Episode 0557

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria, in need of $5 to pay back Luis for fixing her electric drill, asks Gordon. Gordon doesn't have it on him, but he knows someone who will. He makes his way with Trey and Krystal over to Bob, who's mingling on the stoop with John-John, Nicole, and Nicole's dog Queenie. Bob's low on money, so he goes to Big Bird's nest to ask Big Bird for some. Big Bird has used his money to mail order some bird toys, but he knows where to go to borrow more...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird pays a visit to the Fix-it Shop, where Luis loans him five dollars. The money eventually makes its way through each person in reverse order to Maria, who gives it back to Luis. Everybody passes on the message that they owe someone five dollars, causing Luis to give the camera a look of realization.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I."
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
 	Animation 	Dot & Hill C-1
 	Cast 	The Alphabet Dancers: Lowercase i
 	Cartoon 	A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12.
 	Muppets 	A female Anything Muppet discusses the concept of "same" using her reflection in the mirror. The reflection begins speaking on its own. The girl faints and the reflection decides to do the same.
 	Cartoon 	"I in the Sky"
 	SCENE 2 	After Krystal bumps into him while riding the tire swing, Big Bird sings “Everyone Makes Mistakes” to the kids.
 	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".
 	Muppets 	The Miss Muffet Play
 	Cartoon 	A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*.Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee
center 	Cast 	Maria comments via voiceover as Gordon comes into a shoe store to purchase some shoes. Salesman Luis presents him with a pair that's too small, then too big. He finally realizes that measuring Gordon's foot will tell him what size shoes to find.
 	Cartoon 	Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end.
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Proud."
 	Cartoon 	A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be.
 	Cartoon 	Things that are same and different.
 	Cartoon 	"Presenting...the electric drill!"
 	SCENE 3 	Maria and Gordon ask the viewer to imagine they're very tall, even taller than themselves. The camera moves at an angle to represent the viewer's new size, peering over the kids on their tricycles and looking at Jay through the leaves of a tree.
 	Cartoon 	P is for Puddle
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version).
 	Cast 	"Sluggo the Great" (David) puts on his baseball gear, but isn't sure which body parts to put them on.
 	Cartoon 	I-Ink (angry bird)
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
 	Cartoon 	Find the camouflaged parrot.Voice: Paul Dooley
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog talks with twins Corey and Todd about how they're same and different.
 	Cast 	David and Maria demonstrate "on" and "under" in the yard. David goes to get some sandwiches, leaving Maria floating in the air.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (repeat)
 	Film 	A bumble beeMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	"I in the Sky" (repeat)
 	Celebrity 	Listen My Brother sings about "Parts of the Body."
 	Cartoon 	I for impolite (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket doesn't go off until a few seconds after the countdown commences.
 	Animation 	Dot & Hill C-2
 	Insert 	Sitting at the counter in Hooper's Store, Big Bird wonders what it would be like to be short, so he tells Mr. Hooper he's going to do some imagining. He closes his eyes and Big Bird sees himself small enough to walk around on the counter where he interacts with, compared now to his tiny stature, is a large bowl of ice cream and large squeak toy which scares him now because he's so small. When Mr. Hooper cleans up, Big Bird notes that he's now too small to notice, so he imagines himself back to reality. Mr. Hooper leans in to Big Bird from overhead to excuse himself, making Big Bird wonder if he's still imagining. The camera pulls back to reveal Mr. Hooper standing on a step ladder, and Big Bird resolves to being his normal size again.
 	Cartoon 	P for Pack
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The director's hat blasts off instead.
 	Cartoon 	A boy says he has a big surprise in his hand.
 	SCENE 4 	Nicole plays with Queenie up and down the garage steps as Maria announces the sponsors, which are telestrated onscreen.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Luis and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Susan and Gordon hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5