Episode 0237

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Tom greets the viewer, but not too loudly. He shushes the neighborhood kids making sure they don't disturb Bert as he reads the newspaper in his apartment...
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #9
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green".
 	Muppets 	Grover visits the zoo to talk about birds. He visits the bird cage (containing Little Bird) and swaps places inside the cage. Two Anything Muppets come and admire him.
 	Song 	"Fireman Ready to Go"
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird tells Miguel he has a new pen pal, but he accidentally knocks over one of the kids' block towers in the process of sharing the news. He's not sure what to write back to her about, and considers telling her about how clumsy he is, and that he always makes mistakes. Miguel tells him some positive attributes he can write about, like how kind and generous he is. With a new, positive outlook, Big Bird narrowly avoids walking into the block towers again - "If you start to think good things, you do good things!"
 	Film 	Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. (edited)Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Bug
 	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
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to present a lecture about the letter B, but Cookie Monster eats the bottom of the B and turns it into an R. Kermit talks about the R, but then Cookie Monster snacks some more, and makes it a P. Kermit tries to go on, but the monster keeps eating, making it into an F, and then an I, and then nothing at all. Kermit chides Cookie Monster for ruining his lesson. Cookie Monster gives Kermit a kiss, then exits.
 	Cartoon 	B for butterfly
 	Cartoon 	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B".
 	Muppets 	A Muppet inchworm and a bug sing "The Inch Worm" in a field of flowers.
 	SCENE 3 	Susan and the kids observe a picture of a star and sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." They then try to find as many stars as they can that are hidden within an elaborate picture.
 	Muppets 	Little Bird plays an imagination game, closing his eyes and imagining he hears sounds. At the end of the game, he imagines that he hears a scary monster -- and when he opens his eyes, Herry Monster is there, growling at him.
 	Film 	Traffic lights
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (repeat)
 	SCENE 4 	Miguel counts to 20 in Spanish, then presents the way to count in English...
 	Film 	A woman counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*.
 	Celebrity 	Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids.
 	Cartoon 	B is for Bongo Beat, Bandit, and Bottles of wine. (repeat)
 	SCENE 5 	After disagreeing about the weather, Tom asks Oscar why he's so grouchy all the time. "If you were me, you'd be just the same," replies Oscar. Tom disagrees, then wonders what it would be like. He closes his eyes and imagines that he is Oscar, living in his trash can. At first he enjoys it, even playing a bit on Oscar's piano and taking a dip in his swimming pool. He's very pleasant with Miguel as he sweeps, but gets upset when his broom knocks into the can. He gets even grouchier when a couple of kids throw their ball at the can as well. When Gordon dumps some trash onto his head, Tom quickly develops an attitude like Oscar's. He doesn't like it and stops imagining, and confesses to Oscar that he was right.
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B". (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	B for butterfly (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Bug (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (repeat)
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face."
 	SCENE 6 	Tom and Miguel monitor a one-legged roller-skating race down the block with the kids. Miguel points out the kids' positions as they cross the finish point, giving a big hug to the last skater.
 	Muppets 	Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things.
 	Cartoon 	What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 7 	The kids skate around as Tom reiterates to Miguel that he's happy that Oscar is Oscar. Everyone says goodbye as Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Big Bird holds up the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon and Susan hold up the CTW sign at the end.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2