Episode 2930

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo's Rangers visit Maria at the Fix-It Shop and provide her with an Apple and a Basketball. Elmo tells Maria that he and the Rangers are going to bring her an item that starts with every letter of the alphabet, saying it's a good way to learn it. A and B are now covered and they go off to get more.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Count von Count appears, looking for Elmo to add something to his alphabet collection. He provides Maria with a Coconut, then a second, and third...
 	Cartoon 	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end.
 	Muppets 	"Street Garden Cooperation"
 	Animation 	Sand A/a
 	Film 	Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 2 	A Duck now hangs around Maria, also sent by Elmo.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Biff has also gotten orders from Elmo and pushes Oscar's trash can over to the shop, which contains several Elephants.
 	Film 	Kids climb in and out of a tire.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Growing Numbers #14
 	Cast 	Gordon hosts "The Crossing Zone," in which a boy named Jonathan has to find a way to cross the street. Susan helps him across.
 	Cartoon 	A kid names his own body parts.
 	Insert 	Some girls do a clap and cheer for the number 14.
 	Film 	A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment.
 	Cartoon 	A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane.
 	Muppets / Cast 	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a dentist and a bus driver. (remake)
 	Cartoon 	Listening to sounds can tell you about danger.
 	SCENE 3 	Maria notices she hasn't gotten any further alphabet items from Elmo in a short while. She reiterates the items she's already received, when Wolfgang the Seal appears and (sadly) provides her with a Fish.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Grundgetta then arrives. Maria assumes she's the next part of the collection since "Grundgetta" and "Grouch" begin with G. Instead, Grundgetta produces a pot of gross, gurgling Goo.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	A Honker startles Maria, indicating that he's the next part of her growing collection.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Biff supervises the arrival of Maria's next gift - a large Igloo (complete with snowfall). Maria decides to forgo the work she has to do and wonders what item will be next.
 	Film 	A boy talks about living in Alaska and about racing sled dogs.
 	Muppets 	
 	Video 	Four break-dancers dance.
 	SCENE 4 	Luis arrives and sees all the things Maria has accrued today from Elmo's Rangers et al. A Jazzman (Jerry Nelson) then comes by with his trumpet, playing some smooth Jazz for the collection.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd 	Telly Monster quickly rushes in and hands Luis a Kite.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd 	Mary, of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" fame, arrives to loan her Lamb while she does some shopping. The lamb has difficulty staying put, wishing to follow his owner as usual.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd 	Mary then informs them of the next letter and its corresponding addition to the collection - many Monsters!
 	Cartoon 	I thought a thought ... about circles.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Song 	Jerry Nelson sings "Don't Waste Water."
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Tony Danza and Big Bird play tennis without a ball, and count twenty hits, while Kevin Clash announces.
 	Cartoon 	A shepherd plays hide-and-seek with his sheep.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	SCENE 5 	Inside the shop, Elmo tells Maria and Luis that he and his team are having trouble finding something that starts with N. Luis writes a Note, which Maria reads to them. As they pile out to add it to the collection outside, Luis hopes they can finally get some work done now.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Suddenly, there's a knock at the door and Maria quickly guesses it's going to pertain to the alphabet collection. Hoots is at the door and they assume he's the next entry - O for Owl. They tell him to wait outside with the other alphabet items until the entire alphabet is finished. A baffled Hoots doesn't understand what's going on; he merely wanted to play a section of a new music piece he's working on for the Old Octopus Octet.
 	Animation 	A girl plays in, on and under a sculpture.
 	Muppets 	Polly Darton and Benny Rabbit sing "14 Carrot Love."
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy recalls how he learned about the meaning of DANGER.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1
 	SCENE 6 	The alphabet collection is getting pretty chaotic, when Peter Piper (Peter Linz) arrives with some Pickled Peppers.
 	SCENE 6 cont'd 	Next, the duck quacks madly to convey that his Quack is the next addition to the collection.
 	SCENE 6 cont'd 	The alphabet continues as Rosita arrives and starts Singing.
 	Animation 	A big paper clip and a small paper clip can hold papers together, and so can a small staple, with the help of its "mommy."
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	The letter T is a very useful letter.
 	SCENE 7 	With Elmo's Rangers and the alphabet participants gathered, Maria and Luis decide to help finish the alphabet by giving Elmo some things. First, they present a girl doing a Tap routine...
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	... followed by Linda with an Umbrella...
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	... Gordon with a Vase....
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	... and Little Miss Muffet (Alison Mork), who contributes her leftover Whey to the cause. ("Take it a-whey!")
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	Barkley fetches his own X-ray...
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	...then Gina brings a container of Yogurt.
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	Finally, Telly returns at the last second with one final contribution - a Zucchini! With the alphabet collection complete, Elmo now declares he and his Rangers will create a new collection of things ranging from 1 to 40. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.
==Notes==
* Mary's lamb is performed by David Rudman in scene 4, and by Joey Mazzarino in scenes 6 and 7.
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Category:Alphabet
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23