Episode 0890

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Susan finds Maria having trouble repairing the sink at the Fix-it Shop. The only tool that can help fix it is a Stillson wrench, but Susan points out that she knows somebody who has one: Oscar the Grouch. On her way to Oscar's trash can, she tells the viewer that Oscar will likely enjoy the situation and won't help at all. She gets so fueled up with anger over what to expect that as soon as she gets to his can she tells him off. Oscar is taken aback by how cranky she is, and immediately gives her the wrench.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Shopping for soup ingredients.
 	Cartoon 	Two men work at a manhole; one is tired of the same day-in-day-out routine of it. The other says the boss has planned a surprise for them. A jack-in-the-box pops from the manhole.
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F.
 	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 	Caterpillars Never Wear Brown BootsArtist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	A sign on Big Bird's front door advertises the "Sesame Street Pretend Zoo." Inside at Big Bird's nest, Maria and Gordon guess that the kids are pretending to be elephants and lions. Big Bird stands on a box giving clues to what he is: he drinks pretend water, preens his feathers, twerps and cheeps, and flaps his wings. Maria and Gordon tease him with wrong guesses before guessing he's pretending to be a bird. "What a relief; I was afraid I was losing my touch," Big Bird comments.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Joey count to 20.
 	Animation 	Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths.
 	Muppets 	Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk"The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together.
 	Film 	A film shows parts of a flower.Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo
 	Animation 	Sand C/c
 	Muppets 	Monsters, including an early Grover, Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster, pass on the message, "See." The wide shot reveals that the monsters were whispering about the Letter C.
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Grover the Elevator Operator demonstrates front and back by telling the passengers on his elevator where to stand.
 	Cartoon 	A bird displays the front and back of a turtle.
 	SCENE 3 	Susan and the kids play “Here Are Some Things” using three big striped circles, one small striped circle, and one big plain circle.
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppets with hair over their eyes recite the alphabet.
 	Film 	HipposMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	C for Candle (blows man away)
 	Cartoon 	C is for Cowboy
 	Muppets 	Game Show: Mystery Mix-up Game
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps."
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"Eight Song (Song of Eight)”
 	Insert 	Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, David and Bob all throw a small amount of litter on the ground, adding to the street's filth. When a voice (Jerry Nelson) asks "Who made this mess?" each one of them denies that it was them, saying they only dropped a small amount of garbage on the street. Soon, however, they realize that they each contributed to the mess in one way or another and pick up what they dropped. The voice then tells them to put the trash in a trash can instead of on the ground.
 	Celebrity 	Edith Ann talks about the time she made a sandwich.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Frankenstein makes sure his monster knows about front and back. (Voices: Rick Cimino)
 	Cartoon 	C - Cake
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie."
 	Song 	"Cow Dog Song"
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar has made a "surrogate Grouch" - a decoy of himself to fool everyone into not bothering him. Susan isn't so easily fooled, pointing out to Oscar that the decoy lacks the unibrow he has. She adjusts the eyes for him before leaving, but Gordon comes by and shows Oscar that the decoy is smiling; he flips it upside-down to match Oscar's scowl. When Maria passes to compliment how the decoy looks just like him, Oscar once again accepts defeat of having peace and quiet.
 	Muppets 	The Count's bats are upset; he always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats... but there's only one Count.
 	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
 	SCENE 5 	Susan, Maria, Gordon, and the kids play with the expressions of the Oscar decoy as the real Oscar announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7