Episode 1881

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	A mason, Mr. Jenkins (Ted Ross), does some work surrounding the front doors of 123 Sesame Street. A sawhorse barricade blocks the area, marked with a "DANGER" sign. Telly reads the sign and learns about the construction from David. Oscar happens to be in the middle of the work and it's recommended he move his can temporarily. Oscar refuses to move, but drops his attitude when he's promised he can go "anywhere at all." He asks everyone to leave while he prepares to move.
 	Cartoon 	Listening to sounds can tell you about danger.
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Lisa what "DANGER" means.
 	Cartoon 	A for Acorn
 	Film 	A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
 	Cartoon 	A for Acrobats
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster looks at itself in mirrors, and the right half notices that both of them are the same; they have the same nose, mouth, and hands. The other half points out that they're different: their horns point different ways, their hair is different, and their laughter is different.
 	Cartoon 	A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat.
 	Celebrity	James Galway plays his flute different ways to convey different emotions.
 	Cartoon 	Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster becomes happy and sad when he finds a seemingly-empty cookie jar with one cookie left. He becomes sad after he eats it, but Ernie comes by with a bag of cookies for him. But, he becomes sad again when he eats them all.
 	Cartoon 	An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky.
 	Cast 	Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a."
 	Cartoon 	HEN / PEN / TEN / MENMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 2 	David relaxes in his apartment on his day off from work. Just as he starts reading his book, the doorbell rings. David opens the door and finds Bruno, Oscar and Telly standing outside. Oscar has decided that the "anywhere at all" he'd like to stay is David's place. David relents and allows Oscar to stay overnight. Bruno settles Oscar down and Oscar begins clanging around in his can, then provides David with some of his rotten groceries to put in the fridge.
 	Cartoon 	A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to demonstrate what round is, with the help of a wisecracking ball. He introduces Kermit to his "daddy," a basketball.
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot.
 	Cartoon 	An old woman goads a man into guessing who she met today. Through the clues she gives, he soon finds out she's referring to him.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Song 	Olivia sings "The Riddle."
 	Cartoon 	A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler. (ending trimmed)
 	SCENE 3 	David and Oscar sit down to dinner. Oscar assumes David will find his Grouch meal (potato skins stuffed with sauerkraut and spinach and a limburger milkshake) repulsive, but David instead points out the nutritional value of the different ingredients. Oscar asks for his napkin to be tied around his eyes instead of around his neck. "You may not mind lookin' at my dinner, but I can't stand lookin' at yours," he says.
 	Cartoon 	A mother and child make juice popsicles.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"I in the Sky"
 	Film 	The Steam Shovel
 	Cast 	Big Bird sings the alphabet while Bob plays glasses of water.
 	Cartoon 	Capital I, he's quite a guy
 	SCENE 4 	David is awoken by the commotion coming from Oscar's pets in his can. Oscar explains that his pet pig, Spot, is having issues with Dick and Jane, his pet goats. David suggests he separate the animals and Oscar takes this as allowing Spot to sleep on David's floor. David objects to having a pig on his floor, so Spot moves onto David's bed.
 	Cartoon 	Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get.
 	Muppets 	The Count sings about "The First Day of School".
 	Cartoon 	A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror.
 	Film 	Two brown bears play in the river and in the forest.
 	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 	Find the camouflaged parrot.Voice: Paul Dooley
 	Film 	Ostriches walk and run. (piano music)
 	SCENE 5 	David tries to endure the sounds of Oscar's off-key violin practice. He hears a knock at the door and hopes it's Bruno to bring Oscar back to his regular spot. Instead, it's Mr. Jenkins, who lets David know that the job is taking longer than anticipated and Oscar can't go back yet. Oscar has prepared for this and has already invited the other two members of his Grouch String Trio over to practice. The Grouches (Brian Muehl and Richard Hunt) arrive immediately after and start their noisy rehearsal, to David's dismay. Telly announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 15