Episode 0571

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	David shows Maria and the kids how a tape recorder works by sampling some audio of their voices and playing it back. He flips the tape over to side B to hear what else he's recorded, thinking maybe it's some notes he took for class. After a moment, his voice is heard in a poetic cadence, "Just a few thoughts I'd like to say about Maria..." He immediately switches it off, but Maria wants to hear the rest after hearing her name. David insists the Maria he's talking about is his sister's new cat, but she convinces him to play the rest back anyway. Finally he admits that the poem was about her, which Maria says was very nice.
 	Film / Animation	Part 1: A boy declares he wants to build a building. He and an adult voiceover describe how the building will be made, intercut with stop-motion animation and live-action footage. The two then wait for the foundational cement to dry...
 	SCENE 2 	David and Maria use the recorder to capture audio of Oscar the Grouch inside his can telling them to leave him alone. Oscar eventually emerges and they play back the tape out of view on the 123 Sesame Street steps. The resulting exchange with his own voice recording convinces Oscar that he's quarreling with another grouch.
 	Cartoon 	S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film / Animation	Part two: With the cement dried, the boy's building is brought to completion.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird demonstrates "before" and "after" by opening and walking through the construction doors next to his nest, but he knocks Maria over in the process.
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #4"
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges!
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "New Life."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple: Tree DestructionArtist: Abe Levitow
 	Cast 	Luis, dressed as a magician, demonstrates addition by conjuring up the correct numeral when David and Maria arrive. As each person leaves, Luis switches the numerals to present subtraction.
 	Film 	A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off.
 	Cartoon 	Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger.
 	Cartoon 	A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but he says NO instead.Artist: Derek Lamb
 	SCENE 4 	Sam the Robot offers to make change for Bob to use on the bus. After inserting a one dollar bill into him and making a comment about the weather, Sam goes on and on with meteorological details. Bob asks if Sam knows what the word "stop" means, and Sam goes into another overly-detailed lesson on the word. He mentions having a STOP button on his back, which Bob proceeds to push. This shuts Sam down completely, resulting in Bob missing his bus because he couldn't get the change back from Sam.
 	Film 	A kid recites a poem about adding penguins.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Four construction workers build a number 4.
 	Muppets 	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with teachers and a newsdealer.
 	Cartoon 	Q for QuietArtist: John Korty
 	Cartoon 	What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	A baby monkeyMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #4
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird reads a poem he forgot he'd written and hadn't finished. It's called "My Friend" and describes someone who's big and brown, but the name is left off of the end. Mr. Snuffleupagus comes along and can't think of who it might be since he's never met any of Big Bird's friends. After he leaves, Big Bird thinks about writing a poem for Snuffy. Bob helps him rhyme Snuffleupagus which makes Big Bird think about his previous poem mystery.
 	Animation 	Dot & Hill A-3
 	Film 	Marching Band #4
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids.
 	Cartoon 	S - Serpiente
 	Animation 	Dot & Hill A-4
 	Muppets 	Herry & John-John observe a letter Q.
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #4" (repeat)
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar gathers everyone around for some grouch lessons, having them stick their tongues out, glower with their eyebrows, and hold their noses. He finishes by having everybody imagine making a sandwich out of disgusting things like moldy bread, mud, earthworms, and hair tonic; everyone vocalizes their disgust, which Oscar thinks make them sound even more like Grouches.
 	Cartoon 	Q -- that funny looking thing.
 	SCENE 7 	Snuffy announces the sponsors while everyone plays in the yard.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.
==Sources==
==Notes==
* Scene 5 was adapted into an audio sketch for the album Big Bird Sings!, where Big Bird confers with Herbert Birdsfoot instead of Bob.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5