Episode 2255

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo calls upon Luis at the Fix-It Shop to help him make a model airplane. However, after Luis gets all the supplies out, he learns that Elmo doesn't have an actual model airplane and is just preparing for when he does get one someday.
 	Film 	A man carves a wooden horse.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound Limerick: D—DogArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover informs Mr. Johnson that the restaurant is out of a lot of items that are on the menu. The only thing still at the restaurant is milk... but there are no glasses.
 	Cartoon 	Either none, some or all of a pony's legs are on the ground as it runs and trots.
 	Film 	"Indian Baby Bath"Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	"Five People in My Family"
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #5
 	SCENE 2 	It's Elmo's naptime, but Elmo isn't feeling tired. He tries resting on the Fix-it Shop counter and counting sheep, but it doesn't work. He asks Luis to read a story to him before he sleeps, but since Luis is too busy working on the computer he offers to read him the Fix-It Shop ledger, which puts Elmo right to sleep.
 	Film 	A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole.Artist: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about taking a nap. (ending edited)
 	Cartoon 	I am crying / estoy llorando (David and Maria voiceover)
 	Cast 	The Heartstrongs, Part 1In this soap opera parody, Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) fusses over the loss of his red shoelace along with Mrs. Heartstrong (Susan). They both feel sad until their son Barnaby (David) comes downstairs! What a surprise! But that feeling doesn't last long, as Barnaby soon learns of the lost shoelace. As it turns out, Barnaby came downstairs to change shoelaces in order to play baseball.Could this be a clue as to the whereabouts of Mr. Heartstrong's shoelace?
 	Animation 	The big green balls and one little orange ball ride over the top of the hills. The little one can't make it over the big hill, but conquers the small hill.
 	Cast 	The Heartstrongs, Part 2In the thrilling conclusion, the doorbell rings! Who could it be at the door?It's Cousin Henry (Uncle Wally), who drops in for a surprise visit, which quickly becomes somber when the lost shoelace issue is brought up again.Just then, Mr. Heartstrong remembers what Barnaby said about a shoelace that didn't match, and as luck would have it, the missing shoelace is in Barnaby's left sneaker! This makes everyone happy!Cousin Henry pulls the snake-in-the-can trick on Barnaby, which gives everyone another nice surprise! "Woo woo!"
 	Cartoon 	Q -- that funny looking thing.
 	Film 	Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "Cookie Disco."
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car. (short intro)
 	SCENE 3 	Dr. Nobel Price has finally invented something original - a large device made from various odds and ends. Maria is impressed, but he has no idea what it actually does.
 	Cartoon 	Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Animation 	A snail shell is uncovered in the sand.
 	Animation 	Five ghosts carry the number 5 into a haunted house.Artist: Ishu Patel
 	SCENE 4 	Maria and Dr. Price (and Barkley) demonstrate the many uses of his device. He appropriately names it the Flower-Holding, Towel-Drying, Ear-Scratching, Sit-Upon Thing!
 	Cartoon 	A cowboy adds two different herds of cows.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Tony Danza and Big Bird play tennis without a ball, and count twenty hits, while Kevin Clash announces.
 	Cartoon 	An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.”
 	SCENE 5 	Hoots the Owl admires Price's invention and unofficially dubs it the "Flower-Holding, Towel-Drying, Ear-Scratching, Sit-Upon, Owl-Perchaphone" as it can also make music. He begins to play the tuba-based part of the contraption as Dr. Price announces the sponsors, and a special nighttime credit crawl (introduced in this episode) follows to the sound of Hoots' playing.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 18