Episode 4166

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	What's the Word on the Street?: Subtraction
 	SCENE 1 	Chris serves snacks to Big Bird, Elmo and Rosita, then welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street. Elmo asks for a banana, to which Chris replies "You just said the magic word!" -- which cues the grand entrance of Max the Magician (Will Arnett), who has some "real" magic tricks to display ...
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	For his first trick, Max produces two scarves, then another one, making them three scarves. Everyone is amazed and wants to know how he did the trick - except for Chris, who already knows. Max doubts that Chris knows his secrets, but Chris explains that the "trick" was done using something called "addition." He demonstrates it himself by adding one and two glasses of milk to make three.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Max has another trick up his sleeve: he displays five cards, then makes each of them disappear, one by one, by "discarding" them, until they become zero cards. Once again, Chris is able to explain the trick with something called "subtraction," using straws to demonstrate. Max: "Are you sure you're not a magician?"
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Max has one more trick, which he needs a volunteer for: he displays a rope, which Big Bird holds one end of, and turns it into two pieces, by cutting it with a pair of scissors. To Max's great detriment, Big Bird figures out that the trick was done with something called "division," and tries it on one of his birdseed breadsticks.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Max has no more tricks up his sleeve, but he vows to return one day with some tricks that will really impress everyone. With a whirl of his cape, he poofs out of sight -- a trick which not even Chris can figure out!
 	Song 	"Subtraction!" Contains re-used footage from one of the films where The Count counts five children on a bench.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm Curious" (new sound effects added)Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	SCENE 2 	While Chris washes the counter at Hooper's, Elmo shows up as a magician. He makes the letter C appear, then "disappear."
 	Animation 	The letter C is built with construction equipment.
center 	Film 	C for Circle
 	Muppets 	Murray Has a Little Lamb Murray's lamb, Ovejita, leads him to another secret escuela with the clues of un uniforme (a unform), una pelota (a ball), y una patea (a kick). The school turns out to be a soccer school, where kids practice playing soccer. Murray tries being a goalie, and dribbling the ball with his feet.
 	Animation 	"Dancing with the Flowers"Artist: Karen Aqua
 	SCENE 3 	As Chris washes carrots, Elmo the magician comes back to present the number of the day, subtracting 1 carrot from 5 to make 4 carrots.
 	Animation 	Egyptian figures illustrate the number 4.
 	Film 	Gymnasts form the number 4.
 	Muppets / Animation	Bert and Ernie's Great AdventuresErnie and Bert are astronauts, traveling through space in their Rubber Duckie-shaped spaceship. They land on a distant planet and befriend a group of aliens, who bear a striking resemblance to Bert. They invite Ernie to play with them, which makes Bert very shy about meeting the aliens at first, but he finds out that they love pigeons as much as he does, maybe more. They all have fun doing his pigeon dance.
 	Song 	Everyone has the same feelings, "No Matter What." Kids of all types play with a huge beach ball.
 	Cartoon 	Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Violins
 	SCENE 4 	Chris finds Elmo's magician cape and pretends to be a magician himself. He announces the sponsors and tries to take a bow, but the pesky spotlight keeps moving away from him.
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets / Film	Global Grover: In China, Grover has learned from Boyang who is training to be an acrobat. He shows a film about Chinese kids practice tricks at an acrobat school.This segment replaces "Murray Has a Little Lamb" in the Sprout and online versions.
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Category:Magic
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 39