Episode 2896

	Sesame Street
	Telly plays with an empty carton; (repeat of 2696)
Air date	December 9, 1991
Season	Season 23 (1991-1992)
Sponsors	I, N, 5

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Bob and Ruby sing "A Song for Two."
	Cartoon	CGI sheep graze out I and i.
	Film	A Navajo boy who lives in the desert talks about how his family has to pump water from the ground. (First: Episode 2646)
	Muppets	"Street Garden Cooperation" (First: Episode 1956)
	Cartoon	A stop-motion-animated train runs out of track. (First: Episode 1447)
	Film	Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497)
	SCENE 2	Bob decides what he wants at Hooper's Store, when a seething Mr. Johnson enters and angrily orders a cheeseburger. He apologizes to Gina for the attitude and explains how his typical encounters with Grover at Charlie's Restaurant always go wrong and make him feel angry. While Gina prepares him a burger, Bob answers the ringing pay phone; it's Grover! Grover asks why "the man with the big blue head" isn't at Charlie's for lunch and claims he won't mess up his order because he has a new way of remembering them. He starts to cry over the phone, so Mr. Johnson relents and heads over to Charlie's. Gina still has his cheeseburger, however.
	Animation	El numero cinco (Luis VO) (First: Episode 2115)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Celia Cruz tells Big Bird about a hummingbird, and sings "Zunzun." (First: Episode 2298)
	Film	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077)
	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	A boy imagines his room turning into a jungle. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2808)
	SCENE 3	Mr. Johnson returns to Hooper's and vents about the experience he just had with Grover. He asks for the cheeseburger Gina prepared earlier, but she breaks it to him that she just gave it away to someone else...Grover, who they see munching on it outside. "I should eat lunch in more," Mr. Johnson whimpers.
	Cartoon	Gordon voiceover N/n (First: Episode 2283)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — At night, Ernie can't sleep because he's thirsty. Bert is out of town visiting his brother, so Ernie calls Bert on the phone to tell Bert he's thirsty. He follows Bert's advice to get a glass of water, but calls Bert again to thank him, and say he can't sleep. Bert suggests that he count sheep ... except Ernie doesn't hang up the phone. (First: Episode 1943)
	Cartoon	Hortense sees 5 waltzing brooms in her room. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2508)
	Muppets	Caribbean Anything Muppets sing about "Caribbean Air." (First: Episode 2688)
	Animation	A snail shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2039)
	SCENE 4	Telly watches as Gina unloads groceries from a large carton marked "Ketchup." She asks Telly to take the carton over to Oscar's trash can, but he quickly realizes he could reuse it for many other things instead of throwing it out. A rainstorm starts and he converts the box into an umbrella.
	Cartoon	The Square (First: Episode 0536)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Mumford's Big and Small Trick — Kermit inadvertently falls victim to The Amazing Mumford's trick. (First: Episode 2696)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040)
	Cartoon	Teeny Little Super Guy RW wants a pet spoon, so TLSG teaches him the importance of being responsible with a pet. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1986)
	Cast	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows. (First: Episode 2067)
	Cartoon	A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of. (First: Episode 1476)
	SCENE 5	Elmo joins Telly in the carton, which they pretend is a spaceship. They blast off in search of the Planet Mayonnaise. They encounter the planet (shaped like a jar of mayo) and Elmo has them speedily head towards it. Telly stops imagining so they don't crash, but Elmo imagines one on his own. He winds up hitting his head on one of the flaps, so Telly converts the carton into the Ketchup-General-Hospital.
	Cartoon	Three mayonnaise jars follow three different paths after they leave the factory. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2762)
	Muppets	Spaceship Surprise The crew lands on the Planet TR, where they are greeted by Trevor Trout. (First: Episode 2607)
	Cartoon	A girl narrates a poem about the sad time when her goldfish died. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1378)
	Muppets	Herry Monster sings "Two Heads Are Better Than One." (First: Episode 1447)
	Film	A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513)
	SCENE 6	Telly and the kids show how you can write and draw on the carton. Telly writes top and bottom so he knows where those sides are, while the kids make the features of a cat. The carton now becomes their pet, Ketchup, which they take to the park.
	Cartoon	A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over. (First: Episode 0010)
	Muppets	Ernie talks about the differences between himself and his cousin, Ernestine. He can't find anything that they have in common -- until he hears Ernestine laugh. (First: Episode 2053)
	Song	"Playground Map Song" (First: Episode 2680)
	Cartoon	A scientist adds legs, feet, then knees to his robot and tells it to walk, but it dances out of shot instead (as does the scientist). (First: Episode 1119)
	SCENE 7	Telly now uses the carton as a table, having a luncheon with Gina by Oscar's can. He asks her to notify him anytime she plans to throw away anything else. Oscar overhears this and states, "This could be the ending of a beautiful friendship..." Elmo announces the sponsors.