Episode 3046

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Elmo (and the Beanstalk) announces he will be climbing a beanstalk today, as well as talking to some string beans (who make sure they're mentioned).
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo welcomes the viewer, and Mike begins to read Elmo a copy of his favorite story - "Jack and the Beanstalk." Elmo loves it so much he tells more of the story than Mike does, barely giving Mike a word in. After Mike finishes "reading," Elmo runs off to find some magic beans so he can climb a beanstalk and get some "gooolllden eggs" (as Elmo puts it).
 	Cartoon 	G For Giggle
 	Film 	Kids talk about how many things they can do now that they're five years old.
 	Celebrity / Muppets	Hoots tells everyone to imagine that it's turning from nighttime to morning, and the birds are waking up in the forest, while Bobby McFerrin sings "Tweet in the Mornin'."
 	Cartoon 	"L" for "Large" and "l" for "little"
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird helps Elmo plant the beans he got from Gina so he can climb to the sky and get six golden eggs (and split the spoils with Mike and Gina). Big Bird puts the beans in the pot and waters them and they both move away to let it grow, but nothing happens. Since it's a cloudy day, the sun won't shine on the beans to make them grow. Elmo begins to cry having planned for nothing, until Big Bird suggests he imagine climbing a beanstalk.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Elmo imagines the beanstalk fully grown and begins to climb it.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Meanwhile, in reality, Big Bird watches Elmo moving his arms and chanting "Climb" in a daze and hopes he has enough energy to make it to the top.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?"
 	Cartoon 	6 mice, 6 snakes, 6 fish, 6 monkeys, 6 witches (kids' voiceovers added)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Carrot (censored version)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 3 	Still imagining, Elmo continues to climb and wishes there were an easier way to get to the top. He gets an idea he could fly...
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Elmo begins to soar through the sky singing "Elmo Can Fly" with two birds, who tell him the stalk's too high to fly up and suggest he climb instead.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Back on the street, Big Bird continues watching Elmo climb and wonders if he ever considered flying up the stalk.
 	Animation 	Seis flores
 	Film 	"There's a lot to see under the sea," according to some young swimmers who narrate a poem about the ocean-dwellers they find.Music: "Kyisio Calypso" by Dermot Stewart
 	Muppets 	Grover appears in a library to tell the viewers about what a library is. The librarian, however, keeps telling Grover to be quieter, until he can barely even be heard.
 	Animation 	G/g musical notes (Gordon voiceover)
 	Song 	Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer." (house)
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar discovers Elmo panting in front of his can and tells him to go away, but he doesn't respond. He blares his (broken) horn, rattles his noisemaker, and plays his tom-toms, but with no success. Once he learns from Big Bird what he's doing, he hangs up some signs that forbid imagination and beanstalks, but they do nothing too. Oscar gives up, while Elmo snickers to the camera.
 	Animation 	Arnold rides his chair.
 	Film 	A boy takes dance lessons at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
 	Muppets 	Down on the farm, Ernie sings "Grow High Grow Low."
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue".
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo is still "climbing," and Big Bird is sure he's got to be near the top by now.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Imaginary Elmo (and the Beanstalk) runs into the friendly string beans seen earlier, who tell him he's close to the top (as well as pointing out their nutritional value). Once he's gone, one bean wonders if they should have mentioned the giant that lives there.
 	Film 	Six children go down a slide.
 	Cartoon 	Cap'n Feenie asks, "What is it?" It's the ocean.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving".
 	Cartoon 	A dinosaur tries to move around a rock.
 	Film / Animation 	Two Navajo kids narrate an animated sequence based on their drawings of their home and lifestyle.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "dance" at a disco.
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 6 	Elmo finally makes it to the top of the stalk, where a sleeping giant (Mike) lays. He finds the chicken (Camille Bonora) and has her lay one more egg so that the carton she's sitting on will have the six "gooolllden eggs" he needs. The chicken's squawking while laying the final egg awakes the giant, and Elmo flees without learning the giant just wanted to say hello.
 	SCENE 6 cont'd 	Elmo slides down the side of the crate, which Big Bird interprets as him sliding down the beanstalk.
 	Cartoon 	"L Look Around Song"Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Kermit, Chris and Stephanie count ears.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film of how a river is formed.
 	Cartoon 	"Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction)
 	Film 	Subway Train Empty & Full.
 	SCENE 7 	In Hooper's Store, Elmo shares his story with everyone. He then orders some string beans with "scrambled gooolllden eggs" for breakfast, while Big Bird passes on the eggs.
 	SCENE 7 cont'd 	Oscar's upset to see the pot is still there, so he tries imagining the sponsors in its place with no luck.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24