Episode 2155

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird and the Birdketeers show the viewer how "You Can Be a Birdketeer."
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Oscar the Grouch objects following the song, and thinks that being a Grouchketeer is much better. He tells the viewer to stick around...
 	Film 	Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish.
 	Cartoon 	Gloria talks about 'W'
 	Insert 	Two sheep try to count a farmer Olivia going around a fence to make themselves fall asleep.
 	Cartoon 	The story of sheep, or where wool comes from.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar and the Grouchketeers sing a grouchy version of Big Bird's Birdketeer song.
 	Cartoon 	W for Wash
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Kids play in the snow.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster builds a Two-Headed Snowman. It's missing noses; they fight over a carrot which breaks in half, solving the problem.
 	Animation 	Four airplanes take off one by one.
 	Muppets 	Kermit shows what's inside of Herry Monster using the X-ray machine.
 	Cartoon 	A pink circle splits into a cat, and a gray circle splits into a mouse.
 	Film 	Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like.
 	Cartoon 	A girl imagines what would happen if she were a piece of gum.
 	Celebrity 	Dizzy Gillespie plays a jazz piece on his trumpet for Bob, Susan, Olivia, David, and the kids.
 	Cartoon 	A peasant tries to woo a pretty girl by reciting the famous "Roses are Red" poem. The lines are fed to him by a poet behind a bush, whom she eventually runs off with.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets 	Alien Alphabet
 	Film 	Elephants (African percussion soundtrack)
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Little Jerry and the Monotones (who are tired and don't seem to care about what they are doing) to hold up signs with letters that make up the word "walk". When Grover tells them what it spells, they walk over him.
 	Cartoon 	How many legs does a horse have?
 	Muppets 	Grover walks past the letters that spell "walk" and tells the viewers what the word is. The letters then walk over Grover.
 	Cartoon 	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F.
 	SCENE 3 	Micki's friend Tanya (Danielle Striker) waits in frustration by 123 Sesame Street, complaining to herself about how late Micki is for their meet-up. Grundgetta takes a liking to her and, going by Tanya's punk outfit, assumes she's a fellow Grouch. She strikes up some conversation with Tanya, and the two briefly discuss how to style their hair and fur when Micki rushes in. She explains she had to work late at the library, and Tanya is instantly forgiving. Grundgetta can't stand that not only is Tanya's foul mood gone, but that she was partly responsible by being so friendly.
 	Animation 	Carrot subtraction (4-1)
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it.
 	Cartoon 	W for Wilhelmina
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog, Shola, and Fanny demonstrate "next to."
 	Cartoon 	Cars WALK.
 	SCENE 4 	Micki and Tanya work on their homework in the yard when Elmo pops up, repeating a new word he's learned - "original," though he doesn't know what it means. The teens show him a dictionary and look up the definition, and give their own examples of original experiences. Elmo is glad to say that this is the "original word" he looked up in a dictionary.
 	Cartoon 	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished."
 	Song 	"Frog Kick"
 	Cartoon 	The Funny Four tickles all the people and animals he sees. (edited)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Slot-machine legs: Cowboy & horse
 	Cast 	Luis tosses and turns in bed. Gordon hawks a sure-fire method of getting to sleep - counting. Luis orders Gordon to leave the bedroom in ten seconds, then falls asleep after counting.
 	Cartoon 	A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5 	Tanya wonders if Grundgetta ever gets tired of being grouchy all the time. Grundgetta and her back-up Grouches tell the teens how "Grouch Girls Don't Wanna Have Fun." Micki and Tanya dance to the song, to Grundgetta's disappointment, before they head back to Tanya's place. Grundgetta and her girls stay to practice their choreography (or lack of it) while Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
==Notes==
* Additional puppeteers include Martin P. Robinson as Scuzette and Kevin Clash as Bertha.
* Producer and director of the episode Lisa Simon later commented that the show "went too far" by featuring a human punk rocker for the show. Joan Ganz Cooney, who watched from home long after the episode had gone through the writing and production process, suggested that the Tanya character never be used again, stating that it "was not an image the show wanted to promote." Simon continued, "We were trying to keep current. We have to keep in mind that it really isn't a New York show."The Morning Call "Kids Still Count on Sesame Street..." by Katherine Reinhard, December 17, 1987
==Gallery==
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==Sources==
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17