Episode 2271

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo proudly shows off his new shoes to Maria. He places his feet on the table (and falls when doing so), then runs around. Maria jokes that he shouldn't wear them out, but Elmo agrees that he needs to keep them looking as good as new. He gets an idea, involving Telly, and runs off.
 	Cartoon 	Two men go birdwatching, while one of them tries to alert the other about the closed bridge.
 	Muppets 	Grover plays a detective at his office. A frantic city gent (Brian Muehl) rushes over to warn him about something that's bothering him outside, which, unbeknownst to both of them, turns out to be a very strong wind that blows everything away—including Grover's office.
 	Cartoon 	One cube plus two equals three. Three cubes plus two equals five.
 	Song 	"Song of Eight"
 	SCENE 2 	To keep his new shoes from tarnishing, Elmo makes Telly carry him around.
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy finds his friend Jane giving up on learning to ride the egg beater. 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
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep."
 	Cartoon 	A crocodile, snake, and kangaroo all cooperate to escape from the zoo and get ice cream.
 	Film 	Cat block structure.
 	Cartoon 	What does the word COLD match with?
 	Muppets 	Kermit is a casting director, holding auditions for a performance of "The Three Little Pigs". The pigs who initially try out get the part of the three little pigs, but three different wolves of different sizes try out for the part of the Big Bad Wolf.
 	Cartoon 	Knights use different words for "big".Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	Sounds Around the House v2: chimes, snoring, a boy pretending to be an airplane, a man playing a trumpet, and a motorcycle outside.
 	Cast 	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 3 	Telly carries Elmo over to Oscar's trash can so he can show Oscar his new shoes. Oscar is annoyed by Elmo's constant showboating, which he realizes is a great way to feel grouchy.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film of how a lift bridge works.
 	Cartoon 	A red armless character is stalked by the letter Z until he eats it.
 	Muppets 	"The Zizzy Zoomers"
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit.
 	Muppets 	Clementine reminds Forgetful Jones to call his cousin on her birthday (even though he's got a ribbon tied to his finger and to the phone). When he calls, his equally forgetful cousin doesn't remember having a cousin, and asks him to describe what he looks like.
 	Cartoon 	The letters H, E, L and P try to arrange themselves to form the word "Help" while stuck on an island.
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo sees Telly is getting tired, so he allows him to put himself down. Elmo starts running around in his new shoes, while Telly takes a nap on the pavement.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Elsewhere, Bob plays a game with the kids where they find hidden figures in a drawing. Elmo runs through and shows off his new shoes, then joins in the game.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo
 	Film 	Kids take swimming lessons in a pool.
 	Cartoon 	The life of a Yellow Yahoo
 	Muppets 	Mother Goose tries to write a nursery rhyme for the Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, while her many children wreck havoc on her office.
 	Cartoon 	A poem about changing seasons.
 	SCENE 5 	Bob, Maria, Luis, and the kids sing "In a Cabin In the Woods," then "The Itsy Bitsy Spider."
 	Song 	"The Ball Goes Up, The Ball Goes Down"
 	Cartoon 	Big, bigger, biggest (strongmen)
 	SCENE 5 cont'd	As everyone sings "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" once more, a Muppet spider (Kevin Clash) appears. He's representing the Local 1 chapter of the International Brotherhood of Spiders, who are filing a union complaint against the song. The spider points out how awful the song treats the titular spider and demands either the spider reaches the top of the water spout every now and then, or the spiders should receive more money for their work. Elmo pops up to show off his new shoes again, but Maria proposes a new, positive version of the song. The spider likes it (but remarks he'd prefer the money) and he goes to meet with the union for "spiderficaiton." Elmo announces the sponsors and brags about his new shoes once more.
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