Episode 1861

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Celebrity 	George Benson sings "The Greatest Love of All" (with Michael Masser on piano) to some children.
 	Cartoon 	A horse is drawn as kids guess what it is.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple: Tree DestructionArtist: Abe Levitow
 	Film 	A flower opens and closes.
 	Cast 	David tries to close a window and a door, but they open by themselves.
 	Film 	A woman holds a painting of five chickens.
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon and the kids read an AT. They place an H in front, making the word HAT. As Gordon congratulates them, Barkley appears and runs off with their A. Gordon goes to get another letter.
 	Cartoon 	Letter I (Beep Beep)
 	Muppets 	Grover and Erik play a rhyming game.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word.
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon returns with a letter O, which they use to make the word HOT. Barkley pulls the same stunt again, only now taking the letter T. Gordon has one more letter to replace it with.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I."
 	Film 	The kids form a capital I.
 	Film 	How Crayons are MadeMusic: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon comes back, now with a letter P to make the word HOP. Barkley takes the letter P. Everyone follows him to the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, where they see the other letters he's stolen. Gordon, despite believing that dogs can't spell, discovers the letters he's taken all form the word PAT. Everyone begins patting the dog.
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	Cartoon 	A girl runs home to her CASA.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Five firefighters put out a flaming 5.
 	Insert 	The Count counts five children as they rearrange their positions.
 	Film 	Milk! (From Farm To Market To Home)
 	SCENE 4 	Telly Monster unpacks his lunch. He recalls when he was a baby, he couldn't eat apples and peanut butter sandwiches; instead, he had to drink his mommy's milk, like the following...
 	Film 	Baby animals are fed milk.
 	Cartoon 	U for uniform.
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together.
 	Cartoon 	It's a squirrelArtist: Ishu Patel
 	Muppets 	Construction worker Sally Smith is the surprise contestant of the on-location game "This Is Your Lunch." Sally must guess the contents of her lunchbox correctly after each food item gives her clues.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	SCENE 5 	Olivia comes across Telly in the midst of another one of his worrying problems. He explains that he's going to Big Bird's nest for a playdate, but he's been told he'll meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and he doesn't feel he can imagine him properly. When he goes inside, he doesn't see Snuffleupagus, but Big Bird tells him that he hasn't arrived yet. Telly tries to imagine what he looks like, when Snuffy (wearing a straw hat and bandana) appears before his very eyes. He runs out to tell Olivia about his encounter and how well his imagination works.
 	Cartoon 	A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit attempts to demonstrate between by standing between two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry.
 	Cartoon 	Passengers on a crowded subway illustrate between.
 	SCENE 6 	Telly rejoins Big Bird and Snuffy, who is planning on becoming a farmer. He has all his tools and has planted boxes of uncooked spaghetti in a pot, intending to grow a spaghetti tree. Telly points out such things don't exist, but since neither do Snuffleupaguses, it's a moot point. Big Bird also confirms spaghetti trees aren't real, but inspires him to grow cabbages instead. Big Bird goes to get some cabbage seeds from Hooper's Store, and Snuffy asks him to get some corned beef seeds as well.
 	Film 	Kids identify a piece of cabbage in close-up.
 	Cartoon 	Five SwansArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Cast / Muppets	Bob and The Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood", introducing a fisherman and a farmer.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #5
 	Animation 	Different shapes appear inside a circle, until it rounds itself out.
 	SCENE 7 	Telly tells Olivia all about Mr. Snuffleupagus. Big Bird thinks Olivia is now on his side, but she still feels the two imagined the whole scenario. He brings her inside the nest to see the spaghetti Snuffy tried planting, and Telly is shocked to see it actually is real. Olivia offers some explanations as Snuffy announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 15