Episode 1504

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	While standing under an umbrella in the rain, Telly tells the viewer he and Maria are about to go on a picnic, but Maria says they can't. Telly wonders what the problem could be, whether it's ants, mosquitos, poison ivy, or even bears. Telly has something prepared to take care of all these issues, and Maria finally clues him in that they can't go because of the rain. Telly has prepared for this, too - an inflatable life raft in case the street floods.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it.
 	Film 	A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings.
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Grover and Debo to identify his letter A. Grover has no idea. When Dabo says "A," Kermit says "Ay" to someone offscreen.
 	Film 	A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash.
 	Animation 	Sand A/a
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls.
 	Cartoon 	A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird volunteers to help Mr. Hooper prepare a cake at Hooper's Store. Mr. Hooper believes in cleaning up the messes made as they go along, preventing the need to clean up afterwards. Big Bird takes this method one step further: as Mr. Hooper sets out the ingredients they'll need on the counter, Big Bird cleans up by immediately putting them away.
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
 	Cartoon 	Can a cat bark?
 	Film 	A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off.
 	Animation 	New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Can a horse fly? No.
 	Cast 	Mr. Macintosh does a soft-shoe routine down the street as he recites the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	"The Noble Ostrich", a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 1Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink.
 	Animation 	Stop-motion: A bunny tries to make a bench with blocks, but needs a chick's help.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 2The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again.
 	Cartoon 	Three cannonball men switch spotlights as they dance.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 3The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.
 	Cartoon 	Three mice (Swedish animation)
 	Film 	A woman helps some kids write down their version of "Hickory Dickory Dock," which they then bring to the Acorn Press to have printed.
 	Cartoon 	Beetle Bailey wants to be first in the chow line, but he ends up last.
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Snuffleupagus is in need of his snuffle warmer to help keep his cold under control, so he and Big Bird split up to look for it. Big Bird initially mistakes the lamppost, the mailbox, and Susan's sweater (handmade by Gordon) for Snuffy's warmer given Snuffy's descriptions for it. Snuffy eventually finds it on his own, but sneezes it off. It lands on Big Bird, who comments that the warmer found him.
 	Cartoon 	First, Middle, Last (men on horse)
 	Muppets 	Bert and Sherlock Hemlock ask John-John if he wants to count, and John-John enthusiastically rises to the occasion.
 	Animation 	First leaf, last leaf
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 	Cartoon 	A flea sets up camp on a dog.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	"Three Song (Song of Three)."
 	SCENE 4 	An unusually cheery Oscar celebrates today's number, 3, by inviting three guests (Maria, Susan, and Luis) for a special treat. He's prepared a lovely display with three flowers and three banana splits (each with three scoops of ice cream). The others are skeptical but find nothing wrong with Oscar's plan, so they decide to enjoy themselves. The table everything rests upon turns out to have only three legs, and tips over as they try to dig in.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #3Animation by Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
center 	Cartoon 	R for Rhinoceros (poem)Artist: Jeff Hale
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 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder Snake
 	Cartoon 	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar's doctor has suggested he exercise more, so he has Bruno the Trashman carry his can and jog around the block several times. Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*While Telly is worried about running into bears in this episode, one of them would become his best friend years later in the 1990s.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12