Episode 0159

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon, Paul, and Brynne encounter Betty Lou, who is sad that she can't take her kitty on the train to her grandma's house because she doesn't have a box. Gordon remembers that his friend John is a carpenter, and leaves to contact him.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #9
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon comes back with John, who can start his plan right away, which involves drawing it out on paper. He tries to draw his picture on top of Oscar's trash can, only for Oscar to suggest he go some place far from his home - Scranton, Pennsylvania. John instead draws it on the steps of 123 Sesame Street, as Gordon, Betty Lou, and the kids watch, drawing out a box for the kitty. He then leaves with the kids to get his tools and some wood. Oscar, who has been eavesdropping, wonders if John could put an addition onto his can.
 	Cartoon 	The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters tell it to stop.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Lefty tries to sell Ernie a STOP sign.
 	SCENE 3 	Jay joins the group as John displays his tools, and has them guess how they work. They sort the items by what they're used for, then all get ready to work. Oscar comes out from under the steps to make sure the gang "does everything right," then suggests they make a pecky cypress.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #9 (repeat)
 	SCENE 4 	John asks the kids, Oscar, and Betty Lou to identify the shapes of the pieces of wood he saws out. He hands Betty Lou some wood shavings for her kitty to play with.
 	Film 	African children play in a village, and in a modern playground.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on tall and short using two Snerfs, who keep changing their size.
 	Celebrity 	Arte Johnson talks about short and tall.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on big and small with the Beautiful Day Monster and a small monster. Splurge comes in at the end to show what a really big monster looks like.
 	SCENE 5 	John and the gang cooperate to put the pieces of the box together to see how the final product will look. He appreciates the large number of hands helping out from his friends while nailing some of the framework.
 	Film 	A boy narrates how you can talk with your hands.
 	SCENE 5cont'd	John finishes making the roof of the box, then has Brynne and Paul sandpaper the edges smooth.
 	Film 	A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla.Artist: Film Fair
 	Muppets 	A group of monsters enter the frame, look upward, and exclaim "Gee!" The camera pulls back and reveals they're admiring a letter G.
 	Cartoon 	A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way.
 	SCENE 6 	John and Brynne finish sanding the edges, and John begins to add the door hinges on one side of the roof.
 	Cartoon 	Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward.
 	SCENE 6cont'd	The box is almost finished, with the handle on top the only thing that needs to be attached. Gordon and the gang compare the box to John's original blueprint, and they all start painting it red.
 	Film 	Filmfair G: A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla.(repeat)
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about the capital and small G, while Grover celebrates how the letter starts his name (though he prefers it displayed with a capital G).
 	Cartoon 	A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job.
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together.
 	SCENE 7 	While John and Paul paint the box, Gordon plays a game with the other kids: "Rub Your Tummy." The local vendor plays along before Gordon and the kids make their orders for him.
center 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 8 	Gordon goes outside to mail a letter, but tries to figure out where to mail it. He suggests Big Bird's nest, but Little Bird points out that letters don't go in nests. They also don't go in Oscar's trash can (as Oscar threatens to shred it), but they do go in a mailbox.
 	Film 	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent.
center 	Muppets 	Charlie is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman.
 	SCENE 9 	Betty Lou admires the finished box John and the kids made for her kitty. Gordon brings out the kitty (named Samantha) and places her in the box. Betty Lou thanks everybody for the help before they start cleaning up.
 	Cartoon 	Ten little Greeblies (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	G for Gorilla (in man suit)
 	SCENE 10 	Betty Lou plays with her cat as the others continue cleaning up. Oscar announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2