Episode 2421

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	As nighttime falls on Sesame Street, Gordon recalls (in song) about when he was "Afraid of the Dark" as a child, accompanied by brief flashbacks.
 	Animation	Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third ball wants to join them (ending up in the middle).
 	Muppets 	Grover tries to demonstrate first and last by being first in line, but the other monsters keep switching on him.
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Film 	Kids play in the snow.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Animation	A frog is formed out of seeds.
 	Film 	A mandrill carries her young.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Various sounds are demonstrated, including an alarm clock, a baby crying, a telephone, a faucet dripping, and a boy sneezing.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar likes it when it gets dark, which means everyone is going to sleep and he can get some peace and quiet. This is disrupted by Hoots the Owl and his jamming. He explains to Oscar that he's a nocturnal being and introduces him to some of his fellow night-cats - Matt the Bat (who plays drums) and Sy the Firefly (who plays the flute). They start a night time jam session that bothers Oscar at first, until he sees how it bothers everyone else around him.
 	Cartoon 	Letter B/b (bouncing circles)
 	Cast 	Live at Sesame Hall, Bob, Maria, and Luis sing "The Curious Cantata" about a bird who asks a lot of questions, played by the ever-curious Big Bird.
 	Film 	A man uses a TELEPHONE booth in the city.
 	Muppets 	Forgetful Jones forgets what he has to do at night. Clementine tells him it involves using a toothbrush, and he remembers that he and Buster the Horse have to brush each other's teeth.Remade version
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches.
 	Celebrity	Yo-Yo Ma plays the first Menuett from Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 in the yard.
 	Animation	It's a monkeyArtist: Ishu Patel
 	Film 	A girl and her friend David, a blacksmith, talk as he makes an iron wolf for his door.
 	Cartoon 	B for butterfly
 	Muppets 	While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself, or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). He then corrects them on the actual production phase.
 	Cartoon 	A man counts 40 stars at night.
 	SCENE 3 	Telly has some cutouts of three stars and the Moon, then plays a round of "Three of These Things" with Luis and the kids. They come up with two answers, one involving a star not belonging because it's small. Telly lets it float back into the sky to Luis' amazement.
 	Cartoon 	B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie."
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a cow.
 	Cartoon 	A crocodile, snake, and kangaroo all cooperate to escape from the zoo and get ice cream.
 	Muppets 	Grover, Kimberly, and Kermit demonstrate first and last.
 	Cartoon 	Rumba pencils (first, last, Crazy Melvin)
 	Film 	Baby animals nurse.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	SCENE 4 	Luis makes it dark in the Fix-It Shop by turning off the light. Big Bird makes things darker in his nest by covering his eyes with his wing. Oscar accomplishes this by going in his can and closing the lid, causing him to trip over his furniture.
 	Cartoon 	Monster in the dark (finding a light switch)
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock". (ending edited)
 	Cartoon 	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O.
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster: One head wants to play the trumpet, but the other head wants to sleep.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps."
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon passes by Luis, who is closing up shop, and strolls along the street. He meets Hoots, who offers they scat together, but Gordon declines and heads back to his apartment for some sleep. Hoots, the only remaining one up, announces the sponsors to a jazzy outro.
==Notes==
* Chet O'Brien voices an unseen neighbor heard during scene 2, asking for Hoots and his band to turn down the racket.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 19