Episode 0290

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Hooper welcomes the viewer, then introduces "the world's foremost expert on the alphabet..."
 	Celebrity 	Pat Paulsen says the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #5
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird passes by the empty storefront on the block, surprised to see some kids congregated around it. Maria explains that they've turned the space into a community library and she's serving as librarian this afternoon. Big Bird loudly cheers for the new addition to the street, unaware that libraries are meant to be quiet. He loudly starts yelling at some cars making noise nearby.
 	Film 	New Bridge #1 - Panel Drop
center 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet in a loud suit named Marty teaches Grover about adding and subtracting with three tangerines.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Hooper serves Grover a soda at Hooper's Store, when Maria stops by. She meets Grover for the first time and the monster is immediately struck by her beauty. Eager to impress his new crush, he attempts to get her the glass of water, pencils and pad she needs, but Mr. Hooper already has those things handy. Grover does, however, get to deliver the items to her.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #15: Dots and squares converse and form pattern
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B
 	SCENE 4 	Grover delivers the bag to Maria and hangs around to deliver two words straight from his heart: "I like you." Maria points out the statement was actually three words, writing them down so he can count them.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Grover is disheartened that Maria has nothing to say in response, until she serenades him with "Tu Me Gustas."
 	Cast 	Gordon and Bob assemble an E.
 	Cartoon 	E ... see me eating a peach
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everything, empty, and egg.Voice: Casey Kasem
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: E for eggA cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."
 	SCENE 5 	Mr. Hooper lugs a heavy bag of potatoes toward the store. Bob needs to purchase some, but if Mr. Hooper cuts open the bag, they could spill on the sidewalk. Instead, Bob helps Mr. Hooper carry the bag to the store.
 	Muppets 	Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things.
 	Film 	A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first."
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #5 (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R. (repeat)
 	Transition 	Bridge #9 - Rectangle Bridge C
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar thinks they should cut down the tree on the sidewalk, but Bob tells him to think what would happen if it was - the birds would stop singing, there wouldn't be any shade and the street would look less pretty. None of this changes Oscar's mind, however.
 	Muppets 	A Muppet father and son switch roles in the forest. The father climbs trees and asks questions, while the son explains things.
 	Song 	"1-2-3-4-5!"
 	Muppets 	Grover and Loren count to twenty.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber.
 	SCENE 7 	Mr. Hooper remarks there are different ways of fixing things. For example, he uses a screwdriver to fix a broken pot handle. Elsewhere, Maria fixes a broken heel with glue.
 	Film 	Grasshopper (harpsichord 50s-style music)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: E for eggA cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	E ... see me eating a peach (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everything, empty. and egg. (repeat)
 	SCENE 8 	Mr. Hooper uses his trusty screwdriver again to fix a screw on the doorknob. Meanwhile, Bob uses a needle and thread to mend a hole in his sock. Back at Hooper's, Mr. Hooper's screwdriver has become broken. Since he doesn't have a second one to use, he tosses it away.
 	Muppets 	Ernie tries to find another cookie with a criss-cross of icing. He has trouble matching cookies, but Cookie Monster "matches" them by eating them (putting them all in the same place, his stomach).
 	Cast 	Gordon and Tom want to draw houses, but they only have one sheet of paper. They each use half, but they are not pleased with their houses until they cooperate again and connect the lines in the middle to make one big house.
 	Cartoon 	A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R. (repeat)
 	SCENE 9 	Maria and the kids help find a picture book for Grover at the library; they offer him Dandelion and The Snowy Day. They all wave goodbye as the credits roll, then Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Oscar and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, while Roosevelt Franklin holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Library
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3