Episode 3403

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Carlo comes across Elmo, who is in hysterics. Elmo tries to describe what's so funny, but is laughing too hard to explain it. He shows Carlo instead...
 	Animation 	Luxo Jr. displays its front and back, eventually getting exhausted.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Elmo wants to imitate the lamp's gag, but has trouble differentiating his front and back. They watch the short again...
 	Animation 	Luxo Jr. displays its front and back, eventually getting exhausted. (repeat)
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Elmo now tries the joke again: he shows his back and front until he falls over, showing his side. He finds that the Luxo Jr. lamp from the film liked his demonstration as well (seen nodding in approval in a cutaway from ) and runs off to show everyone on the street.
 	Cartoon 	A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror.
 	Muppets 	The Oinker Sisters sing "The Boogie-Woogie Piggies."
 	Cartoon 	A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. (music sting added)Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	A little boy sings the "Cold Ocean Blues" at the beach.
 	SCENE 2 	Carlo finds Elmo in the yard working on a story instead, which he's made with drawings rather than words. Elmo begins to tell the story, titled The Farmers Who Didn't Know "Front," "Back," and "Side"...
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Consulting a Farmers' Almanac, Maynard and Twyla Sue (David Rudman and Fran Brill) have trouble figuring out the front, back, and side of their cow Essie (Alice Dinnean) to milk her. A handsome stranger (Elmo) demonstrates the concepts using the Luxo joke and the two farmers are able to milk the cow.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd 	Elmo wraps up his story and wants to show more people his joke, demonstrating it again for Carlo.
 	Film 	What sound does a cow make?
 	Muppets 	"Daddy Helps with the Dishes" - three families sing about how they help each other doing chores, cooking and homework.
 	Film 	A judo class does 20 jumping jacks.
 	Cartoon 	Water travels from a cloud to a river, into a reservoir, and through pipes, and finally ends up in a bathroom sink.
 	Song 	"Drink of Water"
 	SCENE 3 	Elmo shows off his joke to Zoe, then helps her do it herself. She has a few missteps and thinks it's too hard but Elmo encourages her to keep trying, citing how he didn't get it at first either ("He really stunk up the place!"). Zoe is able to do it correctly and rushes off happy, and Elmo goes to find others to show it to.
 	Song 	"I Know How to Swing"
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird and tennis star Michael Chang play tennis together and tie their shoes.
 	Film 	A big S emerges, Jaws-like, in a swimming pool.
 	Cartoon 	Characters on a quilt form the letter S.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film / Muppets 	Alphaquest: SA swimsuit, Grover as a silly surfer, a seagull, the sunset and a submarine.
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo finds Luis and Alison and does his joke for them. However, neither of them give much of a reaction. Luis tells him that Zoe just came by and did it for them already, and that Elmo did "Zoe's joke" really well.
 	Film 	A group of girls do a playground cheer ("One step forward, one step back").
 	Song 	"What's Inside?" (Cookie Monster cameo)
 	Animation 	Egyptian figures illustrate the number 4.
 	Film 	Ornate 4s fly through the air.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird says, "Let's see that number one more time!"
 	Film 	Four kids dance in a colorblock grid.
 	Cartoon 	A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge.
 	Film 	The floating kids form a triangle.
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo tries to show his joke to Ruthie, Maryvic, and Brandon, but they perform it before he can, claiming Zoe showed it to them.
 	Film 	Footage of the 1994 Labor Day Flag Party in Brooklyn features people marching while waving (and wearing) flags. Marina narrates about being one of the participants.
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings "Caribbean Amphibian."
 	Film 	The crosswalk signal flashes WALK and DON'T WALK as pedestrians cross the street in fast-motion and kids read the signal indications.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	"A New Way to Walk"Celebrity version
 	Cartoon 	Only one of the two footprints can belong.
 	SCENE 6 	Elmo spots Celina in the park, hoping she hasn't seen his joke yet. When he reaches her, he finds Zoe finishing up the routine already. Elmo tells Celina it was originally his joke and becomes very angry. She suggests Elmo find Zoe and tell her how he feels.
 	Cartoon 	"Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange.Artist: John Korty
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Ducks swim and fly.Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2)
 	Animation 	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase S.
 	Film 	Kids hold an S and a square
 	Cartoon 	The letter S grows on a vine.
 	SCENE 7 	Zoe tells the joke to a group of kids at the playground when Elmo arrives and tells her how angry he is. She claims she didn't know he wanted to tell everyone and apologizes. She adds she loves the way he does the joke though, and they both do it together as Celina announces the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Humphrey and Ingrid sing to Big Bird about how they know when Natasha is happy – when she shakes her shoe.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27