Episode 1461

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird can't stand the mess his nest area is after bumping into various things and knocking over his table. Susan suggests he throw out items he no longer needs, but Big Bird comes up with a reason for keeping everything (old pots for Cody to bang on, a broken hose that Mr. Snuffleupagus uses for a straw, etc.)
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
 	SCENE 2 	An exhausted Susan keeps helping Big Bird find something to throw away, but they haven't picked a single item yet. Big Bird comes across a dented ping pong ball, which he thinks can get thrown out. Taking away the item, Big Bird feels his nest is a vast improvement... until he realizes that he could save it as a Christmas present for Oscar. Susan gives up and leaves.
 	Cartoon 	A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places.
 	Cartoon 	Q -- that funny looking thing.
 	Muppets 	
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and Scottie read a WET PAINT sign.
 	Film 	Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, aroundMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A spring bounces under and over animals.
 	Song 	"Llama at Dentist"
 	Cartoon 	A guru counts to twenty.Producer: Ken Snyder; Music: Billy Taylor
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and Julia read a WET PAINT sign.
 	Muppets 	"The Dirtiest Town in the West"
 	Film 	Gibbons make screeching noises.
 	Cartoon 	A boy imagines staying in the jungle at night when he goes to sleep.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A bulldozer moves dirt up a construction site.
 	Muppets 	Some fruits in a bowl sing a "Bilingual Fruit Song" about their Spanish names, and agree that two names are better than one.
 	Cartoon 	"Mi casa es su casa."
 	Insert 	Bob sings a "Hello Song" to Linda, who signs along.
 	Cartoon 	Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	A girl gets on, in, and under a blanket in a park.
 	Cartoon 	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Celebrity 	Helen Reddy sings "Grow."
 	Cartoon 	Q for QuietArtist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger.
 	Cartoon 	A magician tries to make six circles disappear.
 	Muppets 	Bert says his favorite number is Six.
 	SCENE 3 	Susan and the kids find hidden letter Os in a picture of toys and place sticky cut-outs of an O over each one. They're one cut-out short, when Alphabet Bates drops from the sky and provides them with one. Dominique, his driver, pulls up in her motorcycle and drives him off to the aerodrome... and promptly crashes.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: O for Open
 	Muppets 	Mr. Johnson has been served a bowl of soup, but flags down his waiter to make a complaint. He asks Grover to inspect the fly that's in his soup, but Grover looks under; next to; and above the soup before he agrees to bring out a new bowl. The kitchen is all out of what Mr. Johnson ordered, so he brings him Cream of Mosquito.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Cartoon 	A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	Celebrity 	Suzanne Farrell takes small and big steps, then has a little lunch and a big lunch.
 	Film 	Counting six oryxMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 4 	Luis and the kids kick a ball around the yard as Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12