Episode 2202

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Buster and Fred, dressed as cows, approach Olivia, asking if she knows where Gladys the Cow is. They're helping with a song of hers and the lack of local cows forces them to play some. Gladys arrives and Olivia questions Gladys' loyalty to her species, due to the fact that she's always pretending to be other animals. Gladys is surprised and tells her she is proud, which is the subject of her song. The animals set up by some boxes and Gladys performs "I'm Proud to Be a Cow." Afterward, Olivia is speechless.
 	Cartoon 	Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster tells his little cousin monster to get him something special that starts with the letter C. He hopes she'll bring him a cookie, but she brings a carrot, a cucumber, a cauliflower, and an ear of corn. Finally, she realizes that cousin also starts with C, and assumes he was referring to her.
 	Film 	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	Super Grover: Grover Kent sees a lost little girl in trouble and tries to find a phone booth to change in, the same one she wants to use to call home.
 	Cartoon 	C for canary (role reversal)
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird, taking a cue from “Ask Oscar,” sets up an information booth with a sign that reads “telephone.” Luis stops by and asks why the sign says “telephone,” and Big Bird says it’s so he can tell them what the sign says.
 	Film 	A man uses a TELEPHONE booth in the city.
 	Muppets 	The Count has prepared himself a picnic not far from his castle. As he counts the ants who come to take away his food, he eventually has nothing left. Which is just as well, since it has started to rain.
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	Film 	Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1)
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finds a TELEPHONE, and reads the word.
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" (#12)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2)
 	SCENE 2 	Mr. Snuffleupagus stops by Big Bird’s booth and asks if he can call his mommy on the telephone. Big Bird explains that it’s not a telephone booth, and confesses that he doesn’t know how to spell the word “information.” He asks Snuffy if he knows, and the two switch places in the booth. They begin a cycle switching places as one of them goes from asking to answering questions and the other does the same. The two come to realize that neither of them are qualified to give information and abandon the booth altogether.
 	Cartoon 	A boy looks for the telephone as it rings.
 	Muppets 	Old West: Clementine breaks the bad news to everyone: Bad Bart is coming to town to "give someone what they deserve!" She says he will come when the cow moos four times. They listen for it, and first hear a train toot four times, then a dog bark four times, and finally the cow. Bad Bart steps into the saloon, looks for the bartender, and reminds him that last week, he ordered sarsaparilla, but the bartender didn't have it, so he went to another town to get it, and kept him waiting. Bad Bart forgot to pay the bartender for it, so he gives the bartender what he deserves: some coins.
 	Cartoon 	The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Cast 	The Heartstrongs, Part 1In this soap opera parody, Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) fusses over the loss of his red shoelace along with Mrs. Heartstrong (Susan). They both feel sad until their son Barnaby (David) comes downstairs! What a surprise! But that feeling doesn't last long, as Barnaby soon learns of the lost shoelace. As it turns out, Barnaby came downstairs to change shoelaces in order to play baseball.Could this be a clue as to the whereabouts of Mr. Heartstrong's shoelace?
 	Cartoon 	A scientist builds a robot that has real feelings, such as sad, happy and afraid.
 	Cast 	The Heartstrongs, Part 2In the thrilling conclusion, the doorbell rings! Who could it be at the door?It's Cousin Henry (Uncle Wally), who drops in for a surprise visit, which quickly becomes somber when the lost shoelace issue is brought up again.Just then, Mr. Heartstrong remembers what Barnaby said about a shoelace that didn't match, and as luck would have it, the missing shoelace is in Barnaby's left sneaker! This makes everyone happy!Cousin Henry pulls the snake-in-the-can trick on Barnaby, which gives everyone another nice surprise! "Woo woo!"
 	Cartoon 	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D.
 	Insert 	The Professor explains to Big Bird how he invented the alphabet.
 	Film 	A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment.
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers!
 	Cartoon 	Crayon Animation Letter D
 	Insert 	Herry Monster plays a game with a boy named Eric, who closes his eyes and guesses what Herry hands him (a ball, a feather, and his head).
 	Animation	Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short.
 	Cartoon 	A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar hangs a “muchas gracias” sign on his can. Telly and Maria understand that it means “thank you very much” in Spanish, but don’t know why Oscar would hang such a pleasant saying there. Luis joins them as they bang on his can and call his name to get his attention, bothering Susan and disrupting Miles' nap; Oscar pops up and says the sign is there to thank them for all the noise they just made. Snuffy announces the sponsors as everyone leaves.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 17