Episode 0566

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird encounters a salesman named A.J. Hornswoggle hawking what he calls “fantastic machines.” The small machines are boxes that are able to produce music and laughter. Big Bird notes that the boxes also billow smoke, which Hornswoggle tries to downplay, saying it's worth it for such a product. Big Bird decides to take one, not minding that it makes a little smoke.
 	Cartoon 	Frances Fairy displays several F words.
 	Muppets 	Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one.
 	SCENE 2 	Despite the small amount of smoke coming from it, Jay decides to buy one of the laughing/music machines after Mr. Hornswoggle gives a demonstration. Oscar doesn’t care for the machines, but changes his mind when Hornswoggle displays one machine that can emit crying noises instead of laughter.
 	Cartoon 	"Ten Turtles"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plans to talk about the letter F, but Beautiful Day Monster delivers an E instead, so he fixes it by using an ax and chopping off the bottom line of the E to make it look like an F.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird, Oscar, Jay, and Eric admire their new boxes, but Susan, Gordon, Bob, and David say that they need to get rid of them. David explains to Big Bird that even though each box makes a little bit of smoke, the collective smoke is enough to cause air pollution and make it difficult to live. Big Bird agrees, and everyone turns off their machines and dumps them into a nearby trash can.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty F”
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts The Weather Show.
 	Film 	F for Factory
 	Celebrity 	Flip Wilson shows how his teacher, Miss Johnson, taught the ABCs.
 	Cartoon 	A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one.
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Wet & Dry (Falls in pool; kid VO's)
center 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie."
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #10
 	Cast 	Mr. Hooper and Susan play astronauts on a mission on the Moon. Susan attempts to tally up the three moon rocks, which float off into space one by one (followed by her superior).
 	Cartoon 	The uses of water (Spanish version)
 	Muppets 	Grover is carrying the word "HELP", which is very heavy. He asks Marty to help him carry the word. Instead, Marty gives Grover three more "HELP" words to carry.
 	SCENE 4 	David sees that Big Bird has painted several “WET PAINT” signs and stuck them all over the street: on the tree, on the newsstand, near the 123 Sesame Street steps, etc. Big Bird explains that each sign is for a previous one that all eventually lead to his nest, where a sign sits on a stool. David believes that the stool itself is what was painted in the first place, but Big Bird corrects him; the stool is dry, but the first thing he painted was the first wet paint sign itself.
 	Cartoon 	A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The uses of water
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet (near swimming pool)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Baby animals nurse.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	Slide puzzle: Ernie
 	Muppets 	"The "OP" Family Song"
 	Cartoon 	A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job.
 	Cast 	Maria, David, Gordon, and Susan pull on a rope to drag the word HELP into frame. Then they sit on the floor and drive an invisible car away.
 	Cartoon 	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man uses drinking glasses on his eyes and pours water over his seeing glasses.
 	Muppets 	Some AM kids get ready to play baseball. A Fat Blue (Jerry Nelson) brings a bat, Prairie Dawn (Fran Brill) brings a glove, and a Lavender (Caroll Spinney) brings a catcher's mask. A Hot Pink (Frank Oz) brings a hockey stick, and a tennis racket, before producing a box... which holds the baseball.
 	SCENE 5 	After fixing a window on the brownstone, Gordon takes his ladder back to the garage, leaving the door slightly open. Big Bird finds the door ajar and locks it closed, later finding out that Gordon is still inside. Through the window of the door, Gordon tells Big Bird to get a key from David at Hooper's Store, and to do it quickly as the garage is starting to get hot. Big Bird tries to ask for the key but David and the others stop him short, explaining that he has to wait in line just like everybody else.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty F” (repeat)
 	SCENE 5cont'd	Big Bird finally gets to have his turn in line and urgently tells David that Gordon is locked inside the garage. He, David and the others (Susan and Bob) rush over posthaste and unlock the garage door. An annoyed, sweat-soaked Gordon comes out glaring at Big Bird as the others all start talking all at once, trying to apologize and explain themselves. Big Bird tells them to form a line and take turns, just as he had to before, but Gordon is in no mood to listen.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, they are wet (umbrella)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 2)
 	Film 	A little girl needs HELP getting on a horse.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet (Shark fishing)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock")
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 3)
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, they are wet (man laying on the beach)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet (dog washing)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird shows off more of his "WET PAINT" signs, handing them to a weary David. Susan announces the sponsors.
center 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Environmentalism
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5