Episode 2284

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird greets the viewer as Flo Bear works on the script for another episode of her soap opera, All My Letters. Big Bird remembers the next episode is about to air and turns on his TV...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	In today's edition of All My Letters, the letter K is the focus as a king (Jerry Nelson) is unable to open the door to the kitchen. The Keeper of the Keys (Fran Brill) says the kitchen key is under the purview of the Keeper of the Kitchen. Instead, the Keeper of the Kitten (Richard Hunt) arrives and reports the Keeper of the Kitchen quit and took the key with him. The show begins its transition to the letter L as the crew tries to locate a locksmith.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird asks where Flo was on the program and is astonished to learn that Flo actually writes the dialogue used on the show. He then helps her think of some L words for the next episode.
 	Film 	A girl narrates a segment about nature through winter and spring.
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word "snow", and David gets caught in the snow.
 	Cartoon 	The Pink Panther - K For Karate
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word "rain", and David gets rained upon.
 	Cartoon 	An old woman emerges from the pouch of a bouncing kangaroo. She proclaims, "K! Kangaroo!"
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word disappear - which David does.
 	Cartoon 	Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs"
 	Muppets 	Clementine and some cowboys sing "I'm a Real Cowboy" to Forgetful Jones to remind him of what he is.
 	Cartoon 	Snacks on Parade: Peanut ButterArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Ernie plays a game of tag with Bert, who is reading his book.
 	Insert 	Gordon and Olivia sing "Quiet Is."
 	Film 	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays.
 	Cartoon 	Capital I, he's quite a guy
 	Film 	A girl wants to learn a playground rhyme after watching some other girls do it, so one of them teaches her.
 	Muppets 	Telly pretends to be an elephant, a goat and a lion.
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	Muppets 	Sesame Street News FlashKermit stands by a grandfather clock waiting for a mouse to run up it, acting out "Hickory Dickory Dock". Gladys the Cow and a duck show up instead. Finally, a horse comes in and explains that the mouse can't make it. The horse runs through the clock, breaking it.
 	Cartoon 	The story of Aesop's "The Lion and the Mouse."
 	Muppets 	Bert asks Ernie to help him carry his heavy groceries, but Ernie is too busy thinking about all the things he can do as he sits in a chair: breathing, listening, and smelling.
 	Celebrity 	Yosh Shmenge (John Candy) performs the "Alphabet Polka" with Big Bird and Slimey's worm polka band.
 	Cartoon 	SALIDA (train)
 	Cast 	The Heartstrongs, Part 1In this soap opera parody, Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) fusses over the loss of his red shoelace along with Mrs. Heartstrong (Susan). They both feel sad until their son Barnaby (David) comes downstairs! What a surprise! But that feeling doesn't last long, as he soon learns of the lost shoelace. As it turns out, he came downstairs to change shoelaces in order to play baseball.Could this be a clue to the whereabouts of Mr. Heartstrong's lost one?
 	Film 	A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo)
 	Cast 	The Heartstrongs, Part 2In the thrilling conclusion, the doorbell rings! Who could it be at the door?It's Cousin Henry (Uncle Wally), who drops in for a surprise visit, which quickly becomes somber when the lost shoelace issue is brought up again.Just then, Mr. Heartstrong remembers what Barnaby said about a shoelace that didn't match, and as luck would have it, the missing one is in his left sneaker! This makes everyone happy!Cousin Henry pulls the snake-in-the-can trick on Barnaby, which gives everyone another nice surprise! "Woo woo!"
 	Animation 	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
 	Insert 	Seven kids appear in some playground barrels and child voiceovers count them as they pop in and out.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I for Island.
 	Muppets 	Ernie watches as the Twiddlebugs cut down the pretty flowers in their yard. Once they've realized the environmental mistake they've made, they undo their action by creating giant flowers from wrappers.
 	Film 	A zookeeper feeds some polar bears sardines.
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	Muppets 	Grover and John-John count to 20.
 	Cartoon 	Stop-motion NUTS
 	Film 	SALIDA (word spins around)
 	SCENE 2 	In the Fix-It Shop, Forgetful Jones impresses Clementine with how much he knows about computers. Oscar announces the sponsors.
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