Episode 4181

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	What's the Word on the Street?: Friend
 	SCENE 	Leela plans to have her lunch break with Elmo, when Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster wander by in a trance, chanting “Mine!” and swipe her food one by one.
 	SCENE cont’d 	Just then, in a “Sesame Street Nightly News Update”, Brian Williams reports that no one is sharing on Sesame Street. He then continues to interrupt them when they have a question to ask. Leela and Elmo are in disbelief, so they set out to prove people are still sharing.
 	SCENE cont’d 	They find Big Bird, whom they are sure will share. Elmo asks if he can hug Radar, but Big Bird holds his teddy bear back and shouts “Mine!” Snuffy then walks by with a balloon, but he too shouts “Mine!” and walks off. They then ask Alan for a newspaper, but Alan quickly grabs as many as he can and runs inside Hooper's Store. Brian Williams returns with another update – “I told you so.” They stop him and ask what is wrong with everyone. He shows clips of some interviews he made, asking the same question.
 	SCENE cont’d 	In his clips, he interviews Bob, who takes his microphone, and a chicken (Tyler Bunch), who does the same. Leela concludes that he has no idea what’s going on, but assures them he will find out, until the chicken returns and takes his microphone again. Leela and Elmo then hear the sounds of someone sharing…
 	SCENE cont’d 	They walk into the yard, where Luis, Maria and Gabi are having their annual family picnic of Mexican food. They are relieved to see someone still sharing.
 	SCENE cont’d 	Leela and Elmo walk down the street, where Elmo makes his own report that people are still sharing, until Oscar points out that it will not last, as there is a case of “Mine-itis”, a Grouch disease, but everyone else seems to have gotten it too. (“Just lucky, I guess!”) Oscar watches through his binoculars as Maria begins showing symptoms of Mine-itis: she gets itchy, then hops like a kangaroo, spins around, and finally starts taking all the food for herself. Brian Williams reports of another person getting Mine-itis, and his tie and microphone and stolen by another Grouch (Joey Mazzarino), who doesn’t have Mine-itis, but just likes to take stuff. Leela hopes no one else gets it, but it quickly spreads to Luis and Gabi.
 	SCENE cont’d	As we pan down the street, we see all of the residents grabbing whatever they can, chanting “Mine!”
 	SCENE cont’d 	Brian Williams makes another report and soon catches Mine-itis himself. Elmo and Leela become depressed, while Oscar couldn’t be more delighted and celebrates with an anchovy sundae. Brian walks by again and takes Oscar’s binoculars and sundae. Now painted into a corner, Oscar is forced to tell them the cure, which is to get a Grouch to share with you. Oscar offers Brian an old shoe, which he takes and is immediately cured. Oscar then cures the rest of the street, but not before getting one last look at the greedy street residents.
 	SCENE cont'd 	Brian Williams wraps up the story, and the chicken returns to borrow his microphone this time and signs off for the both of them by saying "Good night, and good cluck."
 	Film 	Cookie Monster sings "What is Friend?" over scenes of a kid playing with his friend.
 	Animation 	Cavemen look for a place to sit.
 	Celebrity 	Tilly and the Wall perform “The Alphabet Song.”
 	Insert 	Letter of the Day: Chris planned on showing the view the letter of the day, but it was dirty so he’s washing it. In lieu of that, he shows the viewer the letter G in the washing machine.
 	Film 	Kids so on a safari for the letter G.
 	Animation 	Pencil box G / g
 	Muppets 	Murray Has a Little LambMurray’s lamb, Ovejita, leads him to another secret escuela, with the clues of medias (socks), un gorro (a hat) and patines de hielo (ice skates). The school turns out to be Ice Skating School, where Murray learns the basics of skating. Cut from the Sprout and online versions (see Alterations noted below).
 	Animation 	Cecille sings “I'm Gonna Get to You."
 	Insert 	Number of the Day: Now, Chris washes the number of the day, 20.
 	Animation 	Parade of Numbers #20
 	Cartoon 	Counting 20 fish
 	Muppets 	Elmo looks for a friend to play with when Abby Cadabby shows up, who thinks she can make a friend for him appear. First, she tries making Dorothy appear, but makes a pumpkin in a fish bowl. Then, she tries making Bert appear, but conjures a pumpkin with Bert’s hair style. Abby thinks she’s a failure, until Elmo points out she did bring a friend to play with – her!
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie sings "Somebody Come and Play".
 	Song 	Dan Zanes and friends sing "Jump Up."
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Friends
 	Insert 	Chris announces the sponsors and proceeds to clean his “laundry of the day."
==Alterations==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Muppets	Global Grover: Grover comes back from Paris with a shopping basket. None of the foods he finds wants to get in it, though! In his film, Lia and her father visit a farmer's market and bakery in Paris for food at a French market. Afterwards, the food are in shock and Grover thinks they don't get it and demonstrates by putting himself in the basket. The food then takes Grover in the basket to his grandma's house. This segment replaces "Murray Has a Little Lamb" in the Sprout and online versions
==Notes==
*Behind-the-scenes footage of this episode appears in the InFANity special about Sesame Street.
*In an earlier draft of the script, Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster were not present. Big Bird and Snuffy's part occurred during their cameos. Ernie was also present throughout as one of those inflicted.Tony Geiss Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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Category:Medical
Category:Friendship
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 39