Episode 1953

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird notices the grown-ups have something going on and guesses from their individual clues what they're doing. He finally realizes they're having a picnic in the park and drops some clues of his own to make sure he gets invited.
center 	Cartoon 	V in space
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	V for volcano, violet, and violin
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit" over footage of a cornfield growing.
 	Animation	A scoop of ice cream makes its way to the top of a cone.
center 	Muppets 	The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite.
 	Cartoon 	Two crows sing "Stones Don't Grow."Artist: Michael Sporn
 	SCENE 2 	Telly has now been invited to the picnic and Gordon tells him about the plans to get food. Telly eagerly wants everyone to rush off and get some food, but the grown-ups tell him they have to make a plan first. Maria helps him envision an example of what might happen if they don't plan - everyone runs off and gets pickles, meaning they only have a large jar of pickles to eat and nothing else. Telly agrees they need to plan what everyone will bring and volunteers to bring pickles.
 	Animation	Seis flores
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: SCHOOLAfter a bunch of kids come running by, a girl goes before the man and says it's Saturday. That leaves him to say: "No school."
 	Cast 	David the champion is ready for the match, but assistant Luis gives him the wrong match for his boxing glove. Once the right one is placed, he and Gordon face off in a game of marbles.
 	Animation	Counting animals (1 butterfly, 2 frogs, 3 birds, 4 turtles, 5 bees, 6 fish)
 	SCENE 3 	Everyone has brought their food and Gordon decides to use all the foodstuffs for a game. The kids identify all the different shapes of the food, but they all turn out to be circles. After their failed game, Big Bird arrives late with his rectangular box of birdseed. He becomes confused when everyone celebrates, thinking they must really like birdseed.
 	Cartoon 	The Bridgekeeper stipulates that answering three questions about the square in his hand is required to cross the bridge. Question One: What is this? Question Two: How many sides does it have? Question Three: What is a square good for? A young man who wishes to cross the bridge has square-shaped building blocks in his backpack. And a girl thinks a square makes a good picture frame. Then along hops a light blue-colored monster with a red winter cap, who proceeds to eat the bridgekeeper's square, the better to satisfy his daily diet of "three square meals".
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Maya to help him follow an arrow. The arrow changes direction until Grover falls down, exhausted.
 	Song 	Luis sings "Follow the Arrows" as a man does so.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to push a huge balloon elephant through a narrow doorway, and a girl helps him by deflating it.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Celebrity	James Taylor performs "Jellyman Kelly" with a bunch of kids.
 	Cartoon 	P for PenguinArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster blows bubbles.
 	Cartoon 	“Signing Alphabet,” an animated film by Steve Finkin. Music for voice and electronics by Joan La Barbara.
 	Cast 	Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a square.
 	Muppets 	Oscar reads Irvine the Grimey Brothers' version of "Cinderella." Grundgetta portrays the titular character, who doesn't mind doing chores like sweeping the fireplace and taking out the trash. Her non-Grouch stepsisters head off to the ball in their nice, clean outfits, hoping to be picked by Prince Charming to be wed. Cinderella muses about going too, when her Fairy Grouchmother appears in a silver trash can and gives her a spiffy new outfit, which will turn back into rags at the stroke of midnight. At the ball, Prince Charming (Oscar) is put-off by the nice, clean girls in attendance, but falls in love with Cinderella once her clothes magically turn back into rags. The two live happily ever after, sweeping the many fireplaces of the palace.
 	Animation	Counting six red balls
 	Song 	"Five Onstage Dancers"
 	Muppets 	Grover and Prairie Dawn sing "Sharing."
 	Cartoon 	Small v... (Spanish version)Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Cast 	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #4: Third dot wants to change color
 	SCENE 4 	Everyone loads up the Robinsons' Volkswagen Beetle for the picnic, as Brian Muehl announces the sponsors.
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 1953
 1953
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 15