Episode 0231

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	From his nest, Big Bird greets the viewer with a poem, inspired by the poetry book he was reading. He loves poems so much he decides to speak entirely in rhyme from now on. Gordon and Susan don't think he can keep this up for very long, but that doesn't deter him.
 	Cartoon 	"The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert
 	Cartoon 	J - Jam
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird, still speaking in rhyme, comes into Hooper's Store to buy something - specifically round and colored brightly. However, he finds it hard to place his order while crafting these poems as Mr. Hooper brings him the wrong items. Exasperated, Big Bird finally stops rhyming and claims he wants an orange, which he couldn't think of a rhyme for.
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot and Grover talk about "AN" words. Herbert demonstrates the words themselves, while Grover provides visual aids.
The first word they talk about is RAN. While Herbert talks about how to make the word, Grover keeps running around the scene until he tires himself out.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #3
 	Muppets 	Herbert now makes the word "CAN," so Grover makes a stack of them, which he knocks over.
 	Film 	"Three Song (Song of Three)."
 	Muppets 	Finally, Herbert makes the word "FAN." Grover brings in a fan that blows them both away.
 	Film 	Apes play at the zoo.
 	Muppets 	Fran Brill narrates as The Hands show different ways to count 3 fingers.
 	Cartoon 	A bear counts bees and disturbs their beehive.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him.
 	Cartoon 	The letter JArtists: John and Faith Hubley
 	SCENE 3 	Bob has a small tom-tom, a tambourine, a musical triangle, and a ceramic dish set out in the yard. He asks the kids to figure out what item doesn't belong, then to find a way another item doesn't belong.
 	Muppets 	
 	Insert 	Gordon will reward Grover with a bag of jellybeans if he can get next to him. Grover struggles with this concept, but ultimately ends up next to the bag of tasty treats instead.
 	Film 	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent.
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon calls over six kids who line up and alternate being called amigos and amigas, the Spanish words for "friends."
 	Cartoon 	The uses of water
 	SCENE 5 	In a series of quick-cuts, the cast poses various "what happens next" scenarios. Mr. Hooper asks what would happen if the wind blew as he stacks newspapers without paperweights. Susan asks what would happen if she puts the cake batter she has in her pan into the oven. Gordon asks what will happen if he goes outside with his fishing gear.
 	Cartoon 	A little man misplaces his J under his hat.
 	Cast / Muppets	Gordon plays a game of "What Will Happen?" with Ernie. After Ernie guesses correctly what will happen when Gordon drops a ball and turns on a radio, Gordon asks what will happen when he picks up a bell and shakes it. Ernie says the bell will ring. Gordon states that a monster will come out and start blowing a flute. Ernie thinks that's silly, but is surprised when that exact thing happens. Gordon admits that he had worked it out beforehand with Cookie Monster, and gives him a cookie. After Gordon leaves, Ernie has an idea for a trick to play on Bert.
 	Cartoon 	Jughead Jones's J story
 	Muppets 	Part 2: Ernie tries to play the same trick on Bert, but when Ernie rings the bell, nothing else happens. Bert thinks Ernie's gone bananas, and he leaves. When Ernie wants to know what happened, Cookie Monster says that he couldn't play the flute, because his mouth was full of cookies.
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar the Grouch has two separate pieces; what happens next is he puts them together to make the letter J. Instead of going back into his can as expected, Oscar says what will happen next is the following segment (which he disapproves of)...
 	Cast 	Bob and Gordon cooperate to clean up a mess.
 	Celebrity 	Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast add two horses and one horse to make three horses.
 	Cartoon 	Jughead Jones's J story (repeat)
 	SCENE 7 	In split-screen, Susan and Big Bird try to prepare bacon and eggs for breakfast. Susan is out of eggs and Big Bird is out of bacon. They both head off to the store.
 	Film 	"Three Song (Song of Three)." (repeat)
 	SCENE 8 	Susan and Big Bird run into each other in front of 123 Sesame Street. Big Bird has plenty of eggs at his nest, while Susan has bacon to spare. Instead of going to the store, they offer to share what they have and Susan invites Big Bird to eat at their apartment.
 	Cartoon 	The letter J (repeat)
 	SCENE 9 	Susan and Big Bird tell Gordon about what they've done, and he decides to whip up some toast as well.
==Notes==
* In the aired version of the episode, Susan and Big Bird cooperate and share waffles and milk for breakfast instead of bacon and eggs; it is currently unknown specifically who brought what.Sesame Street gender stereotyping reports, Report #1
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2