Episode 0286

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Tom is bored because there hasn't been a single customer at Hooper's Store all morning. He acts out having one by rushing back and forth from behind the counter, trying to figure out why a customer wouldn't have come in yet. He hears a real knock on the door, then realizes he's left the front door sign on "CLOSED." He flips it to "OPEN" and Gordon stops in to see if everything's okay.
 	Film 	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent.
 	SCENE 2 	Molly mistakenly gives Big Bird a letter addressed to Tom. Big Bird sings "Everyone Makes Mistakes" to her and the kids.
 	Cartoon 	A song about a rolling OAnimation by John and Faith Hubley
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	Tom thinks 12 is a handy number because his oranges and eggs come in twelves. Someone phones the store and orders 12 ice cream sodas, showing Tom that the number is not only handy, but sometimes big.
 	Animation 	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin."
 	Muppets 	Grover has a box that can make the sound "ding-ding." However Grover can't make it to sound right so he attempts to fix it. When it's fixed and says "ding-ding," Cookie Monster comes because he thinks he heard the dinner bell ring and eats the box.
 	Celebrity 	Listen My Brother sings "You Gotta Learn."
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle.
 	SCENE 4 	Smoke pours out of Oscar's trash can from his new bottling factory. Gordon educates him on air pollution, so Oscar is forced to shut down, as he was bottling the smoke.
 	Cartoon 	O limerick
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green".
 	Cartoon 	Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc.Artist: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: V for ViolinA musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks.
 	Muppets 	The Word Family Song: ET family
 	Cartoon 	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O.Artist: John Paratore
 	Cartoon 	A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O.
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppet kids argue over a cookie. Cookie Monster arrives and says that the smallest person should get the cookie, and then, as the kids argue over which one is smaller, Cookie Monster shrinks himself.
 	SCENE 5 	Rafael plays two rounds of "Here Are Some Things" with the kids. The first group uses items that make noise, and the second group uses toy modes of transportation.
 	Cartoon 	O limerick (repeat)
 	Transition	Bridge #10 - Bricks Bridge A
 	SCENE 6 	Tom illustrates small, smaller, and smallest at Hooper's Store as he hands out different-sized sodas and lollipops to three different-sized kids.
 	Transition	Bridge #11 - Bricks Bridge B
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon sets out five checkers in a pile, five more in a line, and another five in a circle. He asks some younger kids which one has the most, demonstrating that each one has five checkers, so they're all the same.
 	Cast 	The cast demonstrates O words - Tom opens his mouth, the word "over" goes over Gordon's head, and Rafael turns a light on and off.
 	Cartoon 	O limerick (repeat)
 	SCENE 8 	Goodbye
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3