Episode 0497

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar sets out six pieces of junk that he intends to subtract. He explains to Gordon that they keep falling out of his closet, so he’s subtracting them by throwing them out onto the street. Gordon retaliates by adding each one back into Oscar’s can.
 	Cartoon 	B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Run."
 	Muppets 	Juanita helps her brother Angel overcome his fear of a haircut.
 	Song 	"B is for Bubble."
 	SCENE 2 	David walks home with a record he just bought. Sam the Robot offers to play it for him, citing that his father's side of the family had many record players in it. First he plays it too slow, then too fast. Sam finally plays it right, but dislikes the rock music; being a machine, he prefers a cacophony of sounds played from his various gears and parts.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B".
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks, but Grover doesn't know how many to get (he can't count to 5). Kermit has him go back and forth bringing one until there is five.
 	Song 	"1-2-3-4-5!"
 	Cast 	Luis is dressed for snow, but is stuck at the beach. David dresses for the beach, but finds himself in the snow. They happily switch places.
 	Cartoon 	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn.
 	SCENE 3 	David encounters Farley, who looks down. He explains that he just quit the baseball team because he couldn't manage to get a good hit today. David tells him to keep practicing, and, in a flashback sequence, recalls when he was on the track team and had to practice before he got good. Farley decides to keep playing baseball.
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B". (Spanish remake)
 	Film 	Squares are shown in close-up.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Polly demonstrate five fingers.
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon has Big Bird and the kids guess which body parts rhyme with the words in his poem. Big Bird has a rough time trying to guess parts that birds don't have, so Gordon makes up a poem about his beak.
 	Muppets 	A bridge of teeth come to an employment agency, looking for a job. He's offered jobs in the smelling line and in listening, but he's unqualified for those. Teeth demonstrates his talent in biting and chewing by chomping up the desk.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet (Shark fishing)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cast 	Part 1: David, playing a hipster, doesn't like fish and asks that "wet and dry" be presented in another fashion.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet. (dog washing)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cast 	Part 2: David, the hipster, doesn't like dogs either and wants a different demonstration.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet (circus elephant)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cast 	Part 3: David is tired of seeing all these animals and wants to be told about wet and dry in a straight fashion. The kids answer the call by pouring a bucket of water on him.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, they are wet (man laying on the beach)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cast 	Part 4: David is wet, while the viewer is dry. He hurls a bucket of water at the screen, then gets hit with more water himself.
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet (near swimming pool)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 5 	With assistance from Sam, Maria sings the "Same/Different Song" while comparing a toy helicopter and a toy plane.
 	Muppets 	A story about Lola the cow, who tries to find her home. She first tries to climb a tree to get into a nest, but Little Bird tells her that it's not her home. She then tries to crawl down a hole in the ground, but that turns out to belong to an earthworm. She tries to get into a trash can, which belongs to Oscar. She finally finds a barn and is invited in by another cow.
 	Cartoon 	Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
 	Muppets 	Simon Soundman sings a song about finding a (MEOW!) stuck in a tree.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark."
 	SCENE 6 	Maria combs her hair after it gets blown in the wind. Oscar just got through combing his fur too, even though it doesn't look like. Oscar whips out his comb, which has all the teeth broken off it.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you know where I wanna be?" The man says he doesn't know. Harvey says, "I wanna B -- right here!" and slaps a letter B on the man's sweater. Harvey runs off, laughing.
 	Film 	Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil.
 	Cartoon 	With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall.Voice: Casey Kasem
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, they are wet (Umbrella)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	A lowercase b floats by some boats.
 	Cartoon 	B is for bubbles (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly (repeat)
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Wet & Dry (Falls in pool; kid VO's)
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster’s device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie’s box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn’t ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies.
 	SCENE 7 	The kids look on as Sam whirls about playing his various machinery sounds. Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria and Luis hold the CTW sign.
==Notes==
* Caroll Spinney voices an unseen teammate during scene 3, calling Farley over.
* The closing theme during scene 7 is unusually sped-up in this episode.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 4