Episode 3263

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Merry Monster and Zoe appear to present a letter A show. Merry says "A is for..." at which point Zoe is supposed to show her arms, but Zoe keeps forgetting her parts of the show. Once she gets it, she finally sticks her arms out and knocks Merry over. Zoe then uses her arms to hug Merry as an apology.
 	Animation	Where do the a's fit?
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Lexine talk about the letter A.
 	Cartoon 	A kid voice-over says, "Ocean," as a fish is seen swimming in the ocean.
 	Film 	A Japanese boy plays taiko drums in the park.
 	Cartoon 	Several circles try to get past a large square.
 	Muppets 	Here Is Your LifeDisguised as a dentist, Guy Smiley surprises a tooth at a dentist's office. The tooth is reunited with healthy food (represented by Carl Carrot and Melvin Milk), his dentist, and toothbrush/toothpaste pair Bristly and Pastey.
 	Cartoon 	Toothpaste MarchArtist: Ray Favata
 	Animation	A snail shell is uncovered in the sand.
 	Insert 	Prairie Dawn plays "Do the Dog" at Angela's care center with the kids and Barkley.
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. (new music added)
 	Film 	Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett
 	Cartoon 	Autumn leaves form a capital "N" and lowercase "n."
 	Animation	Computer N / n
 	Animation	Sand N/n
 	Animation	A Keith Haring mural comes to life after some kids EXIT.
 	Cartoon 	A man finds many ways to "EXIT", which slowly irritates him.
 	SCENE 2 	In another thrilling episode of the daytime drama As the World Takes Turns, Big Bird wants to come out of Finders Keepers, while Snuffy wants to go in. They both can't fit through the door at the same time, so Ruthie instructs them to... take turns! First, Big Bird steps out of the store, then Snuffy squeezes himself in. Now that Snuffy is inside (and Ruthie is out), there's no one inside to help him. Ruthie attempts to go in, just as Big Bird does the same to retrieve Radar. The three squabble in the doorway as the announcer brings the chapter to a close.
 	Cartoon 	Two scribbles are hesitant to let a tall green one join them, until it protects them from the rain.
 	Film 	Various situations of before and after, to a hip-hop beat.
 	Cartoon 	The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before and after.
 	Song 	"Off to School"
 	Cartoon 	Abstract count to 16.
 	Animation	Growing Numbers #16
 	Cartoon 	I've Got the "Sixteen Blues"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Five Baby Oysters"
 	Muppets 	Kermit tries to talk about subtraction with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, but they keep disappearing one by one, which makes it hard for him ... or does it?
 	Cartoon 	A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. (music sting added)Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 3 	As the World Takes Turns returns for another installment. Elmo and Zoe both make their order at Hooper's Store at the same time, but Gina is unable to understand them - even when they yell their orders. By taking turns, Zoe and Elmo both get what they want for lunch, but then start fighting over who gets the mustard.
 	Animation	In stop-motion, sandwich ingredients square-dance in a ring and arrange themselves into a sandwich, which gets a bite taken out of it in a refrigerator.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson gets a different waiter for a change, a light blue monster named Piño. Then Grover comes by and argues with Piño over which one of them is serving Mr. Johnson.
 	Cartoon 	They'd play with me if I had...
 	Film 	Lauren, a blind child, learns in class by using Braille.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge (last dot shows up early)
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A girl draws a picture of her friend Amelia.
 	SCENE 4 	In yet another chapter of As the World Takes Turns, Big Bird, Elmo, and Gabi play a game of "Three of These Things" using Radar, a cheesecake, a grape, and a loaf of bread. Elmo and Gabi both have different answers, but are able to relay them by taking turns. However, all three then want to play with Radar in the park... but that's another story.
 	Animation	Colored tools build a house out of colored rectangles, squares and triangles.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up."
 	Celebrity	"Rubber Duckie" with Little Richard.
 	Cartoon 	Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks.
 	SCENE 5 	As the World Takes Turns returns for one final episode, where Big Bird, Snuffy, and Elmo fight over who gets to announce the sponsors. The announcer intervenes and suggests they (what else?) take turns.
==Notes==
*Kevin Clash voices the "As the World Takes Turns" announcer.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 25