Episode 3424

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	At the park, Telly and Kingston welcome the viewer and present the letter of the day - X (Fran Brill), who is feeling mopey. She believes she's a useless letter, knowing only two words she starts - "x-ray" and "xylophone." Telly and Kingston want to cheer her up but can't think of any other words she begins with. Miles and Gordon come by and notice the letter, though Gordon accidentally sets off the X's crying again. Kingston gets an idea of how to make the X happy and proud. He and Telly leave while the X starts to tell her troubles to Gordon and Miles.
 	Cartoon 	Stamped and painted X animation.
 	Animation 	The letter X in various typefaces.
 	Film 	A girl goes to school somewhere in Africa. We see the girl getting ready to go to school, as she washes herself and brushes her teeth, puts on her clothes, brushes her hair, and takes her lunch, all with some help from her mother. We see her walking past her neighbors and watching her classmates play outside as she arrives at school. The bell rings, and the girl enters the school, where the teacher is passing out chalk to her students. We see the teacher teaching the students the English words: "a boy," "a girl," "a man," "a woman," which she has written on the board, along with a drawing for each word. The students repeat the words, then write them down on their individual chalkboards as the girl remarks, "We are learning to read and write." The students then jump up and down, as the teacher looks on, smiling. Next, we see the students jumping outside excitedly, now that school has finished.
 	Cartoon 	"Do the Continental" - two kids jump into Africa.
 	Film 	Fay Ray moves from far to near the camera.
 	Muppets 	Grover, on a surfboard, demonstrates near and far.
 	Cartoon 	A boy is drawn, but he doesn't have knees at first.
 	SCENE 2 	Kingston and Telly return with a large (and heavy) dictionary and read her some of the other words she starts. The X is surprised, but still isn't happy or proud; words like "xebec," "xiphoid," and "xystus" aren't very popular. She continues to complain that nobody cares about her, noting that nobody's ever bothered to write songs about her either. Gordon, however, does recall a song he's heard about the letter...
 	Celebrity 	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X."
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Following the song, Telly points out how much people care about the letter X: "They even care enough to go on rowboats and have picnics with the letter X, too!" Sadly, the song does not cheer the X up much, who claims now that no one's ever written a story about her either. Kingston and Telly run off with another idea.
 	Cartoon 	A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real."
 	Film 	A girls' jump-rope team trains for a contest. They end up winning second place.
 	Cartoon 	Two giraffes Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	A parrot announces dos, or two of everything.
 	Cartoon 	Two flies land on a man's nose and take a bite.Artist: Cordell Barker
 	Film 	Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up."
 	Animation 	Can you find the elephant in the painting? (new sound effects added)
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird and Snuffy dance a minuet as played by the Tokyo String Quartet.
 	Cartoon 	A determined little boy makes several attempts to fly and eventually gets his dad to take him on an airplane.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
 	Song 	"What's Inside?" (Cookie Monster cameo)
 	Cartoon 	Two people think they hear a BARK in the DARK.Artist: John Korty
 	Song 	"It's Time for a Rhyme"
 	SCENE 3 	The letter X attempts to pass itself off as a T when Telly and Kingston return, having written their own story: "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About X." Kingston begins to read...
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	In a field, a group of letters spell words with each other, but don't allow another letter X (Brill) to join them because of how few words she starts. A friendly O (David Rudman) comes by and shows them how X is found at the end of some words, making them all happy.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	The X still isn't happy, suggesting her sadness stems from the fact that no letter X has been featured on a TV game show before. Suddenly, Sherlock Hemlock arrives and recalls such an occurrence from the late 70s...
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Mystery Guest," where the blindfolded panel of Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock must guess the identity of a special guest - the letter X. (new sound effects added)
 	SCENE 3 cont'd 	Sherlock deems this case solved and exits, though the X still isn't happy. Even though she has more purpose than ever, she claims that nobody's ever been friends with an X and goes off sobbing. Telly, frustrated with the unsatisfied letter, follows to give her a piece of his mind.
 	Cartoon 	A boy draws a portrait of himself and calls it ME.
 	Muppets 	Grover sings about his furry little shadow.
 	Cartoon 	A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird talks about asking questions and, using Zoe as an example, asks about her banana dance.
 	Cartoon 	Draw a circle around the bus. Cross out the telephone.
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy finds his friend Jane giving up on learning to ride the eggbeater. He tells her that it takes time and practice to learn things, and gives Jane some training beaters to help her keep her balance.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	SCENE 4 	Telly and Kingston catch up with the X and Telly lets her know how angry he is. She sees how much they care about her, realizing they must be her friends. She becomes happy and proud at last, which makes them all happy and proud. Together, they announce the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: The Count counts kids' boo-boos in song.
==Notes==
*Additional performers include Alice Dinnean (letter B), Peter Linz (letter G), and Jim Martin (letter F), with Martin P. Robinson (letter I).
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Category:Alphabet
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27