Episode 2646

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Preston Rabbit brings a present to the Sesame Street Library - an "Illustration Activation Machine," which brings to life the images in books. Gina and Elmo put a copy of "Little Red Riding Hood" into the slot on one side of the machine, and suddenly Little Red (speaking in a Valley accent) and the Big Bad Wolf are transported magically into the library! Elmo runs to get another book to try out.
 	Cartoon 	Fleas have fun in fur!Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Cast 	Big Bird, Susan and Bob sing "Can Read" while at a newsstand.
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a telephone booth.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley takes his 39-member studio audience to a restaurant, but there is no place for him to sit.In later airings, some of the sound effects and ambient sound present here would be removed.
 	Cartoon 	AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat.
 	Film 	A Navajo boy who lives in the desert talks about how his family has to pump water from the ground.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf learn from Gina about their new surroundings, though the Wolf is disappointed to find that they don't serve food. Elmo puts another book into the machine and out pops Mary and her little lamb. Elmo goes to get more books, while the hungry Wolf begins to chase after Mary's lamb.
 	Animation 	It's a giraffeArtist: Ishu Patel
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finds a TELEPHONE, and reads the word.
 	Cartoon 	A tour of a TV studio, with set decoration, camera adjustment, etc., setting up for a taping with an R2-D2-like robot.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
center 	Muppets / Celebrity	Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker.
 	Cartoon 	Snacks on Parade: Peanut ButterArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 3 	While Gina explains what's happening to Linda, Elmo puts another book into the machine - The Three Little Pigs. Soon, the Big Bad Wolf is chasing after the lamb and the pigs. Preston is the only one who knows how to get them back in their books, but no one knows where he is. Linda gets an idea to write a book about Preston and put it into the machine, and she and Gina start to plan out the necessary supplies (rejecting the Wolf's suggestion of lamb chops).
 	Animation 	Draw a circle around the bus. Cross out the telephone.
 	Muppets 	The Count sings about "The First Day of School".
 	Cartoon 	Frances Fairy displays several F words.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Erik surprise each other.
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP.
 	SCENE 4 	As the library sits in disarray from the storybook character's antics, Gina, Linda, and Elmo finish writing The Story of Preston Rabbit and throw it into the machine. Preston magically appears and Gina begs for him to help solve their mess. When the Wolf gets hungry for bunny rabbit, Preston runs off to find the crank that will turn off the machine.
 	Animation 	First leaf, last leaf
 	Film 	Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers.
 	Cartoon 	Gordon voiceover N/n
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A derby-hatted man identifies animal sounds, ending with a tractor.
 	Muppets 	NTV host Nora Nicks introduces Nick Normal and the Nickmatics singing "The Letter N."
 	Cartoon 	A map of Australia morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	Two apples balance on a block seesaw.
 	SCENE 5 	The crank is attached to the machine, allowing it to go in reverse. Linda turns the crank and the storybook characters are subtracted one by one, narrowly missing the jaws of the Big Bad Wolf each time. Preston almost gets snapped up when the Wolf is the last one to go, and Preston becomes so grateful he decides to thank them by getting another present!
 	Cartoon 	Rumba pencils (first, last, Crazy Melvin)
 	Muppets 	Grover the Salesman: Grover wants to sell Kermit some earmuffs, but Kermit doesn't have ears, so Grover gives Kermit some big human ears.
 	Cartoon 	"It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Cast 	"A word from your local chicken" - A nerdy Gordon interprets a chicken's words.
 	Song 	"Litter Rap"
 	Cartoon 	Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF
 	SCENE 6 	Preston's gift is two movers (Tyrone and Gus), who arrive to take the machine away. Tyrone reads the sponsors (the fine print on their delivery form) and Gina takes care of the CTW slogan as the movers end up busting the machine on their way out. ("Butterfingers!")
==Notes==
*Additional performers include Camille Bonora (as Little Red and Pig #1), Jerry Nelson (as the Big Bad Wolf), Fran Brill (as Mary and Pig #2), Martin P. Robinson (as Mary's lamb), and Pam Arciero (as Pig #3).
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21