Episode 2578

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Uncle Wally and his barbershop singing group of horses, the Kentucky Derbies, sing "One of Us Here is Not Like The Others" and has the viewer guess which one is different. Wally is the only one that isn't a horse, but Buster points out that he's also the only one not wearing a derby hat, so there are two possible answers.
 	Cartoon 	P for Pack
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop is sent to the grocery store to get twenty grapefruits. He counts to 20 on the way there so that he can remember the quantity, but forgets what item he was sent for.
 	Cartoon 	Teeny Little Super GuyRW wants a pet spoon, so TLSG teaches him the importance of being responsible with a pet.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Cartoon 	P is for Puddle
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon encounters Clementine and Buster waiting for a letter from Forgetful Jones, who's away visiting his parents. It finally arrives, and they know it's from him because there's no stamp (they have to pay for it), the envelope has not been sealed, and the letter itself is not signed and filled with mistaken identities. They love him, despite his forgetfulness.
 	Cartoon 	"Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A boy narrates a film of what happens when it changes from fall to winter.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster looks at its own SHADOW.
 	Film 	Sounds Around the House v2: chimes, snoring, a boy pretending to be an airplane, a man playing a trumpet, and a motorcycle outside.
 	Cartoon 	The numbers keep changing from 1 to 20 as corny music plays in the background. (Maria voiceover added)
 	Insert 	Olivia sings "Birdland" at Birdland.
 	Cartoon 	An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit describes the beginning, middle and end using a cookbook with assistance from Cookie Monster.
 	Film 	A boy takes dance lessons at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
 	Cartoon 	V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid)Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	SCENE 3 	In the art studio, Big Bird, Snuffy, and Felice prepare to make a "television birthday card" with Hiroshi's help. Hiroshi mans the camera, Snuffy displays the "Happy Birthday" card on himself, and the card is verbally "signed" by all of them at the end of the video.
 	Cartoon 	The wind blows one hat after another off a pig's head, onto the heads of birds. "The wind is very, very strong."
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert: Bert sings "The Paperclip."
 	Animation 	Sand P/p
 	SCENE 4 	Hiroshi brings Gordon and Susan into the garage studio to give Gordon a surprise for his birthday. Felice connects the camera to the TV set, and displays the video they made earlier.
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Gordon is pleased with the card, and is even more pleased when he learns that the camera they used is a present from Susan. Big Bird realizes that they made a TV birthday card, but they didn't make a TV birthday cake!
 	Cartoon 	A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me."
 	Muppets 	The Count invites the Countess to his castle to watch their favorite show, "twentysomething", where a couple (played by themselves) and Prairie Dawn learn that "twentysomething" is not a number.
 	Cartoon 	A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Film 	A boy narrates a film about how cheese is made.
 	SCENE 5 	Bob and Linda (and later, Uncle Wally) encounter Oscar and the Grouchketeers conducting a scientific experiment: Oscar believes that umbrellas cause it to rain, since he always sees people carrying them whenever it does rain. Oscar notices that nothing's happening, and thinks it would help it rain faster if the Grouchketeers walked around in a circle while he "sings in the rain." When Gordon comes by and sees what they're doing, Oscar claims to have learned from the experiment that umbrellas don't make it rain... and when people see open umbrellas, they look around for raindrops and ask silly questions.
 	Cartoon 	P is for Pillow
 	Animation 	A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause.
 	Song 	David sings "Can You Tell Me What Belongs Here?"
 	Cartoon 	V for volcano, violet, and violin
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar gathers up Hiroshi, Bob, Linda, Uncle Wally, and the Grouchketeers so they can see his "art collection" - that is, a collection of artists' palettes and paint and oil-stained blankets. Hiroshi thinks it's not bad, which upsets Oscar. Buster announces the sponsors.
==Supporting castSeason 22 spreadsheet and episode script==
*Camille Bonora as grey horse
*David Rudman as brown horse, letter carrier
*The Kids: Olivia Bowman, Lisa Gruber, Eric Smoquina, Jessica Yee
*Quartet singing voices: Al Dana Arioli, James Campbell, Charles Magruder, Alan Sokoloff
==Notes==
*The original script for the episode contained an extra scene that was not recorded: Big Bird and Snuffy try to color, but find their red crayons are broken. Big Bird is inspired to imagine another Blue Bird adventure, in which he apprehends the Crayon Breaker (Linda) at a local day care center.Tony Geiss Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 20