Episode 1556

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird paces outside his nest and tells Maria he's waiting for Mr. Snuffleupagus to return from his first day of Snufflegarden. Maria passes on hanging around, finding the idea silly. Big Bird then discovers Snuffy was behind the doors the whole time ("I didn't want to interrupt your pacing," explains Snuffy) and goes inside as Snuffy tells him about his day.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Today, Snuffy learned the important skill of underlining. He's brought his workbook over so Big Bird can learn too. Big Bird does an exercise where he underlines images of objects one can eat. Big Bird is proud of Snuffy for learning so much today, but Snuffy claims he feels proud for the both of them.
 	Cartoon 	A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole.Artist: The Hubleys
 	Film 	A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Bolt and Nut show how they work together.
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink.
 	Cartoon 	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	An N-terview with an N
 	Film 	There Once Was a Hand series: the right hand plays with a ping-pong ball and tricks the left hand into thinking an egg is one.
 	Cartoon 	"Lowercase n"
 	SCENE 2 	Buffy and Cody are going to the park to play, and Buffy shows the viewer some of the toys Cody will use in the sandbox. Oscar's niece Irvine arrives and wants to play in the sand too. However, she's instead brought her own sand, which Bruno the Trashman dumps into Oscar's trash can.
 	Cartoon 	A painter paints a Number Nine, then hangs it.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finds a piano and decides to play it. The left half wants to play short notes, while the other half prefers to run his fingers across the keyboard. They decide to cooperate, and both use their notes to play "Chopsticks."
 	Cartoon / Film	Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice.
 	Cast 	In the desert, Luis desperately searches for AGUA, but all the pumps are dry.
 	Cartoon 	The word AGUA fills up with water.
 	Film 	The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing.
 	Cartoon 	Which footprint doesn't belong?
 	Muppets 	Kermit, Farmer Grover and a horse show how a horse-and-cart works.
 	Cartoon 	A playground is destroyed by bad weather, and a teacher has her class rebuild it from memory.
 	SCENE 3 	Buffy, Cody, Big Bird, Barkley, and a child illustrate the number 12 by counting their feet.
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" (#12)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard.
 	Film 	Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue."
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey.
 	Cartoon 	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Lefty wants to sell Ernie a snowman, but it starts to melt, growing smaller and smaller.
 	Film 	Addition and subtraction using three trapeze artists (version "A")
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar teaches Irvine about the letter N, which starts such words as "no," "never" and "not now." Irvine uses these when it's time for her nap, but Oscar uses reverse psychology to get her to sleep. "These little Grouches think they're so smart," Oscar notes.
 	Cartoon 	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet.
 	Film 	Joe Raposo counts 20 antique cars.
 	Cartoon 	What if I had big feet?
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones.
 	Cartoon 	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
 	Animation 	Pieces of fruit make their way out of a basket and arrange themselves into groups.
 	SCENE 5 	Irvine refuses to help Oscar say goodbye and announce the sponsors (with Maria providing the production credit).
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*Rehearsal footage of the final scene (filmed for an unfinished Sesame Street documentary) appears in A&E Biography: Sesame Street.
==Gallery==
1556-EarlStoneSpinney.jpg|Jon Stone goes through a rehearsal with Michael Earl (Irvine) and Caroll Spinney (Oscar).
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12