Episode 2918

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Linda is angry because her television set at the Fix-It Shop won't be fixed until tomorrow. After she leaves in a huff, Maria explains to Telly that Linda just got a new closed-caption decoder, which will enable her to understand what they say on television for the first time, but with a broken set she can't use it. Telly doesn't understand how it works, so Maria imitates what TV looks like for Linda with and without closed captioning, using an old TV frame and a written message for the text. Telly sees how important the decoder is for someone who is deaf, and leaves to try and borrow Oscar's television for Linda.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Song 	Lillian sings "Face Facts."
 	Muppets 	Dicky Tick hosts "In, On and Under." He interviews Paul Pencil in a drawer, Vivian Vase on a mantle, and Jacques Shoesteau under a chair.
 	Cartoon 	A map of Australia morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 2 	While Bob balances in strange positions to get the signal, Oscar has the decoder attached to his set and tunes into the NO channel on Grouch Television, on which a Grouch (Jerry Nelson) keeps saying "No." They turn on the captioning machine, and Linda is able to understand what the Grouch is saying! Maria finds the show repetitive and suggests that Linda wants to watch something that she would enjoy; Oscar can't think of a better program, claiming the show has won five Whammy Awards. Bob gives up balancing and loses the signal, so Telly starts looking for another set.
 	Cartoon 	"Have you seen my NO?"
 	Celebrity	Smokey Robinson performs “U Really Got a Hold on Me” with a clingy letter U.
 	Animation	Luxo Jr.: Heavy and light
 	Song 	"Frog Kick"
 	Cartoon 	A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet sings "Big Round Nose" while pulling the noses off of passersby.
 	Cartoon 	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop.
 	SCENE 3 	Maria and Linda talk about watching Edge of Tomorrow, Maria's favorite soap opera, when Telly excitedly rushes in and asks them to come see what the Count has brought. Out in front of 123 Sesame Street, the Count reveals that he has brought 20 televisions! After counting all 20 sets, they are disappointed to learn that each one is broken, and they're only for counting purposes. Big Bird comes to the rescue when he announces that they can use Mr. Snuffleupagus' TV, and he pulls Snuffy's giant-sized portable set into the yard.
 	Film 	A variety of cat-shaped objects walk in front of the screen.
 	Cartoon 	Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset solve the case of the midnight voices.Artist: Ray Favata
 	Muppets 	The Oinker Sisters sing about what's "Important" to them.
 	Animation	Sand U/u
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A party is full of "Nineteen" of things.
 	SCENE 4 	Using the decoder, they watch a re-filmed version of Joe Raposo's song "Starfish." Linda then recites the song in sign language, confirming that the closed captions helped her understand what was being sung. Next, they watch a fast-breaking news story...
 	Muppets 	The segment starts on the TV in SCENE 4, and is shown with closed captioning.
 	Cartoon 	A paranoid bird doesn't like to be surprised ... unless it's a surprise party.Artist: John Korty
center 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I Like Alaska", along with a montage of kids saying what their hobbies are, and what they like about their community.
 	Cartoon 	U for uniform.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster brings in a suitcase filled with heavy and light objects, and places them on a wall. The right half lays out a feather, a ribbon, and a tissue. The left half puts down a book, a brick, a rock, and a 1000 pount weight, but the more weight that is placed on the wall causes the ground they're standing on to tilt!
 	Cartoon 	A mother sings the story of how water travels down the drain and becomes rain.
 	Animation	Teeny Little Super Guy: Two boys are fighting over a swing, so Teeny Little Super Guy shows them how to share.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Cartoon 	Kids observe cloud formations, until it starts to rain.
 	SCENE 5 	Snuffy has joined the group as Linda and Maria watch Edge of Tomorrow. Snuffy finds the idea of a soap opera comical: "Soap can't sing!" Maria shushes them as they finish watching today's thrilling episode, where Crystal (played onscreen by Fran Brill) reveals she has been discussing business with Doctor Bob, threatening her relationship with Kimberly. At the episode's conclusion, Linda and Maria discuss what they've witnessed, and Linda is happy to be able to watch TV with her best friend. Snuffy decides he'll let Linda borrow his TV for the rest of the day... even if it means missing Mister Rogers. He and Big Bird then begin a rousing discussion on their favorite parts of that show.
 	Film 	Amelia pretends she's an astronaut.
 	Muppets 	"We Got a Brand New Baby"
 	Cartoon 	Pistons push a capital H through a tunnel, where it breaks and turns into a lowercase h. (with voiceover by Roscoe Orman)
 	Song 	Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer." (apple tree)
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar has a closed-captioning decoder of his own for Irvine to help her learn to read. After learning from the NO channel for a while, they switch to the PHOOEY channel, which consists of nothing but a Grouch (Martin P. Robinson) reading "Phooey!" over and over. Bob announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23