Episode 3619

	Sesame Street
	The "No Talking" game
Air date	March 27, 1997
Season	Season 28 (1996-1997)
Written by	Judy Freudberg
Production	September 6, 1996
Sponsors	A, 6

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Elmo is acting mute, and Zoe tries desperately to get him to talk and welcome everybody. Celina happens upon them and learns that they're both playing the "No Talking" game, where one of them tries to get the other to talk. Celina suggests Zoe give up, causing Elmo to immediately break silence and declare his victory. Zoe starts to have her turn first counting to six before becoming silent, but breaks it right away when Elmo calls her name and decides it's his turn again. Zoe and Celina ask him to give the former another turn, but Elmo remains quiet.
	Song	Gina and Maria sing "The Word is "No." (First: Episode 2548)
	Cartoon	A dog tries desperately to meow, but can only bark. (First: Episode 0829)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats." Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2855)
	Muppets	Fairy Tales Today: Striking Food — Prairie Dawn interviews a group of angry fruits and vegetables from fairy tales. (First: Episode 3382)
	Animation	A/a (Gordon voice-over) (First: Episode 2240)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Lexine talk about the letter A. (First: Episode 3263)
	Film	The letter A dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3569)
	SCENE 2	Elmo decides to let Zoe have a turn again when Celina has to leave. As Zoe becomes mute, Elmo has an idea and decides to say the alphabet, "struggling" to remember what comes after Y. Zoe breaks and says the last letter, muttering in agony as Elmo wins the game again.
	Song	"The African Animal Alphabet" (First: Episode 3396)
	Film	Nicholas is now old enough to rollerblade, and ride a bike without training wheels. (First: Episode 3514)
	Cartoon	A mosquito bites a man and a dog, who agree to scratch each other's backs. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3217)
	Song	"The Braid-y Bunch" (First: Episode 3357)
	Cartoon	Two white squares try to push a great big object, and are reluctant to let a black square join them at first. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2849)
	Muppets	Grover and Mr. Johnson: Wig Salesman (First: Episode 3407)
	Cartoon	Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears. (First: Episode 0468)
	SCENE 3	It's Zoe's turn again, but Elmo gets her to lose every time she tries to keep mute by coming up with different distractions. Zoe frets that she'll never win and gives up forever, but Celina takes them elsewhere.
	Film	Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410)
	Muppets	Bert says his favorite number is Six. (First: Episode 1289)
	Cartoon	A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783)
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Jug band dance Part 1 (First: Episode 3552)
	Cartoon	I am dry, he is wet (Shark fishing) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309)
	Muppets	Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Jug band dance Part 2 (First: Episode 3552)
	Celebrity	The Neville Brothers sing "Believe in Yourself," with a montage of clips from films including "I'm the Big One Now," "Reach Your Hand Up High" and "Hot in the City." (First: Episode 3158)
	Cartoon	At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2085)
	SCENE 4	After hearing the Neville Brothers song a moment ago, Zoe feels more confident as Celina bids her good luck. Elmo constantly pressures Zoe to break her silence, but to no avail as she finds non-verbal ways to communicate. He thinks of a way to get her to stop and leaves, while Zoe just shrugs.
	Cartoon	"From Your Head" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3474)
	Film	Wegman's dogs form the letter A, for artist (played by Batty) and airplane. (First: Episode 3534)
	Cartoon	Soul A! (First: Episode 3359)
	Animation	Planting Letters: A (First: Episode 3027)
	Muppets	Big Bird's Video Postcards Big Bird visits Guadalupe, Arizona, and conducts a child mariachi band, who sing "Viva Mexico." (First: Episode 3012)
	Cartoon	A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2151)
	SCENE 5	Zoe leans on the mailbox as Elmo brings in the Amazing Mumford to get her to talk, but his attempts cause her to walk, squawk, and bawk instead. He decides to give it "a little more elbow grease," but while he does make Zoe stop bawking, he ends up making the mailbox talk! Elmo groans in frustration with all the chaos as Mumford tries fixing the mailbox's spell.
	Cartoon	A girl explains why she likes the poet Grubby Groo. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3225)
	Film	A three-year-old African boy narrates a film about a day in his life. (First: Episode 3267)
	Animation	Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (First: Episode 3097)
	Song	"I'm a Little Airplane" (First: Episode 3266)
	Muppets	Herry Monster and a girl sing "A Song for Two." (First: Episode 3519)
	Cartoon	A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me." (First: Episode 1942)
	SCENE 6	The two monsters return to the stoop where Elmo realizes there's one thing left to do, and that is to lose. Zoe suddenly breaks her mute state and is happy she won, and admits to Elmo how good he is at the game. The two feel proud when Elmo decides for them to play the game together, which Celina falls bait to when she checks on them. She announces the sponsors then invites them for ice cream, causing them both to lose.
	COMING SOON	Coming soon on Sesame Street: The Count observes Telly as he struggles with a baseball bat.