Episode 2988

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo arrives at Hooper's Store wearing a safari hat, telling Mr. Handford that he plans to explore an imaginary jungle today. He goes through his imaginary supplies, which include a ladder to see the giraffes better and peanuts for the elephants. Luckily Elmo doesn't need to go very far - the jungle happens to be at Hooper's, and Elmo gets Mr. Handford to pretend to be one of the giraffes.
 	Animation	Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe."
 	Film 	The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to three to zero children on a park bench.
 	Cartoon 	Bud the Bird flies above and below in a bumper car.Artist: Lisa Crafts
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster tries on different pairs of shoes, but can't agree on one pair. They end up agreeing to wear shoe boxes instead.
 	Cartoon 	Ten TurtlesArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Celebrity	James Taylor sings "That Grouchy Face" to Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	An ostrich, a girl, and a pig do some exercises, and move the couch away.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about how Yufka, a Turkish flat-bread, is made.
 	Cartoon 	C for candle (blows man away).
 	Muppets 	The Singing Dentists sing "Say Toothpaste, Somebody!" (new sound effects added)
 	Cartoon 	A beaver does his exercises, while his friends make fun of him. He then uses his strength to save his friends when the dam breaks.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Film 	In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it.
 	Muppets 	The Count reads some kids a poem about "The Countess Who Lived in the Woods." She is visited by cold, needy animals, all of whom she helps out by giving them the things she was about to count.
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
 	Muppets 	"Don't Throw That Trash on the Ground"
 	Cartoon 	CGI sheep graze out I and i.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Families." (ending edited)
 	Cartoon 	A bird lays ten eggs.Artist: Tom Gabbay
 	Cast 	Lillian sings a "Simple Clapping Song" with some kids.
center 	Cartoon 	Two men try to go over a very steep hill.
 	Animation	Teeny Little Super Guy recalls how he learned about the meaning of DANGER.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Cartoon 	C is for Cowboy
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller.
 	Cartoon 	Apple: a riddle
 	Cartoon 	A paranoid bird doesn't like to be surprised ... unless it's a surprise party.Artist: John Korty
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird is playing at his nest when he hears a siren blaring. It's not coming from a fire engine - it's from a cowbell. The cow wearing it, Mirabelle (Camille Bonora), states that her cowbell is broken and is making the siren noise whenever she moves. It also makes her very sad and keeps the other cows awake at night, so Big Bird suggests she head to the Fix-It Shop to have it repaired. They're briefly stopped on the way there by a policeman (Jim Martin) who confuses Mirabelle's bell for a fire engine. ("False alarm there, Normie, it's just a cow.")
 	Animation	Sand I/i
 	Film 	"Sesame Street Creature Feature": Today's featured creature is the Slug, who sings "I'm a Slug"
 	Muppets 	Prairie Dawn tries to play Johann Sebastian Bach's "Minuet in G Major" with Elmo on the violin.
 	Cartoon 	"The Adventures of Clever Bill!" The main character solves conflicts between two fighting giants and two fighting girls.
 	Song 	"The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I for Island.
 	SCENE 3 	Following another visit from the policeman, Maria struggles to fix Mirabelle's cowbell. She tries tightening and loosening the clapper, but it just makes the siren sound go wonky. Maria then hits it with a mallet, which results in the bell making Big Ben-esque chimes. Monty arrives with a cup and saucer in hand, thinking it's tea time. ("Are you saying I took a wrong turn at Leicester Square?")
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!"
 	Film 	Cars on the street go fast, then slow, then fast again.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster tells his little cousin monster to get him something special that starts with the letter C. He hopes she'll bring him a cookie, but she brings a carrot, a cucumber, a cauliflower, and an ear of corn. Finally, she realizes that cousin also starts with C, and assumes he was referring to her.
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop must take 10 terriers for a walk.
 	SCENE 4 	Maria isn't able to fix the bell, so she gives Mirabelle a brand new one. The clanking attracts her cow friends (Alison Mork and Pam Arciero), who are happy she can come back with the herd and wish to go grazing. They mistake the Fix-It shop for a pasture as Big Bird announces the sponsors, while the policeman shows up to add to the commotion.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23