Episode 1716

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Olivia, Bob, Maria and David are surprised to see that Forgetful Jones actually remembers not only their names, but what he’s supposed to do today. When Maria reminds him that he usually forgets these things, he turns back into his old forgetful self.
 	Cartoon 	On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Q -- that funny looking thing.
 	Film 	"Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing.
 	Cartoon 	In song, an ostrich, frog, mole and bee change lifestyles, which alters which one is over, under, around and through.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger.
 	Cartoon 	Q - quarter
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird leads Snuffy and the kids in playing school, and teaches them about raising your hand. He then goes on to quiz his students with some math problems, but notices Snuffy is having difficulty in trying to answer. They realize that Snuffy doesn't have a hand to raise, so they solve the problem by putting Big Bird's baseball mitt onto the end of his snuffle. Once Snuffy's able to answer properly, he realizes he doesn't know how to add well.
 	Cartoon 	A boy does an addition problem in his head: 3 + 1 = 4.
 	Cast 	Maria and Linda sew quilts with a Q on them.
 	Cartoon 	A pirate gives a girl a treasure map, where X marks the spot.
 	Film 	A boy takes dance lessons at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
 	Cartoon 	A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Film 	George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten.
 	Celebrity 	George Benson sings "The Greatest Love of All" (with Michael Masser on piano) to some children.
 	Animation 	Seis flores
 	Muppets 	Mr. Johnson has been served a bowl of soup, but flags down his waiter to make a complaint. He asks Grover to inspect the fly that's in his soup, but Grover looks under; next to; and above the soup before he agrees to bring out a new bowl. The kitchen is all out of what Mr. Johnson ordered, so he brings him Cream of Mosquito.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6
 	Film 	Counting six oryx
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: L for lion
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again."
 	Cartoon 	L for locomotive, letter, lamp, light, lion, lettuce, lips
 	Song 	"Spring Song"
 	Muppets 	Oscar reads Irvine the story of "The Three Little Grouches." In the story, three Grouches build a house of sticks and think it could be messier. They phone the Big Bad Wolf and he comes over to blow their house in, much to their delight.
 	Cartoon 	The ET family is demonstrated in a story of the zet, a quick-witted bird.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates around.
 	Muppets 	Pageant: Ernie plays the role of Bart, a farm boy who plants a flower. Herry Monster plays the sun, and a nervous Cookie Monster plays a cloud. Bert reluctantly plays the flower. When it is said that Bert made the leaves for his costume out of lettuce leaves, Cookie and Herry proceed to eat the leaves and rip the costume apart.
 	Cartoon 	Different uses of a triangle
 	Film 	Luis announces "And now, the octopus!"Music: "Pomp and Circumstance"
 	Cartoon 	Pick the right ET word (featuring the Zet)
 	SCENE 3 	Everyone gathers to watch Oscar and the Count participate in the “Sesame Street 500”. Telly acts as referee, and the Count, sitting in his Countmobile, counts the number of times Oscar starts his Sloppy Jalopy.
 	Cartoon 	Pick the right picture (featuring the Zet)
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster follows the arrows.
 	Cartoon 	Pick the right letter (featuring the Zet)
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry
 	SCENE 4 	The Count continues counting Oscar’s false starts, even though Oscar has lost interest in the race. Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, & Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 14