Episode 2561

	Sesame Street
Air date	February 27, 1989
Season	Season 20 (1988-1989)
Written by	Cathi Rosenberg-Turow
Production	December 13, 1988
Sponsors	A, T, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gina finds Telly, a Honker, and the kids having a "goodbye ceremony" for his broken toy fishing pole. He recalls the fun times he's had with it via brief flashbacks (including fishing in Maria's bathtub, hooking a pretend shark, and he and the Honker fishing for Gina's donut in the yard) before Gina helps respectfully place it in the trash afterwards.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	When the ceremony is over, Luis exits the Fix-It Shop, ready for a fishing trip. He invites Telly along and has a new, real fishing pole he can use, which cheers him up.
	Cartoon	Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t. (First: Episode 2223)
	Song	Luis sings "Follow the Arrows" as a man does so. (First: Episode 1642)
	Cartoon	A Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out. Artist: Chris Hinton (First: Episode 2211)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie wakes up and tells Bert it's time to get up, but notices that Bert isn't in his bed. He slowly ponders what happened to his best friend, coming to the conclusion that maybe some Martians took him away in their spaceship. As it turns out, Bert just got up early to fix some oatmeal. Ernie is relieved ... until a real spaceship lands and the Martians enter the room. (First: Episode 1208)
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #4 (First: Episode 0984)
	SCENE 2	Ruby asks Gina to help her get ready to play by placing her homemade glitter bow on her head. However, Ruby can't decide if she wants the bow on the front of her head or the back. Once she decides, Ruby goes to play some football, covering the bow with her helmet.
	Cartoon	Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0561)
	Muppets	"They Can't Take That Away from Me": Cookie Monster's six cookies are subtracted down to zero. (First: Episode 2351)
	Film	A giant panda walks around. (First: Episode 0920)
	Cartoon	A - acrobat ball (First: Episode 2453)
	Muppets	The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink. (First: Episode 1468)
	Cartoon	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 1877)
	Insert	Elmo explores Sesame Street, and observes Susan as she does some writing. (First: Episode 2285)
	Cartoon	T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990)
	Film	A boy makes fruit salad. (First: Episode 1195)
	Muppets	Pretty Great Performances: James Galway and the All Animal Chamber Ensemble perform a work by Johann Sebastian Fox.
	Video	Triangle in space (David voiceover) (First: Episode 1548)
	Muppets	The Count sings about bones. (First: Episode 1386)
	Cartoon	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (First: Episode 0279)
	Film	Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (First: Episode 0772)
	SCENE 3	Oscar tells Maria his problem - he wants to go to the dump, but if he does he'll miss a call from his Aunt Crabella. Maria offers to answer it while he's gone, but every time she picks up the receiver, Aunt Crabella has hung up. When Oscar returns, he tells Maria that his aunt always calls that way - without answering.
	Cartoon	An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names. (First: Episode 1301)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (re-filmed version) (First: Episode 2518)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover has a new method of remembering orders: He makes up a poem to remember what is ordered and who ordered it. Mr. Johnson orders a cheeseburger with a pickle and French fries, which Grover interprets as "Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, French fries, yum, yum, yum!" However, he brings Mr. Johnson a grapefruit on a bun. (First: Episode 2418)
	Cartoon	Hortense counts four ants. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2501)
	SCENE 4	Snuffy is taking a picture of Gina and her friend Mike, but Gina fusses over keeping her hands in or out of her pockets. Mike offers a solution - they hold hands.
	Cartoon	A blue man demonstrates in and out with the help of a barrel. (First: Episode 2084)
	Cast	Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a triangle. (First: Episode 1265)
	Film	Lobster fisherman (First: Episode 0966)
	Cartoon	A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A. (First: Episode 0781)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings “This Frog” (First: Episode 0944)
	Cartoon	I've got a mind: squares make a box. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0191)
	SCENE 5	Telly has written and illustrated his own story, "The Great Big Giant String Bean." Maria flips through the pages as Telly reads the story: a large string bean feels out of place in the garden because it's too big and tries disguising itself with a shirt. Soon, the beans discover why the one string bean was so big - it was actually a stalk of broccoli. Gina announces the sponsors.