Episode 0531

Picture 	Segment 	Description
center 	SCENE 1 	Gordon and the kids see that Oscar has an old, torn doormat. He's eager to accept the two separate pieces as trash, but changes his mind when he finds out that when Gordon puts the "WEL" and "COME" pieces together, it spells "WELCOME."
 	Film 	A kid marching band forms a triangle.
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set.
 	Cartoon 	A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R.
center250px|center	SCENE 2 	Big Bird chews some bubble gum with Patrick, Troy, and another kid (though Big Bird accidentally swallows his). Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives and participates in a contest to see who can blow the biggest bubble. He chews about 40 pieces and proceeds to use his snuffle to blow a big bubble, then a bigger bubble, and finally the biggest bubble, which explodes and rattles the neighborhood. Susan wonders what the big explosion was, but doesn't believe Big Bird's explanation.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm six years old today!"Artist: Jim Simon
 	Muppets 	The City Mouse and the Country MousePart 1 of 2The Country Mouse lives peacefully on the farm when his cousin, the City Mouse, comes to visit. The City Mouse is appalled that his cousin lives in a haystack, eats acorns, and listens to birdsong. He invites his cousin to come visit him in the city.
 	Cartoon 	Men in boxes sound out the word RUN.
 	Muppets 	The City Mouse and the Country MousePart 2 of 2The Country Mouse visits the City Mouse's apartment, and finds that his cousin eats pizza, doesn't mind traffic sounds, and listens to groovy music on his stereo. The Country Mouse is startled when he hears a cat. The City Mouse sighs, "Oh, that's just the cat. That means he's hungry, and he wants to catch us and eat us for dinner." Horrified, the Country Mouse goes back to the country, where he's safe. The City Mouse offers the cat a bite of pizza.
 	Cartoon 	Footprints move over to the tune of "Here Are Some Things".
center 	SCENE 3 	Susan plays "Here Are Some Things" with different animal parts.
 	Film 	A man and children observe the life along the river.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	What Do You Do With a Pet?
 	Film 	Things you can carryMusic: Joe Raposo
center 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird is excited to show Luis how well he has planned for the upcoming rain shower. As he shows off his umbrella, galoshes, rain hat, and even a potted flower that can get a drink of rain water, he doesn't notice that Luis is getting wet. Big Bird finally hands an irritated Luis a towel, saying that Luis should have planned more.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #6
 	Film 	Ten hats on a hatrack
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "Pig's Love Song."
 	Muppets 	
center 	SCENE 5 	In limbo, Gordon shows an egg before and after he breaks it. He puts it back together with a reverse-tape edit.
 	Cartoon 	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
 	Muppets 	Old West sketches: A couple of cowboy Muppets meet the Alphabet Kid, who claims that he can write the alphabet faster than any man alive. To prove it, he quickly draws his crayon and speedily writes out the whole alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: R for rabbit
 	Cast 	Gordon builds a model airplane. He looks through his box of parts to find two wings that are the same size. After finding the right wings, the airplane sends him soaring towards the sky.
 	Film 	"Six Song (Song of Six)."
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets sing "Up, Up and Away."
 	Film 	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor.Singer: "¡Linda paloma!"
 	Animation 	The Queen of Six explores her garden.
 	Cartoon 	Counting 10 to 1.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	The Martians examine a grandfather clock.
 	Cartoon 	Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane.Artist: John Korty
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark."
 	Cartoon 	P is for Puddle
center 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird makes up a short poem about flies, as several of them have made shelter under his umbrella.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests.
 	Cartoon 	A wizard turns into R things.
 	Film 	Letter R hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A girl explains (in poetry) how she failed trying to make a snowman without using snow.
 	Cast 	Maria supervises as Luis and Gordon put together a fractured letter R.
 	Cartoon 	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks.
 	Cartoon 	A man walks by different people who demonstrate what love is.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm six years old today!" (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (repeat)
center 	SCENE 7 	The rain continues as Big Bird goes to check on Luis, passing by several of the kids holding their own umbrellas. Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis and Cookie Monster hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 4