Episode 0866

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Hooper and Susan talk to the kids and Sam the Robot about what rhyming is. Sam shows off his rhyming prowess with the word "red." Susan thinks that's great, which cues Sam to start spouting out rhymes for "great." He continues to rhyme with whatever word Susan and Mr. Hooper end their sentences with until they get Sam to list words that rhyme with "pie." Sam ends with "goodbye," which the others use as an excuse to escape.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo)
 	SCENE 2 	Simon Soundman talks to Crystal about different modes of transportation, making the sounds of a car and a train. They hear the sound of a plane, which turns out to be Alphabet Bates writing the letter S in the sky .
 	Cartoon 	A sprightly seal tells the story of six silly sailors who split up on a see-saw.Artist: Tee Collins
 	Film 	Two glasses are filled with fluid, but one glass overflows as a hand keeps pouring into it. The same thing happens using salt shakers and bowls of nuts. Finally, the glasses are filled again, only one glass barely fills up as fluid is poured into it. The camera pulls out, revealing the glass is filling into another one below, which overflows as before.
 	Muppets 	The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates empty and full.
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
 	Muppets 	"Sammy the Snake"
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: S for Spring
 	Film 	Time-lapse of seeds growing.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo recites the alphabet.
center 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: C - Cap
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO."
 	Muppets 	Grover and John-John count to 20.
 	Cartoon 	5s go through a space-shredder and produce 5 objects.
 	SCENE 3 	At Hooper's Store, Susan and Bob want to buy some softballs for a game with the kids. Mr. Hooper says he’s all out because someone already bought all of them from his and other distributors. They soon learn the culprit was the Count, who brings the entire collection of softballs he purchased after counting them. He intends to count them all again when Susan invites him to be a scorekeeper in their game, which involves counting hits and strikes. The Count agrees to join provided he lets them use one of his softballs.
 	Cartoon 	A bully won't give the kids' baseball back. The boy imagines a few scenarios before ultimately calling for his dog.Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Film 	A woman asks a boy how a glass of milk was spilled on the table, so the boy offers several outlandish scenarios before telling her the truth: it was him.
 	Cartoon 	Julius and Jasper: "Why are you holding one leg up in the air, Jasper?" "Because if I hold two legs up in the air, I fall down!"Animation by Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest.
 	Cartoon 	C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake).
 	SCENE 4 	After their game, Bob, Susan, and the kids join Mr. Macintosh for a round of “Here Are Some Things” using pictures of baseball equipment and a bunch of bananas. Mr. Mac thinks that some fruit can go with a baseball game as well, and hands out some apples to the group.
 	Muppets 	Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk"The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together.
 	Cartoon 	A red PELI and an explosive green GRO form the word PELIGRO.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A mandrill carries her young.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?"
 	Muppets / Cast	"The People in Your Neighborhood": A butcher and a zookeeper.
 	Cartoon 	A bee looks for a flower.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Luis announces "And now, the octopus!"Music: "Pomp and Circumstance"
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog, Shola, and Fanny have just finished watching the previous film. Shola hugs Kermit, and he comments, "She learned a lot from the octopus ... how to squeeze!"
 	Cartoon 	A girl talks about imagination.
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird watches as the Count tells Mr. Hooper about how many cups, coffee beans, and plates he has, each time eliciting his trademark thunder and lightning. Big Bird wonders why he doesn't get lightning and thunder when he counts things, and gives it a try by counting Bob’s hands. Big Bird looks up at the sky when he's finished, but doesn’t get an enthusiastic response.
 	Cartoon 	What if I looked like George Washington...
 	SCENE 5cont'd 	As it starts to look like rain, Big Bird tries counting his toes to get his thunder and lightning, but nothing happens. He then tries counting the windows of 123 Sesame Street (even trying out the Count's accent and laugh) but again, nothing. Then he sees some raindrops and starts counting them when a (natural) crash of thunder and lightning occurs, making him think he caused it. He runs into Hooper’s and tells everyone the news, but it never dawns on him that there’s a real storm going on.
 	Cartoon 	Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for.
 	Film 	Marching band cymbal crash #2
 	Cartoon 	Uncle Al tells his nephew a story about a dog he had, but gets mixed up with the details.Artist: Marv Newland
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination."
 	Cartoon 	S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh.
 	Film 	Ten zebras walk slow, while 10 other zebras walk fast.
 	SCENE 6 	The grown-ups beg Big Bird to come inside from the rain, but the bird continues counting raindrops, waiting for another crash of thunder. After counting 398 raindrops, a crash of thunder finally bursts and Big Bird wearily goes back into the store. A cow announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
*Scene 3 is written with the lesson concept “Bicentennial - Cornering the market (also reciprocity).”
==See also==
*Episode 2963
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7