Episode 1647

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria hastily greets the viewer, as she has a lot of work to do today at the Fix-It Shop. She hopes she doesn't get any interruptions as she heads into the back room and starts sawing.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd 	Bob enters the shop and interrupts Maria, asking if he can use her telephone. He calls to reschedule a music lesson, when Telly arrives. He calls out Maria from the back room. She tells him that she hasn't gotten around to fixing his toaster, but he too requests the use of her phone. He calls up the weather service and finds it's going to rain. Soon after, Big Bird disturbs Maria, looking for Mr. Snuffleupagus (the exterior of the shop is their rendezvous point). He also uses her phone to call Snuffy and leaves to go to his cave instead. After that, a man from the telephone company (Marc Weiner) interrupts Maria, who is ecstatic to see they've installed a new pay phone right outside the shop, meaning no more disruptions. Telly then comes in to deliver the good news to Maria.
 	Cartoon 	Seven owlsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes.
 	Film 	A zookeeper feeds some polar bears sardines.
 	Cartoon 	A vaudeville act of two SAME people (voiced by Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) ends when one of them falls off the stage.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Little Things."
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird strolls down the block (singing "ABC-DEF-GHI" to himself) and discovers the new phone booth installed in front of the Fix-It Shop. He wonders if Maria has found out about it and decides to call her; all he needs is a dime. He goes into the store and disrupts her work to get change for the phone. He makes his way back to the booth and calls Maria inside the store to tell her about the new phone.
 	Cartoon 	A man blows 7 bubbles.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues."
 	Animation 	The story of Dan and Nan, as told with words ending in "an."
 	Film 	The kids form a triangle and a square.
 	Cartoon 	L for Lion
 	SCENE 3 	Maria rants about all the interruptions she's had so far. She hopes to avoid any future ones by pouring a bunch of change on the front desk so anyone needing to use the payphone won't need to bother her. As she heads back to work, Bob takes a call on the payphone, but needs a pencil to write down the message. Sure enough, Maria is interrupted again as Bob swipes the pencil from behind her ear. Maria pounds the trash can and whines, "I can't win!"
 	Cartoon 	Junior has to jump across the pond to make the frog chorus.
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 	Animation 	Can you find the hidden objects in the picture?
 	Film 	One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab)
 	Cartoon 	Kids hear an L poem.
 	Film 	Kids at school help make cornbread.
 	Muppets 	Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes.
 	Cartoon 	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version)
 	Muppets 	Grover demonstrates high and low by asking Heather to scratch his back.
 	Film 	Silent film: Two men (played by Richard Belzer and Brian Doyle-Murray) are about to share a picnic lunch, but first decide to try rowing a boat on the lake. A brown dog arrives and starts to eat the sandwiches. Panicking, the men try to steer the rowboat back to the shore but they can't direct the boat. Eventually, they realize that to return they must cooperate. They get back just in time to take back the last wrapped sandwich out of the dog's mouth.
 	Cast 	A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels.
 	Cartoon 	"The Little Letter L: A Poem by Louise"Artist: Bruce Cayard
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 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L.
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock."
 	Cartoon 	"Lowercase n"
 	SCENE 4 	Forgetful Jones happens upon the new payphone, but he can't remember what the sign reads. With no one around to ask, he winds up calling Maria to ask about it. She angrily tells him what the word is and why she's in such a rotten mood. Forgetful responds by suggesting she get back to work instead of talking on the phone.
 	Cartoon 	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet.
center 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not.
 	Song 	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.
 	Cartoon 	The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank.
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 	SCENE 5 	Maria comes up with a way once and for all to get some work done without being interrupted. She changes the Fix-It Shop's front door sign to "CLOSED" and takes the phone off the hook. She only gets a moment of glory before Oscar appears from their trash bin, wanting to witness the foul mood she's in. Maria breaks down crying as Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Barkley holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13