Episode 1574

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Susan greets Big Bird walking down Sesame Street in a slump because he wanted to talk to Luis's grandmother on the phone in New Mexico, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He's told that he was just shy, and she sings to him "Everyone Feels a Little Shy Sometimes".
 	Film 	A voiceover lists many R words.
 	Muppets 	The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates over and under.
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert
 	Film 	Letter R hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster fights over the letters P and R, one of them displaying P foods and the other one displaying R foods (and a radio). They have a picnic, which is cut short due to rain.
 	Cartoon 	Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Insert 	Ray Barretto and his band demonstrate their different kinds of drums.
 	Cartoon 	P Words (including parachute and plug)
 	Film 	A girl and her mother go on a journey to find out where potatoes come from.
 	Muppets 	Grover talks about the sign "ONE WAY."
 	Cartoon 	A boy uses his pet inchworm to measure his toy car and toy truck. Afterward, the inchworm wants to measure the Empire State Building.
 	SCENE 1 	Maria invites the Count to watch a new game she has for Nicole and Jessica. She traces a number on each of their backs and they guess which number she's made. She then draws an 8 on the Count's back and he responds by drawing a number on Maria's - 34,969 to be exact.
 	Cartoon 	8 cowsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Song 	"Song of Eight"
 	Film 	Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting.
 	Cartoon 	A moving truck takes the number 8.
 	Film 	Kids narrate footage of whales.
 	Muppets / Cast	"Dandy David" sings a song about "Tying Your Shoelace" as Herry watches. He then asks him to tie the laces on all the shoes in his collection.In subsequent airings, the ending is edited slightly tighter.
 	Cartoon 	A duckling dresses itself, naming all the parts of its coat.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Insert 	Olivia comes across Big Bird practicing on his toy piano and she remarks how she used to dream of being a concert pianist. She and Big Bird imagine her playing a Sonatina by Muzio Clementi for a live audience in concert.
 	Film 	Kids ride horses.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster #8
 	Film / Song 	"At the Animal Doctor": Two boys take their dog to the vet
 	Muppets 	Alphabet Chat: Mr. Chatterly tries to discuss the letter R, but everything goes awry.
 	Song 	"Train Song"
 	Film 	A voiceover lists many R words. (repeat)
 	SCENE 2 	Poco Loco desperately wants some crackers, but Maria is too busy doing work at the Fix-It Shop. He mimics Maria's voice and phones Hooper's Store, where a harried David abandons his workload to bring over a box of crackers. Once he arrives at the store, he and Maria argue over the situation, while Poco tries opening the box. They realize what's happened and share a good laugh about it.
 	Animation 	Sand P/p
 	Muppets 	Pageant: Butterfly.
 	Cartoon 	A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose.
 	SCENE 3 	To make up for the trick he pulled, Poco has been roped into helping out at Hooper's. David assigns him to dry the wet dishes while he announces the sponsors; Poco adds the production credit after breaking all said dishes.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12