Episode 2438

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Telly has planned to introduce a crowd of kids (including Farley) to the "CH" sound, but doesn't have anything that starts with the sound. The kids point out that they're children, which begins with "CH."
 	Song 	"What Do People Do All Day?"
 	Animation 	Five firefighters put out a flaming 5.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Trey talk about how to get from one place to another.
 	Film 	Kids paint various things that begin with the letter B on a window. (edited)
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin looks in a mirror and sees "ME." Maria's reflection is played by Linda.
 	Cartoon 	A girl picks the key that matches the keyhole in order to gain access to a cache of toys.Artist: Dan Haskett
 	SCENE 2 	At the Count von Count School of Writing, the Count counts the different things his pupils (including Gina) use to write things. He then reveals the one thing they have in common - they are all writing numbers.
 	Cartoon 	Mi kat iz ... gone
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Suzanne Farrell supervises as Herry and two monsters (Telly and Kermit the Forg) practice stretching on a barre. She then calls for lunch and the monsters chow down on the barre.
 	Film 	Kids play in the snow.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Five ghosts carry the number 5 into a haunted house.Artist: Ishu Patel
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot.
 	Insert 	Big Bird finds Bob anxiously waiting for the bus. He explains if it doesn't arrive soon, he won't be able to beat the downtown, rush-hour traffic. Big Bird doesn't understand what "rush hour" is, so Bob explains before boarding his bus. Big Bird is intrigued and imagines what rush hour must be like...
 	Song 	Kevin Clash sings "Rush Hour" over sped-up footage of people leaving from work.
 	Insertcont'd 	Imagining rush hour makes Big Bird sleepy, so he takes a nap on the sidewalk. Gordon steps off his bus and confusedly observes Big Bird.
 	Cartoon 	Are you the monster that ate the television?
 	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.
 	Film 	Cat block structure.
 	Muppets 	Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup.
 	Cartoon 	Fleas have fun in fur!Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "Fall" and leaves fall on them. Then, they fall over.
 	Film 	Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people.
 	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.
 	SCENE 3 	The Count finds Luis in a very happy state, which he attributes to his love of Maria. The Count recalls when he fell in love with the Countess and gives Luis some advice in his new relationship - communication is important. He recalls how he and the Countess would lovingly communicate - by counting to 40 together.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Pretty Baby."
 	Muppets 	Polly Darton sings "Counting One to Five."
 	Cartoon 	"Find the Opposites"
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F.
 	Cartoon 	A man visits the police department to report a lost person and make sure the officer's sketch matches what he describes.
 	SCENE 4 	David prepares a spaghetti lunch for Alice, who asks for less and less on her plate. She starts to cry when her big brother arrives and tells David that she gets the words "more" and "less" confused sometimes. David piles on more spaghetti, but since Alice is so young she also needs to be fed. David doesn't have the time to do this, but Snuffy assures him that as long as he puts one end into her mouth, she can handle the rest. She slurps the whole plateful by using this method, then asks for more.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: F for Fly
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "D-U-C-K-I-E."
 	Cartoon 	B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	A man talks about his working horses.
 	Muppets 	Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day.
 	Cartoon 	A nutty dragon blows 5 puffs of smoke, which are blown away by a fan-hatted man.
 	SCENE 5 	David has cooked every box of spaghetti in the store and continues feeding Alice (as well as himself) as Luis announces the sponsors.
==Supporting cast==
* Camille Bonora (Lavender girl and the Countess)
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 19