Episode 0272

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird finishes up a phone call with Oscar, who asks to borrow some string from him. Susan had got a call from him earlier, asking for a safety pin. Gordon arrives with a stick, also requested from Oscar. Big Bird thinks Oscar is going to use them to pop balloons and knock down kites in the park, but Gordon realizes that Oscar wants to go fishing, and uses the objects to make a fishing pole.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #10
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar, wearing a fisherman’s hat, announces that he’s going fishing with his friend Melvin Meanie. Gordon asks Oscar if he will use worms for bait, and Oscar says of course not - some of his best friends are worms, especially Slimey! Instead, he won't use any bait. Oscar says that he and Melvin have packed their sandwiches (cauliflower and marshmallow on pumpernickel), and he heads off to the swamp.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
 	Muppets 	Grover tries to show some monsters that they need to be on both sides of a rope in order to have a proper game of tug-o-war.
 	SCENE 3 	Upon his return Oscar proudly shows off his catch, which doesn't include any fish -- he and Melvin went fishing for junk. Oscar shows off his most prized catch: a wet, stringed collection of rusty tin cans and old shoes.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: X for X-ray
center 	Muppets 	
 	Insert 	Scanimate Films #10
center 	Muppets 	Prairie Dawn invites Grover to dinner, but Grover can't come without Herry, who can't come without Cookie Monster, so Prairie invites all three of them until she learns that they are not cats.
 	SCENE 4 	Bob encounters Willy, and asks him for two hot dogs – one for him, and one for David. From the window, Susan asks for two for herself and Kim, making four hot dogs total. Mr. Hooper asks for one and Gordon asks for two, now adding up to 7 hot dogs. Bob remembers that Oscar asked for one as well, making a total of 8 hot dogs altogether. Bob specifies the toppings, with Oscar wanting sardine sauce, garlic, sweet and sour sauce, rhubarb...
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles."
 	SCENE 5 	Susan shows pictures of people and animals in various situations, and has the kids (joined by Oscar) determine which mouth shape has the appropriate expression to go on the illustrated children.
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby demonstrates happy.
 	Muppets 	
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby demonstrates sad.
 	Animation 	Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut.
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson introduces the letters U and N. Other letters join them and become SUN, RUN and FUN.
 	Film 	A film of things that make sounds, including birds and farm animals. Is silence a sound? (edited)
 	Muppets 	"The UN Family Song"
 	SCENE 6 	Bob talks to the kids about rhythm, and hands out a tambourine, a musical triangle, and a pot to Troy, David, and Cassandra to make percussion rhythms of their own. They end up doing an impromptu performance of "One of These Things."
 	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 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids count 20 penguins going down a slide.
 	Cartoon 	"Wanda the Witch"Animation by Tee Collins
 	Cartoon 	A worm declares that the word "worm" is the only important word that begins with "W". A walrus retaliates by dumping a bucket of water on it.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: W for water
 	Cartoon 	The uses of water
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon holds up a toy car for Jill and Cassandra, noting that it can’t go over water by itself; it needs a bridge.
 	Film 	"Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge."Music: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro," The Swingle Singers
 	Muppets 	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber.
 	Celebrity 	Flip Wilson shows how his teacher, Miss Johnson, taught the ABCs.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie has a plate full of cookies that is near him. Ernie walks away from the cookies that is far from him. While Ernie is far, Cookie Monster eats the plate full of cookies.
 	Film 	George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch.
 	Muppets 	Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion.
 	SCENE 8 	Bob and the kids make up a goodbye song with their instruments. More kids join and they play and clap along with the closing music, with Jay conducting. Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan and Oscar hold the Sesame Street sign, and Ernie and Bert hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2