Episode 3238

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	A cat meows, attracting the attention of a stray Barkley, who runs away from the park. Linda emerges, wondering where he is. She relays what's happened to Gordon, who then informs the viewer. He accompanies Linda to try to find Barkley.
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon and Linda stop by Oscar's trash can to see if he's seen Barkley. Oscar, however, wants nothing to do with the situation. Linda angrily signs at him as Gordon translates, saying she'd help him if Preposterous got lost. Oscar reconsiders, and agrees to keep an eye out for Barkley.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Just as Gordon and Linda leave, Barkley shows up. Oscar tells him to stay put as Nathan helps hand him Barkley's leash. Barkley hears the cat again and takes off, pulling Oscar from his can and dragging the Grouch along with him!
 	Cartoon 	Q for QuietArtist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster observes the letter Q, then the word QUIET.
 	Animation 	Airplanes carve the letter Q.
 	Muppets 	Grover's Health Minute: Kermit the Frog and Grover talk about teeth. Grover notices that Kermit does not have any teeth at all, so he puts a pair of teeth into Kermit's mouth. Grover says to see a "tooth checker," to eat crunchy things like bananas and to clean teeth with a "tooth comb."
 	Song 	"Take Care of That Smile"
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon, Linda, Susan, Mr. Handford, and the kids hang up "Lost Dog" posters all over the street, listing Linda's contact information. Carlo tells them he's spotted Barkley in the park with Oscar, and the two pass by (with Oscar still clinging to the leash for dear life) and everyone chases after them.
 	Song 	"Washin' the Dog"
 	Cartoon 	A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but the dog says NO instead.Artist: Derek Lamb
 	Muppets 	Sonny Friendly hosts "The Crying Game," where Sonny tells a sad story, and whoever (Luke Warm, Ida Nomer, and Gordon Blue) cries the hardest wins. However, after Sonny learns that the prize is his own teddy bear, he cries the hardest and wins.
 	Song 	"Around and Around"
 	SCENE 3 	Everyone is gathered back at Oscar's can, where Barkley is sleeping. Linda apologizes to Oscar for Barkley's behavior, while Mr. Handford thinks everyone should learn some dog commands in sign language in case they take care of Barkley. Linda hands the leash to Oscar (who refuses to learn any signs) as she teaches the rest some commands. They happen to sign "run" when Barkley wakes up, which makes him run off and yank Oscar from his can once more.
 	Cartoon 	Don't cross the street alone.
 	Song 	Jeff Redd sings "Between."
 	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.
 	Animation 	"Just One Strawberry Blues"
 	Insert 	Big Bird goes through his old toy chest with some kids, and encounters a banner with the alphabet on it. He remembers the time he learned what it was, which fades to a flashback of him singing "ABC-DEF-GHI."
 	Film 	Fireworks Alphabet
 	Muppets 	Morgan sings the alphabet for Grover.
 	Film 	"One Thousand Faces"
 	Animation 	Sand I/i
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process.
 	Cartoon 	Letter I (Beep Beep)
 	Cast / Celebrity	Ruthie tells Big Bird and some kids the story of Little Bo Peep's absentminded cousin, Flo Peep (Laraine Newman), who came to Finders Keepers one day for help on how to keep from losing her sheep. Ruthie gave her a beeper to put on each sheep, plus a phone, so that whenever Flo dialed a number on the phone, the beepers would beep, and the sheep would come home. However, Flo lost the phone and had to call them from Finders Keepers, then realized she had lost the hay she had just bought for their dinner. After that, the sheep began carrying the phone, and Flo started wearing the beeper. Ruthie gave her a copy of a book called "How to Stop Losing Things." But in the present, Flo comes back to ask for another copy of the book, since she lost hers.
 	Film 	A flower opens and closes.
 	Cartoon 	A boy's friends bring him flowers to cheer him up, not knowing that he's allergic to them.
 	Muppets 	Benny Rabbit looks for the Shopping Network, but finds himself on the Home Hopping Network, hosted by Bonnie Rabbit.
 	Cartoon 	Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles"
 	Film 	A girl floats around in a circle.
 	Cast 	Gina plays and sings "Follow the Leader" with the kids.
 	Cartoon 	A ball goes up and down a musical staircase.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Animals and children bathe in water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	A group of 1s chant, "We're the number 1!"
 	Song 	"We're Talking 'Bout the Number One"
 	Cartoon 	One chef takes one of each vegetable to make one salad.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar is through with his doggy day just as Gordon announces the sponsors. Oscar cowers into his can when he sees the word of the day, "dog," appear.
==Notes==
*A Grouch can be seen working at the newsstand, foreshadowing Oscar's eventual employment there.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 25