Folge 2501

Sesamstrasse
Plot	Samson's sneeze
Air date	September 20, 2009
Season	37

Picture	Segment	Description
	Cold Opening	Samson thinks it's someone's birthday, since there are pretty flowers on the table. Ella tells him that she is going to paint them. Samson likes that idea and wants to help, so Ella goes to fetch a paintbrush for Samson. While Ella is away Samson smells the flowers; however, they make him sneeze the petals off.
	Intro
	Scene	Samson tries to put the petals back on, but with no luck. Rumpel comes by and Samson tells him what happened. Rumpel gets excited--this might just be the right thing to test his new invention: a new super glue. They hurry over to Rumpel's corner.
	Scene	Rumpel starts to put some of the Grouch superglue in a tube, so they can plaster the petals back on. Samson starts to worry when Rumpel says "Let's see if this works", but Rumpel ensures Samson that of course it will work. After Samson puts some glue on one of the petals the tube gets stuck to his hand. Rumpel is excited; the glue seems to work just fine. He helps Samson by pulling the tube out of his hand, but now the tube is glued to his hand, but they get it off just as Ella arrives with a paintbrush for Samson. She asks what they are doing and Samson quickly covers the petals with his body and says that they are just finishing something and she can go ahead and paint and he will get there shortly. After Ella leaves, Samson and Rumpel discover that the petals are gone. After wondering about it a bit, Rumpel notices that the petals are stuck to Samson's fur. Rumpel stars to rip them off Samson's fur.
	Scene	Then Rumpel gets an idea: he finds them some special gloves so that the glue won't stick to their hands. They start to glue the petals on, but they are having problems getting the petals on right.
	Scene	Meanwhile, Ella has noticed that her flowers are missing, so she goes over and asks Samson if he knows what happened to the flowers. Samson quickly says that Rumpel has them. Just then, Rumpel comes out of his hiding place with the flowers. Rumpel tries to claim that they are special Grouch flowers, but Ella wants to know what happened to her flowers. Samson confesses, and Ella says that it does not matter; the flowers look quite funny. Rumpel hands her the flowers and then Ella's hands are glued to the flowers. She asks what's going on and Rumpel proudly tells her about his super Grouch glue.
	Scene	Ernie tells Bert that he does not want to work; instead, he wants to enjoy the sunshine and maybe paint a little. Bert tells him he can do that; he can paint as much as he wants. Then he hands him a paintbrush and tells Ernie that he can paint the balcony.
	Film	Kids talk about how you can repair various things.
	Film	A high-speed film about hot air balloons
	Muppets	Bert thinks it's hot and wants something to drink, to cool him off a little. Ernie just happens to have a glass of apple juice next to him, but apple juice is not good enough for his best friend. But before Bert gets a chance to tell Ernie that all he wanted was some apple juice, Ernie has mixed him a drink that contains lemon ice cream and chocolate, among other things. After Ernie has mixed the drink, he hands it to Bert, who starts to scream at Ernie that he does not want it. Ernie then takes the drink and says that in that case, Bert won't mind if he drinks it.
	Film	Searching the world for an animal. Kids from around the world give a demonstration of the sound it makes before the animal in question is revealed. This time it is a pig. (First: Folge 2483)
	Muppets	The superhero Asking Elmo helps Grover to figure out why his dog, who is tied to a tree, doesn't come when Grover tells it to. (EKA: Folge 2430)
	Animation	Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures: Ernie and Bert are cavemen. Since they have no grocery stores or restaurants, they must find food on their own. Ernie finds a giant egg in a nest and he and Bert take it back to their cave. When Bert starts to cook it, it hatches and a baby dinosaur emerges, calling the attention of the Mama Dinosaur. After getting chased, they see how sad the mother is without her baby, so they give him back and are rewarded with bananas to eat.
	Muppets	Oscar the Grouch narrates (and stars in) Grouch Moments in History, a re-enactment of his Grouch ancestors making loud noise and saying "SCRAM!" for the first time.