Episode 1492

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Telly Monster is supposed to introduce today's number, but has forgotten what it is. Big Bird brings in his "Number of the Day Machine" to help, but Telly is certain he'll break it somehow. They start counting up from one and the machine doesn't respond, which Telly takes as being his fault. Big Bird encourages him to keep counting up, and once they reach 6 the machine does its usual fanfare. Big Bird celebrates while Telly becomes despondent: "I broke your machine!"
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies!
 	Film 	"Six Song (Song of Six)."
 	Cast 	Mass Communication (Maria, Olivia, Susan and Linda) perform their hit song "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10."
 	Film 	A group of Hispanic children pick members for their baseball team. A new kid, Ramon, joins them.
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon and the kids think of words beginning with S. Oscar tries to chime in with his favorite S word, which Gordon is certain will be something like "scram" or "skedaddle" given Oscar's history with such lectures. He takes the kids somewhere else, while Oscar reveals the S word he had in mind was Slimey.
 	Cartoon 	S for SnailArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Today's Secret Drawing: A camel.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar introduces a segment about today's word by hanging a sign on his trash can: "CLOSED."
 	Cast 	David tries demonstrating the word "CLOSED," but the door keeps opening. He stands in front of it, preventing it from opening, as the wall around it topples over.
 	Cartoon 	"Four Seasons"
 	Muppets 	A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet closes everything.
 	Cartoon 	O for orangeArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Cartoon 	The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on.
 	Insert 	Maria asks the viewer to imagine her as a baseball player, a princess and a baker.
 	Cartoon 	At night, a group of mice are scared of a monster in the woods. They describe its features until the feared monster looks like an elephant - who is more scared of the mice.
 	Muppets 	"Disco Toothbrush"
 	Cartoon 	A man appears out of a yo-yo string and narrates two poems about over, under, around, and through: one about a fish swimming around the wreck of the good ship Mary Lou, and another about a worm who eats through the center of an apple.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	George the Farmer puts his head through a barrel stave. He also goes through the barn.
 	SCENE 4 	Telly enters Hooper's Store in another fit of worrying. He tells Mr. Hooper that he's running an errand for Big Bird to pick up two pounds of birdseed, but he has no way of knowing how much that is. Mr. Hooper produces his scale to measure the amount, then bags it so Telly can't worry about how he'll carry it. Mr. Hooper anticipates more things that Telly might worry about along the way back to Big Bird's nest, but Telly suggests for Mr. Hooper to relax and not worry so much.
 	Film 	Alone Song
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby tells his young friends a story that involves "over" and "under". He mixes the words up, and the kids correct him.
 	Cartoon 	S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh.
 	Muppets 	Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day.
 	Cartoon 	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
 	SCENE 5 	Susan sings a guessing game song to describe an animal that's inside her box. She opens it up to reveal...(In a continuity error, the animal Susan describes is a snake, though the following film does not feature such.)
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock")
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	People jump.
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird and the kids play basketball when the ball rolls into the street. Big Bird knows precisely what to do - get a grown-up (Gordon) to help cross the street and retrieve it. After this happens once more, the ball winds up flattened. Big Bird knows what to do now as well - get a grown-up to find a new ball.
 	Cartoon 	S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	"Sammy the Snake"
 	Film 	Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer". The object is a tire.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays six marvelous monkeys who do stunts.
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon, Susan, and the kids are in on the game of basketball when Mr. Hooper comes over to watch. They encourage him to play too, but he doesn't think he has the knack for it. After they get him to make a practice shot, Mr. Hooper is able to sink a basket the next time. He continues to try to make more baskets (some while facing backwards) as Big Bird announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Linda hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12