Episode 3020

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	A giggling Elmo and Telly introduce today's sponsors. They then tell the viewer that they'll be surprising Gordon in just a moment, though their laughing fit entices Gordon's curiosity when he steps out of 123 Sesame Street.
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo and Telly plan to count to three, rush up behind Gordon (who's sitting reading the newspaper in the yard) and surprise him. The Count joins in and suggests they count higher than three (like 599,000,000). By the time they've agreed to count to ten, Gordon has already left when they jump out. With the surprise ruined, the Count believes that now would be a good time to count to 599,000,000 and proceeds.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!"
 	Film 	"I Can Do It By Myself"
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...Artist: Fred Calvert
 	Muppets 	Bip Bipadotta leads "Scratch My Back" as a song about two monsters named Jack and Jill who swear that they will always be there to scratch each other's backs.
 	Cartoon 	Mary Shaboom reluctantly moves to a new house, and muses about the consequences.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Animation 	Growing Numbers #13
 	SCENE 2 	Herry Monster and the kids plan to make paper airplanes, but they show Savion there's five of them and only three pieces of paper. One kid suggests they split the paper, so Savion cuts the sheets in half which gives everyone a piece, including himself.
 	Cartoon 	"Beginning, Middle, End"Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Film 	SCHOOL: the sign spins around.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	OP words (Drop / stop / top / hop / pop)
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows."
 	Cartoon 	I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most.
 	SCENE 3 	Gina runs into Simon Soundman at the bus stop. He explains his recent absence has been because he's been selling sounds door-to-door. He asks Gina if she'd like some sounds, giving her samples of a marching band playing, an elephant blaring, and a squealing pig. She passes before he boards his bus to Chicago, forgetting his case full of sounds. Gina takes a peek inside and is met with a cacophony of noises.
 	Cartoon 	Various sounds are demonstrated, including an alarm clock, a baby crying, a telephone, a faucet dripping, and a boy sneezing.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Song 	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson)
 	Animation 	Planet J/j
 	Muppets 	Phil Harmonic hosts another evening at the Nestropolitan Opera, featuring a performance by Placido Flamingo, "The Dentist of Seville."
 	Cartoon 	Geronimo 10-0: The parachute becomes a large mattress.
 	SCENE 4 	A concerned Herry asks Luis how the chicken is going to cross the road. Herry points out a young chick down the block, and the two observe it cross the street with the help of the mother hen. Herry now has another question - why did the chicken cross the road?
 	Cartoon 	Why did the chicken cross the road?
 	Muppets 	"Forty Blocks From My Home"
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster."
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Alphaquest: RRunning down a road past a rabbit, a radio, some rocks, and a rainbow.
 	SCENE 5 	Mr. Handford lets Telly and Elmo hide out behind the counter in Hooper's Store to surprise Gordon. They soon start talking loudly before arguing over who's being too loud. Gordon comes in and sees they're all in a scuffle and decides to come back later, though the monsters are too involved in their argument to even notice.
 	Cartoon 	Jerry Nelson sings and counts thirteen turkeys.
 	Muppets 	Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft.
 	Song 	"Washin' the Dog"
 	Cartoon 	An ostrich, a girl, and a pig do some exercises, and move the couch away.
 	Muppets 	"I Am Chicken"
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound: J, jaguar
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Prairie Dawn is sad because of how small she is; Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers cheer her up by singing "Small People". They are joined by Big Bird, Snuffy, the Birdketeers, Natasha, Merry Monster, and Billy.
 	Cartoon 	Men in boxes sound out the word RUN.
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock."
 	Cartoon 	A gorilla outgrows his toy fire truck, and is about to throw it away, when he decides to pass it on to his little brother.
 	SCENE 6 	Mr. Handford gets the monsters to stop fighting and proposes they cooperate: they will hide and pop out when he gives a special code phrase. Gordon enters and Mr. Handford utters the phrase, but Elmo and Telly don't pop up. Mr. Handford tells a confused Gordon what was supposed to happen... only to have Elmo and Telly pop up behind them and surprise them both! The ecstatic monsters announce the sponsors, and the credits follow.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24