Episode 2692

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gina welcomes the viewer while setting up Hooper's Store for the day, and learns that the Count has taken up a new job as the mailman for Sesame Street. He is initially unaware that there is more to do than count the mail he delivers, as Gina explains how people can't just wait while he counts everything. After seeing how happy Gina becomes when she gets an important letter, he intends to do the job correctly so he can count more happy recipients.
 	Cartoon 	A heart that says "I love you" is drawn.
 	Film 	Letter H hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	"It is I, Captain Vegetable!"
 	Cartoon 	A captain and a first mate think they have planned ahead well for their trip at sea, but they forgot to take in the anchor.
 	SCENE 2 	Telly comes into Hooper's Store for some orange juice, and notices Gina is writing a response to her pen pal who lives all the way in Australia. She shows where it is on a globe, and explains how letters are sent to Australia from Sesame Street and back again. Telly wishes he could have a pen pal, but doesn't know anybody in Australia or any other country. Gina recommends he start locally and Telly rushes off, intending to make Oscar his pen pal.
 	Cartoon 	A map of Australia morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes.Artist: Abe Levitow
 	Celebrity	The Four Tops sing "Please Be Careful," a song about safely crossing the street.
 	Cartoon 	A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane.
 	SCENE 3 	Telly's mom has helped Telly write his letter, asking Oscar to be pen pals. Oscar wants nothing to do with Telly and orders him to beat it. After some back-and-forth, Oscar agrees to accept the letter if Telly goes away (though he has no intention of reading it once he's given the letter). Telly realizes he has been tricked and angrily runs off, while Oscar muses how he never thought cooperating could be so much fun.
 	Cartoon 	A man counts 40 stars at night.
 	Muppets 	Kermit explains the importance of listening, using the Two-Headed Monster as an example.
 	Cartoon 	Pistons push a capital H through a tunnel, where it breaks and turns into a lowercase h. (with voiceover by Roscoe Orman)
 	Film 	Footage of a Chinese noodle factory.
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop must take 10 terriers for a walk.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus have agreed to be each other's pen pals and Snuffy begins to write his letter with some help from Big Bird. Snuffy then realizes everything he intends to write about Big Bird he's already experienced first-hand. Big Bird assures him it doesn't matter, as he'll read any letter his best pal sends to him.
 	Cartoon 	A cube tries to fit through wall holes of different shapes.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Little Plant."
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
 	Film 	Kids pick green beans in the field. Later their mom cooks the beans, and they eat them.
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster and John-John on up and down.
 	Cartoon 	"Up and Down with Captain Brown"
 	SCENE 5 	The Count delivers four letters to Luis - three shaped like squares and one in a rectangular envelope. Luis, the Count, and the kids turn the mail into a round of "Three of These Things."
 	Cartoon 	Madrigal AlphabetArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Bob reads the story of a king and his three sons, to whom he bestows three, special gifts - a basket that is never emptied of food, a bird that knows all in the land and a horse that can travel anywhere. They each take a separate gift and travel the land, trying to help people. But, when they reunite, they find their separate gifts can't help them completely and realize that by cooperating, they'll know who needs food and a way to get there.
 	Cartoon 	Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of an elephant.
 	Cartoon 	Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving.
 	SCENE 6 	Slimey receives a log cabin kit in the mail, which Gina and Oscar help construct by following the diagram. Once it's done, Gina offers to help carry the cabin into the woods, but Oscar tells her there's no need - they've also received some plastic trees to simulate the woods.
 	Cartoon 	Words that begin with A, ending with ambulance
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover prepares a table for a family who's celebrating their grandmother's birthday, but Grover doesn't know her name, so when each family member refers to her as a different relative each time, Grover thinks there's more than one party going on, so he ends up bringing out seven cakes.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feats of ten brown bears.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 7 	The Count has one last delivery to make, despite his mail bag still being quite full. All the mail turns out to be for Telly, as written by the Count so he can count all the letters. Gina announces the sponsors as the Count delivers Telly's mail one by one.
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 2692
 2692
Category:Mail
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21