Episode 2040

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Bob and David are waiting for Big Bird to come out of his nest area before they go to see a movie downtown. David doesn't want to miss it, so Big Bird lets them go ahead of him so he can wait for Mr. Snuffleupagus. Snuffy shows up after they leave, and both he and Big Bird rush to the theater.Big Bird and Snuffy arrive at the theater after the movie has started, and sit down behind Bob and David (who remain unaware of Snuffy's actual presence). Big Bird asks David for some popcorn, and Snuffy ends up devouring all of it. Snuffy is worried that the sad part of the movie (which he knows about) will make him cry, so Big Bird asks Bob to hand him a tissue. Snuffy asks Big Bird what time it is, and Big Bird says it's "early." Snuffy remembers that he told his mommy he'd be home early, and rushes back to his cave. Big Bird pleads for him to stay, and then gets into a noisy argument with Bob and David.
 	Cartoon 	Fruta Manzana sings about being happy and healthy.Artist: Don Duga and Irra Verbitsky
 	Film 	Pizza is made.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum.
 	Cartoon 	"Ten Turtles"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	Some kids have a bike race by the river.
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird goes into Hooper's Store and starts loudly counting backwards from ten to one for David; he then uses the store's phone to call Ernie and do the same. When David asks why, Big Bird explains that he wants to teach everyone how to count like that, as he likes it better than counting forwards because no matter where you start, you always end up back at 1. David realizes this is true and tries counting himself, but he doesn't make it to 1 as Big Bird demonstrates how it's hard to do when you're interrupted.
 	Cartoon 	Yo-yo elevator
 	Muppets 	Grover demonstrates heavy and light. First, he picks up a heavy barbell. Then he tries to pick up a light feather, but he can't move it. It turns out that the feather is attached to the top of Big Bird's head.
 	Cartoon 	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks.
 	Muppets 	"Street Garden Cooperation"
 	Cartoon 	A girl and elephant show heavy and light.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?"
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird keeps loudly counting backwards from ten to one for everybody (including an unappreciative Oscar) when Maria tells him it's impossible to try and teach everyone in the world to count backwards. She suggests he ask the people in his neighborhood if they know how to first, but when he stops a group of older kids they show that they already know how to count backwards since they learned it in school. Big Bird now believes that instead of teaching everybody to count, he should tell everyone to go to school to learn.
 	Cartoon 	What would happen if I popped this balloon?
 	Film 	Counting 20 boxesMusic: Joe Raposo
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names.
 	Cartoon 	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar reads his book of Mother Grouch nursery rhymes to the Grouchketeers. Gordon listens in and points out how none of the stories actually rhyme. When discussing the Grouch version of "Little Miss Muffet," Gordon becomes slightly irate when Oscar questions him on the logistics, finding that Gordon makes a good Grouch himself.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin is out in the cold.
 	Cartoon 	Howard and Harold think of H words
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Crayon Animation Letter D
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet asks another "Is this the D train?" A subway train then arrives, letting out several letter Ds.
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Celebrity	Dizzy Gillespie plays a jazz piece on his trumpet for Bob, Susan, Olivia, David, and the kids.
 	Cartoon 	"Daddy Dear"
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids (upside-down girl)
 	Cartoon 	Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs"
 	Film 	Car assembly
 	Cartoon 	Car stuck on tar
 	Muppets 	Grover tries to ignore three monsters who look big and scary to him. When they notice him carrying a flute, they grab his attention and ask -- in what appears to be a threatening way -- if Grover wants to play. The three monsters pull out a clarinet, an oboe and a bassoon and begin to play, urging Grover to join in.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird now has a megaphone, telling everyone to go to school and learn how to count. Maria tries to convinces him not to as there's other things worth doing in life. She also tells him it's almost nighttime, but Big Bird points out that night school exists and continues shouting through his megaphone. Maria gives up and closes up the Fix-It Shop as Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16