Sesame Street Episode 4519 Chaos at Hooper’s Store

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Sesame Street Episode 4519

Chaos at Hooper’s Store

Season 45

Category	Details
Episode Number	4519
Season	Season 45 (2014–2015)
Air Date	February 17, 2015
Word on the Street	Divide
Guest Stars	Nia Long, The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe
The Lunch Order	12 Sandwiches and various fruit smoothies
Counting Strategy	Freeze Dance (Counting by groups and addition)
Smoothie Groups	Grouped by fruit (Peach, etc.) to simplify orders
Abby's Fairy School	Pandora’s Lunchbox (Identifying rectangles, circles, and hexagons)
Super Grover 2.0	Underwater Bowling (Helping sea creatures)
Murray’s Segment	Monster Measuring (Using a sheep, a penguin, and an eggplant)
Parody Segment	House of Bricks (Frank Underwolf vs. The Three Little Pigs)
Elmo the Musical	President the Musical (Elmo finds the "missing firsts")
Key Muppets	Telly, Elmo, Abby, Super Grover, Count von Count, Frank Underwolf
Human Cast	Alan
Letter of the Day	M (Maude’s Maze, M Song)
Number of the Day	12 (Twelve Little Chicks / Pinball Number Count)
Educational Focus	Division, Grouping/Categorization, Measurement, Shapes
Sponsors	M, 12

Facts

The Shoe-Car Prop

An old lady drives a big motorised shoe to Hooper's Store. This prop was built on a custom electric cart chassis. The design team used high-density foam and automotive paint to give the "leather" of the shoe a realistic, weathered texture while making sure it was light enough for a single actor to steer.

Frank Underwolf and Political Parody.

The House of Bricks bit is a direct parody of the Netflix show House of Cards. It features "Frank Underwolf" (a Muppet version of Frank Underwood). The dialogue is in the same style as the show, breaking the fourth wall. The "White Brick House" set was designed to be easily collapsible so that the "house of cards" visual gag at the end could be achieved.

Nia Long's Bird Division.

Actress Nia Long is going to be in the celebrity segment to talk about the meaning of "divide." The birds in the scene were "Anything Muppets," which are basically puppet bodies that can be quickly changed. To deal with the "rowdy" birds, the puppeteers used a "mass-rod" system, which let one performer move multiple birds at the same time.

Underwater Bowling Physics.

In the Super Grover 2.0 bit, the hero helps sea creatures find bowling pins. This segment is all about teaching buoyancy. Grover finds out that things like empty bottles float while others sink. They used a "dry-for-wet" filming technique, where they film the puppets in a smoky room with blue lighting and slow-motion movement to make it look like they're underwater.

Murray's Non-Standard Measurement.

The Murray's Monster Measuring segments use "non-standard units" like penguins and eggplants. This shows that length can be measured by comparing one object to another. When they were measuring the "comically large sandwich," they used a real penguin for some shots and a puppet for others to make the "theft" of the sandwich look really smooth.

Pandora's Lunchbox Geometry.

In Abby's Flying Fairy School, the characters have to sort "naughty snacks" into a lunchbox. The course focuses on recognising 3D shapes. They say the juice box is a rectangular prism and the wrap is a cylinder. The animation team used something called "physics-based rendering" to make the snacks bounce realistically when they were released from the box.

Freeze Dance Counting Logic.

The street story uses "Freeze Dance" to count a chaotic group. This is a practical application of static sets. When Telly and Alan stop moving, they move from "subitizing" (guessing a number at a glance) to "enumeration" (counting one by one), which is the foundation of addition.

President Elmo's "Firsts" Mystery.

In President the Musical, Elmo searches for missing "firsts." The set for the Oval Office was a smaller version of the real room, with a "Resolute Desk" that was made to look like it did in the Muppets. The plot uses ordinal numbers (first, second, third) as a storytelling tool to solve the mystery.

Parent's Guide

Nia Long and Abby Cadabby explore the world of division. This intro to maths lesson shows how to split a big group of birds into smaller groups. Your child will learn to make large numbers more manageable.

In Abby's Flying Fairy School, students open Pandora's lunchbox. The snacks are a bit wild and get out of the box. This part is just a geometry exercise. The fairies can tell that the juice box is a rectangle and the wrap is a circle. They can see that the chips form a hexagon. Teach your kid spatial reasoning and shape recognition by matching food to silhouettes.

Murray's Monster Measuring is a fun way to look at non-standard units. Murray has a go at measuring a surfboard, a giant sandwich and a kite. He forgets his ruler. Ovejita provides a sheep, a penguin and an eggplant to use as tools. This gets you thinking outside the box. Your child will learn to compare the size of objects using things they can find around them.

The main story focuses on being fluent in maths and staying calm. Telly uses a game of Freeze Dance to stop the energetic kids. He's got seven boys and five girls. He adds up the customers to get a grand total of 12. Alan shows how to split a big group into smaller ones based on what everyone likes to eat. This narrative helps toddlers break down complex problems into simpler steps. Alan and Telly are great at getting organised and staying on top of things. Logic and sandwiches are the best way to handle a chaotic situation.

The Count leads the number 12 in a rhythmic stomp. The Twelve Little Chicks cartoon and Pinball Number Count are great for this lesson. The catchy music and high-energy visuals help you to remember the numbers.

In House of Bricks, Frank Underwolf tries to take over the White Brick House. This segment is all about getting to grips with the basics of subtraction. The Three Little Pigs lose their straw and stick houses. Your child will learn about how stable different materials are. They count backwards while learning about consequences.

Summary

What's the Word on the Street? : In Sesame Street Episode 4519 we see the word Divide.

A woman arrives at Hooper's Store in a large shoe, inquiring about lunch. She introduces herself to Telly and Alan as The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe and explains that her nursery rhyme is outdated—she knows exactly what to do with her many children: take them out for lunch! Her energetic kids rush in and immediately create chaos. She asks for sandwiches but is unsure how many they need, as her children are just a blur to her. She then steps away to take a phone call.

Alan advises Telly to stay calm to solve the problem. Telly takes deep breaths and comes up with the idea of a freeze dance. He plays music, and when it stops, the children freeze, allowing them to be counted. They total seven. The Old Woman returns and reminds them they forgot the girls, who are equally chaotic. She leaves for a massage, entrusting the children to Telly and Alan.

Telly worries they'll never be able to count all the children, but Alan suggests counting the girls and adding the numbers together. After another round of freeze dance, they find the total is 12. They make sandwiches for everyone, and the children call out their names as they grab their sandwiches.

As the children continue playing, the Old Woman returns before her pilates class and asks Telly and Alan to watch them a bit longer. She mentions they're thirsty and would like smoothies. Since each child wants a different flavor, Alan organizes them into groups by fruit preference. One kid, Ed, settles for peach when his favorite fruit isn't available.

After the smoothies, the Old Woman comes back, relaxed and ready to take her children home. She promises to return and try a sandwich herself. "We deliver!" exclaim Alan and Telly.

Celebrity: Nia Long and Abby Cadabby introduce the word of the day, Divide.

Muppets: Murray's Monster Measuring. Ovejita and Murray try to measure a sheep.

Muppets: Super Grover 2.0 Underwater Bowling. Super Grover wants to help an octopus and a shrimp.

Muppets: Elmo and his friends introduce the letter of the day M by dancing.

Animation: Abby's Flying Fairy School Pandora's Lunch Box.

Muppets: The Count and his friends introduce the number of the day: 12.

Animation: Remake of Pinball Number Count 12.

Muppets: Cookie's Crumby Pictures presents When Cookie Met Sally.

Muppets: Elmo the Musical President the Musical.

Sesame Street sponsors are the number 12 and the letter M. At the end of the Sesame Street Episode 4519 Murray announces the sponsors and the episode ends.