Episode 2186

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Snuffy shows Big Bird the cloud costume he's going to wear in his Snufflegarden class's upcoming pageant about the sky, and even sings the song that accompanies it, while Big Bird imagines him as a cloud.
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process.
 	Cartoon 	A person of short stature tries to get on top of a horse.
 	Film 	Olivia (in voice-over) identifies different vegetables.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Kids at school help make cornbread.
 	Insert 	Oscar hosts "Real Grouches," the show that showcases talented Grouches from around the world. First, Romeo Scuggs plays his screechy violin. Then, Luba Merquit performs a song on a screechy blackboard. Finally, the mysterious "Bob the Blob" appears, playing a nice song on his flute. It turns out to be Bob in disguise.
 	Cartoon 	Six camelsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 1Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink.
 	Cartoon 	A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 2The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I."
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 3The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.
 	Song 	"Me and My Chair"
 	Cartoon 	An elephant (voiced by Marshall Efron) asks Nesbitt (voiced by Don Arioli) for directions to the zoo, but won't listen to him long enough.Artist: Janet Perlman
 	Celebrity 	Loretta Lynn sings "Songs Are For Singing" to some kids.
 	Cartoon 	A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone.Artist: Dan Haskett
 	Film 	Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	Sand V/v
 	Cast 	The Great Addini (Maria) performs her famous bottle-balancing trick with her assistant Bill (David), who is doubtful the stunt will work.
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" #6Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Insert 	Jump Insert C - Turning
 	Film 	Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two).Music: Joe Raposo
center 	Muppets 	Kermit attempts to direct a scene from Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but he is having problems with both the stagehand and Goldilocks, who has problems showing surprise and fear.
 	Cartoon 	The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo enters the Fix-It Shop where Luis is busy fixing a clock. Luis asks, "What's new?" which prompts Elmo to fetch a shoe. It's part of the rhyme game he's playing, and he follows it by bringing in some wood and a rock when Luis says the words "good" and "clock" during their conversation. Elmo zips off again after Luis says "all," and Luis realizes he's got the beginning of a problem.
 	Cartoon 	Two people think they hear a BARK in the DARK.Artist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	"The AN Family Song"
 	Cartoon 	One of these shoe pairs ...
 	SCENE 2 	Luis has tried to stop Elmo from playing his rhyming game, but each response has been met with yet another rhyming object (all piled inside the store). He thinks he's stumped Elmo by ending a sentence with Elmo's name, but Elmo comes back with his cousin Zelmo (one of many rhyming cousins he has). "Oh no," says Luis, prompting Elmo and Zelmo (Martin P. Robinson) to go find some snow.
 	Animation 	Three balls compare sizes. An orange ball (voiced by Daws Butler) boasts that he's the smallest, until his little brother comes onto the scene.
center 	Muppets 	Grover applies to be a lifeguard, demonstrating to the employer that he has what it takes. He soon learns that there's only one thing he needs: swimming lessons.
 	Cartoon 	A mouth whistles Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
 	SCENE 3 	The Fix-It Shop is filled to the brim with various things Elmo has fetched for his rhyming game. Luis finally finds a way to get it to end - by not speaking at all. He communicates silently with Elmo that he doesn't want to play anymore and wants all the stuff removed. He ends up speaking again and Elmo switches the game around, now removing an item that rhymes with what Luis says.
 	Animation 	Six spaceships are counted, then subtracted.
 	Muppets 	John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty.
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit.
 	Cartoon 	Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V.
 	Transition	Bridge #9 - Rectangle Bridge C
 	SCENE 4 	The shop is now emptied of all Elmo's things. Maria comes by and Luis tries to explain how his day is gone. Maria thinks handling Elmo during one of his games is easy and when he returns, he fetches a shoe to rhyme with Maria's greeting. Sensing a pattern, Luis makes his escape, and with the mention of his name Elmo brings Zelmo back in as Luis announces the sponsors. The mention of the Children's Television Workshop sends Elmo and Zelmo off to look for a pork chop.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17