Episode 1739

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	On a rainy day, Maria spots Forgetful Jones holding an open umbrella upside down. She shows him how to use it properly, and when she leaves, he immediately forgets again. David needs an umbrella, so Forgetful gives him his, but David gets soaking wet from all the water that accumulated in the umbrella.
 	Animation	The inhabitants of a farm feel like celebrating when it rains during a hot, dry summer.Artist: the Quay Brothers
 	Film 	A gym instructor helps children perform a variety of stretching and bending exercises.
 	Muppets 	The Beetles are "Thinking of U."
 	Animation	Sand U/u
 	Film 	A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	Muppets 	Grover talks about the word walk. He is accompanied by styrofoam letters that form the word walk, and they keep walking back and forth.
 	Cartoon 	Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK.
 	Cast 	The song "Jogging" plays over scenes of the adults and kids jogging through Central Park and the city, with Oscar jogging in his can.
 	Cartoon 	A dog learns about U.Artist: John Paratore
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin (joined by Linda and Luis) looks for a way to stay dry in the rain.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	Film 	A garfish swims around.
 	Cartoon 	An alien comes across a pair of tree trunks; one with multi-colored leaves, the other without. He finds and grows leaves to mount on the other tree, then strings a hammock between the two.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster gets MAD when it sees the word.
 	Cartoon 	"All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?"
 	Film 	The crosswalk light says WALK.
 	SCENE 2 	Forgetful stands in the rain, trying to remember something Clementine told him he’s supposed to do when it rains. He tries reading a book, then working on a needlepoint, but finds it hard to do so in the rain. He finds David and Maria inside Hooper's Store playing checkers, and Maria reminds him to come in out of the rain and stay inside. Instead, he goes outside, not realizing he was just inside.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest.
 	Cartoon 	The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	A metal crane and a real crane look alike.
 	Cartoon 	Two Elephants Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee". Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right.
 	Cartoon 	Jasper and Julius: Apple.
 	SCENE 3 	As it still rains, Telly brings Oscar the food and supplies he needs for his grouch picnic. Telly feels proud of having helped Oscar.
 	Film 	George's ladder gets taller and shorter, as does his box of berries.
 	Muppets 	Ernie watches the Twiddlebugs, who are about to head for Hooper's Store in the rain, but they notice that they need something to keep themselves dry. Tessie remembers that an umbrella helps, so they take one.
 	Cartoon 	A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "New Life."
 	Muppets 	The Count has built a rocket with the help of Dr. Reinbrein and plans to launch it from inside his castle. The two count down from the computer console, but the rocket doesn't take off. Indeed, Count never intended for lift-off; he plans on counting down again and again.
 	Cartoon 	Ten brightly-beaked birds land on a statue.
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. and Mrs. Honker leave their baby in the care of Maria and David at Hooper’s. The baby honker starts crying, and Maria tries to cheer it up with a doll and a rattle, neither of which work. Finally, she finds a honker storybook, which she begins reading from.
 	Cartoon 	What if my hair were grass? (revised)
 	Film 	This is the desert.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet demonstrates empty by leaving his room, soon Grover and his friends, including Cookie Monster, occupy the room making it full. The Anything Muppet comes in and scares the monsters away leaving it empty.
 	Cartoon 	Me and My MArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Cast 	Gordon preaches the importance of rain as it starts to do so in his office.
 	Cartoon 	A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen!Artists: The Hubleys
 	Animation	Different shapes appear inside a circle, until it rounds itself out.
 	SCENE 5 	As Maria gets ready to read another book, Mr. and Mrs. Honker come back to pick up their baby. The sponsors are announced.
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