Episode 1740

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird, Bob, Telly and David hear an announcement on the radio at Hooper's Store about a water shortage. The announcer (Martin P. Robinson) advises listeners against filling swimming pools, washing cars, taking long showers, and leaving the water running while brushing teeth. David promptly turns the water off in a nearby sink.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Bob explains to Big Bird that water comes from rain, which fills up a reservoir, then enters houses through pipes. He goes into further detail using a demonstration with some glasses representing houses and a pitcher representing a lake, which shows how little water there is left after such activities as the announcer advised against. Now that Big Bird gets it, he chides Bob for "wasting" four glasses of water for his demonstration.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places.
 	Cartoon 	Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc.Artist: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	A boy looks for his V.
 	Cartoon 	This is a big letter V poem
 	SCENE 2 	Dr. Nobel Price shows Big Bird his latest invention in the yard: a rain-making machine. When he turns it on, it fails to generate any rain and produces a single ping-pong ball. "I think it needs some fine tuning," Dr. Price surmises.
 	Cartoon 	Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy VArtist: John Hubley
center 	Muppets 	Grover tells Herry's secret (which is actually the alphabet) to Pamela, who tells Fenwick, who tells Rosemary. Herry says to Grover, "You're very good at reciting the alphabet ... but you're lousy at keeping secrets!"
 	Cartoon 	A captain and a first mate think they have planned ahead well for their trip at sea, but they forgot to take in the anchor.
 	SCENE 3 	Bob calls Danny, Jason, Kendra, and Casey over for some lemonade rationing, explaining that it takes water to make lemonade. Oscar then offers some of his own lemonade, which is actually a pitcher with four raw lemons in it.
 	Cartoon 	A colorful, rhythmic demonstration of the word IN
 	Film 	Kids climb in and out of a tire.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 4 	Dr. Price continues to work on his machine. "Trial and error, trial and error..."
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	Susan waters her plants just a little bit, then notices that Oscar has a new fountain outside his trash can. Susan can't convince Oscar not to waste water, until she reveals that it takes water to make mud.
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	In a panic, Oscar stops all his water-wasting activities, one of which involves a giant bathtub-stopper. It's the plug to his pool, but Susan specifies that he didn't have to get rid of the water he already had! Oscar realizes now that he and his pet hippos will have to make do without much water, then yells at Susan when he sees her watering her plants.
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms and nine toes.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Harry Belafonte sings about the "Coconut Counting Man," who is actually The Count.
 	SCENE 5 	Dr. Price's machine seems to be working... but then it extracts coffee instead of rain! He begins to pound his machine in frustration.
 	SCENE 5cont'd 	Elsewhere, Oscar shows Bob how Slimey is doing his part to save water: by taking shorter (nine-second) showers. Shortly thereafter, however, he dives into his mudhole and Oscar tells him to get in the shower again.
 	Cartoon 	"Dinner for Nine"Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	The Count's bats are upset; he always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats... but there's only one Count.
 	Cartoon 	A painter paints a Number Nine, then hangs it.Artist: Tom Gabbay
 	Film 	"It's an Otter!"Music: Joe Raposo
 	Transition 	Bridge #7 - Rectangle Bridge A
 	Cartoon 	King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons
 	SCENE 6 	Dr. Price is confused when his machine appears to rain socks from the sky... but it turns out they're Bob's socks hanging on his clothesline.
 	Cartoon 	A group of ants carry a letter Q to the top of a hill.
 	Cast 	In speed-induced footage, Maria, Luis and David put together a letter Q.
 	Song 	"The Ball Goes Up, The Ball Goes Down"
 	SCENE 7 	Tuning in to the news, Bob, Susan and David learn that a rainstorm is coming soon and the water shortage will be over!
 	SCENE 7cont'd 	Dr. Price, who has not heard the news, thinks his machine is a success when it begins to rain. When he turns off the device and finds that the rain continues to pour, he then considers inventing a rain-stopping machine.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: V for Vacuum
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet lady spells out the word BUG, after which a bug introduces himself.
 	Cartoon 	Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on.
 	Film 	The word OPEN
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster encounters a green napkin. Every time he squeezes the napkin, a new number appears, allowing Cookie to count up to twenty. This creeps him out, but what's even more creepy is when Kermit shows up inside the napkin at the end of the bit -- he's also green, after all.
 	Cartoon 	A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him.
 	Song 	"Rainy Day Song"
 	SCENE 8 	Oscar is happy that the rain is back. He resumes his water-wasting activities, along with watching Slimey play in some newly-made mud. David announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Mr. Hooper holds both the Sesame Street and CTW signs.
==Notes==
* This episode was later repeated in season 16 as Episode 1995. Years later, the episode was adapted as Episode 2870.
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Category:Environmentalism
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 14