Episode 2431

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
 	Cartoon 	Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks.
 	Muppets 	Kermit, Chris and Stephanie count ears.
 	Film 	Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog.
 	Cartoon 	Y for YakArtist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 1 	Today is Luis' birthday and Big Bird's gotten him a tie and a poem he wrote; he just needs help wrapping his gifts. At the Fix-It Shop, Maria offers to help and wraps his gifts in a box. Big Bird is grateful, but realizes he didn't write "Happy Birthday" on his poem, so Maria must rip open the gift.
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #3"
 	Muppets 	Lefty sells Ernie an invisible ice cream cone; Ernie pays for it with an invisible nickel.
 	Cartoon 	A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it.
 	SCENE 2 	Maria supplies Big Bird with a larger piece of paper and he copies his poem, adding "Happy Birthday!" on the bottom. As soon as Big Bird leaves again, he realizes his name's not on it, so Luis won't know it's from him. Maria is forced to undo her beautiful wrapping job once more...
 	Animation	El numero tres (Luis V.O.)
 	Muppets 	"I'm Between"
 	Cartoon 	An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling.
 	Film 	An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo).
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird's gift is re-opened and he adds his name to the poem; Maria begrudgingly re-wraps it. Big Bird enters again, assuring her he doesn't need to fix his poem. Instead, he wants to exchange Luis' tie for a pair of socks.
 	Cartoon 	The life of a Yellow Yahoo
 	Film 	A man carves a wooden horse.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Grover sells newspapers in the street. He thinks they are for making paper hats, but a customer shows him they are actually for reading. The customer wants to buy a newspaper, but Grover won't stop reading the paper that the customer wants to buy. Grover reads about construction of a new building, a parade, and an expected rain shower, all of which occur as Grover reads.
 	Cartoon 	A wizard turns into R things.
 	Muppets 	"Listen to the Bells"
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent movie of a girl who is stuck IN the quicksand.
 	SCENE 4 	In another edition of "Ask Oscar," Telly reads a question from a Grouch who wishes to know what sound the letters "SH" make. Oscar makes the "Shhhhh" sound, but Telly thinks he's shushing him. When Telly catches on and explains the "SH" sound, Oscar clarifies: he really does want Telly to be quiet!
 	Cartoon 	Two people think they hear a BARK in the DARK.Artist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y.
 	Cartoon 	Passengers on a crowded subway illustrate between.
 	Celebrity	Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing the African Alphabet Song.
 	Film 	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays.
center 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Pop" and blows up a balloon so they can pop it.
 	Cartoon 	A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away.
 	SCENE 5 	Susan finds Elmo staring up at the sky, claiming to be looking at stars; she points out that what he really sees are the clouds. Elmo vows to stay outside all morning to see stars.
 	Cartoon 	Kids observe cloud formations, until it starts to rain.
 	Film 	"It's Easy"
 	Cartoon 	Gordon voiceover R/r
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo
 	SCENE 6 	Maria happens upon Elmo and points out that the stars he's looking at are in fact birds. Elmo vows to keep watching - even if it takes all afternoon.
 	Film 	A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	A square monster tires to learn the "In and Out" disco dance.
 	Cartoon 	Sign language: Morning, noon, night
 	SCENE 7 	Now at night, Elmo begins to head off until Gordon appears. Elmo claims he can't see stars with the sky so dark until Gordon shows him all the stars in the sky. Maria announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 19