Episode 0216

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Hooper greets the viewers while serving some customers. An Anything Muppet man (Jerry Nelson) comes by and orders some presents for his friends: three cowboy magazines and the latest Little Jerry and the Monotones record. The man also asks to have them gift-wrapped. Mr. Hooper points out he doesn't usually gift-wrap, but he promises to have them done on the count of ten.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #10
 	SCENE 2 	The man sings along to the previous segment when Mr. Hooper finishes wrapping. The man notices each present has been wrapped with the same paper and he thinks he won't be able to tell which is which. Mr. Hooper helps him identify his presents by their shape.
 	Animation 	Dot & Hill B-1 — A ball cannot travel up a steep incline.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty T": T is for Trash and Ticket
 	SCENE 3 	Susan points out that Nancy is holding the letter of the day: T. She invites Troy to come with them as they ask Oscar if he knows any words that start with T. Oscar inadvertently helps when he mentions he's watching TV.
 	Cartoon 	T is for Television
 	SCENE 4 	Miguel asks Oscar for another T word. Oscar would much rather play with his Grouch rubber duckie; a toy, which as Miguel points out starts with T.
 	Cartoon 	A poem filled with T words, including a teacher, toys, Texas, and "turtles with brains."Voice: Bob Arbogast
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar is bugged by Mr. Hooper to name another T word. Oscar was just playing with his train, unintentionally helping again (much to his chagrin).
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: T for train
 	SCENE 6 	Bob lets a kid help him mail a letter to Mexico. He thinks of inviting Oscar to his house for a spinach ice cream sundae topped with pickles and sardines. Instead, an exasperated Oscar throws up some of his trash to highlight yet another T word.
 	Song 	"Where the Garbage Goes," a song film which explains what happens to garbage after it gets thrown away. (edited version)Music by Peter Schickele
 	Animation 	Dot & Hill B-2 — A dot tries to get up a hill after a cart, but doesn't make it up.
 	SCENE 7 	In the yard, Susan and Bob teach up and down to Chris and Reggie. Bob is up in his apartment window, while Susan and the kids are down on the street.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Herry Monster sing "Up and Down."
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #10 (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Professor Hastings uses a pogo stick to demonstrate "up" and "down," and ends up jumping into a pond.
 	Insert 	Scanimate Films #10
 	SCENE 8 	Bob runs into Marty who claims he's all packed to sleepover at his friend Jimmy's house. He shows his suitcase, which only contains a ball and a glove. Bob tells Marty that he has to plan better when going on a trip and needs more things for his sleepover. Marty starts whizzing back and forth to retrieve the items Bob names. After a while, Bob suggests they go to his house together to make sure he's prepared. Bob then asks Marty how he intends to travel, to which he replies that he'll be taking a big balloon.
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets sing "Up, Up and Away."
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself.Animation by Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Grover assists Herbert Birdsfoot in a demonstration of the word "THE," by holding a sign with the word as Herbert tells a story and rings a bell whenever the sign is needed. As usual, Grover wears himself out.
 	SCENE 9 	Close-ups of Big Bird's foot (size 72) and eyes are shown. Big Bird notes how different things can look when they're seen close up.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (hand)
 	Cartoon 	Q -- that funny looking thing.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that "Q" starts the word "quarter."
 	Celebrity 	Burt Lancaster says the alphabet.
 	SCENE 10 	Miguel has Troy and Reggie arrange cutout flower parts to match the pictured flowers.
 	Film 	A female vocalist sings about the many different types of flowers found all over.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #10 (repeat)
 	Film 	James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico.
 	SCENE 11 	Susan sings "One of These Letters" with 3 small Qs and a small P.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Q" (repeat)
 	SCENE 12 	Susan says goodbye to the viewer as she pushes Nancy on the tire swing. Miguel announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	The Sesame Street sign floats above Ernie and Bert, while Sherlock Hemlock inspects the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2