Episode 2482

	Sesame Street
	The Big Zero Game
Air date	May 10, 1988
Season	Season 19 (1987-1988)
Written by	Belinda Ward
Production	January 4, 1987
Sponsors	C, E, 11

Picture	Segment	Description
	Insert	Everyone gathers around Oscar's trash can to tell him, "Don't Sing This Song."
	Cartoon	A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals. (First: Episode 0925)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish soundtrack) (First: Episode 0362)
	Film	A boy narrates a film about how cheese is made. (First: Episode 1124)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Shoe Sizes — The monster's heads can't agree on which shoes to wear. (First: Episode 2142)
	Cartoon	Two balls follow an arrow down a hole. (First: Episode 2035)
	SCENE 1	Big Bird shows a group of "future first-graders" how to stand in line and why it is important. Mr. Snuffleupagus doesn't get the concept at first, but Big Bird shows him which direction to face. Big Bird then leads everyone outside, but Snuffy has trouble fitting through the door...
	Cartoon	A man circles the number 1, draws a line to the number 2, follows the arrows to the number 3 (and crosses out), underlines the number, draws a door, and goes through it. (First: Episode 2067)
	Muppets	A Muppet inchworm and a bug sing "The Inch Worm" in a field of flowers. (First: Episode 0168)
	Film	The sign CLOSED spins around. (First: Episode 0955)
	Cartoon	Gloria, a rambunctious little girl, sings the alphabet song while an adult gives her instructions. (First: Episode 0010)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Tall Hat at the Movies — A lady with a very tall hat sits in front of Ernie, blocking his view of the movie. (First: Episode 0538)
	Cartoon	C for canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703)
	Film	Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420)
	Celebrity	Loretta Lynn sings "Songs Are For Singing" to some kids. (First: Episode 2010)
	Cartoon	The Carrot Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132)
	Muppets	Forgetful Jones, Clementine and Buster are in the dark because Forgetful forgot to turn something on. It's not the water, the electric fan, or the radio ... it's the light! (First: Episode 1690)
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1347)
	Film	A boy narrates a film of what happens when it changes from fall to winter. (First: Episode 2459)
	SCENE 2	Oscar invites Telly Monster to play "The Big Zero Game," where he has to guess how many pennies are in his pail. The answer, needless to say, is zero. He wins the "Big Zero Prize" which is the amount of pennies in the pail - zero! (Grouch games work differently.)
	Cartoon	A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup. (First: Episode 2283)
	Muppets	"The Rhymies at Sea" - Larry, Mary and Barry sail on a ship, which sinks. (First: Episode 1149)
	Film	A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407)
	Cartoon	A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird. Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 1616)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — The Count and Ingrid count to 20 in Spanish. (First: Episode 0477)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song." (First: Episode 0492)
	Cartoon	Three scribbles exercise. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1579)
	SCENE 3	Bob is about to read the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" to some kids, when Meryl Sheep intervenes and insists they hear her version of the story instead: "Goldilocks and the Three Bahs." In her version, the main character - naturally portrayed by Meryl - visits several pastures looking for the right one. In the first pasture are slam-dancing punk sheep who are too loud, followed by a pasture with intellectual sheep who are too quiet. Finally, the last pasture has just the right amount of noise (and filled with blonde-haired sheep with middle-European accents). Bob thinks the book should be retitled to "Goldilocks and the Three Kinds of Bahs," but Meryl doesn't take his criticism too well.
	Cartoon	C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703)
	Cast	Maria as Chaplin obeys the word HOP, then switches it to STOP. (First: Episode 1982)
	Cartoon	A boy tries to guess what a voice belongs to by asking it questions, and wins a ride on a giraffe. (First: Episode 0795)
	Film	A boy takes dance lessons at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. (First: Episode 1716)
	Cartoon	E for Erase (First: Episode 0486)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: When the Cat's Away — Ernie realizes that Bert's not home and that he can do whatever he wants. (First: Episode 1949)
	Cartoon	An army of ants gets to the bakery, only to find that it's closed. (First: Episode 2088)
	SCENE 4	Someone left a gift for Telly and he's curious about it, but he's worried that it could be too big to fit in his home. Luis encourages him to open it to find out, and inside is a monster doll... but who could it be from? Telly thinks it could be from a Martian or a whale, but according to the card it's from his Grandpa Monster. (Telly: "Gosh, that was gonna be my next guess!") Telly plays with his new doll as Bob announces the sponsors.