Episode 2116

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis gives Telly Monster a plan on how to get Oscar the Grouch to help show one of today's letters - R. Telly loudly begins his talk to get Oscar's attention and asks Oscar not to help at all. The reverse psychology works, as Oscar produces a myriad of R-word items, thinking it will mess up Telly's talk. He's horrified to learn he's actually been helping.
center 	Cartoon 	R for Rhinoceros (poem)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor ...
 	Film 	A kid recites a poem about adding penguins.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: SCHOOLAfter a bunch of kids come running by, a girl goes before the man and says it's Saturday. That leaves him to say: "No school."
 	Muppets 	Professor Grover teaches his students what "school" is, but he instead gets the lesson.
 	Cartoon 	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
 	Insert 	
 	Cartoon 	The Funny Four tickles all the people and animals he sees. (edited)
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Harry Belafonte sings of about the "Coconut Counting Man," who is actually The Count.
 	Cartoon 	Big, bigger, biggest (balloons and blackbirds).
 	Film 	Seashells form various patterns in the sand.
 	Muppets 	Three monsters (Billy, Fenwick, and Pamela) demonstrate big, bigger, and biggest.
 	Animation 	El Numero Cuatro (Luis voice-over)
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book.
 	Cartoon 	Teeny Little Super Guy explains to Eugene why going to school is important.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird calls to order a meeting of the Future First Graders. He reminds them of the assignment he gave at the last meeting, which was to bring in things that rhyme. The kids each have a pair of rhyming items, but Mr. Snuffleupagus seemingly has just a plate of spaghetti. He blows his snuffle, and confetti flies out.
 	Film 	Letter R hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Alphabet Chat: Mr. Chatterly tries to discuss the letter R, but everything goes awry.
 	Song 	"Beet Beet, Sugar Beet."
 	Cast 	Gordon preaches the importance of rain as it starts to do so in his office.
 	Cartoon 	A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over.
 	SCENE 3 	A Honker comes to the Library and noisily honks, disturbing the other patrons. Linda and Timi find a quiet way to communicate and learn the Honker wants a book for her young child. When she's given a storybook, she goes over to her child and begins noisily reading it to them.
 	Film 	Children in a movie theater tell a man on the screen not to open a door that says "DANGER" on it. He opens it, and there's an explosion.
 	Muppets 	How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger."
 	Animation 	Sand X/x
 	Film 	Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.
 	SCENE 4 	Linda and Timi silence the Honker and tell her she can't stay if she's going to honk like that. The young Honker gets sad that storytime has ended, but they explain to the Honkers that they can take the book home and bring it back when they're done; that's how libraries work. The elated Honkers go off and all seems quiet once more in the library...that is, until a Dinger appears and dings like crazy.
 	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.
 	Film 	"Indian Baby Bath"Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #4
 	Film 	Hamburger bun factory
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster sings "Two Heads Are Better Than One."
 	Film 	People of all ages ride bicycles.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5 	As Timi and Linda close up for the night, Big Bird comes in, having heard about the noisy situations earlier. He's made a large sign reminding patrons not to make all sorts of noises. Linda has one that covers it all in one word - "QUIET." They hang his sign on the desk anyhow and lock up, as the Honker announces the sponsors (in honk, of course).
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17