Episode 3008

Sesame Street
Roxie Marie's train set
Air date	November 11, 1992
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Written by	Sara Compton
Production September 30, 1992 Sponsors B, V, 15

Picture	Segment	Description
	Muppets	Oscar and his Grouch friends sing "The Grouch Explorers" at his trash can, about the adventures they all like (or dislike) going on together.
	Cartoon	Abstract count to 15 (First: Episode 2851)
	Film	A blind class goes on a field trip downtown, and visits a produce stand. (First: Episode 2580)
	Muppets	A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers. (First: Episode 1616)
	Cartoon	Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle." Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 2404)
	Film	A flower opens and closes. (First: Episode 0441)
	Muppets	The Bicuspids sing "Kids Just Love to Brush." (First: Episode 2060)
	Cartoon	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment. (First: Episode 0550)
	SCENE 1	In Maria's apartment, Elmo sticks around as Maria and Gabi help set up Roxie Marie's new toy, which Elmo is going to guess (along with the viewer). It's got wheels, tracks, signals, and tunnels, and it requires a certain hat. It's a train set!
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". (First: Episode 0047)
	Cartoon	V for volcano, violet, and violin (First: Episode 1762)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Princess Chooses a Prince — A princess selects Kermit as her prince. (First: Episode 0859)
	Song	"B is for Bubble" (First: Episode 0008)
	Cartoon	In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing. (First: Episode 0778)
	Muppets	A heartbroken groom sings "Don't Walk." (First: Episode 2454)
	Cartoon	Dr. Nancy Einstein learns about ice cubes. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2582)
	SCENE 2	Maria and Elmo are impressed with Roxie's new train set. Roxie explains that it originally belonged to her uncle, and she got the additional accessories and scenery with money from doing chores (and/or made them herself). Roxie then teaches Elmo about the parts of her train: the engine, the coal car, an empty goldola car, and the caboose. She also points out the important landmarks around the set, like the train station and the railroad crossing post.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Roxie tells Maria to fire up the controls, and everyone watches in amazement as the train goes around the tracks. Roxie then wants Maria to stop the train, because they've got a lot more train tracks to set up. "You expect us to watch the train go round and round and round? We'll go bonkers!" Roxie says, and suggests that Maria move the sofa for more room.
	Cartoon	Rumba pencils (first, last, Crazy Melvin) (First: Episode 0638)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — At the movies, Ernie reacts to a sad, funny, scary movie, to Bert's embarrassment and the annoyance of the other viewers. (First: Episode 0627)
	Cartoon	A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. (First: Episode 2627)
	Film	Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615)
	Muppets	"The Dirtiest Town in the West" (First: Episode 1461)
	Cartoon	It's a whale Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1684)
	SCENE 3	The train tracks have been extended to a farther end of the room thanks to the cooperation of Elmo, Roxie, Maria, Gabi, Alice, Christopher, and Slimey. Maria shows Elmo how to make the train move forwards and backwards, then fast and slow. Elmo then wants a turn, and so does Slimey - Slimey will ride the train, while Elmo controls it.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Maria isn't sure Slimey wants to go that fast on the train, but Elmo thinks he should go faster. Roxie then interjects that they need more track, and enlists Elmo's help while Maria takes over the train controls.
	Cartoon	Rap #15 (First: Episode 2567)
	Muppets	Grover is the newest employee of a fast food franchise which serves such delicacies as O'Fish, O'Salad, O'Rye Bread, and O'Milk. However, this is a different kind of "fast food" restaurant: the food zips by the customer on trays across the counter and falls to the floor if it's not caught in time. Mr. Johnson is not ready for this, so he asks if there's any "slow food." There is, but it's served by a turtle who takes longer than Mr. Johnson wants to wait. (First: Episode 2582)
	Animation	Sand B/b (First: Episode 0627)
	Animation	Teeny Little Super Guy shows his friend Harry the importance of sleep. (First: Episode 2047)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things." (First: Episode 0174)
	Cartoon	B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1147)
	SCENE 4	By now, the trail of train tracks takes up about 3/4 of the whole living room! Roxie tells Slimey to prepare for the ride of a lifetime, but first she needs to give it a test run. The train goes around a mountain, over a bridge, through a tunnel, and under the bridge as everyone watches.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	When the train stops, they notice Slimey isn't anywhere. As it turns out, he left to recruit some of his worm pals to join him on his exciting train ride! Everyone enjoys watching the worms go around and around on the tracks.
	Song	"Around and Around" (First: Episode 2753)
	Animation	Counting 1-10 and 10-0 in Spanish (Maria voice-over)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Danny Glover and Hoots tell Telly a story, The Young Saxophone. Danny reads from the book while Hoots plays the "voice" of the main character, who learns how to say how it feels by putting its notes in the right order and making music instead of noise.
	Song	A piece of land with water all around it is an "Island." Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 2760)
	Cartoon	V in Space (First: Episode 0481)
	SCENE 5	At night, Roxie stays over at Maria's and comes back to play with her train set one more time. Elmo announces the sponsors.

Supporting cast

• The Kids: Alice Tai, Christopher Morales

Sources

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