Episode 1697

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Olivia finds Big Bird pacing by the pay phone. He admits that he's supposed to have lunch at Mr. Snuffleupagus' place, but dreads having to eat cabbage again and doesn't know if he can bring himself to tell Snuffy this. He makes Olivia pretend to be Snuffy and practices what he'll say. He instead makes an excuse for not showing up (getting out of his nest, falling down and breaking his beak, and going to the hospital) which Olivia points out is lying. Big Bird finds the courage to speak honestly and calls up the Snuffleupagus residence. Instead, Snuffy's mommy answers and tells Big Bird that her son is busy taking a bath. Olivia promises to wait with Big Bird and call back later, though she still finds the situation ridiculous. (“What we won’t go through for imaginary friends…”)
 	Cartoon 	Brand X
 	Muppets 	Grover tries to demonstrate first and last by being first in line, but the other monsters keep switching on him.
 	Cartoon 	Beetle Bailey wants to be first in the chow line, but he ends up last.
 	Film 	Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird calls back to Snuffy and confesses his true feelings. Snuffy has anticipated this and has already prepared some birdseed dishes for him (birdseed on a bun and double dipped birdseed ice cream). Big Bird hands Olivia the phone so she can speak to Snuffy herself, but a passing truck drowns out his voice.
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Mystery Guest," where the blindfolded panel of Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock must guess the identity of a special guest - the letter X.
 	Film 	Lobster fisherman
center 	Cartoon 	A caterpillar escapes a hungry bird by turning into a butterfly.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	Song 	"Rainy Day Song"
 	SCENE 3 	Olivia and Maria sing "I've Got a Feeling."
 	Animation 	A man plays a memory game using cards.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The story of sheep, or where wool comes from.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Celebrity 	Dr. J helps a little girl to slam dunk a basketball.
 	Cartoon 	"I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions.Artist: Jim Simon
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster: PAT
 	Animation 	The mountains make a snack for a bird, but he forgets to brush his teeth afterward.
 	Cast 	Big Bird drags Bob, Gordon, Susan and Linda to the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center to finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus, who comes to hear the opera rehearsals every day. However, once he arrives, he becomes blocked by the fountain in the plaza square.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl exercises in preparation for coaching her team as they play. The team turns out to be three string musicians and she's their conductor.
 	Cartoon 	1-10, 10-1 count with stripes.
 	Muppets 	Grover and John-John count a penny.
 	Cartoon 	A lion named Kent gets a Kick out of being King of the forest.
 	Film 	Marching band: The bandleader wants the drummer to beat the drum two times.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog goes to a T-shirt shop, The Wonderful World of T-Shirts, to pick up another personalized "Kermit the Frog T-Shirt". However, all the shirts have the wrong name (Kermit the Gorf, Kermit the Forg, and Kermit the Grof).
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty K" - Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. Featuring the sped-up voice of Gene Moss.
 	Celebrity 	Telly Monster and Itzhak Perlman play Beethoven together -- Telly on the tuba, and Perlman on the violin.
 	Animation 	2 farmers
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..."
 	Film 	Some kids watch as a tree surgeon does his job.
 	Cartoon 	Super 2 solves problems by doubling things.
 	Cast 	David struggles to keep a door CERRADO, as it keeps opening itself. He slams it shut, shattering the wall behind it.
 	Cartoon 	A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado."
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird finds Snuffy and Slimey wanting to play together, but they have a problem - they can't find an activity they both can do. Snuffy wants to go bowling with Slimey, and Slimey wants to share his skateboard with Snuffy, but they all realize that neither activity will be possible because of the size differences in each other and their equipment. Snuffy feels like he and Slimey can’t be friends because of their respective sizes, but Big Bird points out that size doesn’t matter in a friendship. He recommends other activities, including listening to a mystery story (which interests Slimey, but not Snuffy), or telling jokes (which interests Snuffy, but not Slimey).
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Snuffy gets so tired from thinking of ideas that he falls asleep, as does Slimey; Big Bird wakes them up to point out that they're now doing the same thing. Having their naptime interrupted makes both Slimey and Snuffy angry… which Big Bird acknowledges is another thing they can do together, which makes Snuffy and Slimey happy. Maria and Olivia announce the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*A clip from Scene 1 later appeared in Episode 2096.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13