Episode 3109

Sesame Street
Telly gets the "Broken Arm Blues"
Air date	April 1, 1993
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Sponsors J, N, 18

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Telly displays what Zelda just wrote on his cast: today's sponsors. (A signature from Lulu Monster is also seen on the cast, even though she hasn't been introduced yet.)
	SCENE 1	Luis comes to take Telly to the hospital to get his arm x-rayed, because it's been two weeks since the last time they were there, which is shown in flashback as Telly remembers what happened. Telly is no longer afraid of going back when he remembers that the x-ray didn't hurt.
	Cartoon	Gerald's dog, Sparky, likes to pretend he's an alligator. (EKA: Episode 1563)
	Muppets	Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy. (EKA: Episode 2637)
	Film	Kids narrate a film of how a lift bridge works. (EKA: Episode 2598)
	Cartoon	A story/song about a duckling who wants to join the others playing at the water's edge. (EKA: Episode 2987)
	SCENE 2	At the hospital, Dr. Sing looks over the x-rays, and points out that Telly's broken arm still needs three weeks to heal before he can remove the cast.
	Film	The floating kids form a letter N.
	Muppets	"The Ten Commandments of Health" (EKA: Episode 1163)
	Animation	Space frogs count to 10.
	Muppets	The Count sings about his first day of school. (EKA: Episode 1736)
	Animation	Growing Numbers #18 (EKA: Episode 2933)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover shows Torian the difference between back and front.
	Cartoon	"Lowercase n" (EKA: Episode 0425)
	SCENE 3	Telly watches sadly as Big Bird roller skates with some kids, and wishes he could join them. He sings the "Broken Arm Blues" as an imaginary Honker plays the trumpet.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	When the song finishes, Big Bird invites Telly to play with blocks along with him and the kids.
	Cartoon	A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart.
	Muppets	Bert goes to the park to practice his pigeon calls, but instead of attracting a pigeon that says coo, he gets a cow that says moo, an owl that says hoo, a number two, and an entire zoo. (EKA: Episode 3021)
	Cartoon	A boy observes a mother bird feeding her babies, and remembers to run home to dinner. (EKA: Episode 1709)
	Film	Wegman's dogs get next to each other in pictures. (EKA: Episode 3068)
	Cartoon	Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (EKA: Episode 0306)
	Cartoon / Film	A cartoon man climbs a live-action boy. (EKA: Episode 1111)
	Film	Two kids play drums as animated kid-drawn figures clap with the beat. (EKA: Episode 2847)
	SCENE 4	Oscar tells the viewer about a plan he has: he still feels a little bad about Telly's arm, so he won't interact with Telly at all. Telly tries talking to him, then bangs on his trash can. Oscar finally admits to Telly that he's hiding from him because he doesn't want to tell a Monster with a broken arm to get lost. Telly appreciates Oscar for this gesture, and Oscar kind of does too, since it resulted in an argument between them.
	Cartoon	A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from. (EKA: Episode 2859)
	Muppets	Elmo bumps into Kermit the Frog on the way to the post office, begging to help him with one of his demonstrations, during which the post office closes - a perfect prompt to demonstrate closed. (EKA: Episode 2783)
	Cartoon	"Have you seen my NO?" (EKA: Episode 1095)
	Song	Gina and Maria sing "The Word is "No". (EKA: Episode 2619)
	Cartoon	Eleven gumballs minus 4 equals 7. (EKA: Episode 2365)
	Muppets	"Six Kids Subtraction" (EKA: Episode 2689)
	Film	SCHOOL: the sign spins around. (EKA: Episode 1646)
	Cartoon	The king of the Farcums wants a pyramid built; he and his subjects get inspiration from a seesaw. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 3064)
	SCENE 5	Telly catches up with Merry Monster, who wants to play with him. Telly points out that Merry usually likes "rough" games, but Merry has a better idea in mind: saying the alphabet. They do it in different ways: first at a regular pace, then loud, soft, fast, and slow (reaching D before the next segment comes on).
	Cartoon	The dancing birds dance fast and slow. Artist: Karen Aqua
	Film	A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (EKA: Episode 2367)
	SCENE 6	Telly and Merry reach K before the next segment comes on.
	Cartoon	Young Chris Columbus explores the world of ants - and they, in turn, explore his house. Artist: ArtistMike (EKA: Episode 3012)
	Muppets	A lady brings her J to Al's Alphabet Garage because it won't jump. Al asks if it can jog, jiggle, or play jazz, and then determines that it needs a jump start. After he gets it working, the J smashes through the wall.
	Cartoon	An orange ball tries to pet a green ball, which growls, scaring him away. (EKA: Episode 2574)
	SCENE 7	Telly and Merry finally reach the letter Z, and realize it's time to say goodbye. They announce the sponsors in the same ways they did the alphabet, but Oscar wraps it up when they get too slow.

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