Episode 2238

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird welcomes the viewer and announces that today is the Sesame Street Pet Show, where neighborhood kids will bring their pets to his nest for everyone to see. Piri passes by, walking his dog, Max (who he nicknames "Cool") ,and explains to Big Bird the responsibilities of owning a pet. He thinks he'll get a dog one day, but will name him "Nice" instead.
 	Cartoon 	A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog, Pete.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings his "Quiet Time Song" while sitting under an apple tree, and is joined by a squirrel, a bird, a hornet's nest, a cat, and Gladys.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound: J for jaguar
 	Film 	A girl explains her life in a motor home.
 	Muppets 	Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft.
 	Cartoon 	J family jamboree
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar has a pet for the Pet Show, who he keeps in a shoebox and will be able to jump through a hoop. Gordon and Olivia open it and find that it is a shoe named Lou. Gordon insists it can't be a pet because it's not alive. Oscar shows them Lou's trick by throwing him through the hoop. Oscar is aware he's not alive; it means no work for him!
 	Cartoon 	A girl sorts everything she finds which is alive and not alive.
 	Song 	A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High."Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	As ominous music plays, The Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for him. He wonders why there are so many. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them...and then he does.
 	Cartoon 	A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon and Big Bird observe the current pets at the Pet Show, including some goldfish, a parrot, and a hermit crab. Last, but not least, is Oscar's pet, a sock named Jacques.
 	Song 	"What Do We Do Before We Eat?" We wash our hands, not our feet.Animation: Paul Fierlinger
 	Celebrity	Edith Ann talks about the time she made a sandwich.
 	Cartoon 	Letter G drawing with kid voice-over.
 	Film 	Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack.
 	Muppets 	Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds".
 	Cartoon 	A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 4 	Olivia is going to take pictures of the pets, when Oscar asks her to fill a cup of water for his other pet (a live one this time). His pet, a flea named Marie, is going to perform a high dive into the cup while playing "Lady of Spain" on the accordion. Olivia watches, but can't see her at all, but gets splashed in the face upon her landing.
 	Cartoon 	What Do You Do With a Pet?
 	Muppets 	Bert and Ernie go fishing. Ernie catches fish by yelling "Heeeeere fishy, fishy, fishy!", and they come flying into the boat. Bert tries it, but only catches a shark.
 	Film 	Fish swim around.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird.
 	Song 	Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one.
 	Cartoon 	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finds a newspaper.
 	Animation	Sand G/g
 	Film 	Kids play in the snow.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5 	Olivia, Gordon, and Piri admire a litter of kittens. Oscar has the yuckiest pet in his box, but doesn't want to touch it because it's so yucky. Gordon picks it up and sees that it's a cute kitten. Oscar thinks there couldn't be anything worse, except more kittens!
 	Cartoon 	A curious cat chases after a ball of string and explores various places in its home.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Cast 	Live at Sesame Hall, Bob, Maria, and Luis sing "The Curious Cantata" about a bird who asks a lot of questions, played by the ever-curious Big Bird.
 	Animation	It's a giraffeArtist: Ishu Patel
 	Film 	How Crayons are MadeMusic: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue".
 	Muppets 	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit interviews Christopher Columbus before he begins his voyage to discover America. Kermit tries to tell him that the third ship is tied to the dock, but it's too late -- the dock breaks free, and takes Kermit along with the ship.
 	Cartoon 	A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 6 	After reviewing what animals they've seen today, Gordon announces the winner - Jacques the Sock! Big Bird then announces the sponsors.
==See also==
*The Sesame Street Pet Show (1980 book)
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Category:Pets