Episode 1723

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird tells the viewer that Mr. Hooper's brother Arnold is visiting today. He watches the two brothers reunite and catch up, with Arnold bringing a surprise present and discussing what their other relatives are up to. Big Bird then imagines having his own brother, Casper, and the two catch up in the same way the Hoopers did (only more bird-centric).
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	After his fantasy, Arnold presents Big Bird with a gift and they catch up as well. "I don't have a brother, but he'll do!"
 	Cartoon 	Six turtles plus one man equals seven.Artist: Owe Gustafson
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 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Cast 	In a spoof of the famous Mean Joe Greene Coke commercial, football player Big Murray (Gordon) accepts a number 7 from a young fan, whom he rewards with a towel that also has a 7 on it.
 	Cartoon 	Big, bigger, biggest (balloons and blackbirds).
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin."
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	The kids don capes and monocles to assist the Count in counting to ten. He's impressed by not only their counting, but their ability to summon a large thunder clap afterwards.
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	OPEN the Door: Part 1: Harvey Kneeslapper hangs an "OPEN" sign on a closet and has filled it with so many toys that when somebody opens it, all of the toys in the closet will fall on that person. A girl opens the closet, but none of the toys fall out. When Harvey opens it after she leaves, they fall all over him.
 	Animation 	Sand G/g
 	Muppets 	OPEN the Door: Part 2: Harvey has refilled the closet. A boy tries to open it, but the door is stuck. When the boy has left, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys land on him again.
 	Cartoon 	G is for Goat
 	Muppets 	OPEN the Door: Part 3: Harvey has refilled the closet again. The boy and girl come by again and open the door. Instead of toys falling, the closet leads to another place. After the two of them have gone through and closed the door behind them, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys fall on him.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue."
 	Film 	A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 3 	Arnold tells his brother that he and Oscar have some surprises to play on each other. Oscar is squirted by Arnold's gag flower. Oscar responds with a tin of cookies, which Arnold assumes will have spring-loaded snakes or explode. Instead, it's a plain can of cookies - surprise! Mr. Hooper is astonished that his own brother exhibits Grouch-like tendencies.
 	Cartoon 	G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
 	Muppets 	Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds."
 	Cartoon 	A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying.
 	Song 	"Summer Song" - A singer describes what happens in the summertime.
 	Cartoon 	"Mad Goat Song"Artist: Derek Lamb
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 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: BAD DOGAfter the man reads the sign, a dog comes in and protests, "I'm not a bad dog! What did I do? What did I do?"
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Hooper has found a box full of things from the Hooper brothers' youth. They show Herry Monster some of the items inside, such as old clothes and photographs. Herry can't believe such small things belonged to such big people and learns how they grew up. They find an old rag doll in the box and argue over who it really belonged to. Since Herry finds it so beautiful, they let him have it.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts the game show "What's My Part?". The contestant is Mr. Nose. The panelists -- Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Cookie Monster -- don't know what a nose is, because none of them have noses.
 	Film 	Body part shout-out
 	Cartoon 	B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath.
 	Film 	James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet lady spells out the word BUG, after which a bug introduces himself.
 	Song 	"B is for Bubble"
 	SCENE 5 	While Oscar tends to his hungry elephants, Maria reads a crying Irvine the story of "The Princess and the Mattress." In the story, a lonely Grouch prince (Oscar) is tired of arguing with himself and wants a wife. To find the Grouchiest girl in the land, he creates a test - he covers a soft mattress with bricks and since Grouches hate soft things, the perfect girl will be able to notice the soft mattress underneath. A princess arrives (Grundgetta) and heads to the bed for a rest, noticing the soft mattress. The two argue happily ever after.
 	Cartoon 	A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird.Artist: Vince Collins
 	Film 	A Stool For Me
 	Muppets 	Kermit is a casting director, holding auditions for a performance of "The Three Little Pigs". The pigs who initially try out get the part of the three little pigs, but three different wolves of different sizes try out for the part of the Big Bad Wolf.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	SCENE 6 	It's time for Arnold to head for the airport. Oscar offers to take him there in the Sloppy Jalopy, as he's already going there anyhow. Mr. Hooper tries to talk Arnold out of taking Oscar's taxi, but Arnold thinks Oscar could use the money. While the Hooper brothers continue to argue, Oscar drives off without a hitch, leaving the Hoopers stranded and calling for a taxi. The Count announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Family
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 14