Episode 2111

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	The cast prepares the street for a special occasion, decorating with a large banner, balloons and food. Forgetful Jones can't remember what's going on, so the others remind him that his favorite country singer is coming to visit Sesame Street today. Forgetful thinks Johnny Cash is coming, but they remind him it's actually Polly Darton! They also remind him that his job is to meet her at the bus stop.
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about the letter X.
 	Film 	FlamingosMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #11Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Part?" The contestants are Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Professor Hastings, and the mystery part is a foot.
 	Cartoon 	A woman identifies farm animals by their sounds.
 	SCENE 2 	Polly gets off her bus and Forgetful thinks she's Johnny Cash again. When he realizes who she is, he turns bashful. Polly happens to have a song to help break the ice, "Just Say Howdy." Now with some confidence, Forgetful properly welcomes Polly to the street and begins introducing her to the locals (though he gets all their names wrong).
center 	Cartoon 	The letter X
 	Song 	"Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and the word "taxi."
 	Cartoon 	The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #11
 	Cartoon 	The Square
 	Muppets 	Lefty's boss tells Lefty the plan for what to do with the Golden AN, which they have just stolen. Lefty is to put it in the tan van and give it to Dan, who will take it to Fran. However, Lefty can't remember the plan very well and has to repeat it, which results in a police officer named Stan hearing the plan and giving him "ten days in the can for stealing the Golden AN."
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it.
 	SCENE 3 	Polly can hardly believe how different things are in the city compared to her home in the country - there's no barns, horses or chickens. She does meet a cow (Martin P. Robinson), who invites her to take a subway trip to a museum, then lunch at Schrafft's.
 	Film 	A piece of construction equipment and a giraffe are shown side-by-side.
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin gets their suspenders stuck on a wall while reaching for the door, demonstrating long, longer, and longest.
 	Cartoon 	Igor listens as Dr. Frankenstein names body parts in creating another Igor.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets 	A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return.
 	Animation	Find the Rectangle quiz
 	Film 	A boy makes fruit salad.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster reads "SAD."
 	Cartoon 	Ella juega tenis (sand)
 	SCENE 4 	Telly can't believe it when Polly goes into Oscar's trash can. Oscar claims Polly was starting to feel homesick for her farm and has allowed her to feet some of his pets. Various bits of food fly out as Polly feeds the elephants, monkeys and pigs. Telly tries to apologize for the situation, but Polly has had such a fun time that she rewards Oscar with a kiss.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel."
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
 	Celebrity	John Moschitta, Jr. has a baby who has a name beginning with every letter of the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	What does the word COLD match with?
 	Film 	With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short.
 	SCENE 5 	Polly has assembled a small music group and a small crowd of listeners (including Big Bird, Forgetful and the kids). Grundgetta yells from the crowd to tell Polly how much her country music makes her feel angry. Polly finds this a great way to segue to her next song, "Music's Good for Anything You're Feelin'."
 	Cartoon 	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Animation	A white shell is uncovered in the sand.
 	Cast 	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows.
 	Cartoon 	A poem about changing seasons.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	At the circus, Tommy Trueheart displays his 11 trick-performing lions.
 	SCENE 6 	It's time for Polly to leave, though Forgetful once again mistakes her for Johnny Cash. Polly boards her bus as everyone bids her farewell. Grundgetta announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17