Episode 2233

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar welcomes the viewer and shows off his great new invention: "Grouch earplugs." He's able to block out the pleasantries that he assumes Gordon and Susan are telling each other, when in reality the two are arguing about the important things they have to do today. Eventually, the couple makes up and figures out a compromise, and when Oscar's curiosity gets to him he removes the earplugs at the wrong time, hearing Gordon and Susan saying nice things before they leave.
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist invents the capital letter H.
 	Muppets 	(part 1)
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #9Animation by Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	(part 2)
 	Film 	A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
 	SCENE 2 	Linda tells Bob that she got good news in a letter: an old friend from Vermont will be visiting her today. Linda's friend, Ed (played by Ed Waterstreet) arrives, who is also deaf and uses sign language to speak with Linda. As Ed and Linda attempt to talk with each other using their hands, Bob observes the two having difficulty with Ed holding his luggage in-between messages and offers to help carry the suitcases.
 	Cartoon 	Billy Jo Jive: After Bad News Barton fails to make the swimming team, Billy and Smart Suzie teach him to eat healthier.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor.Singer: "Linda paloma!"
 	Animation 	G/g musical notes (Gordon voiceover)
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Lena Horne and The Anything Muppets sing an upbeat version of "The Alphabet Song." (no onscreen letters)
 	Animation 	Three little people climb up the three flower stems. (edited version)Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	Film 	A trip to the doctor's office.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar is amazed when he finds a crummy, discarded chair situated next to his trash can and needs some help to get it into his home. He asks Gordon and Susan to do so, but they find it's too big to fit in the can's opening. Oscar tells them to lift the chair up high then let it drop to the ground. This smashes the chair to pieces, and Oscar simply collects the individual parts that now fit in the can.
 	Animation 	A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!"
 	Film 	A beekeeper extracts honey from a honeycomb.
 	Muppets 	At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for various books...and a box of cookies. Ultimately, he asks him for just a box of cookies. He becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand that they don't have cookies! He finally asks for a book about cookies...and a glass of milk! Then, since the library doesn't have milk either, he asks for a book about cookies and a glass of juice.
 	Cartoon 	Two men compete to be in front.
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)."
 	Cast 	Maria as Charlie Chaplin tries to leave through the door marked EXIT, but the sign keeps moving, and a brick wall appears behind each opened door. Finally, she makes her own exit through a hole in the wall.
 	Cartoon 	A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job.
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "The Song of the Count."
 	Cartoon 	Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, nose, and ears.
 	SCENE 4 	Bob, Linda, Ed, and some kids play a "mirror" game, with one person doing exactly what the other person does. After the kids take a turn, Linda plays a round with the viewer.
 	Cartoon 	Ten brightly-beaked birds land on a statue.
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppets (Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson) use a tape measure to figure out how far apart they are from each other. It turns out to be thirty-seven feet.
 	Film 	A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A man finds many ways to "EXIT", which slowly irritates him.
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Tanya to explain what "exit" means.
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that they don't live there.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 5 	Linda, Ed, and the kids go off to play in the park. Big Bird arrives and realizes that he missed out on all the fun, so Bob teaches him to play the mirror game, which Big Bird is very good at... a little too good, as Bob now has trouble trying to get Big Bird to stop playing the game.
 	Cartoon 	A man thinks of H words while sitting on a horse.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cast 	Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob.
 	Film 	Old bottles are made into new ones at a recycling center.Music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett
 	Cartoon 	Harold and Howard think of H words.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Clementine plays a game with the viewer to see if they can guess what Forgetful Jones is riding on.
 	Cartoon 	9 AntsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird continues to echo Bob's every action, reading newspapers in the yard and saying the same thing at the same time. Unbeknownst to each other, both of them are now annoyed about doing the same thing the other person does and Big Bird eventually admits it to Bob. He asks if it's okay to stop the game (having already played for three hours), which causes Bob to break down crying. As Big Bird comforts him, Susan announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 18