Episode 1638

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird has noticed he's the tallest individual on Sesame Street. He encourages the viewer to use their imagination to become as tall as he is, giving them a new perspective of the street. Maria, Bob, Linda, and David are all surprised by the viewer's new size. Eventually, Big Bird suggests they stop imagining now because he likes the viewer just as they are.
 	Cartoon 	A top-hatted man tries to show a girl how many uses a box has, but she prefers kicking it.
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon".
 	Cartoon 	In still photographs, a boy asks his friend what his mother does. The mother's shoes become animated, as she describes what she did today. She turns out to be a policewoman.
 	Cast 	Olivia and a boy visit a butcher's shop to learn how a butcher does his job.
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall.
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Inspired by Linda's job as an actress, Maria sets up a small box stage in the yard. She and the kids get up one at a time and mime an action for the audience to guess. Linda's turn involves her acting like eating lunch, inspiring everyone to grab a real meal.
 	Cartoon 	AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat.
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game #1 (Lions)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper: X Marks the Spot!
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar tries to get Charles the Robot to stop saying the word "YES."
 	Cartoon 	A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success.
 	Muppets 	The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting.
 	Film 	A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (Spanish dub)
 	Cartoon 	Y for YakArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game #4 (Fish)
 	Cartoon 	Toothpaste MarchArtist: Ray Favata
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 4 	Bob sings a song about opposites with Linda.
 	Cartoon 	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta.
 	Muppets 	The dark-bearded half of the Two-Headed Monster wakes up to argue with itself over whether to go to the zoo or the playground. The two both end up taking naps instead.
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game (Snake)
 	Cartoon 	A bird lays ten eggs.
 	Cast 	In a spoof of the famous Mean Joe Greene Coke commercial, football player Big Murray (Gordon) accepts a number 7 from a young fan, whom he rewards with a towel that also has a 7 on it.
 	Cartoon 	Seven pigletsArtist: Owe Gustafson
center 	Film 	A flock of sheep crosses the river.
 	Cartoon 	Several circles try to get past a large square.
 	Insert 	Telly, dressed in a derby hat, plays a game with Olivia - she asks him a series of "yes or no" questions and he gives his answer by pointing to her "YES" and "NO" signs. He then asks her some questions regarding spaghetti. She claims one doesn't wear spaghetti, when Telly reveals he's wearing a plate under his hat (he wasn't able to find his lunchbox).
 	Cartoon 	A dog answers "Yes" to every question.
 	Film 	A boy and girl pretend to be the parents of a constantly-crying baby doll. The "father" proceeds to feed the baby and change its diaper.
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y.
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y.
 	SCENE 5 	Maria and David are nearby Oscar's trash can when an explosion occurs from within. Oscar, the mad scientist "Dr. Grouch," claims to have invented a formula that can turn even the nicest person into a Grouch. David and Maria do not wish to be his test subjects and encourage him to try it instead, thinking he'll become even grouchier than ever. Oscar gulps it down and after a moment, ducks into his can clutching his throat. When he emerges, he's wearing a necktie, a slick hairpiece, and acting cordially to his neighbors (even giving a flattered Maria a kiss on the hand).
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink.
 	Cartoon 	Splash (girl on beach)
 	SCENE 5 cont'd	Oscar is still acting pleasant and tolerable, having now cleaned his entire can. Suddenly, the potion wears off and he's back to his grouchy self. He doesn't remember anything from the experience and is appalled to learn how nice he was. He vows to destroy his formula and starts re-messing up his can. Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13