Episode 0550

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria puts on a floppy cowboy-esque hat and chants an introduction to words that rhyme with grand...
*Luis displays his hand in a box.
*Bob leads a band on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street.
*Big Bird dumps a bucket of sand on Maria. “Understand?” Maria asks.
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola demonstrate happy, sad, scared and mad.
 	SCENE 2 	Maria does another chant to introduce words that rhyme with doze...
*Bob displays a rose.
*Luis points to his mask's nose.
*Big Bird sprays Maria with a hose. “I see how it goes,” Maria comments.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Film 	Counting the circus clowns.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 3 	Maria does one more chant for words that rhyme with cane...
*Luis pulls a long chain from a small box.
*Bob has a Great Dane, who drags him offscreen.
*Big Bird plays with a toy plane, narrowly missing Maria. A deep voice (David) bellows, "Rain," and Maria gets caught in a shower.
 	Animation 	It's a Circle!
 	Muppets 	Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup.
 	Cartoon 	Children describe how to draw an elephant.
 	Film 	Kids climb in and out of a tire.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A man sees if a carpenter knows how to measure with a ruler.
 	Song 	"B is for Bubble."
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar asks David to help him put a number 5 on the back of his racing jacket, because he’s entering the Trash Can Derby today. Oscar thinks 5 is his lucky number, because his alarm rang at 5:00 today, his phone rang 5 times during his mud bath, he broke 5 rotten eggs, and 5 people dropped trash on his head. The race takes place inside Oscar's trash can, and instead of cars, the Grouches race with elephants. David watches in excitement as the race announcer (Jerry Nelson) gives color commentary. At the climax of the race, Oscar comes in 5th place.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter).
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about the word AGUA, which springs many leaks.
center 	Celebrity 	Actor James Earl Jones recites the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks, but Grover doesn't know how many to get (he can't count to 5). Kermit has him go back and forth bringing one until there is five.
 	Song 	"Octopus One-Man Band"
 	Film 	PeacockMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Agua
 	Muppets 	Monsters, including the puppet who would become Grover, Flute-Snatcher, Cookie Monster, Beautiful Day Monster, and Scudge, are looking at something. Billy appears, and is reprimanded with "Eyy!" After a few times, Fred's son turns toward the viewer and yells "A!", revealing that the group is staring at the letter A.
 	Film 	A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin tells the story of an old king named Morty Moot Mope, from the kingdom of Boebitty Bope, who loves to hear words that sound the same. Morty has trouble finding words that rhyme with his name, so he calls upon Same Sound Brown to do it.
 	Film 	One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab)
 	Cast 	Kids comment as Bob's legs, torso, and head move into place.
 	Cartoon 	A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it.
 	SCENE 5 	Maria, Luis, and Oscar each play a guessing game with the viewer, asking them to guess what they're thinking of while a telestrator draws something above their head. Maria thinks of a house. Luis thinks of someone looking over a fence. Oscar thinks of a “GO AWAY” sign.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Tracy count five fingers.
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A" (repeat)
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs rest on tree branches.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Country 5 (repeat)
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent movie of a girl who is stuck IN the quicksand.
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (repeat)
 	Film 	Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms.
 	Cartoon 	A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims.
 	Film 	The camera zooms out on an onion as kids guess what it is.
 	Cartoon 	A man walks in an IN.
 	SCENE 6 	John-John helps David crank the awning of Hooper's Store as Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5