| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Fun with a stick |
| Air date | March 19, 2002 |
| Season | Season 33 (2002) |
| Written by | Ian Ellis James |
| Sponsors | A, 15 |
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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 | SCENE 1 | Big Bird joins Gina as she teaches the kids the "Up and Down Dance." |
 | Muppets | Grover demonstrates up and down by getting the curtain at the theater to raise and lower. (First: Episode 3242) |
 | Muppets | The Number of the Day: 15 The Count sings as he tries to get to the number of the day, and a penguin presents him with a number 15. (First: Episode 3995) |
 | Cartoon | An animated number 15 sings "How Hard It Is to Be 15" to a child who is trying to count from 1 to 20, but can't remember 15. (First: Episode 2743) |
 | Film | 15s on sticks cascade toward the camera as boats race by on a river on the background. (First: Episode 3280) |
| | SCENE 2 | Elmo and Rosita look around for a stick they can play with. After Gina passes through, they find Hannah's baby blanket has fallen on the ground. They find various uses for it (such as a scarf or bull fighter's cape), when Gina returns to reclaim it. |
| | SCENE 2 cont'd | Over at the Mail-It Shop, Maria deals with a Muppet farmer and his cow, who pick up a package from Urban Cowfitters. Elmo and Rosita come by looking for a stick and instead, have fun finding using blank sheet of copy paper as a telescope and a box as a boat. |
| | SCENE 2 cont'd | Elmo and Rosita tell Gina about their adventures, but feel blue about not having found a stick. Suddenly, Rosita looks a few feet away and finds one. They pretend it's a princess who has been turned into a stick (and prefers being that way). |
  | Muppets / Film | Big Bird imagines an elephant dancing, as the kids talk about imagination. (First: Episode 3951) |
  | Muppets | Journey To Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by dancing at the discotheque. |
 | Muppets / Celebrity | Angel Corella dances the Ballet Alphabet, while Telly, Zoe and Elmo name the letters. (edited) (First: Episode 3785) |
 | Muppets | Journey To Ernie Big Bird looks for Ernie's box in the supermarket. |
| | Animation | Kids see clouds turn into a rooster, car and sheep. |
 | Muppets | Journey To Ernie Big Bird tries to catch Ernie's box using the penguins' pattern. We found him! |
 | Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, because he's afraid of dark shadows and spooky things. Bert comforts him, and the two sing "Imagination" before falling asleep. (First: Episode 3820) Come back tomorrow for another Journey to Ernie! |
 | Muppets | Hero Guy Hero Guy and Baby Bear have a counting adventure in outer space. In outer space, Hero Guy counts twenty stars. |
 | Muppets | The Letter of the Day: A Cookie Monster locks the Letter A Cookie inside a safe, along with the key, to prevent himself from eating it. The plan almost works until Cookie eats the safe entirely: "the best laid plans of mice and men and Cookie Monster." (First: Episode 3985) |
 | Film | A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause. (First: Episode 3266) |
 | Cartoon | Soul A! (First: Episode 3359) |
 | Muppets | Spanish Word of the Day: perro A bunch of dogs pounce Grover to illustrate the word perro. (First: Episode 3986) |
 | Muppets | Elmo's World: Telephones (First: Episode 3870) |
| | SCENE 3 | Elmo and Rosita pretend their sticks are a prince and princess, using their magic stick form to pretend they're magic wands. Using the "wands," the monsters help Big Bird present the sponsors. |
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