Episode 2987

Sesame Street
Plot	Herry celebrates a winning game
Air date	April 14, 1992
Season	Season 23 (1991-1992)
Sponsors	V, X, 9
Syndication
Releases

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Elmo, Telly and a kid named Isaiah are practicing writing their names. Savion sings "My Name" with them.
	Cartoon	V for volcano (EKA: Episode 2258)
	Muppets	Two Anything Muppet beatniks say the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 2403)
	Cartoon	"Do the Continental" - two kids jump into Asia.
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: The 400 Blows Grover has to blow out the candles on his birthday cake 400 times, but since this is Part 1, he only gets up to 40 before he faints. (EKA: Episode 2773)
	Film	Jerry Nelson sings "The Inside Story," which shows what's inside various household objects. (EKA: Episode 2795)
	Insert	Elmo explores Sesame Street, and observes Susan as she grades test papers. (EKA: Episode 2396)
	Cartoon	A boy and his dog demonstrate addition and subtraction with balancing hamburgers. Artist: Bill Davis (EKA: Episode 2496)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Bert informs John-John that he is sad because he lost his paper clips. Bert asks John-John to show his sad face. Bert is then angry and asks John-John to make his angry face. Finally Bert is happy because he remembers where he left the paper clips and John-John shows his happy face. (EKA: Episode 0729)
	Film	Island (in sped-up film, kids travel to an island) (EKA: Episode 2795)
	Cartoon	Brand X (EKA: Episode 0560)
	Film	Some kids watch a silent film featuring a lady in a burning house. They instruct her to "go to the EXIT!" (EKA: Episode 0536)
	Cartoon	Song: Five Baby Oysters (EKA: Episode 2257)
	Muppets	In the woods, a nature-loving baritone (Jim Henson) sings "Ah, For the Joys of the Countryside" about how much he loves the country, without noticing that his surroundings are being converted into a city. (EKA: Episode 1056)
	Cartoon	A purple elephant tries to get 10 peanuts in his trunk at once, but can't, so he smushes them into peanut butter instead.
	Song	"Somos Hermanos" (EKA: Episode 2495)
	Cartoon	Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artist: John Hubley (EKA: Episode 0914)
	Muppets	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (EKA: Episode 0733)
	Cartoon	A boy imagines his room turning into a jungle. Artist: Karen Aqua
	Insert	Preston Rabbit presents Sesame Street with a large stone inscribed with a word he thinks they don't have: "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ". Elmo has no idea what it is and sings "ABC-DEF-GHI". Big Bird and the kids point out it's the alphabet, and they already have plenty of them on Sesame Street. Preston takes it away and goes off in search of a different present. (First: Episode 2616)
	Cartoon	A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (EKA: Episode 2784)
	Animation	Ornate Vs spin around as a song about them plays.
	Film	A boy's mother and grandmother make him a pair of moccasins.
	Muppets	Guy Smiley promotes the use of "Air." He leads his marching band through the walls of a barber shop every time someone there says a word out loud that rhymes with "air." (EKA: Episode 2682)
	Cartoon	Nine penguins slide down a hill. Artist: Owe Gustafson (EKA: Episode 2596)
	SCENE 2	Herry and some other monsters enter Hooper's Store cheering. They act out for Mr. Handford a recap of the basketball game they just won, and Mr. Handford ends up getting tackled by one player. Herry orders a round of water for everyone.
	Cartoon	A story/song about a duckling who wants to join the others playing at the water's edge. (EKA: Episode 2885)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (EKA: Episode 0338)
	Song	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X". (EKA: Episode 2573)
	Cartoon	The letter X (EKA: Episode 2641)
	Cast	Charlie Chaplin (Maria) falls in love with a painting at the art museum. (EKA: Episode 2269)
	Cartoon	Gloria Globe sings "I Am the World."
	SCENE 3	Savion comes in and orders popcorn while the monsters are still celebrating, now tossing around a football. Mr. Handford tells them to stop playing ball inside, so they play another game. They sing "Three of These Things" with the three glasses of water and the bowl of popcorn. Mr. Handford guesses the popcorn doesn't belong, because you eat it, but Herry adds it's because they didn't order it.
	Cartoon	Rap #9 (EKA: Episode 2572)
	Film	A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man. (EKA: Episode 1845)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert goes out to mail a letter, and depends on Ernie to let him in when he knocks. Instead of letting Bert in, Ernie repeats Bert's knocks on the drums. (EKA: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (EKA: Episode 2488)
	SCENE 4	Herry and the monsters are still cheering, spelling out "monster" with "Gimme an M!" etc. Mr. Handford gets their attention by leading a cheer to spell the word "closed," then he kicks them out of the store and announces the sponsors (getting trampled in the process).