Folge 2554

Sesamstrasse
Plot	The weird black thing (Repeat of 2223)
Air date	September 26, 2010
Season	38

Picture	Segment	Description
	Cold opening	Wolle is about to start Sesamstrasse. He hits the yellow button and all the lights and monitors in the control room go out. He concludes that it was the wrong button and pushes the red one instead. Everything starts up again and he declares that, just as he had thought all along, the correct button was the red one. (First: Folge 2518)
	Intro
	Scene	Pferd is taking a walk after dinner, but is scared as he sees something black behind him. He runs into Wolle, who asks what's going on. Pferd tells him that he is scared of the black thing he saw; it seems so weird. Wolle asks Pferd to describe it for him, but all Pferd can say is that it's black. He did not get a good look at it, as he ran away as soon as he saw it. Wolle tells him to go back and take a good look at it.
	Scene	Pferd returns to the site and overcomes his fear so he can remember what the black thing looks like. It's black, big, and has small ears and a big mouth.
	Scene	Pferd describes the thing to Wolle, but Wolle has no idea what it is so he decides to go check himself. As soon as Wolle gets over there, he sees the black thing and gets scared and runs back to Pferd. The thing Wolle saw did not entirely fit Pferd's description; it had big ears and a little mouth.
	Scene	Wolle gets an idea: they will both go over there and together they won't have anything to fear, because there is only one weird looking black thing. On the way over there, Pferd realizes that Wolle might also be afraid of it. But Wolle denies it and says that he will come along so Pferd doesn't have to go there alone. Pferd thinks it's good to have such a brave friend.
	Scene	As they get over to the place, there are two weird black things. Wolle notices that one thing moves just like him and Pferd notices it as well. They move around and finally Wolle realizes that it's their shadows. Wolle explains to Pferd what a shadow is. However, there's one thing Pferd would like to know: what a shadow eats.
	Animation	Penguins demonstrate the number 4.
	Muppets	While Bert reads, Ernie begins playing his drums, which makes it hard for him to read. So Ernie comes up with an idea for them to take turns; however, Bert's turns don't last as long as he hoped. (EKA: Folge 2453)
	Muppets	As the boss asks Wolle to start the next segment, Wolle is nowhere to be seen in the control room. Wolle then yells that the boss has to find him first, the boss then says that Wolle is hiding under the control table and Wolle pops up from under the table. Wolle asks the boss how he knew it, and the boss replies that it's the only place to hide. (First: Folge 2517)
	Film	Valentin talks about his dog.
	Muppets	"Night Bug Boogie"
	Animation	Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures: Bert and Ernie are now car mechanics, and Ernie now has an affinity to become a singing car mechanic. A lady ostrich brings her car in and heads out. Ernie discovers the car moves when he sings, so he and Bert get in and make it fly by singing, but Ernie takes them on a treacherous trail. After landing back in the garage, the ostrich comes back and tries singing, but is horribly off-key. Bert plays the radio and she goes flying.
	Animation	A high speed film of masons at work. (EKA: Folge 2490)
	Muppets	In this play by the famous podiatrist William Shoespeare, "Grovero" is accompanied by a talking shoe, whom he convinces to cooperate to take him to the Padua Mall.