Episode 3799

Sesame Street
Elmo, Zoe, and Big Bird can't decide how they want to play together
Air date	December 3, 1998
Season	Season 30 (1998-1999)
Written by	Jeff Moss
Production September 29, 1998 Sponsors N, 3 Syndication 123 Sesame Street PBS Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Elmo and Zoe are in a disagreement over what to play with: Elmo wants to play with crayons, but Zoe wants to play with blocks. Big Bird calls Maria for help, and she suggests that they take turns. Once she leaves, they still have trouble coming to a unanimous decision on what to play with first.
	Animation	Wooden shapes group themselves by color, then regroup by shape, then assemble themselves into a rocket ship. (First: Episode 3229)
	Muppets	Herry Monster and a girl sing "A Song for Two." (First: Episode 3519)
	Cartoon	Two camels (voiced by David Rudman and Joey Mazzarino) at a watering hole learn to share. (First: Episode 3528) cut from the Noggin version
	SCENE 2	Big Bird brings Maria back to solve Elmo and Zoe's argument. She points out that Big Bird's input will help bring them to a fair vote. However, when voting, Big Bird doesn't want to upset either Elmo or Zoe if they lose, so he keeps switching his decision back and forth and realizes they still have a problem.
	Cartoon	A baby demonstrates 'happy,' 'surprised' and 'sad.' (First: Episode 3396) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets / Celebrity	Little Richard sings "Rosita," a song about feelings, to Rosita. (First: Episode 3225) cut from the Noggin version
	Cartoon	Autumn leaves form a capital "N" and lowercase "n" (First: Episode 3114) cut from the Noggin version
	Film	Alphaboy: Nibbling Noodles with Neighbor Nora (First: Episode 3465) cut from the Noggin version
	Cartoon	Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240)
	SCENE 3	Once again, Maria is called upon to solve the argument. She has an idea: the Chuckie Choosing game, similar to "Eenie meenie minie mo." The words are hard for them to remember, so she decides to do the rhyme after finishing an important phone call. In her absence, though, Big Bird is able to get the rhyme right all the way and he ends up choosing Elmo. Maria comes back ready to help, but they let her know they've decided on crayons first and leave to get them.
	Cartoon	A Zerkel named Jake demonstrates -ake words. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3522)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Rhyming Game — Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyme game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (First: Episode 0798)
	Film	Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) cut from the Noggin version
	SCENE 4	Maria watches as Zoe and Elmo pass through with their crayons for drawing. Elmo's collection is particularly impressive - he has to drag it on a wagon. Maria then notices that Big Bird has a football for playing catch instead, as he got inspired while rummaging through his nest. Maria gets the feeling the group will need to play the Chuckie Choosing game again.
	Animation	A group of round crayons draws a house, and is hesitant to let a square yellow crayon join, until it draws the sun. They all cooperate to make a rainbow. (First: Episode 3105)
	Film	How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579)
	Cartoon	A face is drawn, but the mouth complains when it is drawn last. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 1897)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird tries to talk Elmo and Zoe into playing catch, and they agree to do so before the crayons and the blocks since Big Bird has tried so hard to help them get along today. For the second time, Maria comes in too late for another Chuckie Choosing round and is met with a "Fuhgeddaboudit!" from the group.
	Film	Kids demonstrate near and far with soccer balls. (First: Episode 3538) cut from the Noggin version
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. (new sound effects added) Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Carrington tells Grover he's three years old. (First: Episode 3261)
	Cartoon	Animal Rock #3 (First: Episode 3540)
	Film	A boy draws a picture of his friend, Kerry. (First: Episode 2776) cut from the Noggin version
	SCENE 6	With the game of catch done, Big Bird draws a picture of Elmo, Zoe draws her mommy and daddy, and Elmo is practicing how to draw the letter N...
	Film	The floating kids form a letter N. (First: Episode 3109)
	Cartoon	A salesman offers a passerby the letter N for next to nothing. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1804)
	Cartoon	N / n paper fold (First: Episode 3114)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: Cookie Painting — Cookie Monster paints a cookie to compare to the real thing. (First: Episode 3746)
	Film	Two sisters make their own buildings, both with paper and blocks. (First: Episode 3686)
	SCENE 7	The group has finished building a block city which takes up almost all of the table outside in the yard. Zoe and Elmo then have to go home, and they agree to do the same activities with Big Bird tomorrow.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Hats (First: Episode 3796)
	SCENE 8	Maria is impressed at the block structures that Elmo, Zoe, and Big Bird made, and how they were able to take turns fairly today. She announces the sponsors, and continues observing the blocks with Big Bird.

Alterations

Picture	Segment	Description
	Cartoon	Something's missing ... is it a frog or a dog? (First: Episode 2389) This segment appeared after the Cookie Monster sketch during summer reruns.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Books (First: Episode 3817) This segment replaced Elmo's World: Hats during summer reruns.

Notes

• This episode was later re-aired in Season 32 as Episode 3937.
• This was the final episode that Jeff Moss wrote before his death, with it premiering posthumously.

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