Episode 1253




 * Two Anything Muppets (Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson) use a tape measure to figure out how far apart they are from each other. It turns out that thirty-seven feet separate them.


 * Some children have difficulty putting together a puzzle of the number 3.


 * Film: Scanimate kids intro


 * Bob points to different parts of the body and Jason identifies them.


 * The Canadian Brass performs a fugue on the steps in the Arbor.


 * Sesame Street News Flash: The miller's daughter is in danger of losing her baby if she cannot guess the first name of Rumpelstiltskin. Kermit puts up a hotline, Sesame-Street-555, for people to call in and help her. The name ends up being Bruce Rumpelstiltskin, but unfortunately for Kermit, he picked the wrong place to hide: the baby's carriage!


 * Fred Mills, of the Canadian Brass, tries to talk to the kids about the trumpet, but Eugene says all that can be said first.


 * The Anything Muppets sing "How Do You Get from Here to There?"


 * Film: African children play various games.


 * Sesame Street Animal Films: Woodpecker


 * Film: A girl is given an eye examination at a doctor's office.


 * A child holds Eugene's music as he plays his trombone.