Episode 2327

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Susan discovers three letter X's in a row on the doors to Big Bird's nest. Likewise, Oscar the Grouch has three X's on and around his trash can and David spots three more written on the sidewalk. Nobody can figure out who put them there or what they're for. Meanwhile down the street, an Anything Muppet in a cowboy hat places three X's on the window of the Fix-It Shop and laughs to himself with pride over his work.
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Imagine That" about things that he sometimes imagines to be: first a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon, then a sailor, and finally, himself.
 	Film 	Elephants (African percussion soundtrack)
 	Cartoon 	A man connects the dots to form a house to escape from the rain.Artist: Bill Davis
 	SCENE 2 	David and Susan notice even more sets of X's pinned up all over the street. While Bob takes a nap in the yard, the mysterious stranger happens in and makes his mark on Bob's forehead before going into hiding. David and Susan identify the three X's on Bob when the AM in a cowboy hat introduces himself as Three-In-A-Row Smith, the world's greatest tic-tac-toe player. He claims he was just practicing his marks and challenges Bob to a game, but Bob says he has to clean up his mess first.
 	Cartoon 	A needle and spool of thread cooperate to fix the king's torn pants.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finds a piano and decides to play it. The left half wants to play short notes, while the other half prefers to run his fingers across the keyboard. They decide to cooperate, and both use their notes to play "Chopsticks."
 	Film 	Fireworks Alphabet
 	Cartoon 	The great Alphonso and his trained X's
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Three-In-A-Row Smith has just beaten Brian at a game of tic-tac-toe, which he adds to the several dozen games hung on the wall of Hooper's Store. Bob recaps how Mr. Three-In-A-Row Smith has won games with everybody he's played so far, but Mr. Smith admits that while he's had fun, none of the games he's played have been particularly memorable. Snuffy has heard of the games and wants to play a round, too.
 	SCENE cont'd	Everyone follows Snuffy outside to his giant tic-tac-toe board, which Mr. Three-In-A-Row Smith is excited to play on.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Frankenstein makes sure his monster knows about front and back. (Voices: Rick Cimino)
 	Film 	Counting six oryxMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Farm animals are counted 1-6.
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings to the titular tadpole about the life awaiting it when it grows up to be a frog, but tells it to take its time growing up.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: A man rearranges a LIMK sign to make the word "MILK".
 	Celebrity 	The Count counts all the baskets Dr. J makes.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called"
 	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. Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover asks Fred the Wonder Horse why he's walking backwards -- he can only see where he's been, and not where he's going. He also wants to know what happened to Fred's head. Fred explains that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference between front and back. "That is a terrible, mean, cruel thing to say to me, Fred!" Marshal Grover exclaims. "It is true, but..." Fred tells Grover that he's facing backward, and if he turns around, he'll see Fred's head. Grover turns around, and cries: "Oh, Fred! I've missed you! Oh, it's good to see you!" Fred says that if he stays turned around, he'll be able to see where he's going. Grover tries it, and he's proud to know the difference between front and back. Unfortunately, now his head is resting on the saddle, with his feet in the air.
 	Cartoon 	Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler)
 	Insert 	Piri and the kids play a rhyming game using rap music from the radio.
 	Cartoon 	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	In Spanish, a man makes everything in the room cerrada, and considers making the basket abierto if only for the guitar band inside.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper tells the mailman that he has a letter for his mother: the letter R.
 	Cartoon 	"The Noble Ostrich," a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and Sabrina pose by photographic stand-ins of themselves (taken by Olivia) as he sings "Just One Me."
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" #6Artist: Jeff Hale
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Wendy makes cookies with her grandmother. They later visit Wendy's great-grandmother at the nursing home, and give her some of the cookies.
center 	Cartoon 	"Five Bears in the Bed" get subtracted as they fall off the bed.
 	Cast 	Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob.
 	Cartoon 	A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers.
 	Film 	Circles in everyday objects.
 	SCENE 5 	At the Fix-It Shop, Telly tells Luis and Mesha about the beautiful sunrise he saw this morning. He wanted to write a poem about it, but couldn't come up with any rhyming words. Luis takes them to the computer, where they type up words that rhyme with "sun" and come up with a poem. Bob announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 18