Episode 1560

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis arrives at the Fix-it Shop with a small birdcage. He introduces Poco Loco to Bagel, a parakeet that Olivia will be watching for a friend. Poco does not take to this strange, new bird, even when Luis encourages him to give a simple greeting. While Luis goes to get Olivia, Poco makes an attempt to break the ice and starts cracking up as the parakeet starts telling him bird jokes. Luis and Olivia find the two birds chatting like old friends.
 	Cartoon 	Fisherman Jones demonstrates in, on and under with the help of a big fishy.
 	Muppets 	Telly Monster hosts "Cooking with Telly," where he demonstrates where the plate should go when serving a sandwich.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates on top of.
 	Cartoon 	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F.
 	Muppets 	"(I Can't Get No) Co-Operation"
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist (voiced by Daws Butler) teaches his monster how to say the words "Fred," "foot", and "Friday."
 	Muppets 	While Ernie looks after Hooper's Store, Bert asks him for something to drink. Ernie starts out with a glass of unflavored soda water, tastes it, and decides it's too dull for his ol' buddy Bert. To Bert's dismay, Ernie then adds some strawberry syrup to the soda water, then a scoop of ice cream, and finally, some whipped cream. Now it's an ice cream soda, which Bert doesn't want... but Ernie does.
 	Song 	"Fall Song"
 	Cartoon 	Five flies land on a kid's face.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	Five Song (Song of Five)
 	Insert 	Jerry Nelson narrates three letters coming together to form the word FUN. The letters celebrate with confetti and streamers.
 	Celebrity 	The Mummenschanz portray a large slinky playing ball with some kids.
 	Cartoon 	Fleas have fun in fur!Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Counting 20 boxesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 2 	Buffy practices her guitar in Oscar's trash can (singing "Until It's Time for You to Go"), but Oscar can't stand the sound. Olivia allows Buffy to practice in her apartment so Oscar can listen to the Grouch Hour on WWPU undisturbed. Unfortunately, the radio announcer (Michael Earl) says that their regular program will be taking the day off and replaces it with none other than Buffy's own works.
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B".
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B". (Spanish remake)
 	Film 	Sheep dog
 	Cartoon 	A small man tries to use a seesaw, but can't get his associate (a very large man) to go up.
 	Muppets 	Deena and Pearl pretend they are underwater.
 	Cartoon 	A girl draws in her entire body.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 3 	Buffy, with Cody, comes into the Fix-It Shop to ask if Luis has seen Oscar around. Unbeknownst to them, Oscar is hiding in the shop's trash bin. They go out looking for him, as Oscar celebrates having the quiet store to himself. Suddenly, he hears the sounds of tools and correctly suspects Poco Loco is behind them. Poco drives Oscar mad making other sounds, so Oscar tells him to make the sounds of the middle of the night. Poco starts blaring like a fire engine, which can often be heard at night.
 	Insert 	The Count counts five children as they rearrange their positions.
 	Cartoon 	Thelma Thumb: A giraffe in the zoo has swallowed a whistle. Thelma flies inside the giraffe's throat to find it.Artist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks, but Grover doesn't know how many to get (he can't count to 5). Kermit has him go back and forth bringing one until there is five.
 	Song 	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F.
 	Cartoon 	F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar now tries hiding out in the basement of 123 Sesame Street, thinking no one will find him there. Buffy and Cody do find him and Buffy mentions planning a surprise party for him as a way of thanking him for letting her stay in his can. Oscar thinks the party is now cancelled, but everyone turns up to surprise him!
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: F for Fly
 	Song 	"What Do People Do All Day?"
 	Cartoon 	B for butterfly
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster #5: Five fantastic floating fools fall from the big blue blimp.
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar really enjoys his grouchy party, especially when Olivia initiates a game of pin the head on the squid. Luis announces the sponsors, and a ratty version of the "Sesame Street Theme" plays over the credits.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, and two kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
*Buffy's recording of "Until It's Time for You to Go" heard on Oscar's radio comes from the 1965 Buffy Sainte-Marie album Many a Mile.
*The raucous party version of the Sesame Street Theme during the credits would also be used for the VHS release "Oscar's Letter Party," and the CD-I game, A Visit to Sesame Street - Letters.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12