Episode 1856

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	The cast prepares the street for a special occasion, decorating with a large banner, balloons and food. Forgetful Jones can't remember what's going on, so the others remind him that his favorite country singer is coming to visit Sesame Street today. Forgetful thinks Johnny Cash is coming, but they remind him it's actually Polly Darton! They also remind him that his job is to meet her at the bus stop.
 	Cartoon 	A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6.
 	Film 	The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X.
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Mystery Guest," where the blindfolded panel of Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock must guess the identity of a special guest - the letter X.
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
 	Film 	The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing.
 	SCENE 2 	Polly gets off her bus and Forgetful thinks she's Johnny Cash again. When he realizes who she is, he turns bashful. Polly happens to have a song to help break the ice, "Just Say Howdy." Now with some confidence, Forgetful properly welcomes Polly to the street and begins introducing her to the locals (though he gets all their names wrong).
 	Cartoon 	Two kids argue over a cat and a dog, who chase each other around the fence.
 	Film 	Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"Brothers Song"
 	SCENE 3 	Polly can hardly believe how different things are in the city compared to her home in the country - there's no barns, horses or chickens. She does meet a cow (Martin P. Robinson), who invites her to take a subway trip to a museum, then lunch at Schrafft's.
 	Cartoon 	An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky.
 	Celebrity	The Pointer Sisters sing the "Swingin' Alphabet."
 	Cartoon 	A for Acorn
 	Film 	Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Bob and Maria struggle to wash some dishes, when (the very loud and booming) Captain Cooperation (Luis) shows them how cooperation will ease the process.
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 4 	Telly can't believe it when Polly goes into Oscar's trash can. Oscar claims Polly was starting to feel homesick for her farm and has allowed her to feed some of his pets. Various bits of food fly out as Polly feeds the elephants, monkeys and pigs. Telly tries to apologize for the situation, but Polly has had such a fun time that she rewards Oscar with a kiss.
 	Cartoon 	Various sounds are demonstrated, including an alarm clock, a baby crying, a telephone, a faucet dripping, and a boy sneezing.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Film 	Zookeepers talk about their jobs and the animals they cater to at the zoo.
 	Cartoon 	Henson: Eleven Cheer
 	Muppets 	Grover wants to sell Kermit the Frog a pair of sunglasses, but Kermit doesn't have a nose or ears to hold the sunglasses up with, so Grover gives Kermit a pair of sunglasses with attached ears, nose, and mustache (which Grover adds is optional).
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #11Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 5 	Polly has assembled a small music group and a small crowd of listeners (including Big Bird, Forgetful and the kids). Grundgetta yells from the crowd to tell Polly how much her country music makes her feel angry. Polly finds this a great way to segue to her next song, "Music's Good for Anything You're Feelin'."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him.
 	Muppets 	A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return.
 	Film 	Body parts song sung in Spanish.
 	SCENE 6 	It's time for Polly to leave, though Forgetful once again mistakes her for Johnny Cash. Polly boards her bus as everyone bids her farewell. Grundgetta announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 15