Episode 2012

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar welcomes the viewer and shows off his great new invention: "Grouch earplugs." He's able to block out the pleasantries that he assumes Gordon and Susan are telling each other, when in reality the two are arguing about the important things they have to do today. Eventually, the couple makes up and figures out a compromise, and when Oscar's curiosity gets to him he removes the earplugs at the wrong time, hearing Gordon and Susan saying nice things before they leave.
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Salesman: Grover wants to sell Kermit some earmuffs, but Kermit doesn't have ears, so Grover gives Kermit some big human ears.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole
 	Cast 	David, Luis and Maria illustrate between while ballet dancing.
 	Cartoon 	A mouse is squashed between two elephants.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man thinks of H words while sitting on a horse.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 2 	Linda tells Bob that she got good news in a letter: an old friend from Vermont will be visiting her today. Linda's friend, Ed (played by Ed Waterstreet) arrives, who is also deaf and uses sign language to speak with Linda. As Ed and Linda attempt to talk with each other using their hands, Bob observes the two having difficulty with Ed holding his luggage in-between messages and offers to help carry the suitcases.
 	Cartoon 	H for hair
 	Muppets 	"Listen to the Bells"
 	Cartoon 	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
 	Film 	A warthog runs around.Music by Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Grover gets under his blanket, pretending that he is on the moon.
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental)
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar is amazed when he finds a crummy, discarded chair situated next to his trash can and needs some help to get it into his home. He asks Gordon and Susan to do so, but they find it's too big to fit in the can's opening. Oscar tells them to lift the chair up high then let it drop to the ground. This smashes the chair to pieces, and Oscar simply collects the individual parts that now fit in the can.
 	Animation 	A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!"
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
 	Animation 	Counting 1-9 in Spanish
 	Muppets / Cast	Cookie Monster has agreed to help Maria on her lecture on good things to eat. Unbeknownst to Cookie, she has raisins, cucumber spears, carrot sticks and apples. Cookie tries all of them and he likes them. He finishes by eating all the dishes.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to push a huge balloon elephant through a narrow doorway, and a girl helps him by deflating it.
 	Film 	Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
 	Cartoon 	A domestic cat paints various wild feline versions of himself on his owner's canvas.
 	SCENE 4 	Bob, Linda, Ed, and some kids play a "mirror" game, with one person doing exactly what the other person does. After the kids take a turn, Linda plays a round with the viewer.
 	Cartoon 	A boy looks for the telephone as it rings.
 	Muppets 	Kermit attempts to demonstrate how to use a telephone with the help of Forgetful Jones.
 	Film 	Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two).Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue."
 	Celebrity 	Menudo performs "Gotta Get on Movin'."
 	Cartoon 	Letter G drawing with kid voice-over
 	SCENE 5 	Linda, Ed, and the kids go off to play in the park. Big Bird arrives and realizes that he missed out on all the fun, so Bob teaches him to play the mirror game, which Big Bird is very good at... a little too good, as Bob now has trouble trying to get Big Bird to stop playing the game.
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy: Robert W. Shipshape gets a hat for his birthday, and it blows into the street. R.W. remembers not to cross the street without an adult; Teeny Little Superguy helps him across.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Michelle teaches Herry Monster how to say the name of several body parts in Spanish.
 	Cartoon 	A bear (Jim Thurman) stacks 10 cans.
 	Film 	Traffic light.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster presents 9 elephants.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird continues to echo Bob's every action, reading newspapers in the yard and saying the same thing at the same time. Unbeknownst to each other, both of them are now annoyed about doing the same thing the other person does and Big Bird eventually admits it to Bob. He asks if it's okay to stop the game (having already played for three hours), which causes Bob to break down crying. As Big Bird comforts him, Susan announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*Elements from this episode's script are carried over from past shows, including Episode 1016, Episode 1081, and Episode 1157.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16