Sesame Street Episode 4211
Jack Grows His Own Beanstalk
Season 40 (2009-2010)
Leela and Telly welcome the viewers when they hear someone moaning in distress. Jack, from "Jack and the Beanstalk," approaches them, expressing his sadness. He explains that he doesn't have a beanstalk yet and doesn't know how to get one. He shows them the cow he has and claims he must figure out the problem on his own. To indirectly help him, Leela and Telly decide to give him some clues. His first clue is that he must trade his cow for something that grows in the ground.
Much to their disbelief, Jack returns with a duck and tries forcing it into the ground. They tell him he's wrong, and all begin sobbing until Leela snaps them out of it. She gives him his next clue: it grows in the ground and rhymes with "jeans."
Jack returns, having traded his duck for some tambourines. "Interesting rhyme," Telly remarks. Jack feels he's failed again, but Telly convinces him to press onward for the sake of his story. Leela and Telly huddle and come up with his final clue: it grows in the ground, rhymes with "jeans," and is very little.
Jack finally returns with some beans! Leela retrieves a pot and watering can from the garden and shows him how to plant the seeds. She tells him it will take a while before it starts growing, but when the ground begins to shake, she remembers the beans are magic and grow a lot faster. Suddenly, a large beanstalk shoots from the pot. Jack, Leela, and Telly then sing about the greatest green beanstalk that he ever grew.
Telly asks Jack if he's ready to climb the beanstalk. Jack thinks that would harm his precious plant and decides to start a beanstalk farm instead. Leela wonders if there's a giant at the top when a loud, booming voice answers her question from above.
In a Muppets / Celebrity segment, Debi Mazar looks for something humongous, and a large dragon arrives to help. Murray and some kids play "What's On Me That Starts With Z?" in a Muppets segment before a cartoon segment features a troop of army ants looking for Z words at a picnic and coming across some zucchini.
In a film segment, the letter "Z" is represented by a zipper. Murray and Avery present Abby's Flying Fairy School in a Muppets segment. Abby's Flying Fairy School features Abby and Gonnigan working on their magic macaroni art, and Blogg uses magic to create a life-size Macaroni dinosaur. With a touch of "The Spice of Life," he brings his creation to life, but it begins wreaking havoc. They try various methods of stopping it, ultimately succeeding with a giant meatball.
A girl talks about painting in another film segment. Miles sings a song about his favorite number, 1, in a Cast / Muppets segment. In a yoga class, a woman makes the number 1 with her body in another film segment. Murray Has a Little Lamb features Murray's lamb, Ovejita, leading him to a soccer school, where kids practice playing soccer.
In a cartoon segment, a boy and girl look at Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Boating on the Seine." Murray and the viewer play "Sounds of the Street" in a Muppets segment, listening to city sounds. In another Muppets / Celebrity segment, Sarah Jessica Parker announces she's waiting for "Big." Super Grover tries to help her by bringing her various big items, but she's actually waiting for Big Bird.
Finally, in a Muppets segment, Murray and the kids introduce "Elmo's World," which focuses on dinosaurs. These segments, along with the street scenes, make up the entertaining and educational content of Episode 4211.