Episode 2502

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Susan discovers three letter X's in a row on the doors to Big Bird's nest. Likewise, Oscar the Grouch has three X's on and around his trash can and David spots three more written on the sidewalk. Nobody can figure out who put them there or what they're for. Meanwhile down the street, an Anything Muppet in a cowboy hat places three X's on the window of the Fix-It Shop and laughs to himself with pride over his work.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings "The Frogs in the Glen."
 	Cartoon 	Six pigsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	A day in the life of a quarter that accidentally turns yellow.
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center 	Cartoon 	Que es Esto?: Horse
 	SCENE 2 	David and Susan notice even more sets of X's pinned up all over the street. While Bob takes a nap in the yard, the mysterious stranger happens in and makes his mark on Bob's forehead before going into hiding. David and Susan identify the three X's on Bob when the AM in a cowboy hat introduces himself as Three-In-A-Row Smith, the world's greatest tic-tac-toe player. He claims he was just practicing his marks and challenges Bob to a game, but Bob says he has to clean up his mess first.
 	Cartoon 	Letters stranded on a desert island spell PLEH, LEPH, and finally HELP.
center 	Muppets 	The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite.
 	Animation 	A voiceover counts forty dots, each one rising on a musical scale as their colors shift from red to orange.
 	Muppets 	Grover is astonished to find that he's multiplied into four Grovers.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig."
 	Cartoon 	Brand X
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Three-In-A-Row Smith has just beaten Brian at a game of tic-tac-toe, which he adds to the several dozen games hung on the wall of Hooper's Store. Bob recaps how Mr. Three-In-A-Row Smith has won games with everybody he's played so far, but Mr. Smith admits that while he's had fun, none of the games he's played have been particularly memorable. Snuffy has heard of the games and wants to play a round, too.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Everyone follows Snuffy outside to his giant tic-tac-toe board, which Mr. 3-In-A-Rowsmith is excited to play on.
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy notices his friend Alice wanting to join a baseball game. He gives her the idea to go over there and ask them if she can play.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Cartoon 	A wizard turns into R things.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster looks at different shapes.
 	Film 	A zydeco band plays "Bayou Pon Pon" while people dance and the townspeople of New Orleans wave at the camera.
 	Cartoon 	A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat.
 	Insert 	Hiroshi prepares a story for everyone (including Oscar and Slimey) called Umeko and Kuwa. In the story, some Japanese Anything Muppets mock a young girl named Kumeko for having a worm for a pet. When the annual festival arrives, Kumeko is without a new kimono to wear. Overnight, her worm turns into a moth and has her use his cocoon for silk for a new kimono. At the festival, everyone is amazed at her new outfit.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays six marvelous monkeys who do stunts.
 	Film 	Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
 	Cartoon 	Lightbulbs subtract from 5 to 0.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive."
 	Cartoon 	A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Film 	Letter R hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Clementine works at the Double Bar "R" Ranch; Gladys the Cow applies for a job there.
 	Cartoon 	Knights use different words for "big."Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and Sabrina pose by photographic stand-ins of themselves (taken by Olivia) as he sings "Just One Me."
 	Cartoon 	Rap #6
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 	Cartoon 	Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle."Animation by Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Cat block structure.
 	Cartoon 	A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers.
 	SCENE 5 	At the Fix-It Shop, Telly tells Luis and Mesha about the beautiful sunrise he saw this morning. He wanted to write a poem about it, but couldn't come up with any rhyming words. Luis takes them to the computer, where they type up words that rhyme with "sun" and come up with a poem. Bob announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20