Episode 0484

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis tells the viewer why he likes stormy, overcast days. He describes back in his childhood in the desert, he would be fascinated by watching the lightning and hearing the sounds of thunder. On the other hand, Gordon doesn't like these kinds of days - he never knows what to wear. The two run into each other and have a laugh over their different perspectives.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
 	SCENE 2 	Susan comes by with her opened umbrella, while Bob has his closed. Seeing how the other is dealing with the potential rain, they each swap their umbrella's configuration.
 	Cartoon 	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D.
 	Muppets 	Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #3
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	An ice cream man hands a boy too many cones. The boy cries out for "HELP" and some kids eat the extras.
 	SCENE 3 	The previous segment has helped Grover understand how to read the word "HELP." As he observes the signs in the Fix-It Shop, he recognizes the word in the "HELP WANTED" sign and feels proud he can read it. He cries out the word in celebration, which sends the adults (including Gordon in mid-shave) out to see what the problem is. He feels embarrassed and quietly reads the word.
 	Film 	A little girl needs HELP getting on a horse.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks an Anything Muppet carrying several heavy packages if he needs any help. Harvey then slaps the word HELP on his packages.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #13: A square crosses into the path of the dots, causing them to huddle around it
 	Song 	"Fireman Ready to Go"
 	Muppets 	Alien Alphabet
 	SCENE 4 	Cookie Monster receives many pieces of mail, which he assumes are birthday cards because today is his birthday. Everyone offers to throw him a party and quietly begin planning it out. Cookie eavesdrops and gets excited to hear about all the cookies they plan on giving him.
 	Cartoon 	Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job.
 	SCENE 5 	Decorations have begun to be put up and Cookie Monster gleefully imagines all the cookies he's going to receive as presents.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd	Cookie's friends arrive and break some news to him - they decided not to get a bunch of cookies and instead have opted to gift him one cookie as a group. Cookie doesn't take this too well...until he sees the one cookie they've prepared is humongous! They help him blow out the candles and he declines having it brought home; he wants to eat it here.
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Circles in everyday objects.
 	Muppets 	Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint. (Spanish version)
 	Animation 	Kids narrate a variety of shapes that come together to form an ice cream cone, a bird, a clown, a mouse, a carriage, a man, a sailboat, a lady, a dog, an umbrella, a cat, a face, a train, a see-saw, and a lollipop.
 	Cast 	Surgeons Maria, David, Susan and Luis "operate" on a motorcycle.
 	Song 	"Three Is My Favorite Number"
 	Muppets 	Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly.
 	Cartoon 	"Daddy Dear"
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word.
 	Film 	There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise.
 	SCENE 6 	Cookie Monster approaches Oscar and prods in him into giving him a birthday gift. Cookie gives him clues as to what he would like - it starts with C, is round, and you eat it. Oscar produces a crab, then a clock, and finally a cactus. Cookie makes it clear what he wants and Oscar gives him some cookies at last (he was using them as bookends).
 	Insert 	Five signs are counted forward and backward as they appear on the stoop, followed by five kids holding the signs.
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Insert 	Five kids appear on the stoop, rising up one step each time a new kid is added. They are then counted backwards.
 	Film 	Time-lapse of seeds growing.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Kids narrate a Letter 'Z' Drawing
 	Muppets 	Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird.
 	SCENE 7 	Susan is next to Gordon, and Gordon is next to Susan. "And I really like being here," he adds.
 	Cartoon 	Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings "Three on Lady's Lap." (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!"
 	Cartoon 	"Daddy Dear" (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (repeat)
 	SCENE 8 	As the kids play, Cookie Monster announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob, Luis and Baby Breeze hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Birthday Episodes
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 4