Episode 4196

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	What's the Word on the Street?: Machine
 	SCENE 	Leela shows Elmo a pig she made from a plastic bottle. Oscar arrives to collect his weekly lint ball, when suddenly one of the washing machines begins to act up. Leela claims she always has trouble with it and wants to get rid of it, but Elmo reminds Leela she doesn’t like to get rid of things, so she calls Luis in to fix it.
 	SCENE cont'd 	Luis arrives and turns the machine off. Elmo wants to help, so Luis asks him to look for a wrench in his tool box. Elmo doesn’t know what a wrench looks like, but Leela points out it looks like a letter C. Once Elmo finds it, Luis tries tightening a bolt on the back, but when he looks inside to make sure it works, he is sprayed in the face with water and the machine starts clanging again.
 	SCENE cont'd 	Luis’ next plan is to replace the water hose and get a new nut for the bolt and asks Elmo to find a nut, in the shape of a hexagon. Luis replaces the nut and activates the machine. At first, it seems normal, but it then starts rattling and begins to move around the Laundromat, much to Oscar’s delight.
 	SCENE cont'd 	Once back in place, Leela pulls the plug and Luis inspects in the inside of the machine. He pulls out 7 items (including the Teeny Little Super Guy). Leela tests it out now by putting clothes into it, but it begins to rattle and throw the clothes all over the place. Luis can do no more and Leela wants to get rid of it, until Elmo gets an idea to reuse it somehow...
 	SCENE cont'd 	Elmo uses a bottle for a loud speaker and announces that the Laundromat now has a new Grouch messing machine. All the grouches (including Grundgetta) crowd into the Laundromat to get their clothes ruined.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Greg Kinnear tries to explain the word machine, but cannot figure out how. A real-live machine arrives to aid him.
 	Muppets 	Murray announces Abby's Flying Fairy School is coming up, but first he and some kids play "What's on Me That Starts with C?". The kids identify his crown, a carrot and his coat.
 	Cartoon 	A troop of army ants look for C words at a picnic.Artist: Michael Goldberg
 	Muppets 	Worms in Space make the letter C.
 	Muppets 	Murray and the kids announce Abby's Flying Fairy School.
 	Muppets / Animation	Abby's Flying Fairy SchoolMrs. Sparklenose announces today in class, the students can earn their Fairy Godmother wings by participating in the “Cinderella Challenge”. With a brief game of “Eeny Meeny Miney Ming”, Blögg is chosen to be the Cinderella. First they must poof a gown on him. They turn him into a hula dancer (dressing “down”), a clown and James Brown, until they come up with a good rhyme and make a gown appear. Next, they need glass slippers, but the ones they conjure up are too small and too big (and end up breaking, forcing Niblet to clean them up). They call on Spot, who shows them images of the number 12, which Gonnigan realizes is Blogg’s shoe size. Next, they need to turn a pumpkin into a coach, but Niblet has already eaten it. They improvise and turn Niblet into a motorcycle, which sends them all around the room. Gonnigan steers them to the ball pit, which counts as going to the ball, which means they pass and get their wings!
 	Film 	Mr. Shoe, a beat poet, recites a poem about shoes over a film of kids having fun with them.
 	Muppets 	Murray announces "Murray Has a Little Lamb" is coming up, but first he counts 7 dancers, hula-hoops, pink hats and kids.
 	Film 	Seven kids dance on a playground to the same beat.
 	Animation 	Seven cool cats on the prowlArtist: Laura di Trapani
 	Muppets 	Murray and the kids introduce "Murray Has a Little Lamb".
 	Muppets 	Murray Has a Little LambMurray's lamb, Ovejita, leads Murray to another escuela (school) using a pig as a clue. The school turns out to be farm school, where kids learn how to be veterinarians (people who take care of plants and animals)."Guessing Game" portion cut, new intro added
 	Muppets 	Since "Elmo's World" is near, Murray gives a demonstration of near and far.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert:Alone in the park with no one to play with, Ernie sings "Somebody Come and Play" with Rubber Duckie
 	Muppets 	Murray and Navin introduce "Elmo's World".
 	Muppets 	Elmo's World: Families
 	Muppets 	Murray tries announcing the sponsors, but forgets them. He rethinks the day, announces them and signs off.
==Notes==
*"I Love Trash" plays in the background when Leela gives Oscar a ball of lint.
*Additional Grouch performers include Martin P. Robinson, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, and Peter Linz.
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Category:Environmentalism
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 40