Episode 3630

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Telly points out that Kingston is writing a song, which will be ready soon.
 	SCENE 1 	Kingston's song is finished and he cues up a funky beat. Carlo takes the lyrics and raps an intro to Kingston, who then raps his own unique welcome to the viewer. Telly is impressed that Kingston was able to write a whole song, but Kingston's not done - now he's going to write a story!
 	Cartoon 	Anansi the Spider tells the story of a sad mouse.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Song 	"Big D and Little D"
 	Muppets 	Big Bird wears a disguise and says "D-disguise." (new music added)
 	Animation 	D Candles
 	Song 	Yakety Yak - Take It Back
 	Cartoon 	A gorilla outgrows his toy fire truck, and is about to throw it away, when he decides to pass it on to his little brother.
 	SCENE 2 	Telly wonders why Kingston is pacing back and forth when he's supposed to be writing. Kingston claims it helps him come up with ideas, and he gets some words of inspiration: a king, DANGER, a piano, and charging horses!
 	Film 	Alphaboy: LAlphaboy leaps into lots of lovely leaves and becomes lazy.
 	Animation 	L / l (space paint)
 	Film 	Kid jungle explorers spot a wild letter L.
 	Muppets 	Mr. Johnson wants something to read, so Flight Attendant Grover suggests reading the EXIT sign, the safety manual and the tag on the collar of his shirt. After he informs Mr. Johnson that the airplane is out of newspapers and magazines, he sets the fat blue man on his lap and tells him to read his lips as he recites a story.
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster."
 	SCENE 3 	Telly impatiently waits for Kingston to finish writing his story - "The King Who Couldn't Read." He hands it off to Carlo to read aloud.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	In the story, Kingston plays an African king, who is entirely dependent upon his royal helpers to do everything for him. His Royal Reader helps him read a STOP sign (which helps them avoid some stampeding horses) and a DANGER sign (which saves them from a falling piano). One day, the Royal Reader calls in sick and the King is unable to read any signs, putting himself in much pain. He eventually gets some lessons from the Royal Reader and soon, he can read the signs on his own and learn how to do other things by reading books.
 	Cartoon 	A man encounters someone with a DANGER sign hanging on the end of his nose, and doubts there's any danger until the character sneezes.
 	Muppets 	"The Sneeze Song," with Kathleen the Cow with a Pig, a Sheep, and Fred the Wonder Horse.
 	Cartoon 	A salesman (voice of Martin P. Robinson) hawks the letter L in a commercial.Artist: Mo Willems
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La."
 	Film 	The floating kids form an L.
 	SCENE 4 	Kingston is now in the mood for reading, but Carlo doesn't have anything for him to read. Kingston thinks the contrary and finds they can read the labels in his cap, vest, and sneaker. Telly borrows his cap for the night so his mommy can read him a "bedtime cap."
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie reads about pirates.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird talks to the viewer about the importance of listening. He listens to the radio to learn about the weather, finding out in advance that ping-pong balls will rain on him.
 	Song 	"Zero Song": A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0.Arist: Jane Aaron
 	Muppets 	After the previous segment, the offended "Ms. A. M. Goat" gives a disclaimer that not all goats eat sneakers -- she eats corn and grass, but not sneakers. Another goat enters to eat the sneakers on her desk, further irritating her.
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup.
 	Cartoon 	Number factory 1-10
 	Animation 	Beads arrange themselves in different ways, and finally stick themselves to a boy's jacket.
 	SCENE 5 	Sesame Street's Theater in the Park presents The Grapes of Math, where Elmo and Carrington add their grapes.
 	Film 	The Count (in voiceover) counts five children standing behind a park bench.
 	Song 	"Exploring in Your Closet"
 	Cartoon 	A girl notices some footprints near and far to her. They belong to a giant purple bird.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	"The Opposite Song"
 	Cartoon 	All the instruments in Sousaville love Mr. Tuba's music, but when he plays with them, he doesn't play the same music they're playing.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 6 	Telly notices Kingston is writing again. This time, Kingston's writing a letter to Carlo, but he can't read it out loud to them since it's a private matter. Kingston requests Telly stick around for the best part - watching Carlo read the letter to himself. Telly compliments how well Carlo does it.
 	Cartoon 	Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster tries on shoes.
 	Film 	A little boy sings the "Cold Ocean Blues" at the beach.
 	Cartoon 	How Andy Fritz Ate the Sun.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 7 	Carlo has a letter for Kingston now, and Telly has Carrington and another child watch the thrilling action as Kingston reads it to himself. Kingston then points out there's some letters for Telly to read, despite his limited capability. The letters turn out to be the sponsors as Carlo takes them out of an envelope. The credits follow.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28