Episode 2653

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis and Maria sit on the stoop enjoying some coffee when suddenly a newspaper is hurled toward them, creating a small puff of dust. The smelly paper - a copy of The Daily Grouch - belongs to Oscar, who notes it's the only newspaper used to wrap fish with before it's sent; sure enough, they find a big stinky one inside the pages. Oscar claims his Grouch paper has the same information as the normal papers, but the main difference is that the papers are reserved so that the deliveries are made monthly. As a result, several more back issues are tossed toward the couple.
 	Cartoon 	B for banana and ballerina
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Wegman: Fay shows on the bench and under the bench.
 	Cartoon 	Don't cross the street alone.
 	Muppets 	Three Anything Muppet babies sing "A Baby's Life."
 	Cartoon 	Eight buttons are counted on a monkey's shirt.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird learns that the Count has published a new book: Counting to 20, which he considers a beginner's guide to counting to 20. Big Bird observes that the pages are all blank, but because there are 20 pages, the book works after all.
 	Animation 	Sand B/b
 	Muppets / Celebrity	The Hungry Family competes on "Family Food," hosted by Richard Dawson.
 	Cartoon 	Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Cast 	Linda shows a girl how to sign the word EXIT.
 	Film 	Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack)
 	Cartoon 	K is for kitten.
 	Muppets 	At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies!
 	Cartoon 	Two men go birdwatching, while one of them tries to alert the other about the closed bridge.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird comes into the Fix-It Shop, where Luis has great difficulty repairing a cuckoo clock. Big Bird suggests he ask Maria for some help but Luis doesn't think it's warranted, claiming it's now become personal. He manages to get it working for a moment, but it doesn't last as the back panel pops out. He realizes the one way he knows to fix it - ask Maria for help.
 	Cartoon 	The 8 Brothers Circus displays 8 elephants.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Film 	Chimps running around (piano music)
center 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Pop" and blows up a balloon so they can pop it.
 	Cartoon 	A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over.
 	Song 	"Beet Beet, Sugar Beet."
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls.
 	Cartoon 	A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT.
 	SCENE 4 	Simon Soundman interrupts today's Grouchketeer meeting to locate the pet monkey he's just bought for his animal-loving sister. While explaining his visit to the pet store he makes the sounds of the other animals he found, and the kids call out the animal names. As Simon continues his search, the monkey (David Rudman) appears beside Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	A sleepy man counts 8 sheep.
 	Film 	Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect.
 	Cartoon 	B for boot
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Snacks on Parade - The RaisinArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 5 	The monkey hangs around Oscar's can and starts making "uga-uga" noises, which Oscar is able to interpret as "yes" (uga) and "no" (uga-uga-uga) when asked a question. He tries to demonstrate this feat to Uncle Wally, but the monkey doesn't respond in the same fashion. Oscar questions if the monkey is trying to make him look silly and gets a positive response.
 	Cartoon 	A man lifts a rock and finds the word UNDER.
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey.
 	Cartoon 	A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone.Artist: Dan Haskett
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	K-kick
 	SCENE 6 	Simon comes to collect the pet monkey, whom Oscar thinks has the makings of a great Grouchketeer. The monkey sits cradled in one of the Grouchketeer's arms and chitters happily as Luis announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21