Episode 0997

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar heckles Gordon and Susan's plans to make a garden on the street. When they challenge his knowledge of plants, he shows off a plant he's growing - a crabapple tree, though it droopy from having been in his fridge the entire time. They tell him to give it proper sunshine and advise him eating one of its fruits will make him sick (which is exactly what he wants).
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts 10 stairs as he climbs them with his sack of toys.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts?
 	SCENE 2 	The kids watch as Alphabet Bates skywrites a letter U .
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
 	Cast 	Bob and Maria are spies who meet under a street lamp and greet each other with a recitation of "Little Miss Muffet." Once they've confirmed each others identities, Maria produces some tools and a tricycle while Bob sings "Three of These Things" with a British accent.
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges!
 	SCENE 3 	Bob finds Oscar insulting his plant, having heard talking to them helps them grow. Bob advises him to give it water too and use nicer conversation when talking to it. While Bob demonstrates, Oscar ducks out and Gordon and Susan observe him talking to the plant. Bob has trouble explaining himself.
 	Cartoon 	Clouds that look like things.
 	Muppets / Cast	A blank Anything Muppet approaches Bob, not feeling anything at the moment. Bob changes his feelings by giving him various new facial features.
 	Cartoon 	A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird on a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen.
 	Film 	A baby monkeyMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	Muppets 	Ernie displays a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it.
 	Cartoon 	A child runs through a crowd shouting for MAMA.
 	SCENE 4 	Susan convinces Oscar to join their game of "Three of These Things," which uses gardening tools and a lamp.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: D - Daisy
 	Muppets 	Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words.
 	Cartoon 	The Alligator KingArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	Kids play in the snow.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A pirate has his mate dig for treasure, which is buried between two trees. The mate doesn't know what between means. He finally gets the message, but a parrot makes off with the treasure.
 	Muppets 	Maria reads "The Boy Who Cried Monster." A terrible, cookie-stealing monster helps to teach a mischievous Anything Muppet boy an important lesson.
 	Cartoon 	A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D.
 	Film 	City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover)
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar is disgusted to see his crabapple tree has produced a pretty pink flower. Gordon explains trees blossom first, then it produces the fruit, which could take awhile. Oscar is not pleased about this development. ("What a revolting development this is!")
 	Film 	Five bugs are counted, until one bug engulfs the other four.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	Film 	Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20.
 	Film 	Slide puzzle - boy
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster asks Kimberly to identify geometric shapes.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Insert 	Olivia sings "Move."
 	Film 	Animals and children bathe in water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7
 	Muppets 	The letter S joins U and N to make the word SUN. Some Anything Muppets appear in beach gear to bask in the sun.
 	Cartoon 	The Wise Man tries to illustrate "between."
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar's tree has finally produced a crabapple, but none of the grown-ups want the "honor" of eating it. Oscar eats it himself and succumbs to its sour taste.
 	Cartoon 	A man illustrates 'between' in various situations throughout his work day.
 	Animation 	Sand U/u (repeat)
 	SCENE 6 cont'd	Oscar recovers and now wants to grow even more crabapples! He then announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8