Episode 2211

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis tells Big Bird that his friend, singer Rubén Blades, is coming to visit today. Big Bird gets excited, then disappointed when Rubén arrives without his band; he thinks Rubén won't be able to sing now. Rubén assures Big Bird that he doesn't need his band and uses a hammer and screwdriver as claves as he sings a short, Spanish song.
 	Cartoon 	Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."Artist: Fred Garbers
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A baby bird tries and tries again to fly from its nest.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Animation 	David spots a square in space.
 	Cartoon 	Little Red Riding Hood is prepared for her trip to Grandma's.
 	Film 	Kids narrate footage of whales.
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
 	SCENE 2 	Rubén sings "Ayuda" with Piri and the kids, who shout out the title word throughout the song.
 	Cartoon 	A Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out.Artist: Chris Hinton
 	Film 	Counting 20 boxesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Grover sells newspapers in the street. He thinks they are for making paper hats, but a customer shows him they are actually for reading. The customer wants to buy a newspaper, but Grover won't stop reading the paper that the customer wants to buy. Grover reads about construction of a new building, a parade, and an expected rain shower, all of which occur as Grover reads.
 	Cartoon 	S for SnailArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers.
 	Film 	To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree.
 	Cartoon 	HEN / PEN / TEN / MEN Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 3 	Telly has written a poem to welcome Rubén, but doesn't think it's that great. Telly has to make up words (such as "kabuben" and "Kalubin") in order to rhyme with Rubén's name, but manages to create one rhyme that makes sense - "Rubén" and "you been."
 	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 	Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest.
 	Animation 	El Numero Dos (Luis voice-over)
 	Film 	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor.Singer: "¡Linda paloma!"
 	Cartoon 	Two balls follow an arrow down a hole.
 	Cast 	Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola."
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown paper bag, and asks Cookie Monster what he hopes it is. Cookie Monster hopes that it is a cookie. It turns out that Ernie has ten cookies in the bag.
center 	Cartoon 	The letter X
 	Film 	Fireworks Alphabet
 	SCENE 4 	Telly wishes to buy a new toy, but he doesn't know how to get the money out of his piggy bank. Oscar drops by and tells him to smash open the bank, which will allow him to get the broken pieces. Oscar (without hesitation) retrieves his hammer and Telly mulls over the idea, not fully committed to the idea of losing his piggy bank in such a manner. Piri stops Oscar in the nick of time and shows them the plug on the bottom of the bank. Oscar grumbles, "What a rotten piggy bank - you don't even have to break it!"
 	Cartoon 	"Magic Pig"Artist: Vince Collins
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy puts a red and green monster together using a diagram.
 	Film 	Kids count ten buses as they drive by.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets / Cast	Maria and Cookie Monster sing the "Computer Song" as they count digital cookies.
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #2"
 	Film 	"Indian Baby Bath"Music: Joe Raposo
 	Insert 	Big Bird recounts his trip to the circus to Barkley (who doesn't pay much attention). Big Bird was especially enamored by the lion tamer and imagines himself in such a role, with Barkley as his trained animal. Back in reality, Big Bird tries getting Barkley to do some tricks, but he just lays on the ground instead.
 	Cartoon 	The great Alphonso and his trained X's
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	"¡Él juega beisbol!"
 	SCENE 5 	Rubén hands out different instruments to the kids in order to play some music together. On cue, a Latin-flavored version of the Sesame Street Theme music plays and everyone joins in. Maria announces the sponsors in Spanish.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17