Episode 4819

	Sesame Street
	Me Am Cookie Monster; (repeat of 4305)
Air date	March 24, 2018 (HBO); October 29, 2018 (PBS)
Season	Season 48 (2017-2018)
Sponsors	V, 17
Releases	YouTube (YouTube)

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Abby and the Two-Headed Monster set up today's theme of vegetables by digging some out in her garden.
	SCENE 1	Cookie Monster desperately waits while Chris makes a new batch of cookies. While he waits, Chris gives him a plate of carrot sticks. As Cookie chows down, Mario Lopez of EXTRA Sesame Street arrives with a breaking news story - the Cookie Monster is now the Veggie Monster! Cookie Monster tries to convince him otherwise, but the playback footage shows him munching the carrots and Chris' testimony doesn't help the situation. Cookie tries to save his rep by eating a cookie, but Chris isn't done making them and he's already cleaned out the stock.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Outside Hooper's Store, Cookie encounters Big Bird and Snuffy, who don't have cookies. Cookie eyes Snuffy's cabbage and has some. Mario shows up again to report the Veggie Monster is at it again. Cookie tries to defend himself, but is unaware cabbage is a vegetable. Even the instant replay has him admitting he loves eating it ("That taken outta context."). Big Bird and Snuffy start calling him Veggie Monster too and head off.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Chris brings Cookie a celery snack, but he declines, saying it will only fuel the flame. He still finds them delicious looking and runs off, returning with a blonde wig and pretending to be a monster named Rose-Marie who loves celery. With a "Veggie-bunga!," he plows through the celery; his wig falls off just as Mario appears again to report. Maria and friends arrive, showing the incident on Me Tube with over a million hits. When asked how he feels about the situation, Cookie admits he's frustrated. Mario doesn't see a problem with being a Veggie Monster; veggies are good for you. Cookie states it's not who he is and sings "Me Am What Me Am" to explain he'll always be a cookie monster, no matter how much he enjoys veggies.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Maria and the rest apologize for not believing him. Chris brings out the finished cookies and Cookie begins to gobble them all. Mario reports that the Cookie Monster really is the Cookie Monster. With the cookies all gone, Cookie looks for more.
	Muppets	Abby Cadabby leads the gang in a song to introduce the letter of the day - V.
	Song	"V is for Vegetables"
	Muppets	Abby Cadabby sings "For Broccoli Hurray-Hurrah." (First: Episode 4232)
	Muppets	Cookie's Crumby Pictures: The Aveggies: Age of Bon Bon — Cookie Monster, as Dr. Brownie, must focus to destroy Bon Bon's cookie ship. (First: Episode 4525)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and friends sing as they wait for the number of the day, which is how many cookies are being baked for him (to eat). Today's number is 17. In this airing, the Count counts the individual cookies. (First: Episode 4725)
	Animation	Counting 17 mushrooms in the garden. (First: Episode 4303)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Vegetables
	SCENE 2	Abby signs off, while the Two-Headed Monster begins to nosh on their vegetables.
	Outro (PBS)	Cookie Monster instructs the viewer on "the art of cookie eating", with aid from Rosita and a girl.