Episode 3907

	Sesame Street
	Runaway Ts
Air date	May 2, 2000
Season	Season 31 (2000)
Written by	Emily Perl Kingsley
Production	January 3, 2000
Sponsors	T, 6
Syndication	123 Sesame Street; PBS Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird (played by Matt Vogel) welcomes the viewer and notices the letter Ts from the street sign suddenly come off. "What's going on?!" he cries.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Elsewhere in the yard, Telly writes his name on his pad, but the T he wrote runs off, too. Big Bird rushes to tell Telly what happened and they both let out a confused, "WHAT'S GOING ON?!"
	Film	Spinning T (to the tango beat). (First: Episode 2933)
	Animation	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase T. (First: Episode 3230)
	Muppets	Grover: Thirty Seconds On Surprise — Prairie Dawn gives Grover thirty seconds to show what someone looks like when they are surprised. (First: Episode 3892)
	SCENE 2	Gabi doesn’t believe Big Bird or Telly when she learns that the Ts are running away... until she witnesses Hooper's Store becomes Hooper's S_ore! What’s going on?
	Cartoon	"Letters in the Body" Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3339)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie talks to Kayla about being happy, and they tickle each other.
	Cartoon	A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (First: Episode 2750) cut from the Noggin version
	Song	"Write Your Name" (First: Episode 3274) cut from the Noggin version
	SCENE 3	The group explains to Tarah the strange goings-on with the letter T today. She too finds the situation hard to swallow at first until she tries typing her name on her laptop, and the "T" on-screen and on the keyboard come off. "WHAT'S GOING ON?!"
	Song	"We Got the Power!" - a hip-hop song about computers (First: Episode 3058) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	Elmo asks Dorothy what the number of the day is.
	Cartoon	"Wall of Numbers" #6 Artist: Karen Aqua
	Muppets	Kermit Lecture: Twiddlebugs — Kermit counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	"Six Soccer Socks" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1670)
	SCENE 4	The gang sees what life would be like without the letter T, and sing a song pleading for the letter T to return.
	Muppets	Elmo introduces a circle segment, adding that Dorothy likes to swim in circles. cut from the Noggin version
	Film	Looking for circles in the city (Maria voice-over) (First: Episode 2711) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets / Celebrity	R.E.M. sings "Furry Happy Monsters." (First: Episode 3829) cut from the Noggin version
	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) In the Noggin version, this segment is moved to after scene 3.
	SCENE 5	Telly gets an idea to ask a letter T about the mysterious disappearance of the letter. Because there are no Ts around they draw one, but it floats away without giving a response. They then hypothesize that if they build a letter T, they can hold onto it before it splits. They decide to ask Maria to make one.
	Animation	Colored tools build a house out of colored rectangles, squares and triangles. (First: Episode 3263)
	Film	Six kids dance on a playground to the same beat. (First: Episode 3819)
	Animation	The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	Elmo finds out that Dorothy wants to hear a song.
	Animation	Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You." (First: Episode 2873)
	SCENE 6	At the Fix-It Shop, Maria is confused by their story but builds them a T anyway using a couple of pieces of wood. The T (with a few nails becoming its eyes and nose) comes to life and before he breaks free, he tells them they're invited to where he's going. They follow him while a surprised Maria remarks, "Only on Sesame Street!"
	Film	The floating kids form a capital T. (First: Episode 3121)
	Muppets	Next, Dorothy wants to see an alphabet segment, so Elmo shows her one ...
	Film	The letters of the alphabet are found in signs all over the city. (new soundtrack) (First: Episode 3652)
	Muppets	"Daddy Helps with the Dishes" - three families sing about how they help each other doing chores, cooking and homework. (First: Episode 2223)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play." Snow leopards version (First: Episode 2519)
	SCENE 7	The group has followed the T all the way down to the other end of the street, where they find the Ts are throwing a "T Party!" Some Ts do the tango, others tickle each other, and some play tag. One T tags Big Bird, and they begin joining the fun.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Dogs (First: Episode 3852)
	SCENE 8	The "T Party" is over, and Tarah, Telly, Big Bird, and Gabi announce the sponsors as the Ts reappear back into their usual places.