Episode 0517

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Kate greets the viewer from Big Bird's nest with a few kids (including Joey). Big Bird arrives and wants to show Kate his new "Pete Cigar" record, but first he wants to call Susan as she's borrowing it. Kate thinks the phone call is unnecessary, recalling her youth without a telephone and having to visit neighbors to pass along a message. Big Bird thinks that's a nice idea, and decides to try not using the phone today. He repeatedly goes back and forth between Gordon at 123 Sesame Street and Susan at Hooper's Store as he tries to get the record. The others would prefer they use the telephone, but Big Bird insists on trying it his way, eventually wearing himself out.
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Muppets 	Lefty wants to sell Ernie a scale. He uses two pounds of bananas and two pounds of apples to demonstrate how the scale works. Ernie is impressed. He already has a scale at home, but he'd like to buy the apples and bananas.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates over and under.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	Marching Band #3
 	Muppets 	Grover and Loren count to twenty.
 	Cartoon 	Which footprint doesn't belong?
 	SCENE 2 	Kate and the kids look up to see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter O .
 	Cartoon 	Olga y la letra O
 	Muppets 	Juanita looks for "YO", asking, "¿Esto es yo?" Nope, it's a toy car, and a tomato, and a mirror. Looking in the mirror, she finds herself. "¡Hola, yo!" she cries.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon almost leaves a note for Susan before going to the drugstore, but he runs into her and tells her where he's going, and thus doesn't need the note. He throws the note into Oscar's trash can and Oscar reads it, becoming extremely insulted when he assumes someone addressed him as "honey" and ended the note with an "I love you." He sees it's from Gordon, and chides him for the note. Gordon tries to tell him what really happened, but just apologizes to Oscar instead (throwing in an extra "Honey" to tease him).
 	Film 	Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O.
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt has Baby Breeze teach the class about traffic. Smart Tina thinks all one has to do is look at the traffic lights, but Baby Breeze tells her one should also look out for cars.
 	Film 	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent.
 	Cartoon 	Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee.
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 	SCENE 4 	David plays “Three of These Things” with Big Bird and the kids using pictures of different-sized buildings.
 	Cartoon 	M is for MooMusic: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers
 	Muppets 	Maria reads "The Boy Who Cried Monster." A terrible, cookie-stealing monster helps to teach a mischievous Anything Muppet boy an important lesson.
 	Cartoon 	While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (altered graphics, turning the dots from red to purple)
 	Cartoon 	La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes.
 	Film 	Letter O hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall.
 	Film 	Footage of a coral reef, showcasing the plant life and the fish.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates around.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 5 	Kate plays guitar and sings “Black Horse” to Joey (who spins the whole time) and the other kids.
 	Film 	"Three Song (Song of Three)."
 	Muppets 	"Would You Like to Buy an O?"
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under.
 	Cast 	Wally and Ralph are outside in the rain. With access to a pushcart full of umbrellas, they open one after another and throw them aside on the ground. They are consequently puzzled as to how umbrellas keep you dry. Finally, when one of them suggests "taking the wrapping off" of it first (i.e., the cloth part), they reduce an umbrella down to the ribs just as the rain stops. It works!
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs rest on tree branches.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird comes to Hooper's Store with his grocery list, but first David wants to dispose of a ribbon of flypaper, which he has some difficulty with due to its stickiness. David finally gets rid of it by wrapping a discarded piece of paper onto it... which happened to be Big Bird's list.
 	Animation 	An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles."
 	Film 	A kid marching band forms a circle.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Film 	David points out the circular shape of a tire.
 	Cartoon 	A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O. (repeat)
 	SCENE 7 	Oscar has a breath-holding contest with David, Gordon, and the kids, though everybody cheats by tickling each other. Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Kate holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 4