Episode 3209

Sesame Street
Telly makes his own breakfast
Air date	March 3, 1994
Season	Season 25 (1993-1994)
Written by	John Weidman
Production November 3 & 19, 1993 Sponsors A, Q, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	An excited Telly tells the viewer that he's about to go into Hooper's Store, where Mr. Handford is going to make him breakfast.
	SCENE 1	Telly waits impatiently for Mr. Handford to finish shelving items. Carlo comes in and lets Mr. Handford know that he's going to make his own breakfast. Telly watches in awe as Carlo makes a bowl of cereal all by himself! Mr. Handford suggests that Telly could make his own breakfast but Telly is doubtful, imagining a disastrous scenario involving him pouring the cereal and milk on the floor and leading to a wild animal stampede. Telly suddenly snaps out of it and asks Carlo for help, and Mr. Handford decides to watch what happens.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats." Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2855)
	Animation	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase A.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola observe a letter A. Ernie calls out, "A, Bert!" (First: Episode 0551)
	Animation	A/a (Gordon voice-over) (First: Episode 2240)
	Film	A dance class does some stretching exercises, then dance in their own ways, ending with the tango (instrumental: "Naughty Door Opera"). (First: Episode 3022)
	Cartoon	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1966)
	Muppets	Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows." (First: Episode 2582)
	Animation	Arrows give a presentation of the human body. (First: Episode 2839)
	SCENE 2	While watching Carlo make a bowl of cereal, Telly writes down everything Carlo does, including the interruptions that happen (like Carlo sneezing and Mr. Handford saying hello).
	SCENE 2 cont'd	When Telly gets all the steps down (minus the interruptions) and is about to practice getting his own breakfast, Hooper's Store becomes crowded when Savion's little league team (including Rosita and Wolfgang) shows up. Mr. Handford suggests that Telly and Carlo practice outside in the yard.
	Cartoon	Name That Food ("Will you eat it?") (First: Episode 1491)
	Muppets	"Cereal Girl" (First: Episode 2687)
	Cartoon	A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537)
	Muppets	Grover and Mr. Johnson: Grover the messenger goes to Mr. Johnson's home to deliver some singing telegrams. After reading a series of wrong telegrams, he reads another one that actually is for Mr. Johnson, and an important one at that, but Grover does not remember who it is from. (First: Episode 1828)
	Song	"Doing the Family Thing" (First: Episode 3180)
	Animation	The word EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet. (First: Episode 3045)
	SCENE 3	Mr. Handford sets up the supplies for Telly and Carlo to practice with, but soon Barkley arrives and continually interferes with Telly's practicing, hungry for cereal himself. Carlo pretends to play fetch, then hides the cereal box in his shirt, but neither trick works. He then gives Barkley a bowl of cereal, but not even after having a snack will drive Barkley away. Telly thinks up a plan for practicing without using any of the supplies, which intrigues Carlo.
	Cartoon	A poem about dogs of different sizes, feelings and colors. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2924)
	Muppets	"The Elephant Elevator Operator" (First: Episode 3067)
	Cartoon	Four elephants at the circus Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1489)
	Video	Four break-dancers dance. (First: Episode 2607)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300)
	Muppets	Colambo in "The Lost Slipper Caper" Colambo helps Cinderella figure out what happened to her glass slipper. The Prince shows up with it, and takes Colambo with him to the palace. (First: Episode 2983)
	Cartoon	Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil. Artist: Jim Jinkins (First: Episode 2538)
	SCENE 4	Telly is about to practice making breakfast again, this time using imaginary supplies. Elmo plays along with Telly's game, imagining other interferences such as dinosaurs hungry for cereal and a vacuum cleaner when Telly "spills" his cereal. Elmo then lets Telly concentrate, and Telly finally makes an imaginary bowl of cereal all by himself! But Elmo wonders: will he be able to do it in reality?
	Animation	Arnold uses his imagination. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2754)
	Muppets	Big Bird's Video Postcards Big Bird visits Union City, New Jersey, where he learns how to play some Cuban games with some kids. (First: Episode 3061)
	Cartoon	A Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out. Artist: Chris Hinton (First: Episode 2211)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster has a riddle: what do you get when you have one cookie between two cookies? A cookie sandwich!
	Song	"Let's Go Tubbin' Today" (First: Episode 3024)
	Cartoon	Jasper and Julius: Apple. (First: Episode 0485)
	SCENE 5	Inside Hooper's, Elmo, Carlo, Mr. Handford, Barkley, Maria, and Savion's little league team gather around to watch Telly make his own breakfast by himself. They cheer him on loudly every step he slowly makes, and Telly succeeds without error.
	Song	"The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve. (First: Episode 2950)
	Muppets	The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite. (First: Episode 1389)
	Cartoon	Fish swim to form Q and q. (First: Episode 3105)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry & John-John observe a letter Q. (First: Episode 0571)
	Animation	Planet Q / q (First: Episode 2838)
	SCENE 6	Telly is proud that he made his own breakfast today, but he would still like Mr. Handford to make him breakfast sometimes. Mr. Handford is glad to oblige, and offers Telly some lunch (since he already had breakfast). Elmo announces the sponsors.

Notes

• This episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3418.

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