Episode 0345

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	It's late on Sesame Street, but Big Bird still has time to talk about "The Sound of the Letter A."
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
center 	Muppets 	A hippie lines up a group of monsters to demonstrate first and last, but a monster doesn't want to be last in line. The hippie compromises and lets him be first... but the line keeps changing directions.
 	Cartoon 	A is for ape.
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
 	SCENE 2 	Mr. Snuffleupagus makes a surprise visit to Big Bird's nest, but the noises he causes ruin the effect of his surprise. He's disappointed that he's never able to surprise anyone, especially his best friend. Big Bird thinks he could surprise everyone on the street by being revealed to be real. As Big Bird heads out, Snuffy thinks of a way he can surprise Big Bird. Gordon, Susan, David and Tom are dragged over to the nest, but find there's no sign of a Snuffleupagus. After the exit, Snuffy reappears and truly surprises Big Bird.
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
 	Muppets 	Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things.
 	Cartoon 	The uses of water
 	Cartoon 	The uses of water (Spanish)
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	SCENE 3 	Susan finds Big Bird at his nest in the midst of babysitting for his sister. Susan is appalled when he says he's literally sitting on the baby, but is relieved when she sees he's merely sitting on an egg.
 	Animation 	Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya?
 	Cartoon 	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 4 	On the stoop, Tom sings "Five Fingers on My Left Hand" to some kids.
 	Song 	"1-2-3-4-5!"
 	Cartoon 	Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "The Remembering Game", a game show in which the contestants must match pictures based on memory. The winner gets whatever item was in the pictures he matched, and the other contestant wins the item from the remaining two pictures as a consolation prize. Bill Smith wins a cookie, and Cookie Monster wins a jet plane. Disappointed, Cookie Monster suggests that they switch prizes.
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird drops by Hooper's Store and orders a "ados maerc eci." Tom eventually understands that Big Bird is reading the "ice cream soda" sign backwards. Big Bird accepts the ice cream soda anyhow, musing about how tasty the "ados maerc eci" sounded.
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (repeat)
 	Film 	George the Farmer saws the legs off a table.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons
 	Film 	A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first."
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
 	Muppets 	Grover and Polly count five fingers.
 	SCENE 6 	David narrates as the cast demonstrates various surprises. Oscar's trash can appears to open, but Oscar pops up from the top of the frame. Gordon counts five fingers on his four hands. Finally, Susan's head is seen from behind, but it turns out to be Tom wearing a wig and speaking in Susan's voice.
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like.
 	Muppets / Cast	Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #5
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Song 	"1-2-3-4-5!" (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Genelle count to twenty.
 	SCENE 7 	The sponsors are announced, and the credits roll.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3