Episode 3892

	Sesame Street
	Zoe calls Elmo a "rotten egg"
Air date	April 11, 2000
Season	Season 31 (2000)
Written by	Belinda Ward
Production	December 9, 1999
Sponsors	V, 3
Syndication	123 Sesame Street; PBS Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Elmo and Zoe notice Gordon enjoying an ice cream cone. He gives the monsters some money to get some ice cream at Hooper's Store, and before leaving, Elmo says, "Last one there is a rotten egg!" Zoe has never heard of this phrase and worries she'll become an actual egg when Elmo and Gordon explain it's just a silly expression. Zoe gets to Hooper's first and enjoys the game so much, she does another "rotten egg" race inside the store, gleefully chanting, "Elmo's a rotten egg! Elmo's a rotten egg!"
	Song	"Happy Happiness," against footage of kids playing at a beach. (First: Episode 3320)
	Muppets	Ernie and Rubber Duckie are glad the viewer is here. (First: Episode 3816)
	Animation	Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish version) (First: Episode 3045)
	Film	A girl dances a butterfly dance. (First: Episode 3681) cut from the Noggin version
	SCENE 2	Zoe continues calling Elmo a "rotten egg" as she does everything before he can, including sitting down, ordering a cone from Alan, putting a napkin on her lap, and finishing her ice cream. Elmo is getting tired of being called a "rotten egg," but Zoe reminds him it's only a game.
	Cartoon	A poem about Vinnie the Vampire Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3800)
	Film	Wegman's dogs form the letter V, for violin and valentine. (First: Episode 3532) cut from the Noggin version
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052)
	Muppets	Telly is in the park demonstrating things you can find when you look up and when you look down. When he looks up, he can hear an object moving at great velocity, which he first assumes to be a bird or a plane. Ultimately, Super Grover crashes down upon Telly and asks if he can point him in the direction that goes up.
	Cartoon	An arrow doesn't know which way is up. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3681)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Margaret Cho tells Big Bird a story about her friend Karen and acts out the various emotions she felt during it.
	Cartoon	Two viewers with Picasso-esque facial features in an art gallery critically examine the portrait of a viewer. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3442) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	Ernie and Rubber Duckie introduce the number of the day. (First: Episode 3786) cut from the Noggin version
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. (new sound effects added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1339)
	Video	Three kids dance in three columns. (First: Episode 3167)
	Cartoon	In Egypt, three lemons make lemonade. (First: Episode 3285)
	SCENE 3	Elmo doesn't want to race Zoe anymore and just wants to say the alphabet; Zoe turns it into another "rotten egg" game by speeding through it, then doing it as slowly as she can. "Elmo's starting to feel like a rotten egg," Elmo fumes.
	Cartoon	Aliens have a hard time playing basketball, until they decide to take turns. (First: Episode 3814)
	Muppets	Ernie and Rubber Duckie laugh out loud, thinking the previous segment was funny. (First: Episode 3808)
	Cartoon	"Museum Boogie": In an homage to the musical cartoons of the 1930s, Cab Callowmouse sneaks into a museum and leads the painted characters in a "Sing" medley. cut from the Noggin version
	Film	V for voice, violin, Victrola, etc. (First: Episode 3399)
	Catoon	V in space (First: Episode 0481)
	SCENE 4	As Elmo gets more frustrated with Zoe, a Cockney-accented egg named Egg (Joey Mazzarino) appears, fuming over Zoe's game: "It really fries me!" He says most eggs are good, and the monsters apologize and promise not to say someone is a "rotten egg" anymore. Zoe instead starts calling Elmo a "rotten potato chip" over and over, so Elmo decides to stop playing with her.
	Animation	The word EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet. (First: Episode 3045) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	All types of wild animals that lay eggs sing "Let's Lay an Egg." (First: Episode 3060)
	Film	Shapes vibrate as girls beat on their drums. (First: Episode 2845)
	Cartoon	Different emotions are drawn on a face, until the character grabs the pencil. (First: Episode 3531) In the Noggin version, this segment is placed before "Let's Lay an Egg."
	Muppets	Even though Rubber Duckie didn't like the previous segment, he doesn't have to like everything. (First: Episode 3845) cut from the Noggin version
	Cartoon	Leanna and her best friend Sarah have a tea party which goes well at first, until they argue over which cupcakes are better. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3864) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	Grover: Thirty Seconds On Surprise — Prairie Dawn gives Grover thirty seconds to show what someone looks like when they are surprised.
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #3
	Cartoon	Luis counts three blackbirds, which lay three eggs. (First: Episode 2194)
	SCENE 5	Elmo sits near Oscar's trash can and talks to Gordon about what's been going on with Zoe. Oscar intervenes, saying he should stay rotten no matter what, but Elmo isn't a Grouch and doesn't want to be. With some encouragement from Gordon, Elmo talks to Zoe about how he feels and she agrees to stop calling Elmo a "rotten" anything. The two decide to call themselves "happy, smiley eggs," forcing Oscar to name himself a "rotten egg" just for fun.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Dogs (First: Episode 3852)
	SCENE 6	Oscar plays the "rotten egg" game with his pets inside his can as Gordon announces the sponsors.