Episode 2529

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Big Bird and Snuffy pretend to explore Sesame Street. They encounter some native Sesame Streetians speaking Sesamese and attempt to communicate with them and learn their customs.
 	Film 	Chimps running around (piano music)
 	Muppets 	Elmo loudly interrupts Kermit's demonstration of "quiet" and "loud". Elmo loudly insists on helping Kermit demonstrate the difference, and Kermit manages to get Elmo to whisper as they talk about being quiet.
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	Muppets 	Lefty wants to sell Ernie a scale. He uses two pounds of bananas and two pounds of apples to demonstrate how the scale works. Ernie is impressed. He already has a scale at home, but he'd like to buy the apples and bananas.
 	Cartoon 	Y for YakArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "What's Prairie's Problem?" in which contestants try to figure out why Prairie Dawn can't use one of her senses (i.e., which part of her face is covered).
 	Film 	What do birds eat?
 	Celebrity 	James Taylor performs "Jellyman Kelly" with a bunch of kids.
 	Cartoon 	A man saws out a letter E.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Waiter at La Casa de Comidas
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop must make 12 wake-up calls.
 	Muppets 	"I'm Going to Get My Hair Cut"
 	Cartoon 	Why did the chicken cross the road?
 	SCENE 1 	Maria is going to watch after Irvine while Oscar takes a trip to the dump, but he sticks around to watch Maria attempt to teach Irvine some words (predicting it'll be a failure). She tries getting Irvine to say "hello" or "hi," but Irvine just grouses. Maria wants Oscar to leave so she can focus, eventually saying "scram" over and over. This word sticks with Irvine, who starts saying it.
 	Cartoon 	A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone.Animation by Dan Haskett
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y.
 	Cartoon 	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places.
 	SCENE 2 	Bob tells Big Bird about a new game he's created: The Opposite Game. Bob names some things and Big Bird gives the opposite, though Big Bird keeps going even when Bob wants to end the game.
 	Cartoon 	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	"Honk Around the Clock"
 	Film / Animation	Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird joins Maria on the stoop, just as Maria prepares Irvine's lunch: sardines in strawberry ice cream and her milk. Big Bird explains what he's learned about opposites today and points out the opposites as Maria tries feeding Irvine.
 	Cartoon 	The life of a Yellow Yahoo
 	Cast 	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows.
 	Film 	Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air.
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "The Batty Bat."
 	Cartoon 	A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors.
 	Film 	A turtle swims in a tank.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 4 	Bob sits down with Maria and suggests that pretending to be a Grouch might be the key to getting Irvine to eat. They both try their Grouch impressions, but they don't work. Oscar returns and shows the right way to do it - telling Irvine not to eat the food. She immediately gobbles it down; she loves opposites. Luis announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20