Episode 0641

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria is in a hurry to get to an exam and asks Big Bird to do two favors for her: give David the dollar bill she owes him, and place her letter in the mailbox for her mother in Puerto Rico. Big Bird beams with pride that he's helping out Maria, but begins to get his instructions mixed up…
 	Muppets 	The Count asks Ingrid to teach him how to count to 20 in Spanish.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	SCENE 2 	An Anything Muppet mailman (Jerry Nelson) collects the mail, finding a dollar bill. He and Big Bird wonder how it got in there, and Big Bird provides several possible scenarios including someone with too much money or a chase involving big and little monsters. David comes along and asks Big Bird why he gave him a letter that’s addressed to Maria’s mother; again Big Bird struggles to come up with an answer. Maria passes through and casually switches the items as Big Bird gives an embarrassed laugh.
 	Cast 	Athlete Bob has to put his basketball away, but first needs to match the tag on his key to the right numbered locker.
 	Animation 	Shape organization, part 1
 	Cartoon 	Sand W/w
 	Cartoon 	W for Wash
 	Cartoon 	W for Willamina
 	Film 	A Stool For Me
 	Cartoon 	A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet.
 	Animation 	Shape organization, part 2
 	Muppets / Cast	Kermit's Lectures: Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A turtle swims in a tank.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 3 	At Hooper's Store, David gets off the phone with someone who just canceled their sandwich order. The Count eyes the half-made sandwich, and David gets so cheered up with the unwasted food that he offers to add more ingredients to make it even more delicious for him. Once the sandwich is complete, the Count... counts the one sandwich and promptly leaves.
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #8
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie has a bag of cookies, and locks them in a safe to protect them from Cookie Monster. When the monster discovers that the cookies are locked up tight, he eats the safe.
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent movie of a girl who is stuck IN the quicksand.
 	Cartoon 	A man walks in an IN.
 	Cartoon 	A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it.
 	Insert 	Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, David and Bob all throw a small amount of litter on the ground, adding to the street's filth. When a voice (Jerry Nelson) asks "Who made this mess?" each one of them denies that it was them, saying they only dropped a small amount of garbage on the street. Soon, however, they realize that they each contributed to the mess in one way or another and pick up what they dropped. The voice then tells them to put the trash in a trash can instead of on the ground.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Shape organization, part 3
 	Film 	A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off.
 	Cartoon 	A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but he says NO instead.Artist: Derek Lamb
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: W for water
 	Muppets 	In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W.
 	Cartoon 	"Wanda the Witch"Animation by Tee Collins
 	Celebrity 	Carol Burnett: "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird."
 	SCENE 4 	Sam the Robot plays an internal game of pinball (indicated by the noises he makes and his "TILT" sign). He encounters Maria and David on their way to the movies, and asks to join them since he's never been to one. They agree to take him as long as he promises not to flash any lights or make any noise. Sam agrees, though he makes a lot of chatter on the way there.
 	Cartoon 	What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances?
 	Cartoon 	A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?"
 	SCENE 5 	During the movie, Sam asks out loud how a movie projector works, disrupting Maria, David, and the other patrons. Just as he gets quiet, the projector breaks. David tells him that the movie won't continue until they fix the machine. Excited to hear that the projector is a fellow machine, Sam thinks he can help out and leaves. The movie starts up again and Maria and David snuggle up close to enjoy it... discovering that Sam is serving as the projector's replacement, playing the movie from his front hatch!
 	Animation 	Shape organization (all formations review), part 4
 	Celebrity 	Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose."
 	Cartoon 	Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime."
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Fish swim around.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk.
 	Film 	Counting to 20.
 	Cartoon 	W for Willamina (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers.
 	SCENE 6 	David and Maria complain how bad the film was, but compliment Sam for his work. The couple continues to discuss the film as Sam stops to announce the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Gallery==
0641-BB-BTS.jpg|Behind the scenes during scene 1.
JerryFatBlueMailman.jpg|Behind the scenes with Jerry Nelson during scene 2.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5