Episode 2561

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gina finds Telly, a Honker, and the kids having a "goodbye ceremony" for his broken toy fishing pole. He recalls the fun times he's had with it via brief flashbacks (including fishing in Maria's bathtub, hooking a pretend shark, and he and the Honker fishing for Gina's donut in the yard) before Gina helps respectfully place it in the trash afterwards.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	When the ceremony is over, Luis exits the Fix-It Shop, ready for a fishing trip. He invites Telly along and has a new, real fishing pole he can use, which cheers him up.
 	Cartoon 	Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t.
 	Song 	Luis sings "Follow the Arrows" as a man does so.
 	Cartoon 	A Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out.Artist: Chris Hinton
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #4
 	SCENE 2 	Ruby asks Gina to help her get ready to play by placing her homemade glitter bow on her head. However, Ruby can't decide if she wants the bow on the front of her head or the back. Once she decides, Ruby goes to play some football, covering the bow with her helmet.
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river.Artist: Abe Levitow
 	Muppets 	"They Can't Take That Away from Me": Cookie Monster's six cookies are subtracted down to zero.
 	Film 	A giant panda walks around.
 	Cartoon 	A - acrobat ball
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink.
 	Cartoon 	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond.Artist: Bill Davis
 	Insert 	Elmo explores Sesame Street, and observes Susan as she does some writing.
 	Cartoon 	T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO)
 	Film 	A boy makes fruit salad.
 	Muppets 	Pretty Great Performances: James Galway and the All Animal Chamber Ensemble perform a work by Johann Sebastian Fox.
 	Video 	Triangle in space (David voiceover)
 	Muppets 	The Count sings about bones.
 	Cartoon 	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end.
 	Film 	Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar tells Maria his problem - he wants to go to the dump, but if he does he'll miss a call from his Aunt Crabella. Maria offers to answer it while he's gone, but every time she picks up the receiver, Aunt Crabella has hung up. When Oscar returns, he tells Maria that his aunt always calls that way - without answering.
 	Cartoon 	An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (re-filmed version)
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover has a new method of remembering orders: He makes up a poem to remember what is ordered and who ordered it. Mr. Johnson orders a cheeseburger with a pickle and French fries, which Grover interprets as "Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, French fries, yum, yum, yum!" However, he brings Mr. Johnson a grapefruit on a bun.
 	Cartoon 	Hortense counts four ants.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	SCENE 4 	Snuffy is taking a picture of Gina and her friend Mike, but Gina fusses over keeping her hands in or out of her pockets. Mike offers a solution - they hold hands.
 	Cartoon 	A blue man demonstrates in and out with the help of a barrel.
 	Cast 	Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a triangle.
 	Film 	Lobster fisherman
 	Cartoon 	A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A.
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog sings “This Frog”
 	Cartoon 	I've got a mind: squares make a box.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 5 	Telly has written and illustrated his own story, "The Great Big Giant String Bean." Maria flips through the pages as Telly reads the story: a large string bean feels out of place in the garden because it's too big and tries disguising itself with a shirt. Soon, the beans discover why the one string bean was so big - it was actually a stalk of broccoli. Gina announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20