Episode 2553

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Snuffy and Alice say the " big and little alphabet," where Snuffy recites the alphabet (represented in capital letters) and Alice repeats the letters (seen in lowercase).
 	Animation 	It's a snail!Artist: Ishu Patel
center 	Muppets 	Director Kermit is making a western film with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter through the saloon doors and shout, "Everybody freeze!" Of course, he forgets this, and instead enters under, around and over the door. He gets the line right for the first three takes, but when he finally goes through the door: "Everybody ... frolic!"
 	Film 	Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left.
 	Cartoon 	Two men go birdwatching, while one of them tries to alert the other about the closed bridge.
 	Film 	A crane is shown, with a shovel and wrecking ball.
 	Insert 	Don Music is playing some music at Hooper's Store, but David isn't so sure about it. Don plays a medley of soft songs, then a loud one. Don realizes that the music he plays should make the customers think of food and brings in the Cooking Choir, a bunch of kids who sing about David cooking, then the customers eating.
 	Cartoon 	F - FaceArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
center 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark."Re-filmed version
 	Cartoon 	Hortense counts 3 peas.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Muppets 	Here Is Your Life: A sneaker is profiled.
 	Cartoon 	A duckling dresses itself, naming all the parts of its coat.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Muppets 	Snuffy shows Big Bird the cloud costume he's going to wear in his Snufflegarden class's upcoming pageant about the sky, and even sings the song that accompanies it, while Big Bird imagines him as a cloud.
 	Cartoon 	A ball goes up and down a musical staircase.
 	Muppets 	Alphabet Chat: Mr. Chatterly tries to discuss the letter R, but everything goes awry.
 	Cartoon 	R for rhinoceros, raquet, robot
 	Film 	An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo).
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon brings his broken toaster to the Fix-It Shop, where Luis is reading a book, Taking Care of Baby. He imagines he has a baby and gives it a bath in the sink. Gordon assures him that he'll be a fine parent. Once he leaves, Luis continues to the chapter on changing a diaper and uses Gordon's toaster as the baby.
 	Cartoon 	Three tigers dance and play music.
 	Muppets 	The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends.
 	Song 	"Frog Kick"
 	Cartoon 	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F.
 	Cast 	Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a square.
 	Cartoon 	A magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance.
 	SCENE 3 	Ruby comes by the shop to ask Maria about taking care of a baby, claiming she'll be a mother herself one day, too. She doesn't think Luis will know anything since he's only the father, but he assures her that he'll be taking care of the baby just as much as Maria. Ruby pulls out her bag and dumps the contents onto the table - a baby doll and various supplies to take care of her. Ruby is ready to practice with Luis and leaves to get the baby's stroller. Luis meanwhile takes the doll and continues practicing; Gordon comes across him again and suggests the fellow father should get her a blanket to keep her warm.
 	Muppets 	Grover explains the word "EXIT" with some Muppets running over him as they run through the exit. (ending trimmed)
 	Song 	"Garbageman's Blues Song"
 	SCENE 4 	Ruby has her baby, Agatha, all dressed, but the floppy legs prevent her from getting the shoes on. Luis cooperates by having Ruby hold the doll steady as he places the shoes on. She's certain Luis will make a fine father.
 	Cartoon 	A wizard turns into R things.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Cab Calloway sings "Hi De Ho Man."
 	Film 	Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like.
 	Cartoon 	Two crows sing "Stones Don't Grow."Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Animation 	Different shapes appear inside a circle, until it rounds itself out.
 	SCENE 5 	Snuffy teaches Alice how to play tag in the yard as Gordon announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
* Scene 1 would be used as a stand-alone insert in future episodes, usually editing out the beginning and ending music tag.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20