Episode 3972

Sesame Street
Mumford makes the letter "S" disappear
Air date	March 20, 2001
Season	Season 32 (2001)
Sponsors S, 16

Segments

• The Martians discover a number 16. (EKA: Episode 3869)
• A cartoon magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance. (EKA: Episode 3283)
• Four kids fly around and form a rectangle.
• Ray Charles performs The Alphabet Song.
• Noodles and Nedd: Making music with tools and a trumpet.
• Big Bird recites a poem about Cecille
• Cecille performs "I'm Gonna Get to You" (EKA: Episode 2951)
• Elmo's World: Birthdays

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Elmo welecomes the viewers to Sesame Street explaining he wants make his Letter S disappear. When the Amazing Mumford with his new wand tries to make one letter "S" disappear, all the other "S"'s disappear as well. So Mumford, Elmo and Gordon set out on a journey to find where the "S"'s went.
	Film	"S, You're the Best" (sung by Ron Marshall) (EKA: Episode 3720)
	Cartoon	A cartoon girl searches for the letter S in a mound of letters.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert shows Ernie his trick of picking up paper clips without using his fingers. The answer is a magnet, but Ernie says Bert's trick is mistaken, since he used his fingers to pick up the magnet.
	Cartoon	"Baby, Look What You Can Do Now!"
	Animation	A cowboy sings about the S words. (EKA: Episode 3720)
	SCENE 2	Mumford, Elmo, and Gordon are seraching for the letter S but find out the S has soon disappeared from the Fix It Shop sign. The letter has also disappear from Alan's special bord at Hooper's Store.
	Film	A girl writes a letter to her grandmother about going to summer camp. (EKA: Episode 3429)
	Muppets	Telly, Zoe, and Prairie Dawn sing "That's the Way I Read," about the different ways each of them can read a book. (EKA: Episode 3741)
	Animation	Elephant/Lion flag.
	Cartoon	A detective discovers an odd pattern on a road. (EKA: Episode 2292)
	Film	Kid Mural Painting #16 (EKA: Episode 3811)
	Animation	An animated truck displays 16 television sets. (EKA: Episode 3012)
	Animation	Growing Numbers #16 (EKA: Episode 3027)
	Scene 3	Elmo, Gordon, Mumford, and Alan are still searching for the letter S. They now decide to stop at Oscar's tarshes, and ask him some questions. Soon Slimey makes a shape of the letter S, and soon disappears which makes Oscar very upset.
	Cartoon	Leanna Williams explains why she loves her brother's shoes. (Artist: ArtistMike) (EKA: Episode 3021)
	Animation	Jerry Nelson sings "The Inside Story" over film footage which shows the insides of ordinary household items. (EKA: Episode 2795)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #16 (EKA: Episode 3925)