Episode 2573

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird tries to form the kids into two lines, but finds the groups are uneven whenever he sorts them by gender, shirt pattern, and other attributes. Suzy (who's in a wheelchair) offers an idea - making one line. Once accomplished, they play "parade" and march out of Big Bird's nest area.
 	Film 	Two apples balance on a block seesaw.
 	Cartoon 	Ivy Austin sings about a rabbit's day of eating grapes and swimming with pals.
 	Celebrity	Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X."
 	Cartoon 	Brand X
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man counts 40 stars at night.
 	SCENE 2 	Bob is about to give a letter to Oscar and asks Uncle Wally for various protective things, knowing ahead of time Oscar is going to trick him somehow and get him wet or muddy. When they arrive at his trash can, Bob is ready to get hit with something, but Oscar simply takes the letter and leaves. Bob gets upset, having gone through the trouble and asks Oscar to get him wet. Oscar refuses and goes into his can again. Furious and upset with his treatment, Bob begins taking the stuff off; Oscar chooses now to change his mind and have Fluffy squirt him.
 	Cartoon 	The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light.
 	Film 	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	"Love" word animation
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Three mice (Swedish animation)
 	Song 	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.Re-filmed version
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird reads the story of "The Bird Queen's Crown." Anastasia acts as the bird queen, who lacks a crown. Her subjects bring her crowns shaped in a square and triangle, which she tosses into the royal wastebasket. She discovers the wastebasket is round like her head, making it the perfect crown.
 	Cartoon 	Pistons push a capital H through a tunnel, where it breaks and turns into a lowercase h. (with voiceover by Roscoe Orman)
 	Muppets 	How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger."
 	Animation	Can you find the hidden objects in the picture?
 	Film 	Some kids watch as a tree surgeon does his job.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Jesse talk about love.
 	Animation	Stop-motion: tap-dancing shoes.
 	SCENE 4 	In another edition of "Ask Oscar," Oscar is asked what the letter X is good for. Oscar shows that the letter X can be used to cross out his daily annoyances, such as bothersome neighbors, annoying letters, and annoying letter readers (referring to Telly), drawing an X on the screen each time they are shown. The show ends with the entire screen filled with X markings.
 	Cartoon 	Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / patVoice: Daws Butler
center 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I Like Alaska", along with a montage of kids saying what their hobbies are, and what they like about their community.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Job?" in which blindfolded monster contestants guess the occupations of different professionals, including Sonny Friendly.
 	Cartoon 	The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before and after.
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo invites Suzy to go on a walk with him and learns why she's in a wheelchair, which she gives him a ride in.
 	Animation	Sand H/h
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit.
 	Cast 	In a circus routine, Luis the ringmaster demonstrates "before" and "after". Freeze-frame technology allows his assistant, Linda, to show each action as she jumps through a hoop, slips on a banana peel, and gets a bucket of water thrown at her face.
 	Cartoon 	A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Forgetful Jones needs something to ride around the ranch. Clementine gives him clues: it has four legs, a bushy tail, eats hay, and neighs. It's his horse Buster, who arrives with the jeep.
 	Film 	How sweaters are made from sheep's wool.
 	Animation	Blue, red and yellow ovals play "Old MacDonald".
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird and the kids are about to paint when he realizes it's time to say goodbye. He has them paint the sponsors and they sign off, with Suzy adding the slogan for CTW.
==Supporting cast==
*The Kids: Jonathan Raskin, Marleny Delgado, Suzanne Bitting, Anastasia Ali
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20