Episode 1649

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster plays a game with a boy named Eric, who closes his eyes and guesses what Herry hands him (a ball, a feather, and his head).
 	Cartoon 	Small letter b (ball/bat)
 	Muppets 	A barbershop quartet sings a song about the letter B.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: B for Ball
 	Cast 	Olivia sings "Everything Grows."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over.
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon, Susan and Mr. Hooper have been invited to Big Bird's nest for a tea party and to finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus, or so they believe. While they wait for Big Bird they try to guess what kind of excuse will keep them from meeting whom they think is Big Bird's imaginary friend. Big Bird returns with Snuffy's giant tea cup and wonders what's keeping Snuffy so long, when he receives a large snuffle-upagram from another Snuffleupagus (whom the others don't see outside the construction doors). The snuffle-upagram tells Big Bird that Snuffy and his family are off visiting Uncle Fred in Hawaii for the week. The grown-ups offer some imaginary snacks while Big Bird sadly wonders what he'll do all week without his best friend...
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you know where I wanna be?" The man says he doesn't know. Harvey says, "I wanna B -- right here!" and slaps a letter B on the man's sweater. Harvey runs off, laughing.
 	Film 	Stop! (kids dancing)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters ask it to stop.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 2 	Bob finds Big Bird sulking out on the stoop, missing Snuffy. Bob sings to him about feeling happy and sad. Big Bird realizes he can call Snuffy on the phone and asks to borrow a dime.
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.Artist: John Paratore
 	Muppets / Cast	Maria and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood" — painter and milkman.
 	Cartoon 	A man nearly falls down a chasm, but the word HELP saves him and helps him across.
 	Muppets 	Biff and Sully move a piano. Biff tries to play a scale and talks about practice. While Biff is away, Sully plays a full concert piece.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places.
 	Animation 	Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #3
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon and the kids discuss times when they missed someone they loved. Big Bird asserts that Snuffy will return in a week. The kids cheer for his eventual return, puzzling Gordon.
 	Film 	Marching Band #3
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 4 	As Big Bird writes a letter to Snuffy, Gladys the Cow approaches him and asks if he wants to play. Big Bird would rather play with Snuffy, but Gladys is willing to act like a Snuffleupagus if they can nail down the part. Big Bird tells Gladys how Snuffy moves and how he says, "Oh dear..." He also drapes a dark towel over her and sticks a brown sock on her nose to resemble a Snuffleupagus more. Big Bird sees this as a fine solution and the two go off to play, befuddling Gordon and Bob as they pass by.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: STOP.After the man reads the sign, two cars screech to a stop, one on each side of him.
 	Film 	Letters Make Words: the letter B
 	Cartoon 	A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window.
 	Song 	"Windy Day"
 	Cartoon 	A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon, Susan and Bob check on Big Bird, who's just received a giant postcard from Snuffy, saying he misses Big Bird too. The grown-ups assume Big Bird made this himself, even though the card has a photo of Snuffy's hotel with a mark over the room he's staying in. Snuffy announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	The Two-Headed Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
* This episode was later re-aired in Season 15 as Episode 1898, omitting scene 1 due to the death of Mr. Hooper.
* In scene 4, Bob, Gordon, and even Big Bird refer to Gladys only as "Cow," despite the character already meeting them many times before.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13