Episode 2040

	Sesame Street
Air date	March 1, 1985
Season	Season 16 (1984-1985)
Sponsors	D, H, 10

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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Bob and David are waiting for Big Bird to come out of his nest area before they go to the movies.
	SCENE 1, cont'd	Big Bird and Snuffy are at the movies but the others don't believe he's with him. Snuffy leaves, and Big Bird gets into a noisy argument with Bob and David.
	Cartoon	Fruta Manzana (original)
	Film	Raposo: Pizza
	Muppets	Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum. (EKA: Episode 1396)
	Cartoon	Ten Turtles Bud Luckey
	SCENE 2	Big Bird goes into Hooper's Store and starts counting backwards from 10 to 1 to David. He calls Ernie and tells him the same. When David asks why, he explains that he likes it better because no matter where you start, you always end up at 1 - unless you're interrupted.
	Cartoon	Yo-yo elevator
	Muppets	Grover demonstrates heavy and light (Big Bird cameo) (EKA: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	Cooperation Makes It Happen
	SCENE 3	Big Bird keeps counting backwards from 10 to 1 to Oscar and Maria; Maria thinks it's silly for him to keep counting backwards to people, but Big Bird wants to teach everyone in the world to do it. She tells him that people learn how to count backwards at school, like the group of kids have.
	Cartoon	What would happen if I popped this balloon? (EKA: Episode 1710)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. Bert is excited but Ernie is afraid. They see statues that look like them. Bert decides to explore a tunnel while Ernie looks at the statues, and then the Ernie statue starts tapping and talking to Ernie. But when Ernie calls Bert back to the room, the statue doesn't move. Ernie is scared until the statue starts singing Rubber Duckie with him. Bert doesn't believe Ernie, until he says "Bye-bye, statue," and the statue replies "Bye-bye!" and laughs... just like Ernie. (EKA: Episode 1706)
	Film	With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names.
	Cartoon	Man teaches his dog Rover how to sit.
	SCENE 4	Oscar reads his grouch nursery rhymes to the Grouchketeers as Gordon thinks they're wrong - particularly because they don't rhyme.
	Cartoon	Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse
	Cast	Maria as Charlie Chaplin: COLD
	Cartoon	Howard and Harold think of H words (EKA: Episode 1056)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie tries to fool Bert with his disguises such as a pirate disguise and a red riding hood disguise, but Bert has recognized him and tells him to stop fooling him. Then a wolf knocks on the door, and Bert is convinced it's Ernie in disguise again.
	Cartoon	Crayon Animation Letter D
	Muppets	Is this the D train?
	Cartoon / Film	D, a delightful letter (EKA: Episode 0406)
	Celebrity	Dizzy Gillespie plays his trumpet.
	Cartoon	"Daddy Dear" (EKA: Episode 0406)
	Insert	Three of These Kids (upside-down girl)
File:1576n.jpg	Cartoon	Lines and colors form geometric shapes outside of the circle. (EKA: Episode 1576)
	Film	Car assembly (EKA: Episode 0810)
	Cartoon	Car stuck on tar
	Muppets	Grover is frightened by the scary monsters, but the monsters want to make music with him.
	SCENE 5	Big Bird wants to tell everyone to go to school and learn to count backwards, using his megaphone.