Episode 1623

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	As the kids play in the snow, Bob sings "Snowflakes."
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #2Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest.
 	Cartoon 	A bear counts bees.
 	Film 	Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo.
 	Muppets 	Ice Follies: Grover and Cookie Monster get into zany antics as they try to play leap frog.
 	Cartoon 	A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him.
 	Film 	A man karate chops 5 boards.
 	SCENE 2 	Everyone gathers in Big Bird's nest to see some home movies from Zero's trip to Club Flipper. They count 20 penguins as they all go down a big slide into a pool as Zero lists the many friends and relatives seen, with number 20 being his best friend Herman. Big Bird invites Zero to try going down the big slide at the playground, but Zero sheepishly runs off to "see a man about a fish."
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	David narrates some films showing the homes of animals.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: M for magic
 	Film 	Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	M for mouse, mud, and mother
 	Muppets 	Pageant: The Four Seasons
 	Cartoon 	A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen!
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird and Zero divide up the chores - Big Bird will make lunch while Zero does their laundry. He accomplishes this by breaking the ice in the pool inside his igloo, dumping the clothes in the water with detergent, and swimming around in circles. Later, Big Bird has set the table for lunch while Zero brings out the laundry, which is all frozen stiff. Big Bird decides they should swap roles tomorrow.
 	Cartoon 	Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles.Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like with a very uncooperative letter that keeps switching itself. The letter eventually stops switching, and Herb solves the problem by rotating the camera angle, turning the letter upside down.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: KISS ME
 	Cast 	Luis and Gordon play roommates. On a chilly night, Luis wants to keep the window CLOSED, but Gordon prefers having it OPEN. Gordon finally agrees to keep it shut, then smashes up the surrounding walls. (beginning edited)
 	Cartoon 	The word SALIDA exits through a white square.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet man sings about the word "Salida"...and refuses to stop.
 	Cartoon 	A voiceover asks kids to name where a fireman and policewoman work.
 	SCENE 4 	Bob dresses in his finest tuxedo to sing in a concert. Zero mistakes him for a penguin at first and muses about having some other penguins around to play with. Bob and the kids get lessons on how to act like a penguin from Zero. He leads the kids to Hooper's Store for some raw fish, while Bob heads off to his concert (moving like a penguin would), eliciting strange looks from Maria.
 	Song 	"Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about bank tellers and the machines they use.
 	Insert 	Biff and Sully set their toolbox by 123 Sesame Street. They've been instructed to check the pipes under the street to make sure they're not freezing up in this cold weather. Biff reads his instructions, but he wonders out loud how they'll ever find the sewer lid if everything's covered in snow. While he tries to figure it out on his own, Sully has used his measuring tape to find and uncover the lid. Once he's done monologuing, Biff spots the cover and commends himself for finding it.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I for Island.
 	Film 	Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog.
 	Cartoon 	I-Ink (angry bird)
 	Muppets 	An old colonel explorer meets Simon Soundman and describes his world trip to him, dozing off several times in the process due to his lack of sleep. As the colonel talks about the bad weather, Simon provides the appropriate sounds.
 	Cartoon 	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 5 	Maria asks Olivia where the kids are, having invited them to lunch but none showed up. They check by Big Bird's nest, where Big Bird directs them to Zero's igloo. Zero claims there's no one inside "but us penguins," as the kids emerge acting like penguins. Zero announces the sponsors as Olivia and Maria crawl inside the igloo.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13