Episode 2969

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Telly and Lillian welcome the viewer, but before they can talk about what begins with the letter of the day (L), Chicago devours the lettuce and lima beans they have on the table. "That lion makes me kind of glad that I'm not a vegetable," Telly meekly says.
 	Cartoon 	L for lion
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons" to address the importance of proper trash disposal for the sake of pigeons.
center 	Cartoon 	Lightbulb subtraction.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (re-filmed version)
 	Muppets 	Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy.
 	Film 	Fireworks Alphabet
 	SCENE 2 	Telly and Lillian are now prepared to give an L demonstration when a group of Grouches, including Oscar and Grundgetta, shows up holding signs and chanting, "Hey hey! Ho ho! The letter L has got to go!" Oscar explains that Grouches hate the letter L because it starts all kinds of yucky words such as "lollipop," "like," and "love." Telly and Lillian thank Oscar for doing them a favor by listing several L words. Lillian then points their attention to the upcoming L movie, which makes all the Grouches begin to scream...
 	Cartoon 	"L Look Around Song"Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite.
 	Cartoon 	Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil.Artist: Jim Jinkins
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter."
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Floral patterns are formed to Eastern European music.
 	SCENE 3 	Lillian asks the Grouches to help talk about the number 6, but Oscar instead counts up all the Grouches who won't help them. Lillian thanks him again for helping as, counting Oscar, there are six Grouches protesting! She introduces a film about six flowers, which traumatizes the Grouches once more...
 	Animation 	Seis flores
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "The Batty Bat".
 	Cartoon 	Q / q (balloons)
 	Film 	A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him.
 	Cartoon 	A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All" as well as below.Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	SCENE 4 	Lillian stops at the Fix-It Shop to pick up her radio. She and Luis notice Barkley sleeping, and wonder what he's dreaming about.
 	SCENE 4cont'd	In Barkley's dream sequence, he sleeps in a field, when he hears some kids calling for him to play frisbee with them. One of the kids throws it high up into the air, and in slow motion, Barkley chases it and catches it in mid-air. He feels so happy as the kids play with him in the grass.This sequence was lifted from Episode 1503.
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Luis and Lillian wake Barkley up, and he feels disappointed that his good dream is over.
 	Cartoon 	A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Film 	Ducks swim and fly.Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2)
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster does a taste test to compare square shaped cookies, triangle shaped cookies, and circle shaped cookies.
 	Song 	"Llama at Dentist"
 	Muppets 	Grover is the newest employee of a fast food franchise which serves such delicacies as O'Fish, O'Salad, O'Rye Bread, and O'Milk. However, this is a different kind of "fast food" restaurant: the food zips by the customer on trays across the counter, and falls to the floor if it's not caught in time. Mr. Johnson is not ready for this, so he asks if there's any "slow food." There is, but it's served by a turtle who takes longer than Mr. Johnson wants to wait.
 	Celebrity 	Gloria Estefan sings a special version of "1-2-3" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers.
 	Cartoon 	Q -- that funny looking thing.
 	Cast 	Maria is dressed for summer weather, while Linda is dressed for the snow. They switch clothes and scenarios.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm six years old today!"
 	Film 	Animals fight.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different. (alternate take)
 	Cartoon 	A hippo who lives in the country, and likes it quiet, is disturbed when a mouse, who likes it loud, moves in.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 5 	Chicago is taking a nap on top of Oscar's trash can. Oscar and Grundgetta try to hide their fear of roaring lions while telling him to scram, but they are the ones who scram when Chicago roars in his sleep. Lillian announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
* Additional Grouch performers include Rick Lyon, Joey Mazzarino, David Rudman, and Jim Martin.
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Category:Alphabet
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23