Episode 2987

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	SCENE 1 	Elmo, Telly, and Isaiah are practicing writing their names. Savion enters, and sings "My Name" with them.
 	Cartoon 	V for volcano
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppet beatniks say the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	"Do the Continental" - two kids jump into Asia.Artist: Marie Poe
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson sings "The Inside Story," which shows what's inside various household objects.
 	Insert 	Elmo explores Sesame Street, and observes Susan as she does some writing.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and his dog demonstrate addition and subtraction with balancing hamburgers.Artist: Bill Davis
 	Muppets 	Bert tells John-John that he's lost his paper clips, and he feels sad. He asks John-John to show how he looks when he feels sad. Then Bert feels angry about losing his paper clips, and John-John acts out that emotion. Bert remembers where he left his collection, and John-John acts happy, too.
 	Film 	Island (in sped-up film, kids travel to an island)
 	Cartoon 	Brand X
 	Film 	Some kids watch a silent film featuring a lady in a burning house. They instruct her to "go to the EXIT!"
 	Cartoon 	"Five Baby Oysters"
 	Muppets 	In the woods, a nature-loving baritone (Jim Henson) sings "Ah, For the Joys of the Countryside" about how much he loves the country, without noticing that his surroundings are being converted into a city.
 	Cartoon 	A purple elephant tries to get 10 peanuts in his trunk at once, but can't, so he smushes them into peanut butter instead.
 	Song 	"Brothers Song"
 	Cartoon 	Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy VArtist: John Hubley
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock."
 	Cartoon 	A boy imagines his room turning into a jungle.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Insert 	Preston Rabbit presents Sesame Street with a large stone inscribed with a word he thinks they don't have: "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ". Elmo has no idea what it is and sings "ABC-DEF-GHI". Big Bird and the kids point out it's the alphabet, and they already have plenty of them on Sesame Street. Preston takes it away and goes off in search of a different present.
 	Cartoon 	A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants.
 	Animation	Ornate Vs spin around as a song about them plays.
 	Film 	A boy's mother and grandmother make him a pair of moccasins.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley promotes the use of "Air." He leads his marching band through the walls of a barber shop every time someone there says a word out loud that rhymes with "air."
 	Cartoon 	Nine penguins slide down a hill.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 2 	Herry and some other monsters enter Hooper's Store, cheering. They act out for Mr. Handford a recap of the football game they just won, and Mr. Handford ends up getting tackled by Awilda (Camille Bonora). Herry orders a round of water for everyone as Mr. Handford frets about the upcoming chaos.
 	Cartoon 	"Ducklings"
center 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
 	Song 	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X".
center 	Cartoon 	The letter X
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum.
 	Cartoon 	Gloria Globe sings "I Am the World."
 	SCENE 3 	Savion comes in and orders popcorn while the monsters continue to celebrate, now singing "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay" and wanting to toss the football around. Mr. Handford reminds them not to play ball inside, so they play another game. They sing "Three of These Things" with the three glasses of water and the bowl of popcorn. Mr. Handford guesses the popcorn doesn't belong because you eat it, but Herry adds it's also because they didn't order it.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #9
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out.Artists: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 4 	It's nighttime and Herry and the monsters are still cheering, spelling out "monster" with "Gimme an M!" etc. Mr. Handford gets their attention by leading a cheer to spell the word "closed," then he kicks them out of the store and announces the sponsors (getting trampled in the process).
==Notes==
* Additional performers include Pam Arciero, Martin P. Robinson, Carmen Osbahr, and Rick Lyon as Herry's teammates.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23