Episode 1451

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird asks Maria, Luis, Gordon and Olivia to hold some random items as he fetches others. Maria figures out that all the items are circus-related. Big Bird explains that P. T. Bunkum, of the Bunkum and Ballyhoo Circus, is in town.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Sure enough, Bunkum arrives and tells them he's looking for a new and unique act to include in his circus. Everyone immediately wants to join, but he makes them form a line and starts auditioning.
 	Animation 	A roof finds its way to the top of a house.
 	Muppets 	Biff sings "This Is My J."
 	Cartoon 	The 'J' TrainVoice: Daws Butler
 	Film 	Spinning Bus Stop sign
 	Muppets 	On a boring day, two hipsters sing "Meet Me at the Bus Stop" and decide to do so.
 	Cartoon 	Bus Stop
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird shows Bunkum his wild animal act - Simba the kitten, who they pretend is a large, ferocious animal. However, Simba refuses to jump through a hoop and jump over a book. He can roar ferociously, though.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Ten hats on a hatrack
 	Film 	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
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 	Cartoon 	A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled.Artist: Jim Simon
 	SCENE 3 	Luis practices juggling for Bunkum's circus, though he manages to drop all his bags when he juggles more than two. Bunkum catches part of his act and considers it for his circus; he already has people who can juggle, but no one who can't.
 	Cartoon 	A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates around.
 	Muppets 	The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting.
 	Cartoon 	A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success.
 	Film 	Kids ride horses.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Billy Jo Jive and Susie solve the wig robbery.
 	Celebrity 	Ray Charles sings his own version of "The Alphabet Song."
 	Cartoon 	A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet man visits the bus station's lost and found, having lost his friend Harvey. He describes Harvey to the clerk - he has two eyes, a nose, two teeth, two horns, and is covered in blue fur. The clerk turns the man away, finding his request ridiculous...until a monster who fits that description comes by looking for his friend.
 	Cartoon 	'j' minuscula
 	Film 	"Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command.
 	SCENE 4 	Bunkum and Gordon come by Oscar's trash can, where Oscar shows off his pet flea, Fernando, who does his over, around and through trick that none of them can see. They don't believe there's even a flea there, so Oscar sics Fernando on them and he climbs all over their bodies.
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under.
 	Cartoon 	An alien comes across a pair of tree trunks; one with multi-colored leaves, the other without. He finds and grows leaves to mount on the other tree, then strings a hammock between the two.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I".
 	SCENE 5 	P. T. Bunkum introduces everyone on the street, as they sing about their imaginary circus ("If We Had a Circus").
 	Cartoon 	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
 	Film 	A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station.
 	Cast 	Jasper Johnson (David) performs his famous "J" Walk for a roaring crowd.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound: J, jaguar
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 	Film 	Footage of birds swimming, including flamingos, swans and ducks.
 	Cartoon 	Batman apprehends a criminal thanks to knowing about around, up and through.
 	SCENE 6 	Bunkum is sad to report that nobody's acts are unique enough to make it into his circus. Big Bird goes to tell his bird friends in the park about his day, riding off on his unicycle...an act perfect for Bunkum's circus! He yells for Big Bird to return, while Luis announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12