Episode 4161

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	What's the Word on the Street?: Octagon
 	SCENE 1 	Chris welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, as he serves Telly his lunch: a grilled-cheese sandwich, which is cut into Telly's favorite shape: a triangle. Suddenly, heroic music plays as Minnesota Mel, a swashbuckling hero, makes a swinging entrance. He's on one of his "patented high-stakes adventures," this time in search of the Golden Triangle of Destiny (the very mention of which always cues a sting). It is "the rarest, most beautiful triangle" in the world, which only one person has seen -- and taken a picture of. Telly and Chris are impressed at the sight of the golden sides and the "blinged-out" angles. Legend has it that this magnificent triangle is hidden somewhere on Sesame Street, but just as Mel goes off to find it, he gets a charley-horse and is unable to continue his journey. Telly refuses to wait until Mel gets better, so, being the triangle lover he is, he decides to find the triangle himself, emerging in explorer gear in a split-second, calling himself "Texas Telly" (he's not from Texas, but he likes cows).
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Telly calls out for the triangle, but the garage doors open, and out rolls a giant boulder! He and Chris run away from it in faux slow motion, until it talks to them, revealing that it has a clue to find the triangle. The clue is: they have to look under something.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Telly looks under a picnic table, then under Chris, then under the ground (using a jackhammer). Chris tells him he won't find anything underground, but just then, he comes across something shiny: a jewel-encrusted shape with five sides and five angles. This turns out to be the Golden Pentagon of Destiny, which was sought after by Wyoming Walt, another intrepid explorer. Walt takes the pentagon, and leaves for a vacation ("If anyone calls, tell them Wyoming's in Hawaii!").
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Telly's next clue is given to him by a snake (Matt Vogel), which is: "laundromat." Chris points him to the laundromat, and they immediately head there.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	At the laundromat, Murray Monster shows Leela that he has four socks, and she observes that they don't match. Just then, Texas Telly swings into the laundromat. Murray, already a big fan of his, helps him look under several laundry baskets and piles, making a mess of the place for Leela to clean.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Telly feels like giving up, until Murray points him out to a mysterious-looking bottle of fabric softener, which may be a trap. Telly feels nervous at first, but he bravely goes forth to the bottle. Under it, he finds another jewel-encrusted shape, and soon, the laundromat starts to quake, and he runs away in terror as clothes spring out of the washing machines. He makes it back safely, and notices that this shape has eight sides and eight angles ... which means it's an octagon. But it's not just any octagon: it's the Golden Octagon of Destiny, sought after by Virginia Virginia. She takes the octagon, and goes on her way.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Now Telly really feels like giving up on this quest and is even tired of the triangle music he hears every time he mentions it. He goes to another corner of the laundromat, and sits down in an armchair. He feels something poking him from underneath, so he checks under the seat cushion and finds ... The Golden Triangle of Destiny! They all count the sides and angles to make sure it's the right one. Just then, Minnesota Mel enters the laundromat, and tries to claim credit for finding the triangle. Telly, however, says it belongs to the Museum of Triangular History, where everyone can see it. And so ends the adventure of Minnesota Mel and Texas Telly and the Golden Triangle of Destiny!
 	Song 	"Adventures You Can Find" - kids use their imaginations while exploring the seashore.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Jack Black tries to look for an octagon, when Elmo shows him a STOP sign.
 	Film 	Kids make the city traffic "stop" and "go." (new sound effects added)
 	SCENE 2 	Still at the laundromat, Murray displays the letter of the day, L, and asks Gordon to give some L words. Gordon does so, even though he's busy with his load of lots of laundry.
 	Cartoon 	Letter L Animals' Limerick
 	Film 	Gymnasts form the letter L.
 	Muppets / Animation	Bert and Ernie's Great AdventuresErnie and Bert find themselves in Tiny Town, where they are tiny, and everything around them is enormous. They have fun playing with a remote-control car, and making friends with a giant puppy.
 	Muppets 	Murray Has a Little LambMurray's lamb, Ovejita, gives clues about which escuela they'll be visiting today, each one a different color belt (cinturon), green (verde) and white (blanco), as well as a kick (un patea). The school turns out to be a karate class, where Murray and Ovejita learn how to do karate, and Murray eagerly anticipates breaking a board.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon announces the number of the day, which happens to be the number of socks that are stuck to his shirt: four.
 	Animation 	The number 4 is built from construction equipment.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Feist performs a spoof of her song "1-2-3-4" as various Muppets help her count.
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Drums("Question" and "Email" sections cut from the Sprout version; same segments, as well as the "Film," cut from the Max version)
 	SCENE 4 	Having finished his laundry, Gordon announces today's sponsors, and signs off.
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Muppets	Global Grover: Grover returns from Egypt with his camel Sidney. In his film, Ahmed and his father visit their relatives in the country. The relatives send them home with a basket filled with food from the farm. Afterwards, Grover prepares to eat the basket of lunch that he brought back...but Sidney ate it all.This segment replaced "Murray Has a Little Lamb" in the Sprout and Max versions.
==Notes==
*When Abby in Wonderland aired during PBS Kids' "Feast of Favorites" marathon in November 2008, the street scene for this episode was broadcast with it to round out the hour, complete with a "Word on the Street" opening ("Rhyme") and DVD title card.
*An edited version of the street scene appears on 40 Years of Sunny Days.
*The episode re-aired as Episode 4239 during Season 41 and again as Episode 4830 during Season 48; repeats had not occurred since Season 32.
==Gallery==
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 39