Episode 3116

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Big Bird, wearing a cape, is about to put on a magic show with some help from the kids. Snuffy shows up to be his assistant, but has to wait until Big Bird introduces himself as "The Great Nineteeni," a magician who always does tricks involving the number 19. The show will proceed after the opening theme...
 	SCENE 1 	For his "nineteeniest" trick ever, Big Bird enlists his assistant Snuffy to help him turn a number 19 into a bunny rabbit. He has Snuffy look at the number while he says the magic words, but then the kids parade by as part of a marching band that causes Snuffy to look away, which gives another one of the kids some time to switch the number with Benny Rabbit. Snuffy is amazed at how well the trick worked, and asks Big Bird to turn Benny back into the number, so Big Bird does the same trick in reverse. Snuffy is confused when he sees both Benny and the number together (as Benny demands a carrot per his contract), and realizes how he did the trick after all. He's not sure when the switch was done, though, and goes off to look for the parade that passed through.
 	Cartoon 	"Recycling Blues"
center 	Muppets 	Grover and Mr. Johnson: Grover the messenger goes to Mr. Johnson's home to deliver some singing telegrams. After reading a series of wrong telegrams, he reads another one that actually is for Mr. Johnson, and an important one at that, but Grover does not remember who it is from.
 	Film 	A girl draws a picture of her friend Amelia.
 	SCENE 2 	Snuffy and the kids want the Great Nineteeni to come back, but Big Bird is having trouble thinking of another trick. He asks Snuffy if he wants to take over the role of the "new and improved Great Nineteeni," and Snuffy doesn't think he can do it at first but he accepts the offer. To get him in a "nineteeny" mood, Big Bird shows him the following segment...
 	Animation 	Rap #19
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Snuffy is now in costume, and along with his assistant Big Bird, he attempts to do the same trick from before. This time, Big Bird gets wise to the trick... until Snuffy reveals that he's going to make the number not disappear! He also makes the kids not disappear, and even though neither tricks really count as magic, everyone applauds anyway.
 	Cartoon 	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop.
 	Muppets 	The Singing Dentists sing "Say Toothpaste, Somebody!"
 	Cartoon 	What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Cheri goes fishing with her abuelo.
 	Animation 	In stop-motion, sandwich ingredients square-dance in a ring and arrange themselves into a sandwich, which gets a bite taken out of it in a refrigerator.
 	SCENE 3 	Savion watches as Telly admires his glow-in-the-dark triangle, which he got in the mail from the Triangle Lovers' Club. Suddenly, the Grand Royal Square Person arrives with her assistant to promote her own club, the Square Lovers' Society. She and her assistant sing a song about her club and her love of squares, and invite Telly to join them. Savion convinces Telly to give the club a try when the Grand High Triangle Lover shows up with Norman. The GHTL becomes disappointed when he sees Telly holding the square he just got from the Grand Royal Square Person, whose rival club he has resented for years. The GHTL and the GRSP start to play tug-of-war, pulling Telly back and forth.
 	Animation 	In reversed film, Q and q candles are unmelted.
 	Muppets 	In the kitchen, Ernie bakes some cookies of different shapes; he lets Cookie Monster eat each one after he finishes displaying it to the viewer.
 	Song 	"Take Care of That Smile"
 	Animation 	¿Qué es esto? (un pajaro)
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Gonna Rock You to Sleep."
 	Cartoon 	A woman visits a car dealer, looking for a small car. She will only take a car small enough to fit her clowns.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 4 	The GHTL and the GRSP continue to fight over Telly when Savion interjects and tells them a story of his tap-dance school days. He made up a dance which he thought was the best, and his friend made one up too. Even though they danced differently, they still remained friends, and Savion even figured out a way to put both dances together. Telly and the others figure out that people who like different shapes can still be friends, and the GHTL and the GRSP decide to end their feud and plan a big triangle-and-square party.
 	Cartoon 	The letter F morphs into cartoon faces.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Q / q (balloons)
 	Film 	A man (voice of Jim Thurman) finds a magic remote control that makes things go up and down. He tests it on various objects. When he presses "down" for a bridge, it crumbles and falls into the river below, prompting the man to abandon the remote and slink away. A girl then finds the remote and makes the bridge go back up.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to get directions to a parking space, and eventually uses a map to get there.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Celebrity 	Gloria Estefan sings a special version of "1-2-3" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers.
 	Cartoon 	Frances Fairy displays several F words.
 	Cast 	Bob, dressed as a clown, sounds out the word ENTER by grouping two doors together.
 	Animation 	Number creatures #19
 	SCENE 5 	Everyone at the triangle-and-square party cheers, and the GHTL and the GRSP announce how happy they are to be friends and share all the great food and great shapes. Savion announces the sponsors when the leader of the Hexagon Lovers' Club (Joey Mazzarino) shows up, looking for new members. Telly invites him to join the party, where all shapes are welcome, but the HLC leader is too involved in singing his out-of-tune club song.
==Notes==
*This episode was later repeated in Season 26 as Episode 3286.
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Category:Shapes
Category:Numbers
Category:Magic
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24