Episode 2865

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Part-way through the opening theme sequence, Elmo stops the footage. He presents his personal STOP sign, which he claims can stop anything he wants. He resumes the theme, then stops it once more, adding he'll be doing some more stopping soon.
 	SCENE 1 	Maria finds Elmo yelling "Stop!" over and over again. Elmo claims to be practicing his stopping ability and shows Maria what he can do.
 	Film 	Feet wearing all different types of shoes dance.Elmo appears over the film to periodically STOP it.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Maria is impressed with Elmo's skills. Elmo tells her he'll be stopping everything he can today. She points out there's one thing he might not be able to stop - himself.
 	Cartoon 	An elephant, a zebra, a hedgehog, an ostrich, a frog and a ladybug create a rhythm with their footsteps.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie."
 	Film 	Two girls walk on an island together, and a map of the island is shown.
 	Cartoon 	A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster has Tara help him explain the word information by giving him cookies to eat.
 	Animation 	It's a crocodileArtist: Ishu Patel
 	SCENE 2 	Elmo tries using his STOP sign on Jelani, who does some jumping jacks. He tells Elmo he isn't going to stop though. Elmo now tries his power on the fire hydrant and celebrates when it stays still. Jelani comes over to him to explain how the hydrant isn't alive, when Elmo notices he's made Jelani stop jumping after all.
 	Cartoon 	Three scribbles exercise.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Camp Wannagohoma: Grover tries to show the campers what is alive in the forest, but they keep correcting him.
 	Song 	Jeff Redd sings "Between."
center 	Muppets 	Baby Rocky performs "Cry" from his crib.
 	Cartoon 	Nine Striped Cats (Maria voice-over added)Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird finds Elmo trying to get some flying birds above to STOP. They are amazed when they see where one lands...
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me."
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a castle with a growling dragon inside, which scares the princess until her knight in shining armor leads the dragon away.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	K for keyhole, ketchup, and kitten
 	Film 	Lamont, who lives in the city, visits his friend Adrian, who lives in the country. Together they ride bikes, swim, and have dinner with Adrian's family.
 	Muppets 	As ominous music plays, the Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does.
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 4 	Lillian sings "Animal Signing" as Linda shows the kids different signs for various animals.
 	Cartoon 	Sign language: Morning, noon, night
 	Muppets 	Clementine and Buster get on a train, and try to tell Forgetful Jones that he's supposed to get on the train with them, but Forgetful Jones would much rather remember on his own why he's at the train station. The train leaves just as Forgetful remembers why he's there.
 	Film 	A man carves a wooden horse.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	N is for nose.
 	Muppets 	Oscar sings "Just Throw It My Way."
 	Cartoon 	A man illustrates 'between' in various situations throughout his work day.
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo tries getting the rain to STOP, when Luis explains how that's not possible. Elmo now uses his sign to get Luis to STOP talking so he can go inside (he's getting all wet).
 	Cartoon 	A mother sings the story of how water travels down the drain and becomes rain.
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about taking a nap.
 	Cartoon 	Gordon voiceover N/n
 	Film 	In a village in Africa, people catch fish, and celebrate afterwards.
 	Muppets 	"The Ballad of Slippery Slim"
 	Animation 	A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!"
 	SCENE 6 	Maria dries Elmo off in the Fix-It Shop. He decides to quit trying to make the rain stop, but pretends to still be wet so Maria can still use the towel on him - he likes the way it tickles. They all announce the sponsors and after the credits roll, Elmo orders the episode to freeze frame.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22