Episode 1653

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird presents David, who makes the form of the letter Y with his body; his outstretched arms turn into a hug for Big Bird.
 	Cartoon 	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn.
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Celebrity 	Richard Pryor uses his hat to participate in playing cars with kids.
 	Cartoon 	Y for yawn
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster: HONK
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon has the day off and decides to spend it taking a drive to the country for a hike. However, as he goes to fetch his hiking boots, Susan enters and drives off with the car. Gordon remembers that she needed to take one of her patients to the dentist, and he thinks of another way he can fulfill his plans.
 	Muppets 	A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be."
 	Cartoon 	Four Carpenters
 	Film 	Two box-beings make each other look same and different by piling different objects on each other.
 	Cartoon 	Four dolphinsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Headball team.
 	SCENE 3 	Susan returns and moments later, Gordon pulls up on a motorcycle. He explains that Gus from the service station down the block wants to sell it and believes an extra mode of transportation would benefit them. Susan agrees and decides to ride the bike herself to close the deal with Gus, though Gordon had his heart set on testing it out more himself.
 	Cartoon 	The life of a Yellow Yahoo
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A young girl mashes away at the keys of a piano. As the years go by, she practices more and more until she's an adult playing at a recital.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak".
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster and Christopher explore the ways they're the same and different.
 	Cartoon 	A man wants a hat, but the hat shop owner's hats are all the same - except for a ten-gallon hat, which complements the customer's horseback riding nicely.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again."
 	Cartoon 	The word entrada tries to run through a wall, then runs through the entrance.
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive."
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon goes to Hooper's Store for something to picnic with in the country. Meanwhile, Susan surprises Olivia by showing her the new motorcycle. The two take a ride on it, leaving a kid named Peter to tell Gordon that Susan left with "her" new motorcycle.
 	Cartoon 	A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round."
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster presents four lions.
 	Cast 	"Dandy David" adds flowers and flower pots. (music muted)
 	Cartoon 	The Funny Four tickles all the people and animals he sees.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 5 	Mr. Hooper needs to make a delivery to Mrs. Grant, but the Hooper's Store delivery bike has some brake problems. Gordon ties the food to the back of the motorcycle with the intention of delivering them himself, but is left stranded again as Mr. Hooper rides it on his own, citing that he doesn't want Gordon to work on his day off.
 	Animation 	Sand X/x
 	Film 	In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster: HAT
 	Film 	People of all ages ride bicycles.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Katie to hug him and scratch his tummy.
 	Song 	"Starfish"
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: TAXI
 	SCENE 6 	With nobody around, Gordon finally takes his chance to take the motorcycle out to the country... only to find it's out of gas. Susan arrives shortly after with some gas he can use as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13