Episode 0233

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	On the counter of Hooper's Store are several items people have ordered. Mr. Hooper tells Big Bird that the items can give them clues as to what the person who ordered them is doing today. Big Bird guesses each group is full of items for the person's pet monster to eat. An elderly Muppet woman approaches the store window, ordering some sunglasses, suntan lotion, and a pail and shovel. Big Bird guesses now that she and her grandson Chuckie are going to the beach. Instead, the items are to feed to her pet monster, Chuckie.
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: J - Jam
 	SCENE 2 	Bob presents the letter J and jokingly makes the wrong sound so the kids can make the right one.
 	Cartoon 	Jughead Jones's J story
 	Cartoon 	A little man misplaces his J under his hat.
 	Cartoon 	The letter JArtists: John and Faith Hubley
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet man named Jack sings "A, You're Adorable" to his girlfriend, Adrienne, using alphabet blocks to enumerate the ways that he loves her. Cookie Monster shows up and eats the blocks.
 	SCENE 3 	Miguel and the kids help Frannie sort her clothes by the appropriate weather conditions to wear them in.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: J - Jam (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Grover takes part in Bob's story: "Cutie and the Beast." Princess Cutie falls in love with the beast (Grover) and her father, the king, believes that when kissed, he will break whatever spell he's under and turn into a handsome prince. But, before they can be wed, the beast must first undergo "The Ordeal of What-Happens-Next."Part 1
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
 	Muppets 	As "Cutie and the Beast" continues, the Beast must deduce what happens next in three different situational paintings. The Beast successfully guesses what will happen and is allowed the princess' hand in marriage. The two share a kiss and Cutie turns into a beautiful beast, which is what she previously looked like before her enchantment. "These fairy tales never turn out the way you expect them to!," the king groans.Part 2
 	SCENE 4 	Miguel has four dolls set out. He asks the viewer to find which numbered card should go with them.
 	Cast 	Gordon appears as a magician sitting in a chair. He magically brings in Susan and Mr. Hooper, as well as a number counting them all. The other two pop in and out, forcing Gordon to change the number until he makes them all vanish.
 	Muppets 	Betty Lou teaches the meaning of "beginning", "middle", and "end", and introduces two of her friends: Beginning and End. The duo tell a story, but it lacks something in between the beginning and end parts. Beginning and End recruit their pal Middle to fill out the rest of the story. Middle, however, cannot stop telling the exciting part of the story, and the three friends begin a quarrel, forcing Betty Lou to declare the end of the lecture.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #5
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Tracy count five fingers.
 	Song 	"1-2-3-4-5!"
 	Celebrity 	Pat Paulsen counts from 1 to 20.
 	SCENE 5 	Bob talks with the kids on the stoop about the two different sounds of the letter A. He asks them to pay attention to the next segment...
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd	The kids guess which sound of the letter A that "alligator" begins with. Bob introduces another A short...
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	SCENE 5 cont'd	The kids now say which A sound the word "ape" is said with.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet man holds up pictures and asks the viewer to find a square in each of them. Cookie Monster soon joins him when the man shows a picture of a cookie box, which Cookie Monster believes has cookies in it.
 	Film 	Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
 	Cast 	Gordon and Mr. Hooper have ice cream on a hot day, but can't remove their sweaters by themselves, until they cooperate.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown paper bag, and asks Cookie Monster what he hopes it is. Cookie Monster hopes that it is a cookie. It turns out that Ernie has ten cookies in the bag.
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
 	Muppets 	"The AN Family Song"
 	SCENE 6 	Frannie comes to Hooper's to buy two dollies. Mr. Hooper has four dollies for sale and Frannie can't decide on which ones to buy; she's able to classify them into many groups of potential purchase, such as size or skin color. She finally decides to get the two dollies wearing overalls, but tells Mr. Hooper to hold off on wrapping them until her birthday - in three months.
 	Cartoon 	Drawing a kite that turns into a fish (w/ child voiceover).
 	SCENE 7 	Big Bird presents a film about his "cousins" - penguins.
 	Film 	Penguins take a bath.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles."
 	SCENE 8 	Goodbye
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2