Episode 3042

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Telly has been assigned to talk about the letter X, only he hasn't been able to find anything that starts with X. A fox in a tux playing the sax helps him come up with some words ending in X instead.
 	Film 	Ornate Xs spin around in accompaniment to a song.
 	Film 	With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals. (new sound effects added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Elmo and Seven Goldfish sing.
 	Cartoon 	Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	SCENE 2 	Snuffy returns to the Fix-It Shop to pick up Alice, who was left in Maria's care. Maria reports she was able to teach Alice to count, which surprises Snuffy as he's never been able to do that, believing she's too young. Maria demonstrates as she and Alice count to 10: "Uno, dos, tres, etc." Snuffy is still not convinced and thinks that Alice is just pretending to count, but Maria explains that they were counting in Spanish. Snuffy is so impressed that he also wants to learn.
 	Film 	A girl who lives in El Salvador plays a counting game with her class, which involves running around and getting into groups of a number when it is called.
 	Muppets 	"Wet and Dry": the sailors on the Good Ship Wet love when it rains, but the Arabs like living in the dry desert.
 	Cartoon 	Dry and Wet (near swimming pool)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy: Two boys are fighting over a swing, so Teeny Little Superguy shows them how to share.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Film 	A zydeco band plays "Allons a Lafayette" while people dance.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Rosita and Midori Gotō discuss music and composers from all over the world, as Midori plays selections on her violin. Rosita plays her own song on the kazoo.
 	Cartoon 	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Seven Sweet Sopranos" on a shaky pianoArtist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	What's missing? (cow)
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird finishes painting a chair while Slimey watches. He has a "WET PAINT" sign handy so nobody ruins the paint. However, he can't find a place to put it; if it goes on the chair, it could ruin the paint. Slimey has an idea and fetches his airplane, circling the area while waving a "WET PAINT" flag behind him.
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about how much he loves his bones.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Celebrity 	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X."
 	Cartoon 	"Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange.Artist: John Korty
 	Film 	Kids narrate footage of toddlers learning to walk.
 	Cartoon 	The Bridgekeeper: Square
 	SCENE 4 	Telly plans to talk about the other of today's letters, G, and is caught by surprise when the actual letter appears. The gabby G (Fran Brill) starts talking about herself, not letting Telly get in a single word.
 	Cartoon 	A gorilla names "G" words.
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word disappear - which Gordon does.
 	Animation 	Pencil box G / g
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Six turtles plus one man equals seven.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 5 	Telly now drags in a giant number 7 to help talk about it, but accidentally drops it onto the ground, shattering it. Telly relays his woes to Gordon, who points out that the broken 7 can still help - it's now in 7 different pieces.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Telly gives a heartfelt speech about how much time and effort went into making that number 7, while the fox provides some melancholy back-up violin music. Gordon reveals he's now fixed the 7, with the fox's help (he happened to have some glue with him). Telly, feeling much better now, requests some happy music from the fox.
 	Cartoon 	Snacks on Parade: Peanut ButterArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster gets MAD when it sees the word.
 	Animation 	Computer: tall / short
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Job?" in which blindfolded monster contestants guess the occupations of different professionals, including Sonny Friendly.
 	Song 	"One of These Things" (with Wegman's dogs and a terrier)
 	Cartoon 	Counting to 10Artist: Keith Haring
 	SCENE 6 	While the fox plays the closing theme on saxophone, Maria, Telly, and Big Bird announce the sponsors (with Slimey flying by with his "WET PAINT" banner). Telly then tips over from the weight of the 7, smashing it once more.
==Notes==
* This episode was later repeated in Season 26 as Episode 3289.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24