Episode 2970

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN	Dressed in a red cape, Big Bird poses as famed magician "The Great Nineteeni." He introduces the sponsors for today and teases some magic tricks he'll be performing using the number of the day. But first, he has to run down some steps with some kids, leading to the theme song...
 	SCENE 1 	For his first act, the Great Ninteeni will guess what number his assistant Snuffy is thinking of. He waves a flag marked with a 19, and a large banner depicting a 19 appears, but Snuffy claims to be thinking of the number 4. Trying to save the act, Snuffy tries thinking again but Big Bird decides to quit the magic business.
 	Cartoon 	The boss of Muzby's Treetop Flowers tells his secretary that he doesn't want any calls unless they're important. Employee Henry tries to make an important call while hanging out on a limb.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying.
 	Film 	A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 2 	Snuffy begs Big Bird to try another trick, but he doesn't have one yet. He instead turns Snuffy's attention to the next segment...
 	Animation	Abstract count to 19
 	Animation	Teeny Little Super Guy shows his friend Harry the importance of sleep.
 	Cartoon 	Me and My MArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A film shows parts of an elephant.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 3 	At the Fix-It Shop, Merry Monster sings to Maria about being quiet and loud.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: C-cat
 	Muppets 	Dicky Tick hosts "In, On and Under." He interviews Paul Pencil in a drawer, Vivian Vase on a mantle, and Jacques Shoesteau under a chair.
 	Film 	"One Thousand Faces"
center 	Muppets 	Caveman Days: Taking the kid to schoolErnie (the father) and Bert (the kid) go over the procedure of crossing the street.
 	Insert 	Wanda the Word Fairy demonstrates the word TELEPHONE, but is unable to remove the word from the telephone booths. (censored version)
 	Animation	All, none, some and one fish swim around.
 	Muppets 	The Martians are looking for the Earth and find pigs in space and the Moon along the way.
 	Cartoon 	M for mouse, mud, and mother
 	Muppets 	Kermit at Home: Grover comes to Kermit's house to fix his sink. Kermit fills him in on a demonstration of "big, bigger and biggest" when it comes to wrenches. Even so, the sink repair goes awry, and the house floods.
 	Cartoon 	A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away.
 	Celebrity	Basketball player Isiah Thomas shows a girl that it takes practice to play the game, but she makes a basket on her first try.
 	Cartoon 	Edgar Turtle's three nephews demonstrate a round by singing "Redwood Tree."
 	Film 	A girl draws a picture of her friend Amelia.
 	Cartoon 	The wind blows one hat after another off a pig's head, onto the heads of birds. "The wind is very, very strong."
 	Muppets 	"It's Zydeco"
 	Cartoon 	The secret drawing is a mailman.
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo pretends he's a letter carrier bringing a letter to Oscar, who reluctantly plays along on the condition that Elmo scrams after he gets his mail. Before he can get it, Elmo must travel through all different types of weather, which Merry noisily provides sound effects for. Oscar finally gets his letter, but must now wait some more as Elmo delivers him a package.
 	Film 	Growing Numbers #19
 	Muppets 	Farley sings "Figure It Out."
 	Cartoon 	C is for Canary
 	Film 	Animals and children bathe in water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5 	The Great Nineteeni has a new trick: he will guess what number is on the card Snuffy picks, as revealed by his assistant "The Teeny Ninenteeni." Big Bird turns around so as not to see the card and correctly guesses it's the number 19. He does the same with the remaining cards, which all have a 19 printed on them. Big Bird announces the sponsors and the credits follow, while an amazed Snuffy wonders if the trick can work with different numbers on the cards.
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Category:Numbers
Category:Magic
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23