Princely Cooperation

First Appearance	Episode 1691
Broadcast	May 3, 1982
Additional Appearances

In a Sesame Street segment from Season 13, Bob reads an untitled story of a king who gives each of his three sons a special item of their choice. These items include a neverending basket of food, a horse that can travel anywhere requested, and a chatty bird who gabs about what it's seen. The king entrusts his sons with the gifts, with the goal that they be used to make people happy.

At first, the sons are unsuccessful in fulfilling their duties by themselves with their one chosen item. Upon meeting each other again, they discover that by cooperating and using all of their items together, they're able to bring their plentiful supply of food to a faraway town of hungry villagers.

Although the story's title is not spoken in dialogue, the segment is referred to as "Princely Cooperation" in scripts.

Cast

• Brian Muehl as the King
• Frank Oz as the Lavender son
• Jerry Nelson as the Green son
• Richard Hunt as the Orange Gold son
• Martin P. Robinson as the horse
• Cheryl Blaylock as the bird