Episode 0245

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar comes into Hooper's Store to buy a birthday card for his friend Icky Grouch. Mr. Hooper selects a couple from his display, but all the ones he has have nice poems inside. Mr. Hooper tells him they don't make unpleasant greeting cards, so Oscar resolves to make one of his own.
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...Artist: Fred Calvert
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar returns to the store with a crumpled, smudged birthday card. He reads the birthday poem he wrote: "Happy birthday to my dear friend, Icky. When I look at your face, I really get sicky!" Mr. Hooper thinks it's mean and rotten, which signals to Oscar that he's successful.
 	Cartoon 	A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: R for rabbit
 	Cast 	Larry and Phyllis try to sing, but Larry can only make a honking sound while Phyllis can only make a beeping sound.
 	Cartoon 	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
 	Cartoon 	I - ice cream.
 	Insert 	Big Bird plays in his nest with a set of blocks that Roosevelt Franklin had gifted him. Herry Monster comes along and helps him sort them according to how they want to play with them.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #5
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
center 	Muppets 	Lefty sells Ernie a handy-dandy remembering pad that reminds him to take care of his daily routines (i.e. wake up in the morning, eat lunch at noon, etc.).
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon flips out when he discovers that Susan is preparing ribs for dinner. She mixes the barbecue sauce together, and Gordon suggests adding some hot sauce. They are then reminded of their first big fight as a married couple...
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	In a flashback, Susan prepares her very first dish of ribs for Gordon; she's a bit nervous as they're Gordon's favorite food. Gordon samples it and comments that it needs a lot more hot sauce, like his mother used to make. Susan takes great offense to this as she's been working all afternoon on the sauce, and starts to cry. Gordon attempts to apologize, and tries to rectify his comment, but Susan gets the hot sauce and prepares to add more...
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Back in the present, Gordon and Susan laugh over their disagreement, and Gordon offers to make the sauce instead. Susan puts the apron on him, and Gordon jokingly tries to sneak in some hot sauce.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (repeat)
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about hair. According to Kermit, "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." He points out that some people have hair on their heads, while others have it on their faces. But if you have hair all over your body -- like Beautiful Day Monster, who emerges brushing himself and singing "A pretty girl is like a melody ..." -- then you're a monster!
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Hooper shows the viewer how his cash register works, specifically when he makes a ten-cent sale.
 	Film 	Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster has just learned how to spell the word telephone. Cookie Monster comes running in with a frantic need for a telephone. Herry shows him the word, but Cookie wants a real one. Herry gives him one, and Cookie eats it.
 	SCENE 5 	Susan presents the small letter I, then writes the word "ink" with a pen. Mr. Hooper presents ice in a soda glass. Oscar declares that he's going inside his trash can.
 	Celebrity 	The New York Knicks make 3 baskets in a row, but miss on the 4th.
 	Muppets 	Billy wants to learn about here and there, so the Beautiful Day Monster and Cookie Monster show him by spreading apart, each calling Fred's son over to their side. However, whenever Baby gets to "there," he always finds himself "here."
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A female and male vocalist sing "Bird is a four-letter word" over a film about birds.
 	SCENE 6 	In split-screen, Bob rhymes "chair" with "bear" and "hair," giving out clues for both.
 	Muppets 	
 	Celebrity 	The New York Knicks make 20 baskets in a row.
 	Cartoon 	A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses.
 	Celebrity 	Arte Johnson says the alphabet, forgetting a few letters here and there.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Brian talk about the difference between here and there.
 	Film 	A boy narrates how you can talk with your hands.
 	SCENE 7 	In split-screen, Bob does some drilling in the yard, while Gordon does some sawing near 123 Sesame Street. They both need to switch to the tool the other has, so they go off to borrow them from each other. They leave in opposite directions, though...
 	Song 	"1-2-3-4-5!"
 	SCENE 7 cont'd	Bob and Gordon finally meet with each other and exchange the tools they need. Mr. Hooper approaches them both, and takes the tools as he's in need of a saw and a drill to build a display. Bob goes to help Mr. Hooper, while Gordon goes to tell Oscar what just happened. Gordon and Oscar say goodbye (which Oscar relishes in) and Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2