Episode 3017

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird and Maria are in the Fix-It Shop when a man named Mr. Quincy enters. He wants his 10-second toaster fixed and demonstrates the problem: the toast is ready after 9 seconds. Maria figures he's the type of guy who likes things working exactly as they should and states she'll have it fixed in 10 minutes. Big Bird suggests she hold herself to that.
 	Cartoon 	Household appliances count 1-10 and 10-0.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Joe Williams sings "The Birdland Jump."
 	Cartoon 	A moving truck takes the number 8.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	School supplies make the letter E.
 	SCENE 2 	Maria has fixed the toaster, and the toast is ready after exactly 10 seconds. Mr. Quincy is happy to have his toaster fixed and his scheduled breakfast can continue as normal once more.
 	Film 	A group of girls do a playground cheer ("Ooh I'm so happy!").
 	Muppets 	Annette Monster and Frankie Monster sing "Love the Ocean" to urge others to "show respect for the sea" and refrain from throwing trash in the water.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster showcases eight skating penguins. (new sound effects added)
center 	Film 	Fay Ray climbs over a box.
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings "Get Along" with some Anything Muppet greasers, the Martians, the Twiddlebugs, and a cow.
 	Cartoon 	An army of ants gets to the bakery, only to find that it's closed.
 	SCENE 3 	Maria runs into Mary, whose little lamb has stopped following her. Maria helps demonstrate the different things the lamb would do the same as Mary, who compliments Maria on her following abilities and asks if she can start following her. Maria states she's too busy to follow Mary, so Mary decides to follow Maria and mimic her every movement.
 	Cartoon 	Spinning T (to the tango beat)
 	Film 	Scenes of flowers set to harmonica music
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts the Letter of the Day Pageant.
 	Animation 	A poem about oranges.
 	Muppets 	John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty.
 	Animation 	A girl's narration describing the city is illustrated with cutout animation.
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Quincy heads to Hooper's Store for his noon lunch and Big Bird warns Mr. Handford about his pickiness. Mr. Quincy orders the foot-long hot dog, taking out his ruler to make sure it's a foot long. The first hot dog is a tad short, and the second is a tad too long. He finally gets a hot dog that's exactly 1 foot long, but then he requests the bun be just as long.
 	Animation 	Stop-motion: what goes in the hot dog bun?
 	Cartoon 	An orange creature shows things that measure.
 	Song 	"Don't Waste Water"
 	Cartoon 	Mi kat iz ... gone
 	Muppets 	"The Ten Commandments of Health"
 	Cartoon 	T for topArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 5 	In voice-over, Mr. Handford probes the street for something to draw a circle around. He settles for Oscar's head (using a telestrator). Oscar protests as his can is circled, then has a line drawn under it. He retaliates by painting his own large circle that surrounds his face, then paints it in completely to avoid the viewer's sight.
 	Film 	Circles in everyday objects.
 	Animation 	Planet E / e
 	Muppets 	Live from the Nestropolitan Opera, Phil Harmonic introduces the staged production of Peligro starring Placido Flamingo.
 	Cartoon 	A sleepy man counts 8 sheep.
 	Film 	A boy hikes up a mountain with his family.
 	Cartoon 	A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Film 	A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A ball goes up and down a musical staircase.
 	SCENE 6 	Mary and Maria finish fixing their respective radios when Mary decides she's not going to follow Maria anymore, and instead spend some time on her own. She does join her in announcing the sponsors.
==Notes==
* This episode was later repeated in Season 26 as Episode 3298.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24