Episode 1614

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria needs to place an important call, but every telephone on the block seems to be out of order, except for Oscar's, which David spots being used in conversation. Maria approaches him to use the phone, but he's too wrapped up in his call with his friend Grumpy arguing over Grouch baseball teams. He eventually hands her the receiver, which is also broken - he was simply pretending to talk to someone.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #5
 	Film 	A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon.
 	Animation 	Stop-motion: A bunny tries to make a bench with blocks, but needs a chick's help.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things."
 	Cartoon 	Five butterfliesArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata.
 	Film 	Slide puzzle - truck
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar sees Monica nearby reading a book written in Braille, as she is blind. The story is about a mean old Grouch, which piques his interest. At her request, he begrudgingly says "please" in order for her to read it to him.
 	Film 	Counting 20 boxesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges!
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: HOT DOG
 	Cartoon 	Hats
 	Insert 	Mr. Hooper reminisces about his childhood and sings "When I Was as Little as You Are."
 	Cartoon 	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished."
 	Muppets 	Beautiful Day Monster is part of a group of cheerleaders who cheer up to the letter F. When the leader asks what "ABCDEF" spells, they are all stumped, and Beautiful Day Monster comments on how weird that is.
 	Cartoon 	Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair.
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car.
 	Film 	A lobster and a crab.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	F - FaceArtist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 3 	Bob sits in for a piano recital by Slimey, but is skeptical that a worm would be able to do such. To his amazement, the tuxedo-clad Slimey plays "Polonaise in A Major" on his grand piano constructed from a cigar box. Oscar cuts the performance short as he's discouraged by Slimey's flawless playing, and recommends a more Grouch-appropriate encore. Slimey begins to play again, this time hitting as many wrong notes he can manage.
 	Cartoon 	F for fire, fountain, face, farmer, etc.
 	Celebrity 	The Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate body parts during their basketball stunts.
 	Muppets 	Juanita looks for "YO", asking, "¿Esto es yo?" Nope, it's a toy car, and a tomato, and a mirror. Looking in the mirror, she finds herself. "¡Hola, yo!" she cries.
 	Cartoon 	A football player talks about his favorite sport.Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Cast 	Big Bird talks about noses and beaks, and what his beak can do. He tells Olivia, "I'm awful sorry about your nose."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: F for Fly
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts Here Is Your Life, surprising Oak Tree with the story of his life. The guests include Granny Fanny Nesselrode, who planted the tree as an acorn, Cloud and Sun, who gave the tree rain and sunshine, and Marty Table and Sarah Chair, who were made from the tree's friends.
 	Animation 	Five firefighters put out a flaming 5.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #5
 	Insert 	"Professor" Fred the Wonder Horse tries to teach the kids about body parts, but sticks to parts only horses have.
 	Cartoon 	A magician performs a trick that makes birds appear, and fish can be glimpsed between them.Artist: Vince Collins
 	Film 	A baby monkeyMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Same Sound Brown shows Farley that "That's What Reading's All About."
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
 	Cast 	In a circus routine, Luis the ringmaster demonstrates "before" and "after". Freeze-frame technology allows his assistant, Linda, to show each action as she jumps through a hoop, slips on a banana peel, and gets a bucket of water thrown at her face.
 	Animation 	Sand J/j
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Jughead Jones's J story
 	Film 	A little horse gets near and far from the camera.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar and Bruno have set up a series of arrows along the street in order to fool someone. They sneak away in the doorway leading to Bob's apartment and watch as Maria, Gordon, Jessica, Walter, and Erica follow the path of arrows that lead them in a circle around and through Hooper's Store. Oscar revels in his trick, but now Bruno starts following the arrows and runs in circles, making Oscar dizzy. The others watch them with glee as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13