Episode 3072

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Monty tells the viewer that today's show is sponsored by "nothing." Prairie Dawn asserts that there will be many things on today's show, but Monty insists on the sponsor being nothing.
 	SCENE 1 	Monty bears a number 0 on his hat and talks about it. Prairie finally understands that the number 0 is what Monty meant by "nothing." He disagrees that he was vague about his wording, and that the 0 on the top of his hat is missing. He introduces something else about nothing...
 	Song 	"Zero Song": A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0.Arist: Jane Aaron
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Prairie prepares to count backwards from 10, when Monty walks in to remind her not to forget the 0 when she finishes. She assures him she won't and proceeds with her countdown. Afterwards, Monty celebrates the fact that she didn't forget the 0 with confetti, music, and a crash on his cymbals.
 	Cartoon 	The boss of Muzby's Treetop Flowers tells his secretary that he doesn't want any calls unless they're important. Employee Henry tries to make an important call while hanging out on a limb.
 	Muppets 	Ernie is in a counting mood, and decides to count all of the cookies in a box of them. Cookie Monster overhears this and asks if he can have all of the cookies after they are counted, and Ernie agrees. But after opening the box, Ernie finds that there are 0 cookies in it. Ernie has another box, but it also has 0 in it. Ernie then remembers that he put all of the cookies into a cookie jar, and starts to count, but Cookie Monster impatiently eats all of the cookies before Ernie can finish counting.Monty freezes the segment mid-way through and appears onscreen to report that there will be no more messages about the number 0 from here on out, then resumes the sketch.
 	Cartoon 	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
 	Film 	A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Annie Eyeball looks at air.Artist: Bruce Cayard
center 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of chicken soup. Johnson says that he can't eat the soup, and Grover can't guess why. "That settles it," Johnson sighs. "From now on, I'm bringing my lunch to work in a paper sack." He finally explains to Grover that he can't eat the soup because he doesn't have a spoon.
 	Cartoon 	K is for kiss.Animation: John and Faith Hubley
 	SCENE 2 	Singing "Bésame Mucho" to himself, Oscar stands at a booth raising money for a Grouchketeer field trip by offering kisses for 50 cents. Gina eagerly pays a dollar instead, surprised that a Grouch like himself is offering such a thing, but then learns the kisses aren't given by Oscar but by Fluffy. She ducks out of the way and Oscar winds up being kissed instead. "Now that was definitely worth a dollar!"
 	Film 	A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Imagine That" about things that he sometimes imagines to be: first a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon, then a sailor, and finally, himself.
 	Film 	Girls dance and chant about K.Beginning with this airing, extra sound effects are added when the K words appear on-screen.
 	Cast 	Gordon hosts "What Happens Next," in which the viewer has to guess what kind of humiliation Maria as Chaplin is going to face before Gordon rings the Dinger's ding-dong bell. First, the tramp slips on a banana peel, then collapses when sitting on a three-legged bench. Finally, when a rain cloud is about to rain on him, he shifts the cloud over to the left of the screen so it rains on Gordon instead.
 	Cartoon 	A near-sighted princess goes to the eye doctor and gets glasses.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Big Bird recites a poem about front and back.
 	Cartoon 	The front and back of a costumed horse follow an ice cream truck.
 	Song 	"Pig's Love Song" (live-action version)
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 	Cartoon 	P is for Painting
 	Film 	A boy narrates a film about how cheese is made.
 	Insert 	At Hooper's, Elmo wonders why Mr. Handford is playing with a toy fire truck. Mr. Handford explains, in song, that he used to have one when he was a kid, and it inspired him to be a firefighter.
 	Animation 	Today's Secret Drawing is a fireman.
 	Muppets 	Grover talks to Zelda about "fast" and "slow."
 	Cartoon 	The dancing birds dance fast and slow.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	A boy narrates a film of cows being fed hay during winter.
 	Celebrity 	Gloria Estefan sings a special version of "1-2-3" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers.
 	Cartoon 	A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse.
 	Muppets 	Telly hosts "Here and There" from the library, where it's quiet. His co-host, Deborah Starr, is at the airport, where it's loud. The loud noises of the airport eventually make it hard for Telly to hear Deborah, so he has to talk louder into the microphone for Deborah to hear him, which results in his expulsion.
 	Cartoon 	Pencil box K / k
 	Film 	Kids have a lost dog poster made using an old-style printing press.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: P for Pencil
 	SCENE 3 	Prairie reads a book when Monty enters with a lecture on parts of the body. He introduces his mouth and nose, but Prairie is quick to point out those are not his ears on the top of his head - they are a pair of fake rabbit ears. He runs out and returns with mouse ears instead. Prairie goes home to lie down as Gina announces the sponsors and Monty shows off his hand (for waving goodbye).
==Notes==
* Scenes from this episode have been used as stand-alone Muppet inserts on foreign co-productions, including Sesamstraat.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24