Episode 0553

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar shows Susan the new doorbell he installed on his trash can (which plays "Shave and a Haircut," ending with a screeching sound). That way, he won't have to put up with everybody banging on his can. He finds it only attracts more curious individuals as Luis, Mr. Hooper, and Gordon and the kids give it a try, so he rips it apart. Susan bothers him once more to point out his doorbell is busted, which throws Oscar into a raging fit (though he gives a brief "Thanks," to Susan).
 	Cartoon 	J family jamboree
 	Muppets 	"J Friends"
 	Cartoon 	The letter JArtists: John and Faith Hubley
 	Film 	Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work.
 	Cast 	Luis demonstrates how to use a can opener to open a can of spaghetti ... not realizing that it's open on the bottom already.
 	Cartoon 	'j' minuscula
 	Cast 	Maria demonstrates how a hammer is used by hammering a nail into a wall to hang up a picture. Then, the wall tips over on her.
 	Cartoon 	A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
 	SCENE 2 	Biff stops by Hooper's Store and orders a brick and a sponge, and to have them both gift wrapped.
 	Film 	Js appear in a junkyard.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	Mr. Hooper presents Biff with his wrapped items, but Biff points out an issue - they're both shaped alike, so how can he tell which is the brick or the sponge? He and Mr. Hooper figure that by weighing them, he can tell which item is which.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	Muppets 	Grover is going to teach the audience about "surprise" by sneaking up on Ernie. He sees Ernie sitting in his chair -- and he knows that it's Ernie, because he can see Ernie's shirt and Ernie's hair. Grover sneaks up to surprise Ernie -- but then it turns out to be Herry Monster, disguised as Ernie.
 	Film 	The Great Chango, man of one thousand costumes, puts on outfits of various professions.
 	Cartoon 	One of these shoe pairs ...
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog, Shola, and Fanny demonstrate "next to."
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 3 	Susan sings "That's What My Song is For" to the kids.
 	Film 	Kids dancing.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: STREET. He sings about it with a boy who wears a crown.
 	Cast 	David, alone on a desert island, finds a bottle with a genie (Maria) inside it, and wishes for a boat. But Maria keeps mishearing the request and instead gives him a coat and a (live) goat. Finally she gives him a boat ... but it's not the kind of boat he was hoping for.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #8
 	Cartoon 	A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end.
 	Cartoon 	H is for horseshoe.
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
 	Film 	A man and children observe the life along the river.
 	Celebrity 	Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole
 	Muppets 	Ernie tries to find another cookie with a criss-cross of icing. He has trouble matching cookies, but Cookie "matches" them by eating them (putting them all in the same place, his stomach).
 	Song 	Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8 (repeat)
 	Muppets / Cast	Luis has four things lined up in a row - a harmonica, a whistle, a trumpet, and a banana. He tells Kermit that one of these doesn't belong, and Kermit chooses the banana because you can make music with the instruments, but you eat the banana... or so he thinks. Luis blows into the banana and appears to be playing a horn until he reveals he was honking a horn behind his back the whole time. Amused by the trick, they decide to play the same joke on Cookie Monster, but Cookie has a different idea--you eat the harmonica, whistle, and trumpet, and make beautiful music with the banana.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird shows Mr. Hooper and the kids a large brush and asks them to guess what he'll use it for. He claims to be using it to brush someone's teeth...
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Whale Brushing Teeth," with a film of a trainer brushing a whale's teeth.
 	Muppets 	Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man" (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird.
 	SCENE 5 	As the kids play in the yard, Biff announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, while Bert and Ernie hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5