Episode 2641

	Sesame Street
	Luis finds a use for a pile of sand
Air date	December 18, 1989
Season	Season 21 (1989-1990)
Written by	Nancy Sans
Production	October 19, 1989
Sponsors	P, X, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Maria is wrapping a package to send to her mother when Sonny Friendly appears with another one of his traveling game shows - this time it's "The Rhyming Game." To win, she must find two words that rhyme with "grand." Maria wants nothing to do with the game and finishes wrapping her package, remarking that it worked out better than she had planned. She still refuses to play and asks if Sonny can give her a hand tying the package. Sonny declares her the winner and that her prize also rhymes with "grand": it's a big pile of sand! A truck arrives to dump the giant mound of sand in front of the Fix-It Shop's door.
	Cartoon	Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow. (First: Episode 1484)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "When I Listen". (First: Episode 1760)
	Film	A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry.
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Honk — Several Honkers appear when the monster sounds out the word "honk." (First: Episode 1653)
	Cartoon	P is for Pack. (First: Episode 0504)
	SCENE 2	Maria and Luis ponder what to do with the sand. Telly's idea is to get a bunch of little boxes and fill them with sand to give to all their friends. Maria and Luis don't want to do that, so Telly asks if he can have a little box of sand for himself. He begins to get some when Luis realizes he should make a big sandbox for Gabi and the others to play with in the yard. Telly thinks they will need all the sand they can get, so he puts the sand from his little box back onto the pile.
	Song	"Elbows and Knees"
	Cartoon	Seven Piglets Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1546)
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: The Taming of the Shoe — "Grovero" is accompanied by a talking shoe. (First: Episode 2587)
	Cartoon	Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK. (First: Episode 0369)
	SCENE 3	Mr. MacIntosh tells Maria and Luis that he would use some of the sand for a dancing school. He uses one of the sandbox's pieces of lumber as a stage and has Savion show the kids how to soft-shoe, sprinkling a bit of the sand across the board first.
	Cartoon	"Seven Sweet Sopranos" on a shaky piano Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1656)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 1 — When the Count can't sleep, Ernie instructs him to try counting sheep. (First: Episode 0941)
	Cartoon	The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages. (First: Episode 2243)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 2 — The Count stayed up counting sheep all night, much to Ernie's dismay. (First: Episode 0941)
	Song	"What to Do Before We Eat?" We wash our hands, not our feet. Animation: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1594)
	Cartoon	The letter X (First: Episode 0482)
	Muppets	At the beach, the Twiddlebugs notice that only Thomas has a beach umbrella, which they decide to share. They soon realize that they have no idea where the ocean is.
	SCENE 4	The camera cuts away to the pile of sand and zooms out, revealing that the beach the Twiddlebugs have been on was the pile the whole time. Maria and Luis watch their antics closely.
	Cartoon	Fisherman Jones demonstrates in, on, and under with the help of a big fish. (First: Episode 0370)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit & Joey sing The Alphabet Song. (First: Episode 0426)
	Cartoon	Animated quilt patterns (First: Episode 1470)
	Muppets	Big Bird presents the letter X, but it is upside down. (First: Episode 1426)
	Cartoon	How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (First: Episode 1824)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley sings "I'll Love You in Springtime." (First: Episode 2088)
	Film	Kids play in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0292)
	Cartoon	P - Pyramid. (First: Episode 2061)
	SCENE 5	Telly and Juliet are playing in the sand with Freddy. They imagine Freddy is climbing a mountain of sand, gets picked up by a huge flying rhinoceros, parachutes out of a plane, and gets caught in the sand. Luis comes to take the sand to the newly-built sandbox, but Telly, Juliet, and Maria tell him to wait because they can't just leave their imaginary game with Freddy stuck in the sand. Luis's solution: "And then, along came Luis and dug Freddy out of the sand with his bare hands." Luis has Freddy "ask" what he can do to repay him, and Luis says he can help fill up the sandbox.
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball. (First: Episode 0410)
	Film	Peacock. Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278)
	SCENE 6	Telly likes the sandbox that Luis and Maria built, but Juliet worries that they won't be able to play in it because all the sand is still in front of the Fix-It Shop. They create a bucket brigade with the kids to bring the sand to the sandbox. Telly and Juliet are amazed at how well it works... until Juliet wonders what will happen if it starts to snow.
	Cartoon	A detective sees a lever and wonders what will happen if he pulls it. (First: Episode 2613)
	Song	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X." (First: Episode 2168)
	Cartoon	A spring bounces under and over animals. (First: Episode 1236)
	SCENE 7	Telly and the kids play in the sandbox, while Luis admits that Sonny's prize ended up being something good after all. Luis and Telly then announce the sponsors.