Episode 0169

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	At Hooper's Store, Gordon is standing outside and goes over his shopping list. Mr. Hooper has gathered just about everything on Gordon's list, including the meat, carrots, apples, milk, bread, and chocolate syrup. But there's a problem: Susan wrote down the letters V and I, but neglected to write down the full words. Gordon and Mr. Hooper ask themselves (and the viewer): What begins with V?
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: V for ViolinA musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks.
 	Cartoon 	"Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon and Mr. Hooper continue asking about V, but remember that V-I is written on the list. Big Bird drops in. Gordon asks him if he has any idea what V-I stands for. Big Bird gives a few guesses: vanishing ink? Violet itching powder? Varnished ice cubes? Gordon reiterates that it's something for dinner. Big Bird leaves saying he has something very important to do. Mr. Hooper gets the idea of reviewing Gordon's list again, and doing so gives Gordon a clue: chocolate syrup is one of the items on the list, which leads to the realization that V-I stands for vanilla ice cream.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I."
 	Cartoon 	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
 	Film 	Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
 	SCENE 3 	Bob does a demonstration to the viewers, asking the difference between wet and dry, and some of his Sesame Street friends answering the question. He starts with a mop (Mr. Hooper answers wet), a broom (answered dry by Susan), and a bar of soap (answered wet by Gordon). Oscar pops out of his trash can saying it's nobody's business if his toothbrush is wet or dry, but Bob believes it's wet. Bob demonstrates a cloth for cleaning shoes, and says that it's best dry. Big Bird uses a feather duster he made himself, and says that's best dry.
 	Cartoon 	Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes is standing next to a bathtub full of water. She is dry. A monster appears and throws the water at her, causing her to be wet, and then kisses her. "Bleah!" she says.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty.
center 	Muppets 	(edited)
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot.
 	Song 	
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off.
 	SCENE 4 	In the kitchen, Susan sings "One of These Things" using different bowls of fruit. One bowl is big, the other three are little.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1 (repeat)
 	Film 	Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work.
 	Muppets 	Bob makes up three Anything Muppets as if they were employed in a transportation mode: a railroad engineer, an airplane pilot, and a bus driver. They all agree that the best job would be on board a submarine, then sing "Yellow Submarine".
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others
 	Cartoon 	Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: V for Violin (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc.Artist: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Ernie tries to find another cookie with a criss-cross of icing. He has trouble matching cookies, but Cookie "matches" them by eating them (putting them all in the same place, his stomach).
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early
 	Cartoon 	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #4: Third dot wants to be red
 	Muppets 	Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar realizes that everybody on Sesame Street has a street number but him. He decides to put a number 8 on his trash can for his street address, which Bob admires. When Oscar expresses the trouble he has with getting it on right, Bob teaches him a bit of cooperation by rearranging the number just where Oscar wants it. Bob repositions the number all around the trash can, until Oscar realizes that the number is upside down. Bob interjects that it's impossible for the number 8 to be upside down, but when he rotates it Oscar is satisfied. Oscar doesn't know what a street number is used for, and when Bob informs him that it's used for friends to come visit him and send him mail, Oscar is horrified, and takes away his number.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8 (repeat)
 	SCENE 6 	Mr. Hooper counts eight hands on four kids.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red
 	SCENE 7 	Big Bird writes a poem about lizards, and recites it.
 	Film 	IguanasMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 7 cont'd	Big Bird writes and recites another brief poem about a gibbon.
 	Film 	A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry
 	Celebrity 	Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids.
 	SCENE 8 	Mr. Hooper displays a piece of pottery, then shows how it's made.
 	Film 	Potterymusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	"Imagination V" (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 9 	Kids are playing outside when Gordon says goodbye to the viewers. Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Mr. Hooper and Gordon hold up the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* The Joe Raposo music played during Big Bird's lizard poem would later be recycled for The Electric Company in a film segment spelling out a hotel sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2