Episode 4084

	Sesame Street
	Banana in the Stone
Air date	April 5, 2005
Season	Season 36 (2005)
Sponsors	J, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Healthy Moment: Elmo and Lang Lang shows that exercising to music keeps you in shape and is fun too.
	SCENE	Telly and Baby Bear were playing peek-a-boo with Curly when they notice the viewer and welcome them to Sesame Street. Baby Bear said that he and Telly are taking care of Curly Bear today.
	SCENE cont'd	Suddenly Curly started to say apple and Baby Bear says that it is snack time for Curly and went to look for an apple in his backpack. However, Baby Bear forgot to pack an apple since he couldn't find it in the backpack. Telly went to Hooper's Store for an apple, but they were out and wouldn't have any till tomorrow.
	SCENE cont'd	At that moment, Telly notice Bob and thinks that he has an apple, but Bob says that he has a banana. They see if Curly would eat it since it is a healthy fruit snack, but she refuse to eat it. To get Curly to eat the banana, Telly decides to tell her a story about the banana, hoping to inspire her to try the banana.
	SCENE cont'd	The story starts off about a land that had no king and queen, since the female Lavender Anything Muppets wanted a queen to rule their land. The townspeople were very sad and wished that a king or queen would rule their land. Suddenly, a banana in a stone magically appeared.
	SCENE cont'd	There was also a sign next the banana in a stone that read, "Whoso pulleth this banana out of this stone, shall be rightwise king or queen of the land."
	SCENE cont'd	The townspeople tried their luck at pulling the banana out of the stone, but couldn't get it out. Soon word spread around about the banana in the stone and other people tried their luck at pulling the banana out of the stone.
	SCENE cont'd	First came Strong Bob, who used his strength to pull the banana out of the stone. However after many tries, Strong Bob couldn't get the banana out of the stone. He says that he should have had breakfast first.
	SCENE cont'd	Next came two singers, Miles and Gabi, who tried their luck at pulling the banana out of the stone. They first sang part of Sing before they started pulling at the banana, but they couldn't get it out of the stone. They decide to form a rock band instead of becoming king and queen. The townspeople were very sad and wondered when the right person will pull out the banana.
	SCENE cont'd	The story suddenly came to a halt because Telly couldn't think an ending to the story. He passed the story to Baby Bear for him to finished up.
	SCENE cont'd	Baby Bear continues the story and mentions how the townspeople were still sad that they have no king or queen to rule their land. At that moment, a young handsome bear and his sister came to town. He is not the strongest or the best, but he is a simple bear, who only cared for his sister's needs.
	SCENE cont'd	Suddenly, the young bear's sister replied that she is hungry and the young bear went to find her something to eat. He spy the banana in the stone and went over to pull it out. With his strong love for his sister, the young bear pull the banana out of the stone.
	SCENE cont'd	As the young bear pull the banana out of the stone, he was suddenly dressed in king's clothing and a crown on his head. The townspeople were happy to have a king to rule their land and asked what he is going to do. The young bear replied that he is going to give the banana to his sister. His sister was happy to have something to eat and the young bear was happy that his sister is happy.
	SCENE cont'd	As the story ends, Telly noticed that Curly was eating the banana and Baby Bear was impressed that the story worked. Telly replied that the story would work because it was the greatest banana story fit for a king. At that moment, the female towns person came by and said, "Or a queen!," and then left; leaving Telly and Baby wondering how did she came out of the story.
	Cartoon	"Banana Samba" (edited) (EKA: Episode 3006)
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day Games: J Cookie Monster finds jellybeans, jackhammer, and Prairie Dawn's toast with jam in one minute.
	Film	J, for jiggle, juggle, jump, joy. (EKA: Episode 3724)
	Cartoon	"Jumpin' J:" Animals jump with the letter J. Artist: Karen Aqua (EKA: Episode 4066)
	Film	Girls jump rope and sing playground rhymes. (EKA: Episode 3280)
	Muppets	The Spanish Word of the Day: Telly asks what Por Favor means and Rosita answers please. So Telly asks the question and says please and Rosita answers please again. Telly is starting to get impatient until Rosita explains that Por Favor means please in Spanish. (First: Episode 4032)
	Cartoon	Grapefruit song
	Insert	The worms are doing a workout, and Slimey persuades a reluctant Oscar to sing a paraody of the "Y.M.C.A." song, "Stretch, Wiggle, Yay!"
	Cartoon	A boy and girl look at a painting of a woman rowing a boat.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Elmo and Ben pretend to eat healthy snacks.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert:Bert sees Ernie talk to an elephant while using a banana as a phone. Ernie explains to Bert that he is just pretending, but then he tells Bert that the elephant wants to talk to him. (EKA: Episode 3899)
	Muppets	Global Grover Grover comes back from Jordan, where they make baskets from banana leaves. (First: Episode 4058)
	Film	The Number of the Day: A remake of the Number Song Series brings forth 9.
	Cartoon	Rap #9 (EKA: Episode 2572)
	Animation	The number 9 is spraypainted on a truck in various forms of graffiti art.
	Cartoon	Underwater, there's a 9 (EKA: Episode 3283)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Lang Lang auditions for Oscar's Grouch Symphony Orchestra.
	Cartoon	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (EKA: Episode 3039)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Bananas (EKA: Episode 3862)
	Insert	The Adventures of Trash Gordon Chapter 269 Trash is attacked by the Muddy Mudons, until he gives them some apple pie a la mud. (EKA: Episode 4066)