Episode 1659

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Everyone gathers to see Bert's theatrical presentation - Pigeons on Parade! The crowd is much less enthused about the experience.
 	Cartoon 	In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates noisy and quiet.
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 	Film 	PeacockMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	"Octopus One-Man Band"
 	SCENE 1 	Maria wants to find out what breed of dog Barkley is and has gotten a book about dogs to reach a conclusion. She, Big Bird and the kids sift through the book and find he greatly resembles a sheepdog. Big Bird and the kids act like sheep to test out their theory and he begins herding them.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feats of ten brown bearsArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Song 	"Spring Song"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge.
 	Film 	HipposMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Captain Under-Wonder (Luis) shows how he goes under an umbrella, a table and the tire swing (the latter by shrinking himself down).
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper tells the mailman that he has a letter for his mother: the letter R.
 	Cartoon 	Men in boxes sound out the word RUN.
 	Film 	SALIDA (word spins around)
 	Cartoon 	A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "The Song of the Count."
 	Cartoon 	A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose.
 	Film 	Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: R for rabbit
 	Song 	"What Do People Do All Day?"
 	SCENE 2 	Mr. Hooper's having some back muscle pain after putting away some boxes earlier today. Oscar offers to give him a massage, having taken lessons at the Rub-A-Grub School of Back Massage. Mr. Hooper reluctantly goes along and finds Oscar gives him a soothing massage. In return, Oscar asks Mr. Hooper to now rub his fur with his special Anchovy and Cod Liver Massage Cream.
 	Cartoon 	A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled.Artist: Jim Simon
 	Muppets 	"When it's your time to relax, make it Alphabet Time!"
 	Animation 	An opened egg is put back together.
 	Cast 	Luis looks for the SALIDA in a brick room.
 	Film 	As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat.
 	Insert 	Scanimate Films #10
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 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird's latest scheme to prove Mr. Snuffleupagus' existence to everyone is to show them a photograph of him. Because of Snuffy's large size, he had to take the picture in various increments and pieces together the parts with Jessica. As he goes to get someone to show it to, Snuffy wanders in and finds the photo. He thinks his mommy would like to see it and borrows it, leaving a large note behind. Big Bird brings Gordon over, where they see the picture is gone and only the note. Big Bird is certain Snuffy will return and convinces Gordon to sit and wait with him.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: A for airplane
 	Muppets 	Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk"The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon goes to Hooper's Store after Snuffy has been a no-show. The store phone rings with a call from Mommy Snuffleupagus. Mr. Hooper is taken aback at first, but believes it's merely a voice Big Bird is doing. Big Bird himself enters the store and tends to the call himself. Mommy Snuffle informs Big Bird that she wants to keep the photo of her darling son in the living room of their home. The situation leaves Gordon and Mr. Hooper speechless. Mrs. Snuffleupagus announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13