Episode 4236

Sesame Street
Dirtballs
Air date	December 29, 2010
Season	Season 41 (2010)
Written by	John Weidman
Sponsors D, 17

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	What's the Word on the Street?: Volunteer
	SCENE	Leela welcomes the viewer while playing hide-and-seek with the kids who have been helping her today. Meanwhile, Alan waits for Chris to arrive to help clean Hooper's Store. In the garden, Luis and the kids are making a nice garden. All of this displeases Oscar, who'd rather see the street all dirty. That's why he's unveiling his new company - Dirtballs, which will spread dirt all over the street. His two employees, Hiram and Burt, arrive singing a song and they get to work.
	SCENE cont'd	While Luis and the kids work, Luis notices they have a problem. The Dirtballs crew arrives to give them some dirt, which turns out to help Luis; they needed some more soil for their plants and they've brought some healthy dirt for them. Hiram and Burt are surprised at what dirt can do, and Oscar orders them to the next stop.
	SCENE cont'd	Chris finally arrives to work with his cousin's talkative hamster. He was going to keep him at the apartment, but Susan is allergic to hamsters, and he is not allowed to stay in Hooper's (due to city regulations). Just then, Dirtballs arrives with some dirt. Oscar is shocked to find his dirt is solving another problem - the hamster is able to live in the crate of dirt instead of in the apartment or the store. Hiram and Burt are once again enlightened as to what dirt can do. Oscar, getting more frustrated, commands them to haul their crates to the next place.
	SCENE cont'd	Over at the laundromat, Baby Bear is getting tired of hide-and-seek, while Zoe still wants to play. Dirtballs comes by and drops off their dirt. To stop Zoe and Baby Bear from arguing (and preventing the dirt from spreading), Leela makes a game using the dirt, much to Oscar's disgust. In the game, they look through the dirt for find any "hidden treasures". They find an acorn, Barkley's bone and even a worm! Hiram and Burt are so amazed at the many things dirt can do, they grab some guitars and sing an ode to dirt. Oscar, at the end of his rope, closes Dirtballs for good. Now out of a job, Hiram and Burt decide to take up musical theater and dance off singing "Give My Regards to Broadway."
	Muppets / Celebrity	Usher shows Elmo different ways to volunteer as they see some animals help Luis and Susan.
	Muppets	Murray announces Abby's Flying Fairy School is coming soon, but first, he and some kids play "What's on Me That Starts with D?" Kids identify the D words Murray wears. (First: Episode 4190)
	Animation	D is for dolphin, dive and deep.
	Muppets	Murray and Jake introduce Abby's Flying Fairy School. (First: Episode 4190)
	Muppets / Animation	Abby's Flying Fairy School Today, the students are growing their own plants. Abby, Blogg and Peck grow their own flowers, but Gonnigan has no luck, even when trying to shove Peck in his pot. His friends convince him to use magic to make it grow. He uses his "Gigantic Spell" and turns the plant into a large beanstalk that stretches to the sky, with Peck hanging on. Mrs. Sparklenose has them poof to the top to retrieve her. Once at the top, they discover a giant using Peck as a tiny feather duster. They try to communicate, but they are not heard. They call Spot, who shows them images of ears. Abby makes Gonnigan perform his spell again, so they can be giants and talk to him. They grow to be as big as the giant and swap Peck for a large feather duster. Once back down in the classroom, they find Niblet has grown large by eating parts of the beanstalk. Niblet burps which shrinks him back to normal size. (First: Episode 4203)
	Film	A little girl explains what energy is, what kind of foods give you energy, and what other animals (and cars) need for their own kind of energy. (First: Episode 4107)
	Muppets	Murray announces it's almost time for "Super Grover 2.0," but first, he finds 17 of things. (First: Episode 4194) (with "Murray Has a Little Lamb" mention)
	Cartoon	17 trucks are counted. Artist: Joey Ahlbum
	Muppets	Murray and Nika introduce "Super Grover 2.0". (First: Episode 4213)
	Muppets	Super Grover 2.0: Pretty Good Wall Super Grover 2.0 comes to the aid of a chicken, who needs to get to the other side of "The Pretty Good Wall of China." Grover observes that she has wings, but she states she can't fly. Next, Grover investigates by trying to ask the wall to shrink down, while the chicken tries to hop over, knocking them both over. Grover browses his utility sock for some technology and finds some springs to help the chicken jump over. The springs are shoddy and cause her to fall onto of him ("Might I say that you are no spring chicken?"). He then pulls out a "hole-poker-ma-bob" (a pole) to pierce the wall. He gets a running start and smashes into the wall. He tries again and the chicken gets in the way, causing him to stick the pole on the ground and he is sent flying. The chicken realizes he's made a lever and uses a larger pole to polevalt over the wall. Grover makes an attempt too, but is flung into the wall again. (no music button) (First: Episode 4228)
	Muppets	Murray announces "Elmo's World" is coming up, but first, he gives a demonstration of forward and backward, walking forward and knocking the camera over. (First: Episode 4192)
	Muppets	Oscar introduces the GrouchBO hit series, True Mud. A mysterious man enters a restaurant and tells the waitress he wants some "true mud." The other customers begin to assume he's a Grouch. The waitress comes back with a "true spud" instead of mud. A cow overhears and asks if he wanted some "true cud," as she's chewing on some. A man named Bud thinks he's been called and offers the man his broken watch (a "true dud"). Just when the man has had enough, the waitress brings a tub full of mud, just in time for the man's mud bath! (alternate theme music track) (First: Episode 4215)
	Muppets	Murray and Avery introduce "Elmo's World". (First: Episode 4191)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Open and Close (Quiz and Film sections cut) (First: Episode 4041)
	Muppets	Murray looks at a large screen to announce the sponsors.

Notes

• In the official Sesame Workshop description, Bert appears during the "Buried Treasure" game, finding a bottlecap for his collection. The scene does not appear in the aired episode.

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