Episode 2693

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Gordon exits 123 Sesame Street to find a beat-up phone booth just outside, complete with a couple of localized telephone poles and Ernestine the Telephone Operator seated at a switchboard. She explains that Oscar has set up the system, and to talk to him one must pay her a quarter and she'll phone him. Gordon becomes furious but calls Oscar anyway, who tells him the system is to make sure people won't bother him and hangs up. Not only does Gordon lose his quarter, but the cranky Ernestine refuses to take a message and goes on her break.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse
 	Muppets 	In the kitchen, Ernie bakes some cookies of different shapes, which he lets Cookie Monster eat after he finishes displaying each one to the viewer.
 	Film 	A girl visits the stamp factory to see how stamps are made.
 	Cartoon 	A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Insert 	Ernestine demonstrates to Alice how to use the telephone using Snuffy's giant toy phone. Snuffy isn't sure Alice got the message, but she did learn how to imitate Ernestine's snorting laugh.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Nancy Einstein shows how the brain works.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet.
 	Song 	"Litter Rap"
 	Insert 	Oscar feels a little lonely; his phone system's worked too well and nobody has bothered him in a long time. He asks Ernestine to scram for fun, but she gets upset and quits instead. When trying to get Gordon to call becomes too complicated, he abandons the system all together.
 	Cartoon 	An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts the Letter of the Day Pageant.
 	Cartoon 	Can you see the car, frog and bird in the picture?
 	SCENE 1 	Ruby has a seashell to see if she can really hear the ocean in it. Unbeknownst to her, a Honker appears behind her and honks just as she starts listening. She is amazed and shows this to Maria, who quickly points out the source of the honking. Ruby is able to hear the ocean afterward and hands the shell to Maria, jokingly yelling, "Honk!" once she does so.
 	Animation	A girl skips home through the city, hearing all kinds of noises. When she gets home, she repeats all the noises she heard with a little dance.Artist: John Korty
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming.
 	Cartoon 	Two caterpillars plus three caterpillars equal five
 	Muppets 	Professor Grover teaches his students what "school" is, but he instead gets the lesson.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole
 	SCENE 2 	Don Music plays some of his latest works for Luis, boasting that they are original. However, the pieces wind up being "Old MacDonald" and "Hickory Dickory Dock," which Luis explains are already in existence. Don Music mopes and considers changing careers, which inspires him to come up with a real original piece - "The Singing Dentist."
 	Cartoon 	Animated quilt patterns.
 	Film 	Sounds Around the House v2: chimes, snoring, a boy pretending to be an airplane, a man playing a trumpet, and a motorcycle outside.
 	Cartoon 	"Mother Brown's Farm (Number Fifteen Song)"
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Alphonso what the word EXIT means.
 	Cartoon 	A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Snuffy have the "Best Friend Blues."
 	Animation	Stop-motion: tap-dancing shoes.
 	Song 	Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer." (apple tree)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Number creatures 15
 	Film 	Prairie dogMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India.
 	SCENE 3 	Forgetful Jones asks for Luis' help in counting to 10 in Spanish. He happens to have 10 kids wearing 10 sombreros, which he is able to count in Spanish on his own (mostly). To celebrate, Forgetful calls for a fiesta and everyone dances the "Mexican Hat Dance." Maria announces the sponsors to a Latin-flavored version of the closing theme.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21