Episode 1880

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	On Ask Oscar, Telly reads a letter asking about the importance of listening. Oscar drives Telly crazy by blatantly paying little attention to everything he says, forcing Telly to repeat the details over and over. Oscar finally concludes that while listening is a good way to learn what people have to say, not listening allows one to have some fun watching the speaker get angry.
 	Song 	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: N - Nail
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Fireworks Alphabet
 	Cartoon 	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	Super Grover: Judy Finstermacher has broken her bag of groceries, and Super Grover tries to find a way for her to get the groceries to her home.
 	Film 	FlamingosMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	An old man recites a poem about the time he had the flu.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar and Bruno run into Linda, who signs them a story about a butterfly who flew onto her shoulder and remained there while she rode the bus back to Sesame Street. Oscar reiterates the yucky story to Luis, who finds it much funnier than Oscar. While he deals with a call in the Fix-It Shop, the butterfly returns and lands on Oscar's head, much to his dismay. Luis can't help but laugh, while Oscar orders Bruno to run around in an effort to rid himself of the butterfly.
 	Cartoon 	The 'J' TrainVoice: Daws Butler
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Different uses of a triangle
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar and Bruno have had no luck ridding Oscar of the butterfly. Bruno situates Oscar's can back in its spot, leaving Oscar desperate for help. Susan comes by and suggests Oscar carefully remove it, but Oscar doesn't want to touch such a beautiful-looking thing. Susan gently removes the butterfly from his head and it flutters off...only to return soon after.
 	Cartoon 	An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise.
 	Muppets 	Instead of cookies, Cookie Monster recites a poem about galoshes -- or at least he tries.
 	Cartoon 	Jive Five
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar asks Luis and David for help as they come by, but they can't stay; they have to go rehearse a song about the number 5...
 	Cartoon 	A girl has trouble closing her suitcase after she's packed it, but has help from her four-legged friend.
 	Cast 	The Lovers of Five (David, Luis, Gordon and Bob) sing "Gimme Five."
 	Cartoon 	A boy puts a red and green monster together using a diagram.
 	SCENE 5 	Telly now comes past and Oscar begs for help. But as an act of revenge from the "Ask Oscar" show earlier, Telly pretends to not know Oscar at all and states he will only help if Oscar genuinely apologizes. Oscar relents and apologizes, to Telly's delight. He produces a potted flower to lure the butterfly away, which he had on him the entire time. Oscar realized the tables were turned and he was tricked this time. The plan works and the butterfly lands on the flower, which Telly now plans to take to the park. "Sometimes, even a Grouch needs a friend," says Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	Slot-machine legs: Cowboy & horse
 	Muppets 	Polly Darton sings "I'm Under the Weather Over You."
 	Animation	Sand N/n
 	Insert 	Musical Bridge - A banjo player and guitarist play a short musical interlude.
 	Film 	Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil.
 	Cartoon 	Little Red Riding Hood is prepared for her trip to Grandma's.
 	Muppets 	The Count's bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count.
 	Cartoon 	A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Cast 	In the park, Maria and some kids play with Barkley, telling him whether he's near or far some balloons they've hidden.
center 	Animation	2 houses plus 3 houses equal 5.
 	Insert 	Richie Havens and his band play "It's Pouring."
 	Cartoon 	Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles"
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finds a cardboard cut-out of themselves, but find they don’t have hats like it does. They run off to get some.
 	Animation	An opened egg is put back together.
 	Muppets 	The monster returns wearing football helmets, but they still don’t match the cut-out. They dash off again to change.
 	Cartoon 	'j' minuscula
 	Muppets 	The monster returns, now with cowboy hats that match the cut-out. Their image falls over and they follow.
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 6 	The kids draw pictures out in the yard as Oscar announces the sponsors and the credits follow.
==Notes==
*The original script for the episode contains a scene not used in the final cut of the episode, in which Big Bird plays a round of "Three of These Things" using Mr. Snuffleupagus and the grown-ups inside Hooper's Store.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 15