Episode 4007

	Sesame Street
	Grover opens a popcorn stand
Air date	March 12, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Written by	Sara Compton
Production	November 27, 2001
Sponsors	I, 19
Releases	VideoNow

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Bob sings "Talk With Your Hands" while Linda teaches Big Bird, Ernie, and Emily different signs. Some monsters then pop up chanting, and Big Bird wonders how you sign that it's Monster Time!
	Muppets	Telly tries practicing "The Blue Danube" on his tuba, but is disrupted by Elmo, who's practicing his drum. After their problem gets out of hand, they get an idea to cooperate.
	Muppets	The Number of the Day: 19 A Muppet 19 shows up after learning that the number of the day is 19. (First: Episode 3983)
	Cartoon	Nineteen pigs!
	Film	Kids paint a huge mural about the number 19. (First: Episode 3601)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird and Emily find Grover has opened a new popcorn stand in the yard and he has everything planned out: he has his machine, small and large boxes, and a sign to advertise. He finds that he's lacking one important thing: the popcorn, as he can't get the machine to pop any. Emily points out it's not turned on and shows him the button. Nothing happens initially until Grover remembers the cardinal rule: count to 20 ("What else would you do while you wait for corn to pop?"). Now that the popcorn is popping he gives Emily some on the house for helping him. Soon, Grover is met with a small flood starting to arise.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Ernie visits the stand, where Grover is now up to his skinny little elbows in popcorn and the machine is popping faster than he can scoop. Ernie helps him out by promoting the stand so that more people will help empty his readily growing stock, taking a box as he goes.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Ernie turns the stand on to some Honkers and pigs that pass by. He tries convincing Lulu to have some, but she prefers pretzels as her go-to snack. Ernie states trying new foods is fun and she takes a sample of his popcorn, then gobbles his whole box. She still likes pretzels and heads off to find one, with Ernie and the pigs following.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Grover calls for help, now completely engulfed by his popcorn. Bob and Linda dig him out and point out the solution - turn the machine off! Bob presses the button and the corn stops popping, to Grover's relief. Ernie brings back several chickens, who wildly dig into the popcorn. Grover, however, has no intention of making any more, saying he's "too pooped to pop."
	Muppets / Film	Big Bird's favorite food is birdseed cookies. "What's yours?" Kids comment on their favorite foods. (First: Episode 3977) - sans Big Bird intro
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie, first tiptoeing to check behind the bush... (First: Episode 3994) ... finding himself looking for Ernie's box in the supermarket. He sees a pile of boxes, but notices one is striped with a rubber duckie on it. Could this be Ernie's hiding place? (First: Episode 3982)
	Film	Wanda the Word Fairy drives to a market to demonstrate the words of foods, attracting the suspicious gaze of the grocer in the process. (First: Episode 2652)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Ernie wasn't behind there, so Big Bird checks under the tunnel bridge... (First: Episode 3998) ... where he finds himself at a pigsty occupied by three little pigs who want him to sing a verse of "Old MacDonald" with them. (First: Episode 3993)
	Film	Wegman's dogs cook popcorn in three different ways. (First: Episode 3726)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Ernie wasn't there, so Big Bird checks behind the statue... (First: Episode 3982) ... where he finds himself in the middle of a discotheque playing a funky version of "Rubber Duckie." He spots a box that sprouts eyes and legs, and encourages Big Bird to imitate its dance steps. (First: Episode 3982) We found him!
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: "That's What Friends Are For": Ernie sings to Bert about friends being tolerant of each other's differences, while Bert just wants to sleep. (First: Episode 1814)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird and Ernie say goodbye and an announcer teases, "Come back tomorrow for another game of Journey to Ernie!" (First: Episode 3981)
	Muppets	Hero Guy: Big Hand - Baby Bear accidentally draws Hero Guy with a giant hand. (First: Episode 3965)
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day: I Instead of eating the Letter I Cookie, Cookie Monster decides to just lick its icing. Now it's no longer The Letter Of The Day cookie.
	Cartoon	"I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368)
	Animation	You've Got A Letter: I
	Muppets	Spanish Word of the Day: flor Maria smells different flowers, including Stinky the Stinkweed. (First: Episode 3983)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Sleep (First: Episode 3983)
	SCENE 3	Bob and Linda announce and sign the sponsors as some chickens walk by with their popcorn.