Episode 3003

	Sesame Street
	Voting for crayons or juice
Air date	May 6, 1992
Season	Season 23 (1991-1992)
Written by	Tony Geiss
Sponsors	C, Q, 0
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Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Big Bird, Rosita, Telly, Elmo and three kids have pooled all their money together to buy something they can all share. Big Bird plops down their combined three dollars onto the Hooper's Store counter, but they start arguing over what they should spend the money on.
	SCENE 1	The gang has reduced their desired purchase to be for either juice or crayons. Mr. Handford tells them they don't have enough to buy both and tells them conducting a vote will be the fairest way of deciding. Big Bird and Elmo make passionate speeches for their respective choices (crayons and juice) before every starts their vote. It ends up in a two-way tie and Telly is left as the tie-breaker. He leaves to think about the best way to use his vote.
	Animation	Cecille sings "I Wanna Be Me." (First: Episode 2791)
	Film	A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407)
	Muppets	Bert wants to sort his paper clips, but he can't concentrate because Ernie is counting fruit. Bert decides to wait until Ernie is done. This proves to be a bad idea: after counting all of the fruit in the bowl, Ernie begins to count all the fruits of which he has zero. (EKA: Episode 2487)
	Cartoon	Kids observe cloud formations, until it starts to rain. (EKA: Episode 2356)
	SCENE 2	Luis reads a story, The Kingdom That Had No King. In the story, the citizens of a kingdom are devastated when their king leaves them, and ultimately decide what to do on their own.
	Cartoon	A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup. (EKA: Episode 2283)
	Song	"My New Computer" (EKA: Episode 2857)
	Muppets	Grover's Health Minute: Kermit the Frog and Grover talk about teeth. Grover notices that Kermit does not have any teeth at all, so he puts a pair of teeth in Kermit's mouth. Grover says to see a "tooth checker," to eat crunchy things like bananas and to clean teeth with a "tooth comb." (EKA: Episode 1949)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302)
	Cast	Maria and Linda sew quilts with a Q on them. (EKA: Episode 1952)
	Animation	Sand Q/q (First: Episode 0623)
	SCENE 3	Telly still can't decide what to vote on. He imagines what would happen if he voted for each option and envisions his friends struggling without crayons or juice. Everyone votes to check if Hooper's even still has their options, leaving Telly behind. Gordon passes by and informs Telly that his vote is based on what he wants, not what everyone else wants. Telly realizes what his vote should be for and rushes off to Hooper's.
	Film	How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579)
	Cartoon	C is for Candle (the candle blows back) (First: Episode 0703)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Robin Williams and a robin observe how similar they are. Afterwards, the robin sings "Lullaby of Birdland." (First: Episode 2848)
	Film	The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to one to zero children on a park bench. (First: Episode 2923)
	SCENE 4	Telly returns to Hooper's just in time to place his vote. He's finally decided on buying crayons. Elmo is disappointed, having wanted juice. There's fifty cents in change left, which is enough to buy him a glass, plus seven straws for everyone to share.
	Animation	Fans unveil Q and q. (First: Episode 2895)
	Film	Looking for circles in the city (Maria voice-over) (First: Episode 2711)
	Muppets	The Count is all dressed up for Bat Day, which is when he takes his bats for an outing downtown. He counts the votes from his bats, which is more fun to him than an outing.
	Animation	Carrot subtraction (4-1) (First: Episode 1537)
	Song	"Frog Kick" (EKA: Episode 2412)
	Cartoon	C for Cat Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 1141)
	SCENE 5	Gordon and Susan tell the youngsters how adults vote too, describing how they voted for the President of the United States. They then field questions about all the other grown-ups who can vote (except Barkley, who cannot vote).
	Cartoon	Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441)
	Muppets	"They Can't Take That Away from Me": Cookie Monster's six cookies are subtracted down to zero. (EKA: Episode 2375)
	Film	A boy makes fruit salad. (First: Episode 1195)
	Cartoon	A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail. (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash Kermit interviews a bird who sings about how her parents still love her even though they don't live together anymore (though it is not directly stated whether her parents are divorced or separated). (First: Episode 2695)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203)
	Film	A park ranger speaks to a group of kids about trees and the fruits that come from them. Then all the kids hug a tree. (First: Episode 2891)
	Song	"Zero Song": A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0. Artist: Jane Aaron
	SCENE 6	Everyone votes on whether to announce the sponsors; they are all unanimously in favor of it.