Episode 0137

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon wants to show the letter B, but he only has one bump. Big Bird comes along with the straight part, so they show a small b and name a few B words. Bob, who has overslept, sends over the other bump so they can show a capital B. Bob lists some more B words as Big Bird, Gordon, and the kids cheer on.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Bug
 	Film 	Kids paint various things that begin with the letter B on a window.
 	Celebrity 	Actor James Earl Jones recites the alphabet.
 	Film 	Kids use shapes to make a train.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #9
 	SCENE 2 	After observing Ernie's trick on Bert in the rain, Bob and Oscar the Grouch discuss anger. Oscar says that while he is often grouchy, he never loses his temper. Bob insists that even Oscar sometimes gets angry. As they argue about this, Oscar gets progressively angrier until he retreats into his trash can.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly
 	Cartoon 	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
 	SCENE 3 	Bob finishes carving a face into a pumpkin and asks the kids what they like most about Halloween. They find different shapes in the jack-o-lantern’s face.
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B".
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Hooper and some kids sift through a box of numbers, looking for the number 9 to give to Big Bird later. They hand Jay nine number 9s as he counts them.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Bug (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 5 	Bob demonstrates the word “on” by making a sandwich. The bread is on the breadboard, the mustard is on the bread, the ham is on the mustard, etc. He then demonstrates the word "in" by eating the sandwich.
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon observes that the kids look like they've been watching too much TV, and leads them in several exercises.
 	SCENE 7 	Big Bird is ready to give a lecture to Farley (who has been playing inside the barrels) on the number 9, but he thinks Mr. Hooper has given him a bunch of 6's instead. Mr. Hooper shows him that a 9 can look like a 6 upside down.
Note: Farley (who appears earless) speaks with an echoey voice throughout the scene, as Big Bird points out is the result of playing in the barrel tunnels too much. In actuality, puppeteer Jerry Nelson is performing Farley from inside the barrels.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to present a lecture about the letter B, but Cookie Monster eats the bottom of the B and turns it into an R. Kermit talks about the R, but then Cookie Monster snacks some more, and makes it a P. Kermit tries to go on, but the monster keeps eating, making it into an F, and then an I, and then nothing at all. Kermit chides Cookie Monster for ruining his lesson. Cookie Monster gives Kermit a kiss, then exits.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly (repeat)
 	Film 	Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for. (edited, with new music track)Original:
 	Cast 	Gordon gets Bob unstuck from a large number 9.
 	SCENE 8 	Susan demonstrates the ET family on a small blackboard.
 	Film 	Counting 11 eggs and one cookie.
 	Muppets 	Ernie counts out eleven cookies and one egg. Cookie Monster eats the cookies- and then the egg.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #9 (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Grover visits the zoo to talk about birds. He visits the bird cage (containing Little Bird) and swaps places inside the cage. Two Anything Muppets come and admire him.
 	SCENE 9 	Bob encounters Big Bird reading a Spanish book, in case he needs to fly South to Puerto Rico or Mexico. Big Bird says he's learned that "puerta" means "door." His front door mysteriously opens up, leaving a flummoxed Bob and Big Bird to add that "adios" means "goodbye" before Bob makes a hasty exit. Gordon announces the sponsors as they pop up above the doors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Gordon holds up the Sesame Street sign and Susan holds up the CTW sign at the end.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2