Episode 3756

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird and the Birdketeers assemble for a meeting to sing "The Alphabet Song." They invite Telly to join, but he'd much rather admire his triangle collection. They sing the song and Big Bird notices how into his triangles Telly is today.
 	Song 	"The African Animal Alphabet"
 	Film 	Kids rehearse a large group African dance in the park, get their faces painted, and perform.
 	Cartoon 	A lizard, a girl and a dog dance.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Muppets 	Elmo shows top and bottom by standing on top of the frame, then falling to the bottom.
 	Animation 	Arnold uses his imagination.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird and the Birdkeeters are now going to count to 40, though Telly declines once more and any future invitations. He claims that triangles are now all he needs in life and won't have time for counting or the alphabet, hoping to one day become the leader of the Triangle Lovers Club. Suddenly, the two hear the familiar theme of The Grand High Triangle Lover, meaning he's making a visit!
 	Cartoon 	40 lemmings (doo-wop)
 	Film 	The floating kids form a triangle.
 	Muppets 	Worms in Space form shapes.
 	Song 	"Country in the City"
 	Cartoon 	Seymore the snail presents himself.Artist: Mo Willems
 	Animation 	S for shadow, soccer balls, sand, and slide
 	Cartoon 	S for scribble, scrub, scrunch, splash, spring, spin, stomp, scream, stop, sorryArtist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Waiter GroverMr. Johnson wants a hamburger, but Grover strongly suggests that he order the tomato surprise instead. Mr. Johnson relents and asks for the tomato surprise, only to find that it means a giant, talking tomato will be dining with him. Surprise!
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs bake a pineapple cake.
 	Cartoon 	Name That Food ("Will you eat it?")
 	SCENE 3 	The Grand High Triangle Lover and Norman arrive with a special message for Telly: since nobody in the Triangle Lovers Club appears to love triangles as much as Telly, the GHTL would like to invite Telly to dinner at his apartment. Telly immediately accepts and wonders about all the three-sided activities they'll no doubt be doing.
 	Song 	"I'm in Great Shape": Kids dance with triangles, circles and squares.
 	Cartoon 	A girl searches for the letter S in a mound of letters.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Humphrey and Ingrid wonder what their Super Baby is going to do that starts with S. She goes to sleep.
 	Film 	S is for SPLASH!
 	Cartoon 	A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird.
 	SCENE 4 	Telly finishes up his pot roast in the GHTL's black-and-white apartment with Lou (the GHTL) and his wife. Telly is confused as to why dessert, cookies, is circular, not triangular. Lou explains that at home, he enjoys other shapes. Now, it's time for their post-dinner sing-along, where all their friends (and Norman) come over to sing some songs. Telly assumes they will be about triangles, when Lou explains that there's more to his life than just triangles. Telly realizes the same and enthusiastically joins the crowd in singing "The Alphabet Song."
 	Cartoon 	The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square."Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Coverage of a spring kite-flying festival, where both kids and grownups can participate.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm six years old today!"Artist: Jim Simon
 	Muppets 	Bert says his favorite number is Six.
 	Cartoon 	Six camelsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Animation 	In stop-motion, sandwich ingredients square-dance in a ring and arrange themselves into a sandwich, which gets a bite taken out of it in a refrigerator.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird stands on the roof with Tony Bennett, who sings "Slimey to the Moon."
 	Cartoon 	Flash Gizmo, Space CadetOver, under, around and through
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under.
 	Muppets 	Count von Count sings "Lambaba" as he counts sheep and other animals that pop into the room.
 	Cartoon 	A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and a cricket. Her snores frighten the real monster.Artist: Deanna Morse
 	SCENE 5 	Telly returns to Big Bird's nest, eager to share what he's learned and ready to sing "The Alphabet Song" with him. However, it's Big Bird's (and Radar's) bedtime and they head to sleep. Telly announces the sponsors instead, as well as the status of Slimey's trek back to Earth.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Tracy Chapman sings with the Muppets about asking questions.
==Notes==
*Additional performers include Alice Dinnean (as a chicken).
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29