Episode 2161

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Gordon goes through a stretching routine in the yard during the early morning and explains to the camera that he like so get up this early because there's very little traffic and it's a pretty time of the day. He invites the viewer along for a jog, which is set to a spoof of the Chariots of Fire music, and consists of a montage of Gordon running through the city.
 	Cartoon 	M in space (features the voice of Ginny Tyler)
 	Film 	Kids take swimming lessons in a pool.
 	Muppets 	Clementine hears water running, which reminds Forgetful Jones that he was about to do something. Using the clues at hand (a bar of soap, a backbrush, and a towel), Forgetful remembers that it's bath time. Buster's bath, that is...
 	Film 	"I Can Do It By Myself"
 	Cartoon 	I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets / Cast 	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a dentist and a bus driver. (remake)
 	Cartoon 	A boy learns to put his mom's letter in the mailbox all by himself (with a little help).
 	Muppets 	Telly pretends to be an elephant, a goat and a lion.
 	Cartoon 	A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Billy Dee Williams and Mr. Honker count backwards from 10 to 1. Homer has to blow his nose before he can honk the last number.
 	Film 	A zookeeper feeds some polar bears sardines.
 	SCENE 1 	The Grouchketeers fish in Oscar's trash can, and Oscar tells them they'll be getting clues on their lines for what they are fishing for. Zoe reels in a peanut, and Solomon gets some hay. Finally, Ralphie's line has something heavy on it, which is revealed to be the end of Fluffy's trunk as they were the one giving them clues. Fluffy then tries fishing for Ralphie by playfully pulling his line in. "Sometimes we Grouches do have fun," Oscar comments.
 	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.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Can a cat bark?
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like with a very uncooperative letter that keeps switching itself. The letter eventually stops switching, and Herb solves the problem by rotating the camera angle, turning the letter upside down.
 	Cartoon 	M for Mask
 	SCENE 2 	Bob, Maria, and Olivia are looking after Miles while Gordon and Susan are at a school meeting. The three lull him to sleep with a song ("Lullaby the World").
 	Cartoon 	How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Salesman: When Grover comes to Kermit's home dressed in salesman attire, Kermit quickly tells Grover that he doesn't want whatever it is that Grover is selling, since Grover always tries to sell him things that he has no use for. However, Grover tells Kermit that he has come to give him something: a hairpiece. Once it is on Kermit's head, Kermit decides that it doesn't look very good. Grover agrees, and offers to sell him a comb, a hair brush, some shampoo, and hair tonic.
 	Animation 	A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause.
 	Cartoon 	Billy Jo Jive and Susie Sunset help Wrong Way Willie find four landmarks for a school assignment.
 	SCENE 3 	Olivia helps Maria drag her old mattress outside. She tells Big Bird that she's getting a new bed and is leaving her old mattress outside to be collected. Big Bird wonders why she never asked him if he might want it; he may not always want to sleep in a nest after all, and different birds have different beds. Maria has never heard of a bird sleeping on a mattress, but allows him to have it. She has to do some chores, leaving Olivia to help Big Bird carry it back to his place.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #11Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster sings "Two Heads Are Better Than One."
 	Cartoon 	"It's a Lovely Eleven Morning"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and Olivia plop the mattress down in his nest area. Big Bird imagines how great it will be using it, picturing a bed taking the place of his nest. However, being a bird, he tries different positions and is unable to sleep comfortably the way humans do on a mattress. Back in reality, Olivia reluctantly helps Big Bird take it back to the curb.
 	Cartoon 	Gerald is repeatedly kept awake by his dog Sparky, who does a dance and poses as an alligator through his shadow whenever his parents close his door.
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man.
 	Muppets 	Grover teaches the campers at Camp Wannagohoma about trees.
 	Transition 	Bridge #13 - Leaf Drop Bridge
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 5 	Olivia and Big Bird get the mattress back by the stoop and Big Bird heads off to his nest. Maria comes out, complaining that the mattress company won't be delivering her new bed until tomorrow. Olivia (tired from all the moving she's done already) helps Maria again, certain she'll at least get a good night's sleep from the experience. Big Bird, also tired, announces the sponsors and falls asleep before he finishes with the CTW slogan.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17