Episode 0573

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon finds a thick piece of rope on the banister of 123 Sesame Street. He brings it over to the kids in the yard and asks them to form letters with it; among them are an O, a C, a J, and an S.
 	Cartoon 	C - Cake
 	Muppets 	Monsters, including an early Grover, Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster, pass on the message, "See." The wide shot reveals that the monsters were whispering about the Letter C.
 	Film 	C is for cars on the highway.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar lets the viewer in on his next scheme to get everyone to leave him alone: pretend he has a terrible cold. Maria, Jay, and the kids ask Oscar to play softball with them, but Oscar feigns sneezing and coughs. Maria isn't a bit convinced, and leaves to devise a plan.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6
 	SCENE 3 	Playing along, David brings Oscar a bowl of hot chicken soup while Susan wraps him a blanket and Gordon takes his temperature. Since everyone would rather stick around to take care of him, Oscar suddenly decides that he wants to play softball!
 	Film 	Six Song (Song of Six)
 	Muppets 	Mahna Mahna and two Anything Muppet girls sing "Mah Na Mah Na".
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Seahorse
 	Cartoon 	Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving.
 	SCENE 4 	A very hungry Big Bird plays "One of These Things" with three small bowls of birdseed and one big one. Susan drops in and is surprised to hear that Big Bird plans on eating all of the birdseed (including dessert).
 	Animation 	Dot & Hill B-1 - A ball cannot travel up a steep incline.
center 	Muppets 	Game Show: Pick Your PetLucy Jones insists upon a pet that purrs, has silky hair, and likes milk... the Beautiful Day Monster.
 	SCENE 5 	At Hooper's Store, David realizes that the string that held his school ring on his neck broke. Maria finds a ring in the yard area and recognizes it as David's. She brings it to him, but David is too angry with searching around the store to listen to her... until she shows him the ring.
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 1: WET
 	Film 	A flower opens and closes.
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 2: SET
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 3: MET
 	Film 	Counting six oryxMusic: Joe Raposo
center 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: C - Cap
 	Cartoon 	A bully won't give the kids' baseball back. The boy imagines a few scenarios before ultimately calling for his dog.Artist: John and Faith Hubley
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Folk song: Have You Ever Been To The Farm?
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	Various objects become OPEN.
 	Cartoon 	A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled.Artist: Jim Simon
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Swinging Gibbon
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit attempts to demonstrate between by standing between two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates between.
 	Cartoon 	Only one of the two footprints can belong.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Genelle count to twenty.
 	Cartoon 	C - Cake (repeat)
 	Film 	Potterymusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A man doubts a carpenter's knowledge of the saw.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Kermit talks with Chris about teaching his little sister, Stephanie, to talk. Chris practices the alphabet.
 	SCENE 6 	Jay helps the kids play through the barrels at Big Bird's nest while David announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Gordon and Susan hold up the Sesame Street sign and Ernie & Bert hold up the CTW sign at the end.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5