Episode 0552

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Sam the Robot reports to David that he has been programmed to talk about near. Unfortunately, this means that he points out everything that is near him, disturbing David as he tries to sweep up the front of Hooper's Store. David gets an idea, and pretends that Sam doesn't know what far means. Sam takes this as a challenge, and rolls farther and farther away from him - so far that he calls David on the phone to tell him so.
 	Cartoon 	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
 	Film 	Letter H hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Alligator KingArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster's device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie's box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn't ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies.
 	Cartoon 	H is for horseshoe.
 	Cast 	Wally and Ralph: Wally brings home a new waste basket inside a paper bag, but doesn't know how to discard the paper bag once he's removed the waste basket from it.
 	Film 	F for Factory
 	Cast 	Maria and Gordon add three tricycles.
 	Cartoon 	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks.Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Muppets 	Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion.
 	SCENE 2 	Susan talks to John-John, Trey, Krystal, and Doris, all of whom are wearing hats that represent different jobs. She tells them how they can be anything they want and sings “Believe in Yourself,” stopping to sing a duet with David and admire a soft-shoe dance from Mr. Macintosh.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7 (Spanish)
 	Film 	George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch.
 	Cartoon 	"That's About the Size of It"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppets sing "As I Was Going to St. Ives."
 	Cartoon 	F for FootballArtist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath."
 	Animation 	Counting six red balls
 	Cartoon 	"I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball
 	SCENE 3 	Luis sings “Three of These Things” with pictures of a knife, a saw, a meat cleaver, and a flower pot.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole
 	Muppets 	Beat the Time with Grover.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a visit to an automobile factory, and watch a taxi being made.
 	Muppets 	Fran Brill narrates two Anything Muppet hands who argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it.
 	SCENE 4 	Using the street set as a Vaudeville-style backdrop, David reads a piece of paper, furious at what it says. He tears up the paper as Luis asks him why he’s angry. David tosses the paper in the air and tells him to read it for himself, confusing Luis.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from.
 	Muppets 	OPEN the Door: Part 1: Harvey Kneeslapper hangs an "OPEN" sign on a closet and has filled it with so many toys that when somebody opens it, all of the toys in the closet will fall on that person. A girl opens the closet, but none of the toys fall out. When Harvey opens it after she leaves, they fall all over him.
 	Cartoon 	A drummer introduces C.T. Wordsworth who challenges a contestant to guess the secret word: store.
 	Muppets 	OPEN the Door: Part 2: Harvey has refilled the closet. A boy tries to open it, but the door is stuck. When the boy has left, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys land on him again.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus
 	Muppets 	OPEN the Door: Part 3: Harvey has refilled the closet again. The boy and girl come by again and open the door. Instead of toys falling, the closet leads to another place. After the two of them have gone through and closed the door behind them, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys fall on him.
 	SCENE 5 	Luis, Susan, and David hurry off to a block association meeting until Oscar stops them, asking if he can count them. He counts the three of them, and counts them again after they've rearranged themselves. Oscar now knows that there's three people to tell that they're late for the meeting. The others lunge in revenge at Oscar, who laughs it off.
 	Song 	Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one.
 	Cartoon 	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Old West sketches: A couple of cowboy Muppets meet the Alphabet Kid, who claims that he can write the alphabet faster than any man alive. To prove it, he quickly draws his crayon and speedily writes out the whole alphabet.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #7
 	Cast 	Maria, Susan, Luis and David put together a fractured letter H.
 	Film 	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor.Singer: "¡Linda paloma!"
 	SCENE 6 	As The Count sleeps near Big Bird's nest, he dreams about the numbers one through seven, which are telestrated next to him.
 	Cartoon 	H for hola (Spanish soundtrack).
 	SCENE 6cont'd	The Count counts even higher in his sleep, getting up to the millions, as David announces the sponsors (also telestrated).
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* The scenes featuring the Count would re-air in Episode 0739 as inserts, with the first part extended to include the Count going up to nine.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5