Episode 2966

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Telly shows Gina his triangle collection when Norman signals the arrival of The Grand High Triangle Lover! The GHTL is taking his annual vacation day and has decided to recruit Telly to replace him for the day. Telly can barely contain his excitement.
 	SCENE 1 	Telly, now with a GHTL hat and several triangular phones, is told what his task will be - answering triangle questions from all over the world. Telly isn't sure he can handle the responsibility, but takes it up when he sees how stressed the GHTL is from work. Gina even offers to be his assistant.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Telly gets his first call from a nervous man (Jerry Nelson) who isn't sure where the top of his triangle is. Telly assures him any point can be the top; it depends on how he holds it. Telly is proud of how he handled the call and sends Gina away, claiming to not need her help anymore. He begins taking some more calls.
 	Song 	"Playground Map Song"
 	Cartoon 	Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A dog, a girl and a lizard dance to a bongo beat.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	PeacockMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 2 	Telly now gets a call from a lady monster (Camille Bonora), who wishes to know what color triangle shower curtains she should use. Telly says it doesn't matter, but the lady monster mistakes his answer as a confirmation. Telly is then interrupted by a man (David Rudman) who runs up wanting to know if the shape he has is a triangle (it's a square). Telly tells him it's not and sends him off as he answers a call from a farmer (Nelson): which came first - the chicken or the triangle? "Nobody knows the answer to that one," he tells the farmer.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	The man comes back with a smaller square, asking if it's a triangle; Telly sets him straight on the issue. He then starts to receive more triangle calls, including another from the lady monster wanting to know which washcloth to use.
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a telephone booth.
 	Muppets 	The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family."
 	Animation 	Stop-motion: what goes in the hot dog bun?
 	Cartoon 	V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid)Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Grover and Katie think of rhymes.
 	Cartoon 	A girl sings about the things she can draw, paint, and sculpt.
 	SCENE 3 	While a distressed mother (Fran Brill) depends on Telly to solve a conflict between her two kids (Carmen Osbahr and Kevin Clash), who are fighting over a triangle drawing they made together, the lady monster calls again to ask for his advice on which bath mat she should use.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Oscar, who loves to handle arguments, hires himself as Telly's assistant and suggests they tear the picture in half. The girl points out to the boy that Oscar is sort of right: there are two of them and only one drawing, ergo, they should go home and make another triangle drawing! The happy family goes home, and the grateful mother kisses the disappointed Grouch, who quits his job and leaves immediately.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Right after Oscar leaves, the phones start ringing again, and the lady monster comes to Telly to ask for his advice on which squeaky bath toy to use.
 	Cartoon 	W - wallpaper
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	W for Wilhelmina
 	Muppets / Celebrity	At Birdland, Hoots the Owl and Branford Marsalis (Forrest Wimbledon) perform "Listen and Bounce it Back."
 	Animation 	Five turtles walk across the land.
 	SCENE 4 	Telly is overwhelmed between answering calls and putting official GHTL stamps on letters to club members. Gina and the kids arrive and they all cooperate to get the work done. Telly has Gina stay with him on the phone lines so that she can deal with the lady monster's next ridiculous question about which bubble bath to use.
 	Cartoon 	A poem about changing seasons.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "What is Friend?"
 	Film 	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited)
 	Cartoon 	Young Chris Columbus explores the world of ants - and they, in turn, explore his house.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Underwater #5
 	Film 	"I Can Do It By Myself"
 	SCENE 5 	Telly stops everyone from working, remembering a note from the GHTL saying they must watch an important triangle film...
 	Cartoon 	A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge.
 	Animation 	A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause.
 	Cartoon 	An alien comes across a pair of tree trunks; one with multi-colored leaves, the other without. He finds and grows leaves to mount on the other tree, then strings a hammock between the two.
 	Cast 	Live at Sesame Hall, Bob, Maria, and Luis sing "The Curious Cantata" about a bird who asks a lot of questions, played by the ever-curious Big Bird.
 	Cartoon 	Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V.Artist: John Hubley
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finishes drinking milk, and doesn't know what to do with the cartons at first, but gets the idea to "recycle" them and play with them like a train.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps."Edit: the shot of a man nodding off and falling out of a chair is replaced with a shot of astronauts on a space shuttle; the audio is also patched up in that area.
 	Cartoon 	As night falls, five house lights are counted as they turn on and off. (new audio)
 	SCENE 6 	The GHTL and Norm return from vacation and are pleased to see Telly's done an excellent job. So excellent, in fact, that he decides to spend another day on vacation, leaving the club in Telly's hands again! Telly, Gina, and the rest struggle with the work (and the lady monster once more) while announcing the sponsors.
==Notes==
*This episode was later repeated in Season 25 as Episode 3243.
*Additional performers include Joey Mazzarino as the chicken.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23