Episode 0376

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon greets Mr. Hooper and gathers the kids in the yard for a game of basketball. Kermit the Frog also wants to join, but, despite his protestations to the contrary, is noticeably sick with a cold, sneezing and coughing all over everyone. Mr. Hooper leads Kermit over to the store to take his temperature.
 	Film 	Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder.
 	SCENE 2 	At Hooper's Store, Susan, a nurse, takes Kermit's temperature with a thermometer. She finds that he's got a bit of a fever, so Kermit figures only a bit of sickness is okay for him to play basketball with his friends. After adding a headache to his symptoms and continuing to sneeze, Kermit finally admits he needs to rest in bed. Susan invites him to come home with her and she'll take care of him.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #13: A square crosses into the path of the dots, causing them to huddle around it
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	Susan has set up a small, boxed bed for Kermit on the kitchen counter in her apartment, and Kermit has gotten into his pajamas. He's still reluctant to go to bed, but once Susan coerces him with fluffed pillows, Kermit finds himself quite comfortable. After she has to leave him alone for a few minutes, Kermit fears that his friends will worry about not knowing where he is, so he leaves to inform them.
center 	Muppets 	Part 1: Lefty delivers some carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get more carrots (in 13 seconds).
 	SCENE 4 	In front of 123 Sesame Street, Susan and Gordon go over a shopping list of things to pick up for Kermit: orange juice, aspirin, and a couple lily pads... or lollipops; something to cheer him up. They suddenly overhear him talking to Tracy at the window, explaining that he's being taken care of. Susan scolds him for being out of bed, and orders him back inside. When he's gone, Susan begins to concede that he's just lonely, then hears Kermit talking to someone else nearby.
 	SCENE 4, cont'd	Susan finds Kermit talking to Big Bird through the window over his nest and expresses his inability to get better if he doesn't go back to bed. Kermit claims he was on his way there anyway, and rushes away from the window before returning to properly say goodbye to Big Bird.
 	SCENE 4, cont'd	On her way back inside to make sure Kermit stays in bed, she hears him talking to Molly from the window overlooking the yard. Molly learns that Kermit is sick and asks why he's not in bed. She and Susan strongly urge him to get back there when Gordon shows up with an idea and asks Kermit to go back to the front window where he was talking to Tracy.
 	SCENE 4, cont'd	Gordon's solution is to bring Kermit's bed out from the kitchen and onto the windowsill where he can still talk to passersby. Susan and Molly tuck him back in while Kermit continues rambling on.
center 	Muppets 	Part 2: Lefty delivers more carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get the most carrots he can find (in 15 seconds).
 	Cartoon 	A poem filled with T words, including a teacher, toys, Texas, and "turtles with brains".Voice: Bob Arbogast
center 	Muppets 	Part 3: Lefty delivers the rest of the carrots to his boss. The boss reveals that the carrots are for his pet rabbit (a real rabbit), which he shows to Lefty.
 	Cartoon 	T is for Television (shown in Spanish, then English)
 	Film 	Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20.
 	Cartoon 	La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon.
 	SCENE 5 	Luis teaches Mr. Hooper how to say "come here" in Spanish, as he demonstrates with his dog Manolo.
 	Muppets 	A female Anything Muppet discusses the concept of "same" using her reflection in the mirror. The reflection begins speaking on its own. The girl faints and the reflection decides to do the same.
 	Cast 	Because the lid of a box won't stay open by itself, Gordon can't put a large beachball in it alone, and Bob can't put a large inflated beach animal toy in it alone. They discover that if one of them holds the lid the other can easily put his article in the box.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty T”
 	SCENE 6 	Kermit is getting bored, stuck in bed. Big Bird brings him some toys to play with, including a baseball and a jumprope, but those toys require physical activity, which Kermit can't do right now. Tracy comes along and offers to trade him those items for a comic book, some crayons, and paper.
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about the capital T, but the top line slides down, forming a lowercase one. (Spanish)
 	Muppets 	A Japanese storyteller tells "The Mystery of the Four Dragons". An aged emperor offers the throne to his son if he can find four hidden dragons in the room.
 	Cartoon 	T for topArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Baby turtles swim around.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 7 	Susan sings "Three of These Things" with pictures of a saw, a coin purse, a wallet, and a cash register.
 	Cartoon 	A dog learns about U.Artist: John Paratore
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	George the Farmer saws the legs off a table.
 	SCENE 8 	Luis recites the alphabet as displayed on screen before spraying the television glass between him and the viewer, then wiping it clean with a squeegee.
 	Muppets 	"The IG Family Song"
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #3
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty T” (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A poem filled with T words (repeat)
 	SCENE 9 	Hathaway visits Kermit, who's eating a kumquat flavored ice cream cone. He offers Hathaway a lick, but Mr. Hooper stops him and explains how colds spread. Mr. Hooper takes Hathaway over to the store for his own ice cream cone.
 	Film 	A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	David says he can count to twelve hundred, but Farley would prefer just hearing him count to twelve.
 	Muppets 	Grover sees his shadow follow him around, and thinks it's a person following him. However, Herbert Birdsfoot explains what a shadow is.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #16: Dots kick aside a crumpled object
 	Cartoon 	A dog learns about U. (repeat)
 	Film 	PeacockMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	T for top (repeat)
 	SCENE 10 	Luis takes Kermit's temperature again, determines that he no longer has a fever, and says he can get out of bed now. Kermit, having gotten used to being taken cared of, doesn't want to get out of bed and starts rambling about how much he's been pampered today. Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, and Sherlock Hemlock observes the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* The script for this episode was originally written for Grover, but Kermit replaced him in the street scenes for the final version.
==Gallery==
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Category:Medical
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3