Episode 0498

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon, Susan, and the kids see a giant pipe next to Oscar's trash can, billowing lots of pungent smoke. Oscar explains that it's for his new business, thinking of how he'll be able to sell what he's making in his factory to all the Grouches. Gordon and the others force him to shut it down due to all the smoke and air pollution he's causing, though Oscar is sad to see his bottled smoke business disappear.
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.Artist: John Paratore
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cast 	Maria, Gordon, and Luis assemble a fractured uppercase B.
 	Cartoon 	What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances?
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates above and below.
 	SCENE 2 	At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper is about to put a box of pencils away on the top shelf, when Big Bird startles him and causes him to spill them. Mr. Hooper picks them up, commenting that he needs a stepladder to reach the top shelf. Big Bird offers to put the pencils there for him, but he does it with his beak and causes them to spill again.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee". Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right.
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Hooper puts the pencils away, now using a stepladder. Once that is done, Big Bird reluctantly asks to buy a pencil.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #6
 	Cast 	Wally and Ralph huse a nail in an attempt to hang a picture to a wall. This sketch was a re-shoot of a Buddy and Jim sketch.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm six years old today!"Artist: Jim Simon
 	SCENE 4 	Kate plays the guitar and sings “Fantastic Man.”
 	Muppets 	Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below."
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests.
 	Cartoon 	A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him.
 	Cast 	Mr. Hooper and Bob build an A.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (repeat)
 	Film 	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor.Singer: "¡Linda paloma!"
 	SCENE 5 	Susan sings the “Same/Different Song” as she and the kids compare two director's chairs.
 	Cartoon 	Clouds that look like things.
 	Cartoon 	B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath.
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 	Film 	A lowercase b floats by some boats.
 	Cartoon 	The ET family is demonstrated in a story of the zet, a quick-witted bird. (framing sequences cut)
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises.
 	Cartoon 	Pick the right picture (featuring the Zet)
 	Film 	1-20 Ice SkatersMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Film 	A trip to the chewing gum factory
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon, Susan, Luis and Mr. Hooper sing “The ET Family Song.”
 	Cartoon 	Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK.
 	Muppets 	Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet.
 	Film 	The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm six years old today!" (repeat)
 	Film 	Footage of a coral reef, showcasing the plant life and the fish.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Country 6 (repeat)
 	Celebrity 	Joe Namath: Pass On 6
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party.
 	Film 	Counting six oryxMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Grover and John-John count to 20.
 	Cartoon 	A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers.
 	SCENE 7 	Oscar has turned on his smoke factory again, but only so he can get enough to fill a bottle to send to his Granny Grouch. The others complain before he turns it off again as Luis announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* Scene 1 is a remade version of scene 3 from Episode 0118, and scenes 2 and 3 are remakes of scene 1 from Episode 0124.
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Category:Environmentalism
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 4