Episode 1457

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Hooper welcomes the viewer, and is about to explain the word "closed" when Big Bird interrupts him. Big Bird assumes Mr. Hooper is going to talk about the letter L, the alphabet, and rectangles, all of which have to do with the sign on the front door of his store -- but Big Bird can't see the word "closed" until Mr. Hooper points it out.
 	Cartoon 	Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever.
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert, and Shola demonstrate "big," "small," "smaller, and "smallest" with four balls.
 	Film 	Body parts song sung in Spanish.
 	Cartoon 	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Song 	"Here Come the Beans"
 	Muppets 	Leslie Mostly interviews Count von Count from his castle.
 	Film 	"It's an Otter!"Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Linda and a boy sign the word "CLOSED."
 	Film 	The sign CLOSED spins around.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter.
 	Insert 	Big Bird narrates as some and more leaves fall on Susan while she reads.
 	Song 	"Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls.
 	SCENE 2 	Luis sings "Smile" to some kids.
 	Cartoon 	Kids hear an L poem.
 	Film 	How a steel drum is made
 	Cartoon 	Two Elephants Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones.
 	Cartoon 	Train #2
 	Muppets 	Leslie Mostly has a brief interview with the word CASA.
 	Film 	Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Celebrity 	Ray Barretto and his fellow drummers play together.
 	Cartoon 	Three little men climb up the three flower stems.
 	Muppets 	Farley goes to the hat shop. (short take)
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar presents a commercial for something truly rotten...
 	Cast 	Bob and Maria struggle to wash some dishes, when (the very loud and booming) Captain Cooperation (Luis) shows them how cooperation will ease the process.
 	Cartoon 	The Pink Panther - K For Karate
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Sand K/k
 	Muppets 	
 	Cast 	Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #2
 	Insert 	Bob explains to some kids what it means to be deaf, using Linda as an example, and sings "If You Couldn't Hear."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L for Light
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Stacy gets an examination at the eye doctor's and receives a new pair of glasses.
 	Muppets 	Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact).
 	Cartoon 	L for Lion (poem)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 4 	At night, Mr. Hooper closes the store and is about to walk Big Bird home, when Big Bird reminds him to announce the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12