Episode 4000

	Sesame Street
	The Mark of Elefante
Air date	March 1, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Written by	Joey Mazzarino
Directed by	Emily Squires
Production	October 30, 2001
Sponsors	E, 1
Releases	HBO Kids

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird tells Dorothy and Elmo a fish joke. Together with the kids, they sing and dance the "Glub Glub Blub Blub" fish dance.
	Celebrity	Destiny's Child performs "A New Way to Walk" with Grover, Elmo and Zoe. (First: Episode 3984) cut from the HBO version See below for more changes.
	Muppets	The Number of the Day: 1 After practicing a few times, The Count hits an organ key, and the number is one. One elephant appears.
	Cartoon	Number Guy sings "How Many Birds Can Sit on This Wire?" One giant bird provides the answer. (First: Episode 3338) cut from the HBO version
	Film	Wegman dogs: Batty and Crooky stack wood blocks to make the number 1. cut from the HBO version (see below)
	SCENE 2	At the Mail-It Shop, Big Bird gets a book in the mail, titled "The Mark of Elefante." Elmo and Big Bird beg Maria to read it to them.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	The story is about a town that loves to dance. A witch, played by Oscar, casts a spell that makes everyone fall on the ground when they try to dance.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	In the story, the witch says the spell can only be broken by a dancing something that begins with E. They try an egg. A singing guitar player announces the arrival of the masked Elefante.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Elefante breaks the spell by dancing and leaves the Mark of Elefante: the Letter E.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	The story is done. Elmo puts on a costume to become Elmofante, and leaves the Mark of Elmofante on the screen.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Elmofante can't get his E off of the screen. The guitar player and Elefante arrive to remove it. The guitar player denies he's Luis. Elefante leaves his mark on a notepad.
	Film	An insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) cut from the HBO version (see below)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird looks for Ernie's box in the chicken coop. (First: Episode 3984)
	Film	A group of kids paint a mural with the help of a mural artist. (First: Episode 3007) cut from the HBO version (see below)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird asks the dinosaur to help him find Ernie's box. We found him! (First: Episode 3984)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie practices saying "Hola" as he repeatedly opens and shuts the door. To make him stop, Bert convinces him he's mastered it. Ernie starts to practice saying adiós instead. (First: Episode 3198) Come back tomorrow for another Journey to Ernie. cut from the HBO version (see below)
	Muppets	Hero Guy Baby Bear and Hero Guy show how to dance the Bear Family Dance, the Bunny Hop, the Twist and the Swim. (First: Episode 3982) cut from the HBO version
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day: E Cookie Monster tries giving the Letter E Cookie to a lion, tiger and bear to protect it from him. However, they want to Eat it, so Cookie protects it from them by eating it himself.
	Cartoon	E / e Gregorian chant (First: Episode 3300)
	Film	Letter Garden: E (First: Episode 3009)
	Muppets	The Spanish Word of the Day: gato A cow tries to help Rosita by illustrating gato, but she isn't a cat. Suddenly Little Murray Sparkles comes by and Rosita replies that this is what gato is. (First: Episode 3985) cut from the HBO version (see below)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Sky (First: Episode 3982)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird reads the sponsors. The Letter E doesn't show up until Elefante puts it up. The credit crawl follows.

Alterations[]

Picture	Segment	Description
	Cartoon	Kids count one duck in the pond (First: Episode 3095) This segment replaces the "Number Guy" cartoon in the HBO Kids version.
	Song	"We're Talking 'Bout the Number One" (First: Episode 3154) This segment replaces the Wegman dogs film in the HBO Kids version.
	Muppets	Kingston Livingston III sings "Just Happy to Be Me." (First: Episode 3178) This segment replaces the "Splish Splash" film in the HBO Kids version.
	Film	Xiao-Mei from northern China describes a festival at the end of every year that her family participates in. Each day of the festival, there is a new show to watch, a series of parades and lots of food like noodles and dumplings. Women prepare floats for the parade while men dress up as river animals. Xiao-Mei's favorite part or the festival is the lion dance. Xiao-Mei also demonstrates how she can walk on stilts which are strapped to her legs, and hopes someday to dance in the big parade. (First: Episode 3266) This segment replaces the Spanish mural film in the HBO Kids version.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert sings "The Paperclip." (First: Episode 2578) This segment replaces the Ernie and Bert sketch in the HBO Kids version.
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: "Get the Funky Rhythm" Part 1 (First: Episode 3000) This segment replaces the Spanish Word of the Day sketch in the HBO Kids version.