Episode 2051

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria finds Oscar in the process of making a list to plan out his day. However, his list is not things he intends to do; it's things he's not going to do. He believes there's something he's forgotten to add and goes into the can to think. Maria listens in when a spray of water comes from the can, getting her wet. Oscar realizes he needs to not fix his leaky pipes.
 	Cartoon 	"Presenting -- the pencil!"
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first."
 	Cartoon 	Do you know what it's like to be scared?
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Marlena observe their knees.
 	Cartoon 	A boy is drawn, but he doesn't have knees at first.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Big Bird watches Billy Dee Williams measure two kids. Big Bird is taller than the wall they're using, so Billy quickly builds an extension to find Big Bird's height.
 	Cartoon 	A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler.
 	Muppets 	"Sammy the Snake"
 	Cartoon 	S for SnailArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Milk! (From Farm To Market To Home)
 	Cartoon 	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
 	Cast 	Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob.
 	Cartoon 	A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend.
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar gives the Grouchketeers a Spanish lesson, specifically Spanish vocabulary they should never use. He teaches them the meaning of "muchas gracias" (thank you) and makes sure they never utter it. Telly can't help but say the phrase when promising not to.
 	Cartoon 	O for orangeArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon".
 	Cartoon 	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O.Artist: John Paratore
 	Film 	A kid marching band forms a circle.
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book.
center 	Film 	Russian nesting dolls 1-10
 	Cast 	Big Bird and David try each other's beds but come to the conclusion that for David the bed is the best, for Big Bird his nest is best.
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries dealing with various leaks in a dike. When plugging and buckets don't work, he fetches an adult who patches up the holes with cement.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #9
 	SCENE 3 	Forgetful Jones drops by the Fix-It Shop to borrow a hammer and nail, intending to write a story with them. Luis instead provides him with the necessary pencil and paper. Forgetful gets to work writing a story about all the things he can remember, which promises to be a short book.
 	Cartoon 	A heart that says "I love you" is drawn.
 	Film 	Six children go down a slide.
 	Cartoon 	The Bridgekeeper stipulates that answering three questions about the square in his hand is required to cross the bridge. Question One: What is this? Question Two: How many sides does it have? Question Three: What is a square good for? A young man who wishes to cross the bridge has square-shaped building blocks in his backpack. And a girl thinks a square makes a good picture frame. Then along hops a light blue-colored monster with a red winter cap, who proceeds to eat the bridgekeeper's square, the better to satisfy his daily diet of "three square meals."
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover tells Mr. Johnson the menu, which has the items numbered. Number 9 is the special of the day. It turns out to be a real number nine, but Mr. Johnson doesn't want it. (It's medium rare, and he likes his nines well-done.)
 	Cartoon 	Nine birds land in a tree. (Maria voiceover added)Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Animation 	Circle In Space
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
 	Muppets 	"Come Join Us"
 	Film 	Footage of a baby learning to walk.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: S for spring
 	SCENE 4 	Forgetful has finished his book, titled "What I Remember," and brings it over to Bob and Linda to be read and translated into sign language. ("Eat your heart out, Marcel Proust!" exclaims the author.) Bob flips through it and finds all the pages are completely blank, fully representing what Forgetful is able to remember - nothing.
 	Cartoon 	A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster reads "SAD."
 	Film 	A film shows parts of a flower.Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo
 	Muppets / Cast 	In a grid, Big Bird, Herry Monster, David, Olivia, Gladys the Cow, The Count and two kids rhyme the word "Hi."
 	Cartoon 	A face is drawn, but the mouth complains when it is drawn last.
 	Film 	Close-up shots of a car and a frog are shown side-by-side.
 	SCENE 5 	Forgetful probes Bob for a book review, but Bob and Linda show him how a book needs words inside. Forgetful is sad, but the two offer to help him remember things he can put in the book. They start with something simple, like what he had for breakfast today. Bob names various items he might have eaten as Forgetful imagines the morning, responding "maybe" to each of Bob's suggestions. He then manages to remember something and quickly writes it down in the book before he forgets. Bob and Linda then read the sole thing he's added: "I had breakfast...The End." They agree that, though it's short, it's technically a full-fledged book now. Forgetful celebrates as Luis announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16