Episode 0239

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar is not fazed when Gordon knocks on his can, claiming this will be the last time anyone does that again. Oscar also tells him all the lumber surrounding his can will be used to build something to achieve this effect. Carpenter John (Christopher Lofton) arrives and starts to get to work.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The spectators take off.
 	SCENE 2 	John hammers the wall together, though the noise bothers Oscar. John says the wall would get done faster if he had some help. Oscar at first offers until John accidentally hits his finger with the hammer. John then assembles Brynne, Jay, and another kid to help get the job done faster, but they produce an even louder, more annoying sound (to Oscar's dismay). John gets the kids to hammer in rhythmic unison, which still gives Oscar a headache.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket doesn't go off until a few seconds after the countdown commences.
 	Song 	"B is for Bubble."
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar's wall is completed and everyone leaves, muttering about how it won't be the same without Oscar's complaining. Oscar quickly discovers the drawbacks the wall has - the Anything Muppet mailman can't deliver his mail, assuming that Oscar has movied away. When his newspaper, The Daily Grouch, is tossed over the wall, Oscar can't find it because the wall has made everything too dark. He can't even reach his delivery of sour milk from the milkman (represented by only a hand). He also realizes he can't escape from the space as well to get a pickle sundae from Hooper's Store or go to the movies. He calls everyone over to dismantle it.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The director's hat blasts off instead.
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B".
 	Cartoon 	B for butterfly
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version)
 	SCENE 4 	On the stoop, John shows the kids his folding rulers and they use them to make the forms of some numbers. He asks the kids to make an 11, and shows it's impossible unless someone has a second ruler.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down.
 	Cast 	Bob and Gordon erect an 11.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall.Voice: Casey Kasem
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Bug
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation	Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse.
 	SCENE 5 	A Muppet girl cries because her schoolmates said she wasn't beautiful, and that her clothes weren't as nice as theirs. Bob sings "Don't You Know You're Beautiful?" to her to show how it's what's on the inside that matters more. At the song's end, a Muppet boy comes by. He lives on the same block as the girl, and asks if he can walk her home. She happily accepts, and the two leave.
 	Film 	Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler.
 	Cartoon 	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg.Voice: Casey Kasem
 	Cartoon 	E ... see me eating a peach
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon plays a round of "Here Are Some Things" with some cleaning tools. John plays a second round using tools.
 	Muppets 	Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster explains the purpose of the Bus Stop sign, however the bus zooms pasts him. Resulting in Cookie Monster ripping the part of the sign mentioning STOP.
 	Cartoon 	I've Got a Mind: FishArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Herry Monster sing "Up and Down".
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders.
 	Muppets 	Professor Hastings uses a pogo stick to demonstrate "up" and "down", and ends up jumping into a pond.
 	SCENE 7 	Bob teaches the kids that arriba is Spanish for "up," and abajo is Spanish for "down" as the kids use the railings of 123 Sesame Street to demonstrate.
 	Cartoon 	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Film 	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: E for eggA cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."
 	Song 	"Where the Garbage Goes," a song film which explains what happens to garbage after it gets thrown away. (edited)Music by Peter Schickele
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin spells his name.
 	Cartoon 	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. (repeat)
 	SCENE 8 	By Oscar's can, John shows the kids about subtraction using five nails. Oscar furthers the lesson by having them leave a few at a time. He admits to liking the idea of subtraction as he signs off.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2