Episode 1563

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird strolls down Sesame Street and notices Maria outside the Fix-It Shop, pacing around and talking to herself. She explains that she's figuring out the right way to ask Luis for a raise. Big Bird volunteers to help by acting out various feelings she could have (angry, sad, afraid, happy) when asking for a raise, but Maria doesn't think any of them will work.
 	Cartoon 	Gerald's dog Sparky likes to pretend he's an alligator.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird has more ideas for how to approach Luis: talking loud or quiet, on a chair, under a table, walking around, and speaking fast or slow. Maria finds these approaches more annoying than helpful.
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets tell Grover in song how to plan making various objects (such as a sandwich or a birdhouse); unfortunately, all Grover wanted to make up was his mind - regarding which of two ice cream cones to eat first! By the time said song is finished, both cones have completely melted.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird suggests asking Luis for a raise in rhyme. A snare beat starts as he demonstrates: "A brand new suit costs a lot of loot, so whaddaya say, will you raise my pay?" Maria laughs and compliments him as "one wonderful bird."
 	Cartoon 	A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder.
 	SCENE 4 	Maria is set on just asking Luis for a raise (though Big Bird thinks she should try it with a mustache). She works up the courage and confronts Luis, pointing out all the extra work she's been doing since the renovation of the shop. Luis agrees, and has a surprise for her: not only has he decided to give her the raise, but asks her to be the shop's full-time partner with him! She accepts the offer, and afterwards Maria tells Big Bird how it went and thanks him for helping her find the right approach. "I don't know how to thank you," she tells him, and Big Bird begins to run the possibilities of thanking him either fast or slow, soft or loud...
 	Film 	Scanimate kids intro
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Jason: AT family.
 	Cartoon 	Little Red Riding Hood is prepared for her trip to Grandma's.
 	Celebrity 	Itzhak Perlman and a girl demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses.
 	Cartoon 	Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	A dune buggy is assembled.
 	Cartoon 	Candy ManArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppet kids "fix" an upside-down 8.
 	Film 	Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett
250px 	Insert 	Bob meets C-3PO and R2-D2 and sing the alphabet together with the kids (and droids).
 	Cartoon 	Worms form the number 8.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Celebrity 	Edith Ann talks to Herry about being proud.
 	Film 	Footage of a coral reef, showcasing the plant life and the fish.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	P for PenguinArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors.
 	Cast 	David and Olivia sing "It Feels Good When You Sing a Song."
 	Film 	Footage of birds swimming, including flamingos, swans and ducks.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Olga y la letra O
 	Insert 	Alaina Deleon does some speed jump-roping with the Double Dutch Jumpers.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster #8
 	Cast 	David goes through a series of doors marked "OPEN."
 	Film 	Various objects become OPEN.
 	Cartoon 	A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue.
 	Insert 	Jump Insert D - Jump Tricks: The Double Dutch Jumpers do various jumprope tricks.
 	Cartoon 	P is for Pillow
 	Film 	You can't see the wind.
 	Muppets 	Competitive flowers in a garden fight to be the tallest and the smallest.
 	Cartoon 	Two men hammer a stake into a hole.
 	SCENE 5 	Luis, Jason, and Mitchell play with a soccer ball in the yard. They set up a couple of traffic cones as a goal, and more kids join the game as Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*The program highlights for the episode mention scenes not present in the final episode, including Oscar the Grouch singing a "STOP" song, and Gordon playing a ball game with Monica.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12