Episode 2723

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Linda and Gordon teach the Two-Headed Monster the sign for "opposite," then how to sign various kinds of opposites. The final signs he learns is for "hello" and "goodbye," though with two heads, the monster has trouble saying goodbye himself when trying to leave.
 	Cartoon 	A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding.Artist: Etienne Delessert
center 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy sings "Eight Balls of Fur."
 	Cartoon 	A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head.
 	Film 	A boy who lives in the Congo (in Africa) narrates a film of the kinds of games he and his friends play.
 	Cartoon 	Small b is a boy with a belly who walks a small d, a dog with a belly turned around.Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy has fun with his wood plank.
 	SCENE 2 	Hiroshi finds Uncle Wally peeking into his cupped hands, where Wally claims to have the alphabet. Hiroshi thinks this is another one of his gags and walks off laughing. Uncle Wally shows the viewer each letter one by one as they fly from his hands, then back into his pocket.
 	Animation 	In stop-motion, blocks stack and arrange themselves to form zoo cages, arches, and a whole city.Artist: Al Jarnow
 	Muppets 	Annette Monster and Frankie Monster sing "Love the Ocean" to urge others to "show respect for the sea" and refrain from throwing trash in the water.
 	Cartoon 	"Find the Opposites"
 	Muppets 	Grover sits in a park and recites a poem about a butterfly that he sees.
 	Film 	A film of butterfliesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	M in space
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Fish seller Trasha (Tracey Ullman) gives some grouchy voice lessons to Grundgetta while Oscar watches. They are shocked to learn Trasha wasn't always so grouchy and flashes back to her mentor, Professor Piggins (played by a Cockney Oscar). He teaches her a grouchy song - "Grouches in the South of France." After the flashback, Grundgetta begins to get the hang of the accent.
 	Film 	Kids compare animals and human tools and technology.
 	Muppets 	Telly sounds out the word COLD and is struck with a snow storm.
 	Cartoon 	A sleepy man counts 8 sheep. (Spanish version)
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set.
 	Film 	Alphaquest - Letter D: dry dusty desert, drums, dance, dinosaur
 	Cartoon 	A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon, Hiroshi, and Susan back up Forgetful Jones as he sings a tribute to his dear old... dentist, drummer, and driver. The others point out that he should be singing about his dad, who Forgetful claims has those positions.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: M for Mail
 	Cast 	Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a square.
 	Film 	A young girl talks about her friend, Joe, who's training to be a fireman.
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 4 	Forgetful Jones is joined by his dad at the drums, where they react to the word "DAD" after it's written on-screen.
 	Cartoon 	The Great Inventors Series: Willy Pinkham, intern at the rubber glove factory, invents the balloon.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig."
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet asks another "Is this the D train?" A subway train then arrives, letting out several letter Ds.
 	Cartoon 	A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ...
 	SCENE 5 	A daddy Honker plays a hand-nose-honking game with his infant and the two react to the word "DAD" appearing above them.
 	Cartoon 	A needle and spool of thread cooperate to fix the king's torn pants.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Cast 	Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola."
 	Cartoon 	What's missing? (a baby)
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental)
 	Animation 	M / m (Gordon voiceover)
 	SCENE 6 	In front of a small crowd of kids, Forgetful Jones' dad reminds them all to brush their teeth. Forgetful always remembers to do this... only forgetting when to stop. He continues brushing as Gordon announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*In the original script for the episode, the scene with the Honkers involved Gordon and Miles instead.
*Forgetful's band is made up of Anything Muppets previously seen in Episode 2702 performing "We Call Them All Important."
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21