Episode 2500

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Cast 	Luis sings "Baa Baa Bamba."
 	Cartoon 	A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa.
 	Film 	The kids form a capital I.
 	Cartoon 	Capital I, he's quite a guy
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Sloth
 	Celebrity 	When Johnny can't play "One of These Things" with Big Bird, Jay Leno fills in.
 	Cartoon 	I thought a thought...about circles.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Kids with special needs do gymnastics at the Mamaroneck Co-Op Camp.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee."
 	Cartoon 	Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground came from.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Sand I/i
 	SCENE 1 	Today, Luis has taken the day off from the Fix-It Shop to take Telly fishing, leaving Maria to work. A Fat Blue vacuum cleaner salesman (Jerry Nelson) arrives and spreads some dirt around as a demo. His vacuum won't turn on, so he grabs another and throws more dirt around. This one won't turn on either, and neither does the third one. He decides to leave them with her to be fixed.
 	Animation 	Seis flores
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "The Batty Bat."
 	Film 	A Stool For Me
 	Cartoon 	A large bird munches on rectangle edges, forming the word "BIRD."
 	SCENE 2 	Maria hopes for no more interruptions when upbeat music starts playing and a talk show host (the salesman from before wearing a bad toupee) enters to host "The Letter M Show." He keeps getting her name wrong, and blows so much time on it that there's no time left for the show. He gives her a letter M shirt (in a very small size) as a gift, as well as his broken microphone to fix.
 	Animation 	M/m (Gordon voiceover)
 	Cast 	The Heartstrongs, Part 1In this soap opera parody, Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) fusses over the loss of his red shoelace along with Mrs. Heartstrong (Susan). They both feel sad until their son Barnaby (David) comes downstairs! What a surprise! But that feeling doesn't last long, as he soon learns of the lost shoelace. As it turns out, he came downstairs to change shoelaces in order to play baseball.Could this be a clue to the whereabouts of Mr. Heartstrong's lost one?
 	Cartoon 	A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing"...and promptly wiggle around.Artist: James Rizzi
 	Cast 	The Heartstrongs, Part 2In the thrilling conclusion, the doorbell rings! Who could it be?It's Cousin Henry (Uncle Wally), who drops in for a surprise visit, which quickly becomes somber when the lost shoelace issue is brought up again.Just then, Mr. Heartstrong remembers what Barnaby said about a shoelace that didn't match, and as luck would have it, the missing one is in his left sneaker! This makes everyone happy!Cousin Henry pulls the snake-in-the-can trick on Barnaby, which gives everyone another nice surprise! "Woo woo!"
 	Film 	The sign CLOSED spins around.
 	Animation 	Counting 6 red balls
 	SCENE 3 	The man is back, now as a singing-dancing pizza delivery man. He does his song and dance, but can't remember the rhyme for the end, having to start his song several times and shaking the pizza box around as he dances. He finally completes the song and takes a bow, causing the pizza to spill on the floor. "Do you know how to fix a broken pizza?" he sheepishly asks.
 	Cartoon 	"Song of the Inuit Child"
center 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Pop" and blows up a balloon so they can pop it.
 	Film 	Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time) and then the complete animal.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	The numbers 1-6 are carried away and/or demolished by construction equipment.
 	SCENE 4 	Maria decides to have lunch at Hooper's Store instead. However, Gina says she and David are completely busy with deliveries and hired someone to help out. To Maria's chagrin, the substitute is...
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	...the Fat Blue man again! Maria is doubtful of his skills, but orders a tuna fish sandwich anyway. He doesn't know how to make her selection and she shows him; he walks off with it instead.
 	Cartoon 	The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before and after.
 	Muppets 	John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble.
 	Song 	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson)
 	Muppets 	Forgetful Jones needs something to ride around the ranch. Clementine gives him clues: it has four legs, a bushy tail, eats hay, and neighs. It's his horse, Buster, who arrives with the jeep.
 	Cartoon 	Don't mess with the Mighty M.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 5 	Maria retells the events of her day to the viewer and has put up a "HELP WANTED" sign to have someone help her catch up with her work. The man tries to apply, but she instantly declines and seals herself inside. He does, however, get a job as an announcer who recites the sponsors, and the credits follow.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20