Episode 3470

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Telly and Zoe approach Carlo while wearing cowboy outfits and holding broomstick horses. They tell him that Verne from the Readers of the Open Range is "a-coming," as told to them in a letter he sent. Carlo isn't familiar with the Readers, so the monsters point at the camera and tell him to "looky thar'"...
 	Muppets 	"Readers of the Open Range" (ending edited)
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	After the song, Telly and Zoe explain how they became Readers of the Open Range when Verne had previously visited. Verne finally arrives to take the monsters on another reading adventure, having already spotted a buckaroo in need of their help.
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie reads about pirates.
 	Film 	Kids talk about how many things they can do now that they're five years old.
 	Muppets 	Biff says he will count to 40, but Roxie Marie does it for him first.
 	Cartoon 	Counting 40 pigsArtist: Keith Haring
 	SCENE 2 	The Readers come across a girl who can't pull open the door leading upstairs to Celina's dance studio. Using the power of reading, they help her see the sign that reads "PUSH" and she gets inside. Verne then leads Telly and Zoe to two more kids who have a problem involving lemonade...
 	Song 	"Push! Push! Push!"
 	Song 	14 Karat Soul sings “Hand Talk."
 	Cartoon 	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (new music sting added)
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Joey sing The Alphabet Song.
 	Cartoon 	How to know a hippo when you find one. (new sound effects added)Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	How Crayons are MadeMusic: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey
 	Cartoon 	In Egypt, three lemons make lemonade.
 	SCENE 3 	The Readers find a pair of girls whose lemonade stand hasn't gotten any business today. Verne points out they need a sign to let others know about it, and instructs Telly on how to make one. Sure enough, once the sign is displayed they start getting plenty of customers (including Tarah). Verne decides to change the group's name to the "Readers and Writers of the Open Range," and they head off to solve another problem.
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from.
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #18
 	Cartoon 	Number creatures 18
 	SCENE 4 	The gang finds Lexine sadly sitting on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street. She misses her grandmother, who lives all the way in the Philippines. Verne suggests she write a letter, and supplies her with a pen and paper. He then leads the monsters to someone else in distress, claiming that he knows about all the reading and writing problems nearby by reading about them in the newspaper.
 	Film 	A girl writes to her grandmother about going to summer camp.
 	Cartoon 	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak." (new sound effects added)
 	Film 	Jaws spoof with the letter Y.
 	Animation 	Characters on a quilt form the letter Y.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	SCENE 5 	The cowpokes find a boy named Andrew in the yard, who is upset over the difficulty of writing his name. Verne and the monsters help out by singing "Write Your Name," as the rest of the street residents demonstrate how they write their names (including Maria, Big Bird, Rosita, Bob, Kingston, Susan, Linda, Ruthie, the Count, Tarah, Oscar, Mr. Handford, Elmo, Gina, Snuffy, Luis, Celina, Slimey, Gordon, Lexine, Prairie Dawn, and Carlo). Thanks to their encouragement, Andrew can write his name with ease.
 	Cartoon 	A heart that says "I love you" is drawn.
 	Muppets 	After sounding out the word "cheese," the Two-Headed Monster poses for many pictures.
 	Song 	"Say Cheese"
 	Muppets 	Grover and Tanya talk about the word "HELP."
 	Cartoon 	Anansi the Spider tells the story of a sad mouse. (new sound effects added)Aritst: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 6 	Telly and Zoe tell Carlo about their adventure today when Verne announces it's time for him to mosey on. He tells the monsters they can keep in touch by writing a letter, and they politely ask him to leave so they can start. He announces the sponsors as they begin writing, and the credits follow.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: The Count sings a song about counting to Natasha.
==Guest cast==
*Jim Boyd as Customer #1
*Frieda Lipp as Customer #2
*The Kids: Erika M. Johnson, Andrew Mackasek
==Notes==
*Lexine uses a copy of Tiana's Magic Carpet (previously seen in Episode 3140) for a makeshift table as she writes her letter during scene 4.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27