Episode 3070

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Big Bird and Snuffy introduce today's sponsors. Savion chimes in that today, he'll be starting college. Big Bird and Snuffy are just as excited as he is... only they're not sure what college is.
 	SCENE 1 	Savion gives the duo a simple explanation of what college is, then heads off to grab a bite before his first class. Snuffy wishes they could go too, so Big Bird suggests they go with Savion and get their things ready.
 	Song 	"Playground Map Song"
 	Cartoon 	Ella juega tenis (sand)
 	Muppets 	Count von Count works as an elevator operator, with Kermit the Frog as his customer.
 	Cartoon 	The wind blows one hat after another off a pig's head, onto the heads of birds. "The wind is very, very strong."
 	Film 	A man takes two kids on a boat ride through the Louisiana bayou.
 	SCENE 2 	Mr. Handford and Gina give Savion some special gifts for his first day - a new pen and notebook. Big Bird and Snuffy arrive, towing a wagon of various things they're going to bring with them to college (including an alphabet banner, crayons, their lunches, and Radar). They're told that they're too young to go to college (even when Snuffy points out that he's been going to Snufflegarden), and that Savion won't need all of the items they brought. They insist he take one thing, so he grabs the box of crayons anyhow and heads off to class. Big Bird and Snuffy decide to play hopscotch instead.
 	Animation 	Fans reveal the letter O.
 	Film 	Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (re-recorded music)
 	Cartoon 	With the help of his assistant, Dr. Geo shows the viewer what a mountain is.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	"Zig Zag Dance"
 	Cartoon 	Z In Space
 	SCENE 3 	Snuffy realizes that he can't really play hopscotch with Big Bird and the kids - as a quadruped, he's unable to jump on just one leg. Snuffy becomes discouraged, as he can't play hopscotch or go to college. Oscar pops up from his can and tells him there's one thing he can do - scram! Snuffy and the others happily do so, and Oscar bristles at the fact that he somehow made Snuffy feel better.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: O for Open
 	Muppets 	Camp Wannagohoma: Grover tries to show the campers what is alive in the forest, but they keep correcting him.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Pretty Baby."
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Basketball player Isiah Thomas shows Elmo and Jesse how to dribble a ball, and Elmo asks Isaiah to dribble him.
 	Cartoon 	"Five Baby Oysters"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup.
 	Film 	Fay Ray's head moves across the floor from left to right.
 	Muppets 	"Wet and Dry": the sailors on the Good Ship Wet love when it rains, but the Arabs like living in the dry desert.
 	Film 	Fay Ray's head moves across the floor from right to left.
 	Animation 	A voiceover counts forty dots, each one rising on a musical scale as their colors shift from red to orange.
 	SCENE 4 	In a special edition of Ask Oscar, Grouches are going to call in with questions for Oscar instead of reading letters. Telly answers a call from Yucchy Flats, Arizona, but Oscar refuses to leave his can to answer. When he finally explains that answering questions is too nice of a thing for a Grouch to do, the Grouch caller (Jim Martin) reveals his question was going to be "Is it nice to answer someone's question?" The caller gets mad at Oscar for his manners, and in turn Oscar gets mad with Telly.
 	Cartoon 	Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called"
center 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	The Letter Z in various typefaces.
 	Animation 	Kids narrate how a Navajo blanket is weaved.
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar is upset that's he's been so unintentionally helpful today. Telly tries to fix his mood by having him pull whatever grouchy tricks he wants on him, such as blowing raspberries in his face and the snake-in-a-can trick. Oscar feels better, but only for a moment as he's made Telly feel good for helping him!
 	Animation 	Planting Letters: O
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finishes a bag of popcorn, and almost leaves it on the brick wall, but then argues over which trash can to throw it in. Finally, it rips the bag in half to "share" the trash.
 	Song 	Olivia sings "The Riddle."
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	How Now Brown and the Moo Wave performs "Wet Paint."
 	Cartoon 	They'd play with me if I had...
 	SCENE 6 	Savion returns from class and shows Big Bird how he's used his crayons to underline important notes. He heads home to start studying, and Mr. Handford confirms to Big Bird that "hitting the books" doesn't mean what it sounds. Gina announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24