Episode 2216

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Forgetful Jones and Olivia sing a song about sharing.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays six marvelous monkeys who do stunts.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Kermit at Home: While Kermit is at home typing his autobiography, salesmonster Telly comes to his doorstep and asks if Kermit wants to buy a head warmer. Telly keeps worrying he's not doing a good job, and that Kermit won't want one. But Kermit reassures him that since he does have a head, he will have a use for a head warmer, unlike the things Grover sells (toothbrushes, earmuffs, and nose warmers). When Kermit puts the head warmer on, it covers his entire head. Telly remarks, "Kermit! It's -- it's you!"
 	Animation 	Counting animals (1 butterfly, 2 frogs, 3 birds, 4 turtles, 5 bees, 6 fish)
 	Film 	The Steam Shovel
 	Cartoon 	A lost man in the desert asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like. As it turns out, the stranger is an alien.
 	Cast 	Mr. Macintosh does a soft-shoe routine down the street as he recites the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	Jack-in-the-Box School
 	Muppets 	A group of Anything Muppet children wander into a classroom and wonder where they are. They lift up their desks and find the letters forming "SCHOOL" on them.
 	Film 	SCHOOL: the sign spins around.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	The Hungry Family competes on "Family Food," hosted by Richard Dawson.
 	Film 	Kids comment as they watch tomatoes grow in a field.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 1 	Up on the roof of 123 Sesame Street, Gordon, Susan, and Maria finish work on a scarecrow for the rooftop garden. Big Bird drops by and asks to be introduced to their new friend. They explain to Big Bird that the scarecrow isn't alive, then explain what its purpose is - to scare off birds. Big Bird is offended and leaves.
 	Cartoon 	6 mice, 6 snakes, 6 fish, 6 monkeys, 6 witches
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive."
 	Cartoon 	One of these shoe pairs ...
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster sounds out "feet," and then the camera pans back to reveal a pair of live feet on some grass.
 	Film 	A little horse gets near and far from the camera.
 	SCENE 2 	Telly happens by the group, as Big Bird asks him to help him pack; he wants to leave Sesame Street if this is how the adults are going to treat his kind. They try to explain the scarecrow isn't meant for birds like him and try to make it clear that they love him. They offer to get rid of the scarecrow if it means Big Bird will stay around, and he agrees, provided he can keep the scarecrow instead; there's been a family of crows taking his nest and he wants to get rid of them.
 	Cartoon 	I Love You, in American Sign LanguageArtist: Steve Finkin
 	Muppets 	Grover sings "Still, We Like Each Other".
 	Cartoon 	F for fire, fountain, face, farmer, etc.
 	Song 	"Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster.
 	Cartoon 	Frances Fairy displays several F words.
 	SCENE 3 	Forgetful Jones sits out in the yard with a balloon strung from his hat. Although Maria is in a hurry, she can't help tending to her curiosity regarding it. It takes some time to get him to realize it's there, but soon Forgetful remembers exactly why he has it. He explains that to combat his poor memory, he intends to write things down on the balloon. But, when he tries to demonstrate, his pencil pops the balloon. Maria tells him it's more sensible to write things down on something that won't burst, like the notecards she's using for her errands. She borrows Forgetful's pencil to add something to her list and gives Forgetful a notecard he can use too. Forgetful tells her one thing she needs to remember - to return his pencil.
 	Cartoon 	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	"Would You Like to Buy an O?"
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit."
 	Animation 	Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on.
 	Film 	Elephants (African percussion soundtrack)
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: OINK
 	SCENE 4 	Forgetful gets "Shirley's" attention to tell her how to put the notecard to good use. The only problem is that he can't remember where he put it. Maria then announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17