the ball to him. Apparently, he misses the ball and gets upset that he didn't hit it. Alan tells him that the more you do it, the better you get. Alan then sings a song about practicing and every time he passes to Telly while he sings, he hits the ball back to him.
 	Cartoon 	Alice Kadeezenberry learns how to throw a ball by watching others do it.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Grover introduces a segment with something fuzzy and blue, soon finding out it's Cookie Monster.
 	Muppets 	Prairie Dawn shows Cookie Monster how to draw a picture of a cookie on a computer. He learns that he can't eat the computer screen, but he can eat a printed picture of the cookie.
 	Animation 	The letter P is found on buildings.
 	Film 	Alphaquest: PA pack of painted purple penguins practicing a pop song in a pine tree park, and a pink pig with a parachute.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird and tennis star Michael Chang play tennis together and tie their shoes.
 	Cartoon 	Cherries fall through a moving hole onto a man who demonstrates up and down. (new music & sound effects added)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 5 	Telly tells Alan, he loves it so much, he wants to keep on playing and practicing forever and will never, ever stop! Alan tells him he will have to stop some time to do other things. He imagines he eating while playing, playing the tuba while playing, and even sleeping while playing! Alan is ready and hits the ball but Telly isn’t ready. He admits that he can’t imagine while playing and only play ping-pong while playing ping-pong. They continue practicing.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Telephones
 	SCENE 6 	Telly says the sponsors with Alan.
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Cartoon	We Are Kids from Far and Wide: West AfricaThis segment replaced the "Various Joes" cartoon in the Sprout version.
 	Song 	Holy cow, it's number 2This segment replaced the "Parrot - Dos" film in the Sprout version.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 31