Episode 0263

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon welcomes the viewer, wearing a sweater with an E on it. Mr. Hooper sets out some newspapers, shouting, "Extra, extra!" which Gordon points out is an E word.
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot displays the letters E and T, mentioning that they're the ET family. He calls on Grover to add a heavy letter W to the letters, making the word WET. Grover rests for a minute after carrying the heavy W away.
 	Cartoon 	E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg.
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot calls on Grover to add a heavy letter S to the letters, making the word SET. Grover rests for a minute after carrying the heavy S away.
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon displays the letter E on his sweater, again.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: E for eggA cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot calls on Grover to add a heavy letter M to the letters, making the word MET. Grover faints after being told to put the ET letters away.
 	SCENE 3 	Susan calls Gordon from Hooper's Store and asks him to describe their platter so she can buy another one that matches it. Gordon describes it as round, with a blue stripe and a flower in the middle. He ends up dropping it, so he adds one more thing to the platter description: it's broken.
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin shows that he knows the "Days of the Week".
 	Cartoon 	Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty H”
 	Cartoon 	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks.Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar sips on a cup of hot mud in his can, when Mr. Hooper accidentally rides his delivery cart into his can area. He shows Oscar that he's made a "SALE" sign, and gives Oscar the leftover letters -- L, B, O, I, V, G, and E. Then, he remembers that he was going to make the sign say "BIG SALE," and takes back the B, I, and G. This leaves Oscar with the word "LOVE," much to his dismay.
 	Cartoon 	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole
 	Cast 	Gordon appears as a magician sitting in a chair. He magically brings in Susan and Mr. Hooper, as well as a number counting them all. The other two pop in and out, forcing Gordon to change the number until he makes them all vanish.
 	Cartoon 	Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!"
 	SCENE 5 	Susan asks kids where to wash a car. Still pictures show their options, such as a sink, bathtub, or laundromat. Ultimately, they guess that it gets washed at the car wash.
 	Film 	Kids use shapes to make a train.
 	Cast 	Bob assembles a number 12.
 	Animation 	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
 	Celebrity 	Pat Paulsen counts to 20.
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird encounters Kimmy, who just hurt her knee. He reassures her it was just a mistake, and sings "Everyone Makes Mistakes." As he wraps up, he makes a mistake himself by bumping into Mr. Hooper as he stacks items in the store.
 	Film 	Apes play at the zoo.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 7 	Mr. Hooper shows a Muppet kid (Jerry Nelson) how to use a reaching device to get a pack of light bulbs down from the top shelf.
 	Cartoon 	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version).
 	Cartoon 	E ImaginationArtists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Grover tries to show some monsters that they need to be on both sides of a rope in order to have a proper game of tug-o-war.
 	SCENE 8 	Reading quickies:
*Susan reads a book.
*Gordon reads a magazine.
*Big Bird reads a Dennis the Menace comic book.
*Mr. Hooper reads a newspaper.
*A kid reads a picture book.
*Susan imagines everyone wanting to read her book.
 	Cartoon 	H is for horseshoe.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. (repeat)
 	SCENE 9 	Big Bird wants to play basketball with some kids, but first Gordon has to put up the hoop, Ronald has to get the basketball, and Brian has to round up more kids for the teams. Once all that happens, something else occurs that nobody could plan for: it starts to rain. One kid offers Big Bird a kiss, but Big Bird feels too dejected.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty H” (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*.Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: E for egg (repeat)
 	SCENE 10 	Under the shelter of the arbor outside Hooper's, everyone sings "Rain, Rain, Go Away." Big Bird angrily cries out to the heavens, "You're not listening!" Gordon gets everyone to wave goodbye and Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper and Oscar hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2