Episode 0291

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar's trash can is surrounded by various bits of trash. Tom tells the viewer that today is trash day and alerts Oscar of this as well. Oscar starts digging through the refuse and sings "I Love Trash" in celebration.
 	Transition 	Bridge #1 - Zipper
 	SCENE 2 	As Oscar examines his trash, Gordon complains about the mess he's made and claims not everyone likes trash the way he does. Oscar imagines a world where everyone loves trash. In Oscar's fantasy, Gordon and Tom (dressed in ratty clothes) show off and trade their trashy wares, refusing to throw anything away for Oscar to keep. When Oscar snaps back, he thanks Gordon and Tom for being the way they are, rendering them confused.
 	Cartoon 	A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one.
 	Muppets 	"High, Middle, Low"
 	Film 	Kids use shapes to make a train.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird finds Mr. Snuffleupagus with his snuffle caught in the mailbox after mailing a letter. After several attempts to free his friend, Big Bird realizes the solution is to just open the slot. Snuffy thanks him "from the bottom of my nose."
 	Animation 	Dot & Hill B-1 - A ball cannot travel up a steep incline.
 	SCENE 4 	Susan is skeptical of Big Bird's story about Mr. Snuffleupagus and the mailbox.
center 	Muppets 	Charlie is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: W for water
 	Cartoon 	W - wallpaper
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon shows Doug, Ingrid, and Danny a weathervane, explaining how it points to a letter to show the direction of the wind.
 	Cartoon 	E ... see me eating a peach
 	Muppets 	Ernie explains how a scale can determine what is heavier than another object. With the scale, he was planning to split some cookies with Bert, but can't figure out how to do it. Cookie Monster shows him his way of solving the problem: he eats the cookies off each side of the scale until there are no cookies left. Ernie is disappointed since all he's left with is a "really good scale". Cookie disagrees--he's tasted better.
 	Transition 	Bridge #2 - Scoring
 	Muppets 	A yellow hand tries to match a glass of milk to a picture of an object that produced the milk. A purple hand tries to help it out.
 	SCENE 6 	The gang shows heavy and light - Tom lifts a heavy barbell, Susan has a light feather (which Big Bird takes back), and Oscar drops a light marble and heavy bowling ball into his can (both landing on his piano).
 	Celebrity 	The New York Knicks make 4 baskets in a row, but miss on the 5th.
 	Film 	City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover)
 	Celebrity 	Flip Wilson talks about arms and legs.
 	SCENE 7 	Big Bird reads a book, commenting on a picture of an octopus. He tells the viewer about how strange-looking the octopus is and recites a poem about it, leading to...
 	Film 	Footage of an octopus.Music: "Pomp and Circumstance"
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges!
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: W for water (repeat)
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places.
 	SCENE 8 	Snuffy plays "One of These Things" using his China plates and cup. He accidentally knocks the cup, which is different, off the table.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "The Trading Game" with contestants Oscar the Grouch and Sally Screamer.
 	Animation 	The Queen of Six explores her garden.
 	SCENE 9 	Susan sets out some balloons for an upcoming party. She assigns Big Bird to watch them while she and a couple kids go to get lanterns. Big Bird wonders how many there are and recruits Snuffy to help. They each count them from different directions, amazed that there are six no matter which way they're counted. Snuffy counts them once more; his snuffle tapping them causes each one to pop.
 	Celebrity 	The New York Knicks make 20 baskets in a row.
 	Muppets 	David says he can count to twelve hundred, but Farley would prefer just hearing him count to twelve.
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson introduces the letters U and N. Other letters join them and become SUN, RUN and FUN.
 	SCENE 10 	Susan and the kids return and, naturally, Susan doesn't buy Big Bird's explanation regarding the balloons. Big Bird tries to lead Susan to Snuffy, but it's time to say goodbye to the viewer. Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan and Oscar hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* This is the very first filmed episode with Mr. Snuffleupagus, as opposed to his proper debut appearance in Episode 0276.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3