Episode 0624

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar practices for his Grouch magic show, where he plans to make things disappear. He wishes to practice alone, but Susan and the kids have no plans on leaving. Oscar imagines that he really can make people disappear, and pictures waving his wand and saying the magic words ("Alakazam, alaka-trash!"), causing everybody to vanish one at a time. He ends up making himself dissipate instead of Susan, and attempts to reverse the spell.
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #2"
 	Muppets 	The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man counts two ears, two eyes, and two arms. He picks up each leg to count two legs, and then falls down.Animation by Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 2 	On his day off, Mr. Hooper visits his store to retrieve his reading glasses and observes how differently David handles things at the store: he leaves the ketchup bottle on the counter, and puts the clean dishes near the grill. Mr. Hooper insists that his ways are better than David's, and David becomes so insulted that he removes his apron and leaves to study. Mr. Hooper angrily takes over David's post.
 	Cartoon 	A man gives away the letter U for free.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Mr. Hooper serves a sundae to B.J. (Jerry Nelson), who rejects it since it's not quite the same way David makes them. Next, Gordon enters to pick up an order of hot dogs, mentioning how David knows that they like them with lots of mustard. Mr. Hooper grabs the wrong condiment bottle, located where David usually puts the mustard, and accidentally puts whipped cream on the hot dogs instead. Gordon no longer wants them, but Oscar takes them for the Grouch party he's having. Mr. Hooper irately explains that it was a mistake, and Oscar compliments him; it's the best grouching he's heard all week and invites him to the party.
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	David returns to get his law books, but it's really an excuse for him and Mr. Hooper to apologize to one another. Mr. Hooper explains that at his age, a person gets used to how things usually are, but acknowledges that it's okay for David to have his own way of doing things, too. David goes back to work, and happily prepares Mr. Hooper one of his special hamburgers.
 	Cartoon 	I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 1Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink.
 	Cartoon 	A dog learns about U.Artist: John Paratore
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 2The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 3The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.
 	Film 	"Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." (edited)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: STREET. He sings about it with a boy who wears a crown.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster shows David a sign that says STREET.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon plays a “Three of These Things” game with David (holding a baseball bat) and the kids (wearing baseball gloves).
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me."
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest.
 	Cartoon / Film	A cartoon man climbs a live-action boy.
 	Cast 	Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it.
 	Cartoon 	I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Cast 	The mailbox is emptied, but how will David get all the mail to the post office? He lets the mail back into the hammerspace-like mailbox, then takes that with him.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
 	SCENE 4 	Letter U quickies:
*Susan unfolds a large piece of paper with a letter U written on it.
*David sits under an umbrella when it rains, but since it's all torn up he sits under an upside-down U instead.
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	Cast 	David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U.
 	Cartoon 	Capital letter U for up
 	Film 	Kids comment as they watch tomatoes grow in a field.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Wally and Ralph: Putting on a cap to get ready for baseball.
 	Cartoon 	A boy says he has a big surprise in his hand.
 	Film 	U, for Underpass
 	Song 	Bob sings "Hi Friend" with two Martians.
 	Film 	Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. (repeat)
 	Film 	A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings.
center 	Celebrity 	Actor James Earl Jones recites the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
 	Cartoon 	I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (repeat)
 	Cast 	Luis, dressed as a magician, demonstrates addition by conjuring up the correct numeral when David and Maria arrive. As each person leaves, Luis switches the numerals to present subtraction.
 	Cartoon 	A man counts two ears, two eyes, and two arms. He picks up each leg to count two legs, and then falls down. (repeat)
 	Animation 	3 balls + 1 = 4.
 	SCENE 5 	David and Gordon play ball with the kids (including Joey) as Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper and David hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5