Episode 2754

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Bob walks down Sesame Street and bumps into Buster the Horse, Hoots the Owl, Gladys the Cow, and Rudder Rabbit, all practicing their singing.
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Bob finally encounters Placido Flamingo, who has been looking for him. He tells Bob about his new opera, which will star all of the singing animals, including the bumblebee (which will be played by Bob). Bob thinks it might be fun, even if the bumblebee comment confuses him...
 	Cartoon 	Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	A boy talks about living in Alaska and about racing sled dogs.
 	Animation 	Arnold uses his imagination.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	Muppets 	A shark sings about his "Perfectly Pearl-White Teeth."
 	Cartoon 	A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen to it if not taken care of.
 	Film 	City Alphabet (Joe Raposo)
 	Cartoon 	A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry.
 	SCENE 2 	With the help of his "little assistant" Bob, Placido assigns everyone their parts in the opera. Each player's envelope has a rhyme which describes what kind of animal they are, and everybody tries to guess which envelope is theirs.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Bob gets down to the last two envelopes, and thinks he has the one that reads, "I sing and I sing / It's the perfect thing" - but that one actually goes to Placido. Bob gets the part of the bumblebee as Buzzy the bee couldn't make it.
 	Film 	A bumble beeMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Pink Panther karate chops a "K" out of rock
 	Film 	Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting.
 	Muppets 	Grover watches Mumford practice a trick, making a rabbit come out of his hat. Mumford has trouble getting a rabbit to come out of the hat, and both are oblivious to the fact that Grover is turning into a rabbit.
 	Film 	Alphaquest: D
 	Film 	Subway Train Empty & Full.
 	Cartoon 	An animated number 15 sings "How Hard It Is to Be 15" to a child who is trying to count from 1 to 20, but can't remember 15.
 	Cast 	(Same and Different) Maria and Linda dress the same, then Linda dresses differently.
 	Animation 	Where do the Ds fit?
 	SCENE 3 	Once Bob arrives with his ridiculous-looking bee costume on, Placido's opera, "The Perfect Thing" is performed. It is about the sounds animals make; whatever sound they make is the perfect thing (especially for Placido, who sings).
 	SCENE 3cont'd	When the opera finishes Bob is ready to get out of the bee costume, but Gladys wants him to pose for her...
 	Cartoon 	A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him.
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short.
 	Cartoon 	Igor listens as Dr. Frankenstein names body parts in creating another Igor.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	I Thought a Thought ... about small things. A man thinks about small things, and lists them. A sea monster thinks it is small, especially when compared to its father! Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats."
 	Cartoon 	A lowercase "k" kisses everything.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises.
 	Animation 	Sand D/d
 	SCENE 4 	Gladys has finished a painting of Bob as a bee, as well as a flamingo, an airplane, and a cow - the perfect cue for a game of "Three of These Things." Which one doesn't belong? Whether it's the cow or the airplane, both of those answers are right. Of course, Gladys believes the cow doesn't belong since she's much more talented, but her bird impressions leave something to be desired.
 	Cartoon 	"Mother Brown's Farm (Number Fifteen Song)"
 	Film 	Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air.
 	Cartoon 	Bruce the Moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice.
 	Muppets 	The School Game, hosted by Guy Smiley. Three students have to guess what their teacher does and doesn't do for a living.
 	Cartoon 	"K" Key- A man, Leonard, puts a key into a keyhole, but instead of just opening a door, he opens the entire front of a house.
 	Film 	Fay Ray listens to classical music on headphones. "Are you listening to me?"
 	Cartoon 	Number creatures: 15.
 	SCENE 5 	Bob wants to get out of his bee costume, but Placido needs him to stick around while he performs "The Insects In Your Neighborhood." Bob thinks he'll finally get to put his costume to better use by singing a verse, but instead Placido sings with a grasshopper (Jim Martin) and a spider (Camille Bonora) with Bob acting as the audience.
 	SCENE 5cont'd	Bob is upset that he didn't get to sing a verse. Once Placido leaves, he sings what he thought would have been his verse in the song, as well as an accompanying wisecrack. Hoots announces the sponsors, commenting, "Nice suit, Bob. Sheesh!"
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Category:Sesame Street Classical
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22