Episode 3263

	Sesame Street
	As the World Takes Turns
Air date	May 18, 1994
Season	Season 25 (1993-1994)
Written by	Cathi Rosenberg-Turow
Production	December 7, 1993; January 14, 1994
Sponsors	A, N, 16

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Merry Monster and Zoe appear to present a letter A show. Merry says "A is for..." at which point Zoe is supposed to show her arms, but Zoe keeps forgetting her parts of the show. Once she gets it, she finally sticks her arms out and knocks Merry over. Zoe then uses her arms to hug Merry as an apology.
	Animation	Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Lexine talk about the letter A.
	Cartoon	A kid voice-over says, "Ocean," as a fish is seen swimming in the ocean. (First: Episode 2670)
	Film	A Japanese boy plays taiko drums in the park. (First: Episode 3153)
	Cartoon	Several circles try to get past a large square. (First: Episode 1486)
	Muppets	Here Is Your Life: Tooth — Guy Smiley reunites a tooth with elements of its past. (First: Episode 1057)
	Cartoon	Toothpaste March Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1446)
	Animation	A snail shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2039)
	Insert	Prairie Dawn plays "Do the Dog" at Angela's care center with the kids and Barkley.
	Film	A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. (new music added) (First: Episode 0601)
	Film	Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911)
	Cartoon	Autumn leaves form a capital "N" and lowercase "n." (First: Episode 3114)
	Animation	Computer N / n (First: Episode 3039)
	Animation	Sand N/n (First: Episode 0633)
	Animation	A Keith Haring mural comes to life after some kids EXIT. (First: Episode 3006)
	Cartoon	A man finds many ways to "EXIT", which slowly irritates him. (First: Episode 1301)
	SCENE 2	In another thrilling episode of the daytime drama As the World Takes Turns, Big Bird wants to come out of Finders Keepers, while Snuffy wants to go in. They both can't fit through the door at the same time, so Ruthie instructs them to... take turns! First, Big Bird steps out of the store, then Snuffy squeezes himself in. Now that Snuffy is inside (and Ruthie is out), there's no one inside to help him. Ruthie attempts to go in, just as Big Bird does the same to retrieve Radar. The three squabble in the doorway as the announcer brings the chapter to a close.
	Cartoon	Two scribbles are hesitant to let a tall green one join them, until it protects them from the rain. (First: Episode 1477)
	Film	Various situations of before and after, to a hip-hop beat. (First: Episode 3201)
	Cartoon	The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before and after. (First: Episode 0694)
	Song	"Off to School" (First: Episode 2944)
	Cartoon	Abstract count to 16. (First: Episode 2822)
	Animation	Growing Numbers #16 (First: Episode 2996)
	Cartoon	I've Got the "Sixteen Blues" (First: Episode 2755)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227)
	Cartoon	"Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257)
	Muppets	Kermit Lecture: Subtraction — Kermit tries to talk about subtraction with some numbers, but they keep disappearing, one by one. (First: Episode 1950)
	Cartoon	A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. (music sting added) Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1452)
	SCENE 3	As the World Takes Turns returns for another installment. Elmo and Zoe both make their order at Hooper's Store at the same time, but Gina is unable to understand them - even when they yell their orders. By taking turns, Zoe and Elmo both get what they want for lunch, but then start fighting over who gets the mustard.
	Animation	In stop-motion, sandwich ingredients square-dance in a ring and arrange themselves into a sandwich, which gets a bite taken out of it in a refrigerator. (First: Episode 3080)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: A New Waiter — Grover and Piño argue over who gets to wait on Mr. Johnson. (First: Episode 3061)
	Cartoon	They'd play with me if I had... (First: Episode 0815)
	Film	Lauren, a blind child, learns in class by using Braille. (First: Episode 3142)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge (last dot shows up early) (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: Howard's End — A snake demonstrates beginning, middle, and end.
	Film	A girl draws a picture of her friend Amelia. (First: Episode 2784)
	SCENE 4	In yet another chapter of As the World Takes Turns, Big Bird, Elmo, and Gabi play a game of "Three of These Things" using Radar, a cheesecake, a grape, and a loaf of bread. Elmo and Gabi both have different answers, but are able to relay them by taking turns. However, all three then want to play with Radar in the park... but that's another story.
	Animation	Colored tools build a house out of colored rectangles, squares and triangles.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302)
	Celebrity	"Rubber Duckie" with Little Richard.
	Cartoon	Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks. (First: Episode 0780)
	SCENE 5	As the World Takes Turns returns for one final episode, where Big Bird, Snuffy, and Elmo fight over who gets to announce the sponsors. The announcer intervenes and suggests they (what else?) take turns.