Episode 2336

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Today on Ask Oscar, Oscar answers a query from Elvira Nasty from Sludge Falls, IL, who wants to know what the word "important" means. Oscar explains it's important for him to be a Grouch, so he starts listing all the important (and terrible) things he wants to happen to Elvira. Telly quickly cues for a break.
 	Cartoon 	Ivy Austin sings about a rabbit's day of eating grapes and swimming with pals.
center 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs get a new postage stamp portrait of George Washington, but have trouble getting it to stick to the wall. They finally get it to work, but it is upside down.
 	Cartoon 	Teeny Little Super Guy explains to Eugene why going to school is important.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	The Hands count to 11.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #11
 	Cartoon 	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond.Artist: Bill Davis
 	SCENE 2 	"Ask Oscar" resumes, as Telly now reads fan mail asking if Oscar can name any words that rhyme with the letter O. Oscar replies, "No," unwittingly giving an answer. He then wants Telly to "go," providing another example; Telly commends him on his helpfulness.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster looks at itself in mirrors, and the right half notices that both of them are the same; they have the same nose, mouth, and hands. The other half points out that they're different: their horns point different ways, their hair is different, and their laughter is different.
center 	Cartoon 	A cowboy adds two different herds of cows.
 	Film 	Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover)
 	Insert 	Gordon reads the kids the story of "Numberella". In the story, Numberella does not have a number to wear to the Prince's party, as numbers 1 through 20 have already been taken. The Count shows up as Numberella's Fairy Countfather and gives her the number 21, which amazes everybody at the party, particularly the Prince, as they have never seen such a number before.
 	Film 	College students volunteer at the San Francisco Children's Zoo, which has such animals as ferrets, opossums, and chinchillas.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Bridgekeeper: Square
 	SCENE 3 	Bob, Luis, Olivia, Elmo, and the kids sing nursery rhymes (including "Old Mother Hubbard", "Old King Cole", and "Little Bo Peep"), all with new endings where the characters throw their items out the window. Elmo prefers to sing about "Little Miss Muppet" as opposed to "Little Miss Muffet."
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Celebrity	Richard Pryor plays all the parts in a scenario of two kids meeting a new kid who wants to play.
 	Cartoon 	A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from.
 	Muppets 	"Would You Like to Buy an O?"
 	Song 	"Rockabye Baby" is sung to a sleepy koala.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and Snuffy talk about the two sounds of the letter O, though Snuffy is worried he won't be able to remember the sounds. He ends up making the sounds as he tries to think of them. Big Bird declares, "Yes sir, when you want speedy letter sounds, go right to your friendly neighborhood Snuffleupagus! No muss, no fuss, just perfect letter sounds every single time!"
 	Cartoon 	A song about a rolling OArtists: John and Faith Hubley
 	Muppets 	Sesame Street News Flash: The Elves and the Shoemaker"Hello, this is Green Frog calling CTW central. Do you read me?"Kermit interviews the elves, who give The Shoemaker various gifts that are not shoes, but rather things that rhyme with "shoe."
center 	Cartoon 	R for Rhinoceros (poem)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 5 	Elmo admits that sometimes he forgets what the word "important" means. This prompts an appearance by Gilbert and Sullivan, who lead a song about the word (with a verse from Big Bird in the Fix-It Shop). Afterwards, Elmo wants to learn the song and follows the two around as they try to leave for an important engagement at the club.
 	Cartoon 	Gordon voiceover R/r
 	Muppets 	While standing next to a tree being cut down, Professor Grover talks about the importance about listening... especially if the sound indicates some kind of danger.
 	Cartoon 	A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog, Shola, and Fannie demonstrate "next to."
 	Cartoon 	Animals walk.
 	SCENE 6 	Three hours later, Elmo is trying to learn the from the two singers. They agree to meet up again tomorrow, when Big Bird arrives. He wants to learn the song and sits down for a lesson; Gilbert and Sullivan begrudgingly continue to help as Bob announces the sponsors.
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