Episode 4012

	Sesame Street
	Fun with a stick
Air date	March 19, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Written by	Ian Ellis James
Sponsors	A, 15

Picture	Segment	Description
	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	As Gordon narrates, kids see clouds turn into a rooster, a car and a 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.