Episode 0176

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon meets an Anything Muppet man (Jerry Nelson) who walks backwards, says "no" for "yes," eats breakfast at night and supper in the morning. One of the perils of doing everything backwards, according to the man, is walking into open manholes.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Celebrity 	Jim Nabors sings The Alphabet Song.
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon and some kids look at groups of toys, and they point out more than one way to tell which one is different in each group. Reggie ends up singing a bit of "One of These Things" when they figure out what's different about three jet planes and one helicopter, then observe how either a bus or a convertible are different than the other toy cars.
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird.
 	Muppets 	Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4.
center 	Animation 	Scanimate Films: A count of 4.
 	Muppets 	Bob reads the story of "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World."
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #4"
 	Film 	A mandrill carries her young.Music: Joe Raposo
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 	SCENE 3 	Susan shows Big Bird and the kids some comic strip sequences with the last panel missing, and has them guess what will happen next. The first sequence features kids going to a birthday party, the next with girls playing jump rope, and the third with a mother hen hatching an egg (which Big Bird attempts to guess without even looking at it).
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit teaches "full" with a full glass of milk until Cookie Monster drinks it all (with a straw). Disgusted, Kermit complains that he didn’t want to teach "empty", and asks who can talk about the word "full".
 	Celebrity 	Pat Paulsen demonstrates the different between a full and an empty wastebasket.
 	Cast 	Larry and Phyllis cooperate on sending out invitations to a party.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it.
 	Celebrity 	The New York Knicks make 20 baskets in a row, but miss on the 21st.
 	Film 	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent.
 	Celebrity 	The New York Knicks make 8 baskets in a row, but miss on the 9th.
 	SCENE 4 	The cast shows the different uses of water in a series of quick cuts. Mr. Hooper drinks a glass of it, Susan sprinkles her flowers, Gordon mops the steps, and Oscar enjoys a rain shower.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places.
 	Muppets 	Professor Hastings discuss the letter U, but in his confusion, he first thinks he's talking about "you" (meaning himself), then his announcer.
 	Film 	Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage.Music: Joe Raposo
center 	Animation 	Scanimate Films: A count of 4. (repeat)
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids.
 	Muppets 	Mahna Mahna and two Anything Muppet girls sing "Mah Na Mah Na".
 	SCENE 5 	Mr. Hooper has an important note to share, and digs through the pockets of his vest to find it. He finds it, leading to an animal with a pocket.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 6 	Mr. Hooper signs off and Susan announces the sponsors.
center 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bob holds up the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds up the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2