Episode 3542

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Ruthie tells Elmo that the Prince Charming, from fairy tales such as "Sleeping Beauty," "Rapunzel," and "Snow White," is inside Finders Keepers right now and brings him inside to meet him!
 	SCENE 1 	Ruthie tries introducing Elmo to Prince Charming, but the prince is too busy dealing with phone calls and faxes from the various fairy tale heroines. Elmo is impressed when learning about the Prince's cellular phone and fax machine when Charming finds himself getting too overwhelmed and quits being a prince, deciding to be someone else.
 	Cartoon 	Figures dance around a telephone as it rings.Artist: Keith Haring
 	Film 	The floating kids form a rectangle.
 	Muppets 	As Telly wakes up in the morning, he sings "Shapes in My Room."
 	Film 	Girls sing a jump-rope rhyme about naming a puppy.
 	Cartoon 	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Susan Sarandon visits the street to see Cookie Monster and to learn to eat cookies like him. She provides a large cookie for him to demonstrate on, but advises him to break it in half so they both can have it. After her lesson, Cookie eats the plate.
 	Song 	“You Don't Have to Be a Grizzly” ...to eat some honey!
 	Cartoon 	CGI sheep graze out I and i.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Sand I/i
 	Film 	Coverage of a spring kite-flying festival, where both kids and grownups can participate.
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dance to Aaron Copland's "Hoedown" with some ribbon twirlers.Part 1
 	SCENE 2 	Ruthie and Elmo pitch potential new roles that the (former) Prince Charming could do, but being a doctor, teacher, or lawyer doesn't seem very low-stakes to him. He finally settles for a shoe salesman (having had experience with Cinderella), and changes his name to "Seymour the Shoe Salesman."
 	Cartoon 	Shoes dance to a square dance tune.
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster tries on shoes.
 	Cartoon 	Leanna Williams explains why she loves her brother’s shoes - she has fun with the box they came in.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and The Birdketeers present the letter K.
 	Animation 	"k" for king, kiss and key
 	Cartoon 	K for kangaroo
 	Muppets 	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dance to Aaron Copland's "Hoedown" with some kids.Part 2
 	SCENE 3 	"Seymour" finishes setting up his shoe shop in front of Finders Keepers and expects his new occupation to be easy. The Count comes by and continually asks for pairs of shoes, running the Prince ragged (in fast-motion) and counting each pair until there are 19 pairs of shoes. The Prince becomes fed up with selling shoes and decides to be someone else.
 	Cartoon 	Nineteen popcorn kernels are counted.
 	Animation 	Abstract count to 19
 	Animation 	Number creatures #19
 	Song 	Hoots the Owl sings "This is How We Take a Bath."
 	Muppets 	Big Bird talks about asking questions and, using Zoe as an example, asks about her banana dance.
 	Cartoon 	A pattern of daisies and tulips - can you tell what comes next? (new music added)
 	Cast 	"The Add-ems Family": Gordon, Susan, Carlo, Bob, Maria, Luis and Gabi star in a faux-sitcom about a family who loves to add.
 	Animation 	"Pineapple Addition"Artist: Jane Aaron
 	SCENE 4 	Donning a blue cape, the Prince decides to be a Count as he thinks it will be an easy task just counting all day. He grows weary of it after reluctantly counting to 10 with a couple of kids. The Count briefly shows up, overhearing that the Prince is a Count too, prompting the Prince to storm off.
 	Animation 	Counting 1-10 and 10-0 in Spanish (Maria voice-over)
 	Muppets 	Grover sings "Over, Under, Around and Through."
 	Film 	People go under, over, through and around a hoop. (Luis voice-over)
 	Cartoon 	The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Animation 	Ornate I's swing through the air to a song.
 	Cartoon 	I for Ink (angry bird)
 	Muppets 	Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store.
 	Film 	What sound does a sheep make?
 	Animation 	A showcase of how many fun things can be done with paper.
 	Film 	Wanda Falbo (Word Fairy) and Barkley present a word which represents large, shaggy animals who like to chase sticks (or wands).
 	Animation 	The word DOG is spelled out over a wiener dog.
 	Song 	"Washin' the Dog"
 	SCENE 5 	Prince Charming figures out what (not who) he wants to be: an animal. As he puts it: "People - people bothered by people are the unluckiest people!" He makes several different animal sounds, which attracts a dalmatian, a chicken (Julianne Buescher), and a pig (Peter Linz), much to his dismay. After Ruthie announces the sponsors, Prince Charming decides he wants to be a prince again. Just then an off-screen princess (Buescher) calls out for help, so Prince Charming exits, leading the animals away. Ruthie and Elmo sign off and excitedly wave goodbye.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Tarah talks to Big Bird and Celina about getting her own racing chair, like the one her friend Ryan is riding on.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28