Episode 2036

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Early in the morning, Linda and Micki greet each other as they open the library. Micki turns on the lights to reveal the library in disarray. As they start cleaning, Micki tells the viewer that the library had been open late last night, and they both wanted to go home, so they came in early to clean up together.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	The screen dissolves to them finishing up. They both acknowledge that they like to see the library this way and decide now to open it for the day. Micki switches the "closed" sign to "open" and lets in a crowd of people who spread out around the library. Linda and Micki agree that they like it better this way.
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
 	Film 	To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree.
 	Muppets 	A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time.
 	Cartoon / Film 	A Scanimate/live-action hybrid segment in which an off-camera child and Luis name words that begin with H.
 	Film 	Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers.
 	Cartoon 	A painter pops out of a box and paints a lion, then hangs a "wet paint" sign on it.
 	Cast 	David sings "Wet Paint" as Gordon and Maria ignore the WET PAINT signs around them.
 	Cartoon 	Hats
 	Animation 	A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!"
 	SCENE 2 	Telly is reading an animal book when he comes to a word he doesn't know. He wants to look it up in the dictionary nearby but worries that his seat will get taken. Linda shows him a few ways to save his seat: he can leave his book open, or tip his chair against the table, or write a note. Telly decides to do all three, but before he leaves, Noah asks him to watch his chair while he goes to read the dictionary. Telly recognizes this as another way to save one's seat, before realizing he won't be able to leave himself. He gets the idea to lean Noah's chair against the table, but notices he still can't go to use the dictionary because that's what Noah's doing.
 	Cartoon 	H for hair
 	Film 	Prairie dogMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Pageant: "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" — Cookie Monster, playing the heroine in this year's pageant, can't seem to grasp the concept of going "around" until Prairie Dawn lures him with a—guess what?
 	Film 	George the Farmer puts his head through a barrel stave. He also goes through the barn.
 	Cartoon 	Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much.
 	Film 	A man and a little girl perform small aerobic workouts.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to twenty.
 	Cartoon 	An orange creature shows things that measure.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird watches Billy Dee Williams measure two kids. Big Bird is taller than the wall they're using, so Billy quickly builds an extension to find Big Bird's height.
 	Cartoon 	"Six Soccer Socks"Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster: HONK
 	Animation 	Counting animals (1 butterfly, 2 frogs, 3 birds, 4 turtles, 5 bees, 6 fish)
 	Song 	Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one.
 	Film 	A wall painter on a high-rise spells and paints the word "WET PAINT" in red, but accidentally puts his hand on one of the painted letters and looks at his hand, all painted red, and shouts, "WET PAINT!"
 	Animation 	It's a monkeyArtist: Ishu Patel
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond.
 	SCENE 3 	Elmo (Richard Hunt) wants to play with Oscar and knocks on his can. Oscar tells Elmo to scram, which he interprets as a game and keeps knocking. Realizing that Elmo won't quit, Oscar uses his "Grouch smarts" to get rid of him. Oscar suggests playing hide-and-seek, having Elmo hide while he counts to 20. Oscar covers his eyes and counts only to find Elmo hasn't moved, as he doesn't know what "hide" means. Oscar explains that Elmo needs to go where he can't see him.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Oscar counts again and doesn't see Elmo, until he appears from behind the can. Oscar instructs Elmo to find a harder hiding place and stay there. Oscar counts once more, and finally, Elmo is gone. Oscar looks forward to not seeking and not being bothered, but he soon fears that Elmo may stay hiding and not come home to his mother. Oscar guilts himself into looking for Elmo after all.
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The man is only afraid of one thing: FEAR.
 	SCENE 4 	Maria is fixing a toaster at the Fix-It Shop when Elmo rushes in, hurriedly trying to hide. She points out to Elmo that covering his eyes or sticking his head in the toolbox won't work. Maria is surprised when she learns that Elmo's playing hide-and-seek with Oscar. Just then, Maria spots Oscar coming and has Elmo hide under her jacket. She tries not to blow his cover while talking with Oscar, who's clearly worried about not being able to find him. Maria assures Oscar that if she sees Elmo, she'll let him know he's worried about him. Oscar refuses, not wanting it known that he's worried about anybody. Having overheard, Elmo feels bad and decides to help Oscar find him.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound Limerick: D—DogArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Erik shows Grover his teeth, and tells him how teeth are used.
 	Cartoon 	Small b is a boy with a belly who walks a small d, a dog with a belly turned around.Paul Fierlinger
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo comes up from behind Oscar, letting him win the game. Oscar's done playing, but Elmo insists that now it's Oscar's turn to hide. "Not on your tin lizzie, buster!" Oscar first exclaims, but decides to carry on with the game anyway. Oscar thinks he can speed things up by standing in place, but his plan backfires as Elmo struggles to count up to 20. Maria announces the sponsors.
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 2036
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Category:Library
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16