Episode 0344

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird welcomes the viewer as he has a little chat with a bird in a nearby tree. He makes his way to Hooper's Store, where he will show Rafael, Mr. Hooper and some kids his new trick. He has a bag of letters, mentioning that whatever letter he picks out will be the same one as the letter of the day. The others guess what letter it could be, but are skeptical that the trick will work. To their surprise, Big Bird correctly pulls out the letter for today - a letter D. The others dig into the bag, and it is revealed that the bag is full of D's.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: D -- Dog (role reversal between man and dog)
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #4
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit teaches Grover to read his sign with "NO" written on it. (transcript)
 	SCENE 2 	Molly finds two packages in the mailbox with no addresses on them. Big Bird realizes that one of them is a package meant for his Granny Bird, though he's not quite sure which it is. Molly talks through the similarites and differences among them. Although both packages have brown wrapping paper around them and are the same shape, one is big and the other is small, one has string around it and the other doesn't, one has few stamps on it and the other has lots of stamps on it. By observing these differences, Big Bird remembers that the small package is his, while David runs up to put the mailing information on the package he sent earlier.
 	Cartoon 	"I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball (Spanish)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 3 	David shows the kids at the playground a square, which is made in such a way that when he pulls on the side of it and it extends, it turns into a rectangle. When he pushes the side back in, it becomes a square again. David and the kids discuss the difference between the two shapes.
 	Film 	Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20.
 	Muppets 	Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves.
 	Cast 	Fran Brill narrates a segment with Gordon and Tom drawing a house in limbo.
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!"
 	Cartoon 	A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
 	SCENE 4 	Molly teaches Diane, Tanya, Shawn, and Katherine about rhyming with a picture using items that sound the same. The drawing features a girl named Gail holding a pail, someone delivering her mail, and a dog wagging its tail.
 	Muppets 	Howie, a rabbit, gets Cookie Monster to recite a poem about cookies.
 	Film 	Footage of a rattlesnake
 	Cast 	Wally and Ralph try to figure out how to keep a swinging door open while they carry a heavy plant out of the room.
 	Cartoon 	"Wanda the Witch"Animation by Tee Collins
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A kid recites a poem about adding penguins.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5 	Mr. Hooper points out all the objects around that represent the number 4 to the kids. In English and Spanish, with Rafael assisting, they count out four toy horses (each having four legs) and four boxes.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions. (repeat)
center 	Animation	Scanimate Films #4
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Dry and Wet (near swimming pool)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet. (dog washing)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	"Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet (Shark fishing)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, they are wet (Umbrella)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet (circus elephant)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk.
 	SCENE 6 	David leads the kids in a bike parade as Molly announces the sponsors.
 	SCENE 6 	Molly holds the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* During the rhyming game with Molly, one kid breaks the fourth wall by commenting that they'd often heard Molly say on TV that her feet hurt.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3