Episode 2451

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis and Maria sit on the stoop enjoying some coffee when suddenly a newspaper is hurled toward them, creating a small puff of dust. The smelly paper - a copy of The Daily Grouch - belongs to Oscar, who notes it's the only newspaper used to wrap fish with before it's sent; sure enough, they find a big stinky one inside the pages. Oscar claims his Grouch paper has the same information as the normal papers, but the main difference is that the papers are reserved so that the deliveries are made monthly. As a result, several more back issues are tossed toward the couple.
 	Cartoon 	Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short.
 	Cartoon 	A sleepy man counts 8 sheep.
 	Muppets 	Old West sketches: The town doctor ("Doc") comes to a saloon to meet Mean Manny and his gang, even though Manny is the toughest guy in town and plans to have a "shootin' party." Manny and his posse arrive on time and meet with Doc and his medicine...he gives them all measles shots.
 	Cartoon 	"Crocodile Smiles Song": A crocodile sings about good oral hygiene.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird learns that the Count has published a new book: Counting to 20, which he considers a beginner's guide to counting to 20. Big Bird observes that the pages are all blank, but because there are 20 pages, the book works after all.
 	Cartoon 	Worms form the number 8.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	Kids at school help make cornbread.
 	Muppets 	Wearing oven mitts, Telly places an H and an OT together to make the word HOT.
 	Animation 	Match the word HOT.
 	Film 	Footage of a baby learning to walk.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Buffy and Mr. Macintosh perform a song and dance about the letter K.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film of how a lift bridge works.
 	Muppets 	Chris, with his sister Stephanie, counts to 20 for Kermit.
 	Cartoon 	Man stacks blocks to make a staircase
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird comes into the Fix-It Shop, where Luis has great difficulty repairing a cuckoo clock. Big Bird suggests he ask Maria for some help but Luis doesn't think it's warranted, claiming it's now become personal. He manages to get it working for a moment, but it doesn't last as the back panel pops out. He realizes the one way he knows to fix it - ask Maria for help.
 	Cartoon 	B for butterfly
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental)
 	Muppets 	Game Show: To Tell A FaceThe object of the game is to identify the face of a relative. The contestant in this skit is Baby Bobby, who must identify his grandmother.
 	Film 	Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. (edited)Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The CarrotBruce Cayard
 	SCENE 4 	Simon Soundman interrupts today's Grouchketeer meeting to locate the pet monkey he's just bought for his animal-loving sister. While explaining his visit to the pet store he makes the sounds of the other animals he found, and the kids call out the animal names. As Simon continues his search, the monkey (David Rudman) appears beside Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: K - Key
 	Muppets / Cast	Oscar sings "One of These Things" over a four-way split screen containing Gordon, Bob, David and Slimey, all dressed in tuxedos.
 	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
 	Insert 	The Two-Headed Monster argues over which direction to go, so Gordon decides to help by teaching them how a coin flip works. Once the monster learns how it works, they decide to stay and play the coin flip game instead!
 	Cartoon 	A girl explains (in poetry) how she failed trying to make a snowman without using snow.
 	Film 	As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat.
 	Cartoon 	A girl goes around the city to look for her lost kitty, and sees its image in a variety of signs and in nature.Artists: Don Duga and Irra Verbitsky
 	SCENE 5 	The monkey hangs around Oscar's can and starts making "uga-uga" noises, which Oscar is able to interpret as "yes" (uga) and "no" (uga-uga-uga) when asked a question. He tries to demonstrate this feat to Uncle Wally, but the monkey doesn't respond in the same fashion. Oscar questions if the monkey is trying to make him look silly and gets a positive response.
 	Film 	Apes play at the zoo. (edited)
 	Cartoon 	A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man counts 40 stars at night.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit."
 	Cartoon 	A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes.
 	SCENE 6 	Simon comes to collect the pet monkey, whom Oscar thinks has the makings of a great Grouchketeer. The monkey sits cradled in one of the Grouchketeer's arms and chitters happily as Luis announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
* This episode was later repeated in Season 21 as Episode 2653.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 19