Episode 3894

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon sits on the stoop, reading his newspaper and sees a bunch of kids and monsters running by, chanting “X!”. Telly and Baby Bear rush in and fix themselves up so they can introduce “The Sesame Street World of Sports”, which is covering today’s “X Games”, the event where letter x’s come from all over the globe to play games. They are then joined by a group of screaming, female X’s and tell the viewer to stay tuned for more “X Games” action!
 	Film 	The letter X dances at the beach.
 	Cartoon 	Stamped and painted X animation.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Rubber Duckie are glad the viewer is here.
 	Animation 	New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball.
 	Song 	"Count Me In"
 	SCENE 2 	The duo welcome us back to the “X Games” as the opening parade beings marching along the playing field, led by a monster holding an X (instead of a torch).
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Big Bird cheers for the X’s and notices a small, sad letter X (Joey Mazzarino) on the stairs. He muses about being in the “X Games”, going back and forth on his skateboard. (“It may not be a big dream, but it’s mine.”) Big Bird decided to help the little guy out and be his coach.
 	Cartoon 	A seal and a bear fight over a circus ball, but learn to cooperate.Artist: Frank Gresham
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Rubber Duckie laugh out loud, thinking the previous segment was funny.
 	Song 	Leon Redbone sings "Have You Ever."
 	Animation 	Abstract #18
 	Film 	Kid mural painting #18.
 	Cartoon 	A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird begins training the tiny X. First, he must get on the skateboard, but he becomes scared and claims he may fall off and get hurt, until Big Bird reminds him he has helmets and kneepads on, plus he’s there to help. Big Bird places the X on the skateboard, and soon becomes dizzy and nauseous and wants to come down.
 	Cartoon 	What would happen if I popped this balloon?
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Telly, Elmo and Baby Bear congratulate Terrell Davis on his great game, but he learns that he isn't quite done, since he hasn't yet said the alphabet.
 	Animation 	A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of Henri Rousseau's painting. (Martin P. Robinson voiceover)
 	Animation 	The letter X in various typefaces.
 	Cartoon 	Two white squares try to push a great big object, and are reluctant to let a black square join them at first.
 	SCENE 4 	Telly and Baby Bear report back and show various scenes of the letter X’s practicing before they start playing. They watch the Tag-Team, the Hide and Seek Team the Big Bird’s little X practicing on the skateboard. He falls off the board and Big Bird tells the reporters he’ll need more practice. Telly and Baby Bear get choked up at the sight of all the letter X’s doing their best then sign off and head for lunch.
 	Film 	A girl learns how to rollerblade.
 	Muppets 	Ernie asks Rubber Duckie what he wants to see next.
 	Animation 	Masked march #18
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #18
 	Muppets 	Ernie recites a poem which introduces the next Wegman dogs segment ...
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs play baseball.
 	SCENE 5 	The X Game events continue with the 10-Second Tag Game. Telly and Baby Bear then get mobbed by two screaming, TV-crazed fans wielding "Hi mom" signs.
 	SCENE 5 cont’d 	Big Bird continues training the X, who’s not nervous about being on the board anymore and is ready for the next step in his training, which is to begin to move the board. However, his legs are not long enough to reach to box underneath, but Big Bird is sure they’ll find a way he can do it. They overhear two X’s talking about how helping others is the best part of the X Games, which gives Big Bird an idea to push the X along. They try it and he’s able to ride! But, he becomes dizzy again at the mention of being in front of TV cameras.
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Ernie recites a poem which introduces a Cookie Monster segment ...
 	Muppetscont'd 	Cookie Monster notices he has one cookie left, and sings "What is Friend?" He ends up giving the cookie to Lulu, and remarks, "Me feel strangely okay about this."
 	Animation 	Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super GuyTwo boys are fighting over a swing, so The Teeny Little Super Guy teaches them how to share.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	SCENE 6 	Back at the X Games, Telly and Baby Bear cover the little X’s trick. With the help of Big Bird’s pushing and pulling, he is able to roll back and forth, much to his and the crowd’s excitement. The reporters get an interview with the X, who thanks his friends A, B, C, D, etc. and his coach, Big Bird.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Farms
 	SCENE 7 	At night, the little X is still on his board, reminiscing about the great day he had. Telly and Baby Bear announce the sponsors and get joined by the rowdy fans again, who’ve changed their signs to “Bye mom”.
==Notes==
*Additional performers include Stephanie D'Abruzzo (as a tag-team X, and red letter X), John Kennedy (as a tag-team X), Alice Dinnean (as a seeking X), Eric Jacobson (as the Russian-accented seeking X and Fat Blue fan), and Carmen Osbahr (as the hiding X).
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 3894
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Category:Alphabet
Category:Sports
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 31