Episode 2156

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Forgetful Jones and Olivia sing a song about sharing.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: KISS ME
 	Insert 	The Count counts five children as they rearrange their positions.
 	Cartoon 	Five butterfliesArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	The Martians examine a grandfather clock.
 	Cartoon 	Various alien creatures perform in an otherworldly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Vincent Van Grouch (Danny DeVito), curator of the Museum of Trash, has a look at Oscar the Grouch's pieces of Grouch art, and is always finding reasons why they are not grouchy or rotten enough for the museum.
 	Cartoon 	Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it.
 	Film 	A piece of construction equipment and a giraffe are shown side-by-side.
 	Animation 	It's a giraffeArtist: Ishu Patel
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster: One head wants to play the trumpet, but the other head wants to sleep.
 	Cartoon 	A blue man demonstrates in and out with the help of a barrel.
 	Cast 	Big Bird and David try each other's beds but come to the conclusion that for David the bed is the best, for Big Bird his nest is best.
 	Cartoon 	Z for zigzag, zero, zoo, and zebra
 	SCENE 1 	Dr. Nobel Price yells out on the street to everyone about his new invention. Maria and Luis come out of the Fix-It Shop to see his new alphabet, which he calls the "Price-phabet." He explains the only difference it has from the regular alphabet, is that the letter Z is replaced with a little smiley face named Fred, which makes no sound. Maria and Luis explain to Dr. Price that all the letters of the alphabet need to have a sound, using Z as an example. Dr. Price decides to replace Fred with Z, and thanks the two for helping him improve his invention, to which Maria admits to him that everyone already knows that alphabet, leading him to remark, "How do you like that! I just invented this alphabet yesterday, and everybody knows it already!"
 	Cartoon 	Madrigal AlphabetArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Grover the elevator operator gives a demonstration of in and out which annoys the passengers.
 	Song 	"Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure.
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 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound: V, violin
 	SCENE 2 	Elmo brings Barkley over to the yard to play some Hide and Seek, and closes his eyes and counts to ten. Once he finishes counting, he finds that Barkley has stayed in the same place, and asks Barkley to count next. Just then, Luis strolls by and catches onto the situation. He explains to Elmo that dogs don't understand numbers and therefore can't count, so Elmo decides to pretend to be a teacher to teach Barkley how to count. Luis once again explains that he couldn't do that either because dogs don't go to school. Elmo understands but tries anyhow, but just as Barkley runs away Elmo realizes what his first lesson should be - not to leave the classroom without the teacher's permission.
 	Cartoon 	A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog, Pete.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	"Zig Zag Dance"
 	Cartoon 	A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again."
 	Muppets 	A Japanese storyteller tells "The Mystery of the Four Dragons". An aged emperor offers the throne to his son if he can find four hidden dragons in the room.
 	Cartoon 	Small v... (Spanish version)Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	SCENE 3 	Luis tells Elmo he has an idea of how he could play with Barkley - but first explains what an idea is, which he elaborates is inside his head yet not visible (despite Elmo looking for it). Luis suggests that they throw a ball for Barkley then have him return it, to which Elmo agrees is a good idea. Once Luis has thrown the ball and Barkley brings it back, it seems Barkley won't let go of the ball, which makes Elmo get the idea to play tug-of-war instead.
 	Cartoon 	Several circles try to get past a large square.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
 	Cartoon 	Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings.
 	Muppets 	"Readers of the Open Range"
 	Cartoon 	This is a big letter V poem
 	Muppets 	Grover tries to ignore three monsters who look big and scary to him. When they notice him carrying a flute, they grab his attention and ask -- in what appears to be a threatening way -- if Grover wants to play. The three monsters pull out a clarinet, an oboe and a bassoon and begin to play, urging Grover to join in.
 	Cartoon 	One of These Footprints says "excuse me."
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo is arguing with another monster (Michael Elizabeth Huston) on Barkley's name. Elmo's friend says on her block his name is Dudley, while Elmo argues on Sesame Street his name is Barkley. Neither want to continue arguing for long, so they call Luis for his advice. He tells them they're both right, but considering that they're on Sesame Street now his name is Barkley. Maria announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17