Episode 2972

	Sesame Street
	Singing "London Bridge"
Air date	March 24, 1992
Season	Season 23 (1991-1992)
Written by	Jeff Moss
Sponsors	G, R, 18

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Bob, Elmo and the kids are going to sing "London Bridge." Elmo has invited someone else to join them - Monty, who doesn't quite understand the lyrics despite hailing from London.
	Cartoon	A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1017)
	Muppets	How Now Brown and the Moo Wave performs "Wet Paint." (First: Episode 2033)
	Cartoon	G for Gorilla (First: Episode 2491)
	Film	Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) (First: Episode 0926)
	Cartoon	Abstract #18 (First: Episode 2859)
	SCENE 2	Bob and the kids are about to practice while they wait for Elmo and Monty return to sing "London Bridge", when suddenly a doo-wop tune plays and Elmo arrives with Little Chrissy and Big Jeffy, who are scatting to the music and have come to sing too. They demonstrate the different ways they could sing the song (fast, slow, high and low), but Bob suggests they sing the middle of them. They go to practice, and Elmo joins them.
	Film	How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579)
	Cartoon	R for Rhinoceros (First: Episode 2518)
	Muppets	Director Kermit is making a western film with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter through the saloon doors and shout, "Everybody freeze!" Of course, he forgets this, and instead enters under, around and over the door. He gets the line right for the first three takes, but when he finally goes through the door: "Everybody ... frolic!" (EKA: Episode 1922)
	Cartoon	A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. (First: Episode 0770)
	SCENE 3	Elmo assures Bob that Monty, Chrissy and Big Jeffy will be back any minute from practicing. He then says one more person will be joining them...Flo Bear, who Elmo says wrote "London Bridge". She adds that she actually re-wrote it and sings her version, which is about how the bridge collapsing makes her feel.
	Animation	Native American bead designs display some wild animals, which have Indian names.
	Film	Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect. (First: Episode 0768)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Randy Travis sings "You Gotta Ask Some Questions." (First: Episode 2782)
	Cartoon	A girl narrates a poem about the sad time when her goldfish died. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1378)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play." Snow leopards version (First: Episode 2519)
	Cartoon	G For Giggle (First: Episode 0357)
	SCENE 4	Wolfgang the Seal is now part of the group. Bob leaves to find Elmo and the others, but the moment he leaves, they all arrive and sing the song without him.
	Cartoon	Number creatures 18 (First: Episode 2668)
	Film	Charlie Chaplin (Maria) looks in a mirror and sees "ME." Maria's reflection is played by Linda. (First: Episode 1032)
	Cartoon	Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407)
	Song	"Don't Waste Water" (First: Episode 2804)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster sounds out "feet," and then the camera pans back to reveal a pair of live feet on some grass. (First: Episode 1289)
	Cartoon	Gordon voiceover R/r (First: Episode 2195)
	SCENE 5	Bob shows a girl on his knee how to play "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" by hitting glasses with different amounts of water in them.
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Wolfgang tries doing the same song by honking a series of horns, but one is missing. A passing Honker substitutes.
	Film	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays. (First: Episode 1234)
	Cast	Elmo, Big Bird and Gordon star in a commercial for the Alphabet (as if it were a bank).
	Film	Ornate Rs fly through the sky to a song. (First: Episode 2932)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert search for Dr. Livingstone in the jungle. (First: Episode 1736)
	Cartoon	Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528)
	Muppets / Cast	"Brush Boogie" (First: Episode 2827)
	Cartoon	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141)
	Song	"Imagination Landscape" (First: Episode 2904)
	Muppets	Grover waits in line at a supermarket. He generously lets two people go in front of him, but then explains that you can't always let everyone go before you, or else you'll never get to the register yourself. When he finally gets to the register and is first in line, the cashier says the register is closed. Grover considers following a customer to a pickle party ... (EKA: Episode 1939)
	Cartoon	A man connects the dots to form a house to escape from the rain. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 2218)
	SCENE 6	Wolfgang, Bob and the Honker cooperate to perform the first line of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." Elmo then announces the sponsors.