Episode 3008

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Oscar and his Grouch friends sing "The Grouch Explorers" at his trash can, about the adventures they all like (or dislike) going on together.
 	Cartoon 	Abstract count to 15
 	Film 	A blind class goes on a field trip downtown, and visits a produce stand.
 	Muppets 	A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers.
 	Cartoon 	Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle."Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	A flower opens and closes.
 	Muppets 	The Bicuspids sing "Kids Just Love to Brush."
 	Cartoon 	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
 	SCENE 1 	In Maria's apartment, Elmo sticks around as Maria and Gabi help set up Roxie Marie's new toy, which Elmo is going to guess (along with the viewer). It's got wheels, tracks, signals, and tunnels, and it requires a certain hat. It's a train set!
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play".
 	Cartoon 	V for volcano, violet, and violin
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"B is for Bubble"
 	Cartoon 	In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing.
center 	Muppets 	A heartbroken groom sings "Don't Walk."
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Nancy Einstein learns about ice cubes.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 2 	Maria and Elmo are impressed with Roxie's new train set. Roxie explains that it originally belonged to her uncle, and she got the additional accessories and scenery with money from doing chores (and/or made them herself). Roxie then teaches Elmo about the parts of her train: the engine, the coal car, an empty goldola car, and the caboose. She also points out the important landmarks around the set, like the train station and the railroad crossing post.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Roxie tells Maria to fire up the controls, and everyone watches in amazement as the train goes around the tracks. Roxie then wants Maria to stop the train, because they've got a lot more train tracks to set up. "You expect us to watch the train go round and round and round? We'll go bonkers!" Roxie says, and suggests that Maria move the sofa for more room.
 	Cartoon 	Rumba pencils (first, last, Crazy Melvin)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
 	Film 	Animals and children bathe in water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	"The Dirtiest Town in the West"
 	Cartoon 	It's a whale Artist: Ishu Patel
 	SCENE 3 	The train tracks have been extended to a farther end of the room thanks to the cooperation of Elmo, Roxie, Maria, Gabi, Alice, Christopher, and Slimey. Maria shows Elmo how to make the train move forwards and backwards, then fast and slow. Elmo then wants a turn, and so does Slimey - Slimey will ride the train, while Elmo controls it.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Maria isn't sure Slimey wants to go that fast on the train, but Elmo thinks he should go faster. Roxie then interjects that they need more track, and enlists Elmo's help while Maria takes over the train controls.
 	Cartoon 	Rap #15
 	Muppets 	Grover is the newest employee of a fast food franchise which serves such delicacies as O'Fish, O'Salad, O'Rye Bread, and O'Milk. However, this is a different kind of "fast food" restaurant: the food zips by the customer on trays across the counter and falls to the floor if it's not caught in time. Mr. Johnson is not ready for this, so he asks if there's any "slow food." There is, but it's served by a turtle who takes longer than Mr. Johnson wants to wait.
 	Animation 	Sand B/b
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy shows his friend Harry the importance of sleep.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things."
 	Cartoon 	B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 4 	By now, the trail of train tracks takes up about 3/4 of the whole living room! Roxie tells Slimey to prepare for the ride of a lifetime, but first she needs to give it a test run. The train goes around a mountain, over a bridge, through a tunnel, and under the bridge as everyone watches.
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	When the train stops, they notice Slimey isn't anywhere. As it turns out, he left to recruit some of his worm pals to join him on his exciting train ride! Everyone enjoys watching the worms go around and around on the tracks.
 	Song 	"Around and Around"
 	Animation 	Counting 1-10 and 10-0 in Spanish (Maria voice-over)
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Danny Glover and Hoots tell Telly a story, The Young Saxophone. Danny reads from the book while Hoots plays the "voice" of the main character, who learns how to say how it feels by putting its notes in the right order and making music instead of noise.
 	Song 	A piece of land with water all around it is an "Island."Artist: Jane Aaron
center 	Cartoon 	V in Space
 	SCENE 5 	At night, Roxie stays over at Maria's and comes back to play with her train set one more time. Elmo announces the sponsors.
==Supporting cast==
* The Kids: Alice Tai, Christopher MoralesEpisode script provided by trusted source
==Sources==
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24