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Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Cold Open	Nils is sitting outside the house, trying to write a poem for Annette's birthday. He has promised her a gift that he has made himself; however, it's hard for him to figure out what rhymes with "Annette".
 	Intro 	
 	Scene 	Finchen comes by and Nils tells Finchen that he is writing a poem. Finchen thinks that's very romantic and wants to hear what Nils has written so far. Nils picks up the paper and says "Annette", and says that's all he has for now. Finchen offers to help with the poem, and as they try to find something that rhymes with "Annette", they hear a sound coming from Rumpel's area. They walk over to find out what it is.
 	Scene 	Rumpel tells Finchen and Nils that he has built a Grouch rhyme machine, which works like this: you say a rhyme and it will give a fitting Grouchy gift. Finchen tells Nils that maybe the machine can help with a gift for Annette. Nils tries out the machine by saying "Annette, we are celebrating your birthday..." and the machine starts to calculate what Nils just said. Tt ends up spitting out a couple of eggs at Nils. He catches a few, but ends up getting hit on the head by one of the eggs. Nils and Finchen do not think the machine works properly; giving Annette eggs seems like a bad idea.
 	Scene 	Nils decides to try again. "Dear Annette, your wish is my command". This time the machine sprays out flour at Nils. Rumpel is delighted that his machine works so well, despite the fact that the gifts do lack something Grouchy to them. Rumpel decides to say something himself into the machine: "The rhymes are over", and the machine sprays Nils with glaze, and Rumpel admits that he needs to make a few changes to the machine since eggs, flour and glaze are not Grouchy at all. Finchen then gets an idea: those things are ingredients for a cake, so Nils could bake a cake for Annette as a gift. Nils loves the idea.
 	Scene 	Ernie is tying a ribbon to a gift for Annette, and Bert is helping by holding his finger on the knot. Bert wants Ernie to hurry up; he has an itch on his back, and would like to do something about it. Shortly afterwards, Ernie declares that he is done and leaves; however, Bert's hands are now tied to the gift, and he tries to scratch his back.
 	Film 	Francisca has a birthday party for her friends.
 	Film 	Searching the world for an animal. Kids from around the world give a demonstration of the sound it makes before the animal in question is revealed. This time it is an elephant.
 	Muppets 	For Bert's birthday, Ernie invited a singing and dancing elephant, a penguin band, and a group of Honkers and Dingers into the apartment. When Bert tells him he wants peace and quiet so he can read his book, Ernie leaves him alone -- after all, it's his birthday!
 	Muppets 	It's the Wörterfee's birthday, and the Wolf vom Wörtersee has completely forgotten about it because he is going to another friend's birthday today. Wolf decides that he has to find a gift for her, and he quickly leaves to go to his other appointment. He asks his two friends if they have an idea for what he could give the Wörterfee. Together they compose a birthday rap for her. Back at the lake Wolf sings the rap to the Wörterfee. She loves the gift, and Wolf has even brought a piece of birthday cake with him for her.
 	Muppets 	Ernie plays "Rubber Duckie says".
 	Muppets 	Mr. Johnson asks Grover the concession stand monster for a box of popcorn. Grover asks him if he would want the big, bigger, or biggest box of popcorn. Mr. Johnson wants the big popcorn, but Grover suggests the bigger popcorn. The two have a tug-of-war over the popcorn, resulting in the biggest popcorn box falling over Mr. Johnson's head.
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Category:Birthday Episodes