Episode 2126

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	While Oscar and Susan argue over the placement of Oscar's piano positioned in front of his trash can, along comes Mrs. Trump to play a happy tune. They're joined by Maria, Gordon, and the kids, who enjoy the music so much that Oscar accedes to Susan's wishes and attempts to move it away. Everyone protests, insisting that the piano stay where it is. The group moves the piano so there's enough room for people to walk around it and Mrs. Trump continues to play.
 	Animation	Bob reads the kids a story about seven mice, with some animated mice displaying the story. (sans Bob framing scenes)
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster reads the sign atop a miniature school building, and observes a small group of children that run out of it. Once they've left, the monster picks up the now empty building, and declares, "School's out!"
 	Film 	In stop-motion, assorted furniture places themselves in a classroom.
 	Muppets 	Kermit is a casting director, holding auditions for a performance of "The Three Little Pigs". The pigs who initially try out get the part of the three little pigs, but three different wolves of different sizes try out for the part of the Big Bad Wolf.
 	Cartoon 	Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 2 	Maria shows Telly how the piano works by pointing out the keys and the hammers that hit the strings. Telly asks what the old boot and stale sandwich do, but Maria points out that this is a Grouch piano and those things aren't usually supposed to be there. As she removes the items, she also attempts to clear away a ratty old rug, but soon discovers that it's a Grouch (Richard Hunt) trying to take a nap.
 	Cartoon 	Jack-in-the-Box School
 	Celebrity	Victor Borge explains that the keys on a piano aren't perfectly white because the elephant whose tusks were used to make them didn't brush after each meal.
 	Film 	A baker decorates a birthday cake to a jazz percussion beat.
 	Muppets 	Old West: Bad Bart is looking for Marshal Earp to give her a big surprise. The terrified townspeople try to warn Marshal Earp -- but Bad Bart explains that a surprise is something that someone doesn't expect. He orders them not to say a word. It turns out the big surprise is a cake for Marshal Earp's birthday.
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
 	Muppets 	"The Subway"
 	Cartoon 	Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat.
 	Insert 	Olivia comes across Big Bird practicing on his toy piano and she remarks how she used to dream of being a concert pianist. She and Big Bird imagine her playing a Sonatina by Muzio Clementi for a live audience in concert.
 	Cartoon 	A lost man (voiced by Jim Thurman) describes what a city is to a man who turns out to be an alien.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?"
 	Cartoon 	Magical Herman's number trick
 	Muppets 	Grover wants to sell Kermit the Frog a pair of sunglasses, but Kermit doesn't have a nose or ears to hold the sunglasses up with, so Grover gives Kermit a pair of sunglasses with attached ears, nose, and mustache (which Grover adds is optional).
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	A group of Anything Muppet children wander into a classroom and wonder where they are. They lift up their desks and find the letters forming "SCHOOL" on them.
 	Cartoon 	A paranoid bird doesn't like to be surprised ... unless it's a surprise party.Artist: John Korty
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar has moved the piano to the yard where he's playing a concert with Grundgetta and his Grouch band for the whole neighborhood to hear (whether they like it or not). Gordon leads a rendition of "Three of These Things" comparing Oscar on the piano, Grundgetta on the saxophone, Joe (Hunt) on the bass, and Max (Martin P. Robinson) with a fish and a tire. The kids identify the latter as the odd items out as they're the only ones that aren't musical instruments, but Oscar says that Max is the best tire and fish man this side of Toledo. The group plays a jazzy but lousy tune, with Max beating the tire with the fish.
 	Cartoon 	Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand.
 	Film 	A saxophone is made in a factory, while a solo saxophone underscores the process.
 	Cartoon 	Big, bigger and biggest elephants
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Marching band forms a square
 	Cartoon 	Seven pigletsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Snuffleupagus (on nose flute) joins Sully on Oscar's piano for a duet in the yard, but neither of them can play at the right tempo. Grundgetta is loving how out of tune it sounds, but Big Bird soon gets their act together and the duo play at the same pace.
 	Cartoon 	The Alligator KingArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Grover and Erik surprise each other.
center 	Cartoon 	A caterpillar escapes a hungry bird by turning into a butterfly.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	Film 	Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond.Artist: Bill Davis
 	SCENE 5 	It's nighttime and Oscar is ready to give Telly his piano lesson. He tells him to just start hitting keys to get the feel of the instrument. Telly plays too softly, so Oscar encourages to play louder (he'll know when it's loud enough). Once Telly really starts banging away at random keys, Gordon and Susan start shouting that they're trying to sleep. To ease Telly's worry, Mrs. Trump shows up to play a soothing tune. Oscar recoils in despair as Maria announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17