Episode 2664

	Sesame Street
	Reading "The Three Jolly Monsters"
Air date	January 18, 1990
Season	Season 21 (1989-1990)
Written by	David Korr
Sponsors	A, P, 15
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Snuffy and Alice look for things that start with the letter P. Oscar gets upset when they use his pet puppy Preposterous as an example.
	Cartoon	P for Planet (First: Episode 2008)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — It's cold outside, so Bert tries to ask Ernie to play a game with him. Ernie keeps bringing winter equipment into the room, thinking Bert wants to play outside. It turns out he just wants to play a game of checkers. (First: Episode 1617)
	Animation	A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause. (First: Episode 2021)
	Cast	Live at Sesame Hall, Bob, Maria, and Luis sing "The Curious Cantata" about a bird who asks a lot of questions, played by the ever-curious Big Bird. (First: Episode 2160)
	Cartoon	Sign Man: OINK (First: Episode 1163)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Ruby shows James Galway that she has trouble playing the flute. He shows her how to blow into it, but she eventually decides to use it as a baton instead, while he plays. (First: Episode 2605)
	Cartoon	A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself. (First: Episode 1717)
	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)
	Animation	A white shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2044)
	Insert	Three of These Kids (upside-down girl) (First: Episode 0413)
	Animation	A/a (Gordon voice-over) (EKA: Episode 2240)
	Muppets	Live from the Nestropolitan Opera, Phil Harmonic introduces the staged production of Peligro starring Placido Flamingo. (First: Episode 2273)
	Cartoon	Geronimo 10-0: Instead of a parachute, she has a helicopter propeller. (EKA: Episode 2363)
	SCENE 2	Elmo is reading a book, "The Three Jolly Monsters" (by Sabrina T. Pagebottom). He's soon joined by Big Bird, Telly Monster and Athena, who crowd around trying to read as well.
	Cartoon	Rap #15 (First: Episode 2567)
	Animation	A dune buggy is assembled. (First: Episode 0506)
	Cartoon	A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0783)
	Cast	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows. (First: Episode 2067)
	Animation	Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586)
	Song	Olivia sings "The Riddle." (First: Episode 1721)
	Cartoon	An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster fights over the letters P and R, one of them displaying P foods and the other one displaying R foods (and a radio). They have a picnic, which is cut short due to rain. (First: Episode 1574)
	Cartoon	Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat. (First: Episode 1580)
	SCENE 3	Everyone shuffles around trying to get a good view of the book, when Hiroshi comes over and says they need a better system. Athena proposes they get a grown-up to read to them and they nominate Hiroshi (as he's the only one around).
	Cartoon	"Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257)
	Film	A boy who lives in Alaska narrates a film of himself going ice-fishing with his grandfather and sister. (EKA: Episode 2375)
	Cartoon	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408)
	Muppets	Kermit says his "ABC's of the Swamp." (First: Episode 1960)
	Cartoon	P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1190)
	SCENE 4	Hiroshi reads everyone "The Three Jolly Monsters." Unfortunately, they're left on a cliffhanger when Hiroshi finds the last page of the book is missing.
	Cartoon	"In and Out Crowd" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2612)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals have tails. (First: Episode 0017)
	Cast	A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (First: Episode 0541)
	Cartoon	A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A. (First: Episode 0781)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird has left, while the others wonder how the story ends. Big Bird returns, having located Sabrina T. Pagebottom herself, who brings a compete copy of her book. She reads them the ending of the story, which Athena points out is what she predicted.