Episode 1712

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Acting in her role as a nurse, Susan gives the Two-Headed Monster a checkup. When it comes time to inoculate them, they resist and insist that they're healthy. Susan explains this will help them stay healthy and administers the shot without them even noticing.
 	Cartoon 	Letter U salesman
 	Muppets 	"(I Can't Get No) Co-Operation"
 	Cartoon 	U for uniform.
 	Film 	You can clean almost anything.Music: Bach's "Gavotte" performed by the Swingle Singers.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird tries to teach Snuffy to ice skate, but Snuffy keeps falling.
 	Animation 	New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball.
 	Film 	Kids identify a cabbage in close-ups.
 	SCENE 2 	Forgetful Jones places a number 7 on the counter at Hooper's Store and asks David for seven of them. David asks, "Seven what?" but Forgetful can't remember. The cans of dog food in the store remind him it might be food for his seven dogs. He can't remember what their names are, but says they're named after the Seven Dwarves. David starts listing them off, and recruits Susan to help when she arrives, but they struggle through trying to think of all their names. Forgetful scoffs, "And people say I have trouble remembering names."
 	Cartoon 	Seven owlsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	Kids identify broccoli through close-ups.
 	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
 	Muppets 	Grover demonstrates near and far.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from.
 	Cartoon 	Letters stranded on a desert island spell PLEH, LEPH, and finally HELP.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar the Grouch enters Hooper's as David and Susan are still trying to remember the name of that seventh dwarf. He asks for an onion and a tube of anchovy paste, but nobody hears him over the dwarf name guessing. He asks again, more forcefully this time, and does a take to the camera annoyed at being ignored and threatening to go to another store. His grouchiness reaches a level that prompts David and Susan to remember the seventh dwarf: Grumpy! They shower him with thanks as Oscar wishes he hadn't done whatever he did to assist.
 	Muppets 	"This is Your Story" salutes Forgetful Jones, with visits from his parents, a teacher, and his Uncle Ned (who he continually guesses for every other voice). Guy Smiley then gives Forgetful Jones a photo album so next time he can actually recognize his loved ones.
 	Cartoon 	The Alligator KingArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Insert 	Paul and Michael juggle with 7 pins and count them.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another.
 	SCENE 4 	The Two-Headed Monster wears a baseball glove, but doesn't have a ball, so they go to Hooper's to buy one. When they reach the door, they're sad to see the closed sign, but David lets them in and eventually realizes they need a ball. As the monster turns to leave, they become sad again as the closed sign now faces inward.
 	Film 	The sign CLOSED spins around.
 	Insert 	The two Chaplins open umbrellas.
 	Film 	A panda tries to scratch an itch.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it.
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
 	Film 	Kenneth sees how his dad's shirts is pressed at Mr. Cooper's dry cleaners.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster appears to Ernie as the Cookie Bunny.
 	Cartoon 	A pink circle splits into a cat, and a gray circle splits into a mouse.
 	SCENE 5 	A Honker is trying to order something in Hooper's Store, but David can't understand him. He spots Big Bird standing in front of his construction doors and runs over to recruit his help; Big Bird can speak honk. Big Bird says he can't leave right now because he's waiting for Mr. Snuffleupagus, but he'll be happy to translate for him. David rushes back, memorizes the inflections in the Honker's query, and runs back to Big Bird who translates: ham and cheese on rye. David returns, makes the sandwich, but the Honker makes another request which David has to get Big Bird to translate: he wants it with tomato. The Honker satisfied, a Dinger arrives now with a request. David approaches Big Bird with a series of dings, but he has no idea what he's going on about. Big Bird speaks honk, not ding, but suggests David wait around for Snuffy since he's fluent in ding.
 	Cartoon 	F for fire, fountain, face, farmer, etc.
center 	Muppets 	"Near Far Monsters"
 	Film 	George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch.
 	Cartoon 	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Bridge #5 - 4 Corner Bridge C
 	SCENE 6 	The Dinger continues dinging in Hooper's, but David still can't understand him. Big Bird is on the phone telling Snuffy he's sorry he couldn't make it to play today, but asks him to translate what the Dinger is saying: he's been asking for an orange. David obliges and expresses relief over the quiet that has finally fallen on the store. Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 14