Episode 4406

	Sesame Street
	Help-O-Bots; (repeat of 4185)
Air date	September 26, 2013
Season	Season 44 (2013-2014)
Sponsors	R, 17

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	What's the Word on the Street?: Robot (First: Episode 4185)
	SCENE	Chris welcomes the viewer and counts the pies that were just delivered (counting 17 pies total). Elmo, Telly and Rosita rush to him and ask him to read a book to them. Chris begins the book, which is about a helpful robot named Rico who loves to help en la manana (the morning), en la tarde (the afternoon) and en la noche (the night). After the story, Chris goes back to work and remarks a robot like that would be of good use to him, which sparks an idea in the monster’s heads.
	SCENE cont’d	Chris starts stacking the pies away when he is startled by Telly wearing a robot costume, causing Chris to drop the pie boxes. However, he claims he’s not Telly, but one of the Help-o-Bots. He introduces the rest of the crew. They show the things they can do, such as going forward and backward and rotating. They can also pick things up and demonstrate by picking up the boxes Chris dropped. Chris accepts their help.
	SCENE cont’d	The Help-O-Bots begin helping stack the pies, but they start going faster , resulting in a big mess (and a pie on Chris’ head). The Help-O-Bots offer their help to clean the store with their “built-in” cleaning equipment. They start cleaning, but end up making the mess worse (and sending another pie Chris’ way). Chris asks that they stop helping him clean and go help someone else using their talents. They all claim they’re good at saying the alphabet, but find it unlikely someone would need help with it…
	SCENE cont’d	…until a man (Joey Mazzarino) rushes into the store, looking for someone to help him find the letter after G. The Help-O-Bots can’t help him, but the Alpha-Beta Bots can! They say the alphabet for the man who thanks them and goes off on his way. The Alpha-Beta Bots cheer for their success and go off to find more people with alphabet-related trouble.
	SCENE cont’d	Just then, Rico, the robot from the book, enters Hooper’s, not to help Chris, but for lunch. He orders a motor oil smoothie and a 9-volt on rye. (“And charge it please!”)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Grover has invented a robot to help Kunal Nayyar show the word of the day, but finds its programming needs some fine tuning.
	Muppets	Murray teases Abby's Flying Fairy School, then states they're now the ones going to school. He demonstrates one skill needed in school, taking turns (using a book). He then follows his little lamb to school. Ovejita leads him to robot school, where they'll start to build robots, right after this... Introduction only: (First: Episode 4404)
	Animation	Kids discover R words in a sidewalk chalk environment. (First: Episode 4302)
	Muppets	Murray and Jordan introduce Abby's Flying Fairy School. (First: Episode 4305)
	Muppets / Animation	Abby's Flying Fairy School Mrs. Sparklenose is teaching the students opposites today, though Blögg doesn't grasp the concept as easy. After Gonnigan and Abby demonstrate, he tries to use their opposite spell on Gonnigan, but uses it on himself instead. Suddenly, Blögg becomes the opposite of himself, wearing posh clothing and being obsessed with cleanliness (constantly giving Niblet a bath). Gonnigan likes having a less-disgusting friend around now, but Opposite-Blögg ruins their playtime by putting away their blocks and refusing to wear the wrinkled costumes. Abby and Gonnigan learn that to change him back, Blögg has to do the spell on himself. Abby tempts him with his favorite stinky cheese, but he instead is frightened by it. Everyone muses about the old Blögg, making him realize the right thing to do is to change himself back. (First: Episode 4277)
	Muppets	Back at robot school, Murray learns about designing robots and sees some examples. Today, they'll actually be making a basketball playing robot, after the next segments...
	Cartoon	17 trucks are counted. Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 4236)
	Muppets	Murray and friends introduce "Super Grover 2.0." (First: Episode 4404)
	Muppets	Super Grover 2.0: Prickly Problem — Super Grover 2.0 tries to find the perfect kind of a ball a cactus can play with. (First: Episode 4217)
	Cartoon	A boy and robot share lunch. (First: Episode 4185)
	Muppets	"Elmo the Musical" is next, but now, the class and Murray start building their robot. Following the directions laid out in the booklet, they successfully build the robot, who slam dunks a ball into the basket.
	Muppets	Big Bird and his feathered friends clean up the yard in song. That's cooperation!
	Film	A large machine made of several simple machines helps shoot a basketball into a hoop. (First: Episode 4321)
	Muppets	Murray and Semaya introduce "Elmo the Musical."
	Muppets	Elmo the Musical: President the Musical — Elected President of the United States, Elmo becomes the first monster to command the White House. He must solve a problem facing the country - all the "firsts" (the First Lady, the First President photo, first base, etc.) are going missing! (First: Episode 4311)
	Muppets	Murray, Ovejita and the class announce the sponsors with the use of some robots.