Episode 2456

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Bruce Stringbean, Clarice and S Street Band perform "Born To Add."
 	Cartoon 	A dog uses his memory to remember where his bone is buried.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Tony Danza reads a note that makes him furious. He rips it up in anger. Oscar reads a piece of it and sees why he would've been so angry.
 	Cartoon 	A small man tries to use a seesaw, but can't get his associate (a very large man) to go up.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues."
 	Cast 	Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob.
 	Cartoon 	Footprints move over to the tune of "Here Are Some Things".
center 	Muppets 	Grover and Mr. Johnson: Grover the messenger goes to Mr. Johnson's home to deliver some singing telegrams. After reading a series of wrong telegrams, he reads another one that actually is for Mr. Johnson, and an important one at that, but Grover does not remember who it is from.
 	Cartoon 	What's missing? (a guitar)
 	SCENE 1 	Placido Flamingo sings the "Flamingo Lullaby" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers, who pretend to sleep the way flamingos do; Placido ends up falling asleep by the end of his performance.
 	Cartoon 	A boy bounces on his bed with eight stuffed animals.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it.
 	Film 	A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky.
 	Cartoon 	A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten.
 	Insert 	Forgetful Jones and a Honker wait at the bus stop for a bus to Madison Square Garden, where the two will meet up with Clementine for a rodeo. Luis tells the pair to take the #11 bus and makes sure Forgetful remembers it. He forgets it immediately after and as others (Susan and Oscar) pass by, he thinks he's taking the "Good Morning" or the "Phooey!" bus. All the while, the Honker frantically tries correcting him. Bob passes by and gives them the time, 11 o'clock, reminding Forgetful of the correct bus, just in time to boast about when Luis returns.
 	Cartoon 	"Song of the Inuit Child"
 	Animation 	A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion.
 	Muppets 	Gladys the Cow helps Kermit direct the dance scene of his movie. Her task is to count backwards from four and yell "action", but she counts forwards instead. Kermit shows her the right way to count and yells "Action!", which Gladys uses as an excuse to begin her dance scene.
 	Cartoon 	In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing.
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	Muppets 	A woman (Jim Henson) volunteers to assist The Amazing Mumford in his surprise magic trick. Mumford makes her disappear – but when he tries to make her reappear, Herry Monster pops up, saying "SURPRISE!"
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #11Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	Maria is taking care of Baby Natasha, who refuses to eat. Big Bird and the Birdketeers arrive and want her to join their club, providing her with a hat. They try getting her to flap her "wings" with a lot of practice, but she's unable to. Maria thinks she can learn after she has her lunch, so the Birdketeers leave for now. Natasha ends up making a mess with her cereal, but when Maria glares at her she innocently gives out some tweets and flaps her arms.
 	Cartoon 	A cowboy adds two different herds of cows.
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"Summer Song" - A singer describes what happens in the summertime.
 	Cartoon 	K is for kitten.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird returns and is happy to see that Natasha has learned to flap and tweet. He then gives Maria clues about their newest recruit: they're little, crawls around, and loves mud. It turns out to be Slimey, and Big Bird recommends Natasha be his "tweeting teacher."
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a horse.
 	Cartoon 	Is no one afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?
 	Muppets 	On a boring day, two hipsters sing "Meet Me at the Bus Stop" and decide to do so.
 	Cartoon 	I-Ink (angry bird)
 	Animation 	Rocks turn in circles to a song.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar now wants Natasha to be a Grouchketeer, but she must learn the Grouchketeer oath before earning her trash can hat. Natasha puts her thumb in her mouth, over her eye, and under her nose before finally getting it in her ear. She also refuses to wear the hat, which is a good sign for Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	"It's a Lovely Eleven Morning"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb.
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppet beatniks say the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A large blob shoves a tiny one out of the way and declares, "I'm big!" The tiny one thinks for a moment and declares, "I'm me!"Artist: Janet Perlman
 	SCENE 5 	Natasha has on both her Birdketeer and Grouchketeer hats, with one thumb in her ear and her other arm flapping. Oscar believes this makes her a "Birdke-grouchketeer." Oscar begins to play with Natasha as Placido announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 19