Show 2: Tel Aviv

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN	Oscar the Grouch's "Grouch Guide to the World" has all the same information about Tel Aviv that Itzhak Perlman, who is from that city, describes. Its section on the sandy beaches of the city uses actual sand.This scene was omitted from the 1991 VHS and 2005 DVD releases.
 	SCENE 1 	From Jaffa, Itzhak and two kids play a board game - "Tel Avivial Pursuit," answering trivia questions about the city.
 	Film 	A kid wonders how Tel Aviv came to be.
center 	Muppets 	Ernie's dialogue is dubbed in Hebrew.
 	SCENE 2 	Itzhak asks a boy to identify a bakbuk (bottle), named such because of the sound it makes when poured.
 	Cartoon 	Words that start with the letter bet - bakbuk (bottle), berez (faucet), baytzah (egg) and bayit (house)
 	Film 	People visit the famous Carmel Market in Tel Aviv.
 	Cartoon 	"Wash Your Hands Before You Eat"Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 3 	Bonnie Franklin teaches Kippi Ben Kippod how to do a tap step in exchange for learning some Hebrew. When Kippi tries, Bonnie advises him to add some pilpail (pizzaz) to his dancing. Kippi does so and ends up rattling the whole street.
 	Film 	Children bring their Uncle Elliot, visiting from America, to the boardwalk of Tel Aviv, wishing to get some ice cream.
 	Muppets 	The Count plans to count apples but, when he's not looking, Cookie Monster sneaks in and eats them. He gives The Count the apple cores to count.All the dialogue, except for the Count and Cookie's exchanges in the middle, is dubbed in Hebrew.
 	Film 	"In Tel-Aviv, it's very hot, so that is why we drink a lot." A song describes how people combat the heat with water.
 	Cast 	Bonnie introduces the letter gimmel, which starts gamal (camel).
 	Cartoon 	Words that start with gimmel - gader (fence), gamal (camel), gog (roof), gezer (carrot).
 	Muppets 	In a scene lifted from Rechov Sumsum, Moishe Oofnik shows Kippi his family photo album. Some of the pictures include his mom and dad, his grandfather (the first Oofnik in Israel), his cousin Oscar, Uncle Yuska, and even his own baby picture, which Moishe gets embarrassed by.Moishe's lines are dubbed into English, making reference to his uncle's upcoming television appearance.
 	Muppets 	A group of Anything Muppets sing "Family", switching roles at various points in the song.
 	SCENE 4 	Moishe invites Bonnie to watch his favorite show, “All My Oofniks”. In this episode, Uncle Yuska says polite words to Shmuel while looking for his nephew, as Moishe translates for Bonnie. Shmuel tells him that there's no need to be polite with him. Yuska becomes relived that he doesn’t say those awful words anymore.
 	Animation	An animated man tries to see past some taller men by saying, "S'licha" ("Excuse me").Artist: Rony Oren
 	Film 	Commentates talk about a children's soccer game.
 	SCENE 5 	Still watching the show, Moishe points out to Bonnie it's time for the show's goodbye song. He explains the lyrics to her and proceeds to watch the song - "Oofnikim Anachnu" ("We Are Oofniks").
 	Closing 	The sponsors are announced
==Notes==
*The Shalom Sumsum version of the episode omits the first scene and re-orders many of the first several segments.
*This episode utilizes clips from Season 2, Episode 10 of Rechov Sumsum.Rechov Sumsum S2 Episode 10 on Internet Archive
==Releases==
Shalom Sesame Vol2 VHS.jpg|1986
File:TelAvivVHS.jpg|1991
File:Shows1-5VHS.jpg| 1996
File:Shows1-3DVD.jpg|2005Sisu Home Entertainment
==Sources==
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