Episode 1672

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Telly assumes the letter Linda has received from Timi is bad news, until they read it together with Olivia: Timi will be coming to Sesame Street for a television gig, performing sign language translations on air. They then see Timi in the Sloppy Jalopy with Oscar the Grouch, when it's revealed that she'll be working for him on WORM-TV!
 	Cartoon 	An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes on a picnic, with a basket full of cookies. A bug flies by, and tries to get into the basket, buzzing furiously. Cookie Monster tries to give the bug a little cookie if it'll go away. The bug refuses, buzzing even more strenuously. Cookie tries a big cookie, but it still refuses. Cookie offers an almond cookie, a raisin cookie, a pistachio nut cookie, and a crunchy granola cookie. He realizes that the little bug doesn't like cookies. All he has left is a letter Z. The bug is excited, and buzzes off with the Z.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Song 	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson)
 	Muppets 	"Just Around the Corner"
 	SCENE 2 	Linda helps Timi get ready to be on air by gussying her up to look more appealing for a Grouch audience. Together they frazzle her hair, give her a Chaplin-esque moustache, find the right costume, and top everything with a frown.
 	Song 	"Who You Looking At, Tiger?"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it.
 	Film 	A bumble beeMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him.
 	SCENE 3 	"The Oscar the Grouch Show" is almost ready for broadcast, when Timi rushes down. Oscar finds her new look very appealing and cancels the opening "Swamp Mushy Muddy" number for something else. As the show begins, Oscar tries to serenade Timi by singing "The Way You Look Tonight," but she's too focused on signing his every word to pay attention to his advances.
 	Cartoon 	A man appears out of a yo-yo string and narrates two poems about over, under, around, and through: one about a fish swimming around the wreck of the good ship Mary Lou, and another about a worm who eats through the center of an apple.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	A group of kids play follow the leader and go over, around and through various obstacles, but one of them takes a while to catch on.
 	Animation 	Sand L/l
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster says RUN!
 	Cartoon 	L is for Lips
 	Insert 	Gordon happens by a newsstand run by Oscar (filling in for Sid Sourpuss). The newsstand carries various Grouch reading materials, so Oscar sells Gordon with a magazine with absolutely no grouchy words in it at all - the pages are all blank.
 	Muppets 	"The Dirtiest Town in the West"
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates over and under.
 	Cast 	Marvelous Maria rides her trike in 10 circles (then backwards).
 	Cartoon 	8 BatsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	Mad Painter #8
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 4 	Forgetful Jones asks Linda and Timi to teach him the sign for "forget." He manages to remember it, but immediately forgets what the sign means.
 	Cartoon 	A man introduces the word YO while trying to take a photo of the viewer, but takes one of himself instead.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him.
 	Animation 	Pieces of fruit make their way out of a basket and arrange themselves into groups.
 	Cartoon 	Round and angled pegs fit into their respective holes.
 	Muppets 	Grover asks The Amazing Mumford if he could make his carrot disappear, provided that some smoke appears. Mumford performs the trick and Grover is impressed by the puff of smoke, however he fails to notice Mumford chomping on his carrot. When Grover asks Mumford to make the carrot reappear, he replies that he can't because he ate it ("You didn't say anything about magic!").
 	Cartoon 	Z for zebra and zoo
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar begs Timi to come back tomorrow for another day of broadcast work. Timi doesn't want to, noting how unpleasant Oscar is to work with. Oscar shows her all the fan mail he's received after her appearance. Timi tells him the only way she'll come back is if he asks nicely. He can't bring himself to say "please," but manages to sign it. Timi agrees to return, when Oscar starts giving her notes on how to dress. Telly announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Linda hold the CTW sign.
==Notes==
* Additional performers include Cheryl Blaylock as the unseen stage manager for WORM-TV.
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Category:Broadcasting
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13