Episode 3981

Sesame Street
Season 33 premiere; Elmo Visits the Firehouse
Air date	February 4, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Sponsors L, 3

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird and Cookie Monster play "Three Of These Things." The chocolate chip cookie doesn't belong, so Cookie eats it. Then he repeats the game with an oatmeal cookie, and eats that one. Big Bird figures out the trick, and lets Cookie eat the peanut butter cookie without having to sing again.
	Muppets	Monster Clubhouse Today's furry shape of the day is the Triangle. A penguin subs for The Elephant, and the monsters sing The Alphabet Song in Monster and English.
	Muppets	The Number of The Day: 3 Baby Bear, Mama Bear, and Papa Bear show up after learning that the number of the day is 3.
	Film	Three kids dance for the number 3.
	Cartoon	In Egypt, three lemons make lemonade.
	SCENE 2	Elmo takes Maria to lunch at Hooper's Store, and Elmo orders everything as "super-scrumptious". However, Alan's fried chicken special ignites a grease fire, and the smoke detector alarm goes off.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	As Maria and Elmo evacuate and then wait outside, the firefighters come. Luckily, nothing else had caught fire. The scene frightens Elmo.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	With the fire out, Elmo is afraid to return to Hooper's. Bill, a firefighter, invites him and Maria to the fire station, and they go.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Elmo is relieved by seeing how the firefighters are always ready and by playing with the fire pole, truck and helmet. They share lunch and return to Hooper's.
	Film	Kids talk about firefighters. "Thank You, Firefighters!!!"
	Song	Jill Scott sings We Are All Earthlings.
	Muppets	Journey To Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird looks for Ernie's box with the Martian's help.
	Film	Sand creatures illustrate the song, "Sing," with vocals by Stephanie D'Abruzzo.
	Muppets	Journey To Ernie Big Bird tries to catch Ernie's box using the penguins' pattern. We found him!
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Ernie talks with Nicholas about his glockenspiel. Come back tomorrow for another Journey To Ernie.
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day: L Cookie Monster thinks that singing can stop him from eating the Letter L Cookie.
	Film	L is for look, legs, light, lemonade, and ladybug.
	Cartoon	Letter L Animals' Limerick
	Muppets	The Spanish Word of the Day: sí, no Does Rosita have time for the Spanish Word Of The Day, or doesn't she?
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Fish
	SCENE 3	Big Bird, Elmo, Alan, Maria, and firefighter Bill announce the sponsors. A full-length credit scroll follows.

Cast

• Kevin Clash as Elmo
• Sonia Manzano as Maria
• Alan Muraoka as Alan
• Jerry Nelson as Count von Count
• David Rudman as Cookie Monster
• Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
• Steve Whitmire as Ernie

Notes

• With this episode, Sesame Street introduces a new format for the show's structure.
• Elmo had previously visited a fire station in the 1991 video Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse.

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