Episode 0190

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	After greeting the viewer, Mr. Hooper, Reggie, and Robin notice a sign on Oscar's trash can: "Don't bother me unless you know the secret knock." Oscar explains that too many people knock on his can, so the special knock lets him know if anyone has something important to tell him. He teaches the knock to Mr. Hooper and the kids.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Susan and Kwame read Oscar's sign and make several attempts to find out the secret knock, bothering Oscar. He lets them in on the secret knock as well.
 	Cartoon 	Eugene wants his talking crow Willis to name some N words, and Willis replies with "no," "nothing," "nobody" and "never."
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Miguel and Mary make some attempts to find out the secret knock, which bothers Oscar (who has resorted to wearing earmuffs) so much that he takes his sign down. Once Miguel and Mary leave, Mr. Hooper and Reggie return to point out the missing sign to Oscar, infuriating him.
 	Cartoon 	N is naughty, nice, nodding, nickel, noon, nibbling, nest, nut, nose, night, nine, and nursing.
 	Muppets 	"The Word Family Song": ET family
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early
 	SCENE 2 	Miguel and some kids look in a picture for lots of embedded fish.
 	Cartoon 	While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup.
 	Celebrity 	Tag: Tim Conway says "There was something fishy there."
 	Film 	A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie."
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry
 	SCENE 3 	At his store, Mr. Hooper sells a candy bar that's five cents, but Willie (Caroll Spinney) and his friend only have two cents apiece; that's only four cents. Another boy (Jerry Nelson) has a penny, so Mr. Hooper adds up all five cents.
 	Film 	Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle.
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppets sing "As I Was Going to St. Ives."
 	SCENE 4 	Miguel counts his fingers from 1 to 7 in Spanish.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7 (repeat)
 	Celebrity 	Pat Paulsen counts to 20.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 5 	Mr. Hooper and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter N . The kids list some N words.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: N for Nail
 	Muppets 	A large letter N sits on a brick wall. The letters "OT" and "OW" push each other away in order to form the words "NOT" and "NOW." The N has had enough, and hits two of the letters - "OW!"
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: N for Nail (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	N words (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	An N-terview with an NArtist: John Paratore
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about clues. He shows that a boy has grown some carrots because he has garden tools, a watering can, and a packet of seeds. Next, he confirms that a man has built a birdhouse because of his blueprints and carpenter's tools. When he notices Beautiful Day Monster with a suitcase and an umbrella, Kermit assumes that the monster is going on a trip and using the umbrella as protection from the rain. The monster corrects him; he's planning to eat his umbrella, and uses the suitcase to carry the ketchup he'll use to eat it with.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others
 	SCENE 6 	Susan sings "Three of These Things" using groups of toy transportation. Miguel sings "One of These Things" in Spanish with groups of ginger ale bottles.
 	Film 	A film of kids riding their bikes to the zoo. The kids look at zoo animals.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit gives a lecture about rectangles. Cookie Monster smashes the shape, but says it'll still work out: "It's a wreck -- and it's a tangle!"
 	SCENE 7 	Mr. Hooper, Miguel, and the kids say goodbye as Susan announces the sponsors. The credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds up the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds up the Children's Television Workshop sign at the end.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2