Episode 3645

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Celina welcomes the viewer, when Elmo rushes to her, asking her what's today's letter of the day. He hopes it's the letter E, the first letter in his name. He politely shouts above, when a voice (Martin P. Robinson) responds that today's letter is O. Elmo is upset, but gets an idea on how to change it. He grabs a rag and wipes the onscreen O away, and tries drawing an E in its place. The voice points out the letter will remain O, despite Elmo's efforts. Elmo is determined to find another way.
 	Cartoon 	Soul O
 	Muppets 	Big Bird shows that the letter O looks the same upside-down.
 	Animation 	Fans reveal the letter O.
 	Song 	"Country in the City"
 	Cartoon 	Where does the cow live? (Maria voiceover)
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster has a riddle: what do you get when you have one cookie between two cookies? A cookie sandwich!
 	Cast 	"Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion)
 	Animation / SCENE 2	Dancing Petroglyphs: Rock characters dance around the letter "O". Elmo interrupts the segment midway through and reminds the viewer of his plan. He "cancels" the segment and draws an E onscreen. He then does his own E-dance to the segment's music. Despite some applause, the voice chimes in again to say today's letter is still O.
 	Film 	"Simple Pleasures" by Bobby McFerrin is played over footage of a girl trying to play frisbee with a dog on the beach.
 	Animation 	All, none, some and one fish swim around.
 	Insert 	None, some and all of the dancers dance as Big Bird narrates.
 	Cartoon 	A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsBig Bird visits a Puerto Rican casita in East Harlem. He tries to find out what people do there, but everyone is too busy raising chickens, planting tomatoes, cooking and planning music to answer.
 	Animation 	Portraits of kids display the alphabet.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	SCENE 3 	Celina finds Elmo in the midst of his next plan: he's written a whole bunch of his own Es and handed them out to the kids to stick all over the street. The voice again notes his efforts have been fruitless and the day's letter is still O, like in the following segment...
 	Film 	A gymnast twirls ribbons to form the letter O.
 	Muppets 	Director Kermit is filming Oklahoma with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter sing "Oklahoma!" but sings "Aklahoma!", "Eeklahoma!", and "Iklahoma!" instead. When he finally gets it right, the production assistant says it's time for lunch.
 	Cartoon 	O for open, off, owl, ocean
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Celina tries to raise Elmo's spirits with a story from her youth: she tried to climb a big tree, but couldn't, so she found a tree she could climb. Elmo understands how the message applies to him, but still thinks he can change today's letter...now, with a song!
 	Film 	Kids play low and high notes on the Shpritzer.
 	Cartoon 	Three computer animated fish.
 	Muppets 	Underwater #3
 	Cartoon 	A little girl counts the reasons why she likes the number 3.
 	Muppets 	Grover sings about his furry little shadow.
 	Cartoon 	Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them.
 	Video 	Kids demonstrate surprise by winding a jack-in-the-box, as “Pop Goes the Weasel” plays.
 	SCENE 4 	Another voice introduces the story of "The Kingdom of O." King Oliver and Queen Olivia meet Elmo, who is looking for the Kingdom of E. He convinces them to change their kingdom to focus on the letter E instead.
 	Animation 	Planet E / e
 	Animation 	Planting Letters: E
 	Animation 	E / e Gregorian chant
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo and the kids sing a hip-hop tune about the letter E. The plan doesn't work, as the voice raps about today's letter still being O.
 	Cartoon 	St. Bernard dog leads Zork down the snowy hill.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Telly Monster sings "My Outer Space Friend" as he gazes out his bedroom window, musing about space travel and his "outer-space friend."
 	Film 	Gilberto, who lives in Central America, learns how bricks are made.
 	Cartoon 	An opera house is full when an operatic tenor sings, but it becomes empty when his partner (of lesser musical talent) attempts to sing. On their way home, the tenor and his partner become stuck on the freeway, where the lanes are full - but all it takes to make them empty is some bad singing.Artist: Gene Barretta
 	Muppets 	Harry Belafonte and The Count sing "Coconut Counting Man."
 	Animation 	Beads arrange themselves in different ways, and finally stick themselves to a boy's jacket.
 	SCENE 6 	Elmo is disappointed his efforts have been for naught. The voice points out that Elmo's name ends with the letter O. Elmo is inspired and asks the voice to cooperate and make both letters the letter of the day. The voice agrees to the change and Elmo celebrates by helping Celina find a big tree to climb.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Oscar the Grouch leaves Telly with Big Bird's cousin, Abelardo.
==Notes==
*Additional performers during the "Kingdom of O" story include David Rudman (royal painter) and Alice Dinnean (royal cook).
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Category:Alphabet
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28