Episode 1586

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	A mason, Mr. Jenkins (Ted Ross), does some work surrounding the front doors of 123 Sesame Street. A sawhorse barricade blocks the area, marked with a "DANGER" sign. Telly reads the sign and learns about the construction from David. Oscar happens to be in the middle of the work and it's recommended he move his can temporarily. Oscar refuses to move, but drops his attitude when he's promised he can go "anywhere at all." He asks everyone to leave while he prepares to move.
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Danger."
 	Film 	Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.
 	Animation 	Where do the a's fit?
 	Cast 	Olivia and the kids spend an afternoon with Barkley in the park. By the end of it all, he's much too tired to return to Sesame Street. They situate him in the backseat of a Hansom cab as they follow along.
 	Animation 	Arthur and Annie look for the letter A, while a shadowy figure observes all the A words they say.Features the voice of Jim Thurman
 	SCENE 2 	David relaxes in his apartment on his day off from work. Just as he starts reading his book, the doorbell rings. David opens the door and finds Bruno, Oscar and Telly standing outside. Oscar has decided that the "anywhere at all" he'd like to stay is David's place. David relents and allows Oscar to stay overnight. Bruno settles Oscar down and Oscar begins clanging around in his can, then provides David with some of his rotten groceries to put in the fridge.
 	Cartoon 	A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A boy talks about what his little sister can do now that she's not a baby anymore.
 	Transition 	Bridge #16 - Hourglass Slow/Empty
 	Cast 	Linda stars in the Theater Without Words production of "The Batter and the Ball."
center 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Heather talk about rhyming.
 	Celebrity 	The Deadly Nightshade sings to a group of kids about perseverance.
 	SCENE 3 	David and Oscar sit down to dinner. Oscar assumes David will find his Grouch meal (potato skins stuffed with sauerkraut and spinach and a limburger milkshake) repulsive, but David instead points out the nutritional value of the different ingredients. Oscar asks for his napkin to be tied around his eyes instead of around his neck. "You may not mind lookin' at my dinner, but I can't stand lookin' at yours," he says.
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster shares a bathtub and help each other get clean. They are discouraged when they are finished and drain the tub, but find joy in drying.
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" (#12)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Animation 	2 houses plus 2 houses equal 4.
 	Cartoon 	A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster appears to Ernie as the Cookie Bunny.
 	Cartoon 	The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 4 	David is awoken by the commotion coming from Oscar's pets in his can. Oscar explains that his pet pig, Spot, is having issues with Dick and Jane, his pet goats. David suggests he separate the animals and Oscar takes this as allowing Spot to sleep on David's floor. David objects to having a pig on his floor, so Spot moves onto David's bed.
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	Cartoon 	Animals who eat crunchy things have nice teeth.
 	Film 	"Listen ..." to various sounds, including the ocean, a heart beating, a clock ticking, a horse galloping, crickets chirping, a passing train, and others.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: A for airplane
center 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of chicken soup. Johnson says that he can't eat the soup, and Grover can't guess why. "That settles it," Johnson sighs. "From now on, I'm bringing my lunch to work in a paper sack." He finally explains to Grover that he can't eat the soup because he doesn't have a spoon.
 	Animation 	A stop-motion-animated train runs out of track.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and Crystal demonstrate big and little.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Animation 	A ball looks for its match on a brick wall.
 	Cartoon 	A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests.
 	Cartoon 	A baby sees a "danger" sign, which points to several dangerous images.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Where do the a's fit? (repeat)
 	Film 	Children in a movie theater tell a man on the screen not to open a door that says "DANGER" on it. He opens it, and there's an explosion.
 	SCENE 5 	David tries to endure the sounds of Oscar's off-key violin practice. He hears a knock at the door and hopes it's Bruno to bring Oscar back to his regular spot. Instead, it's Mr. Jenkins, who lets David know that the job is taking longer than anticipated and Oscar can't go back yet. Oscar has prepared for this and has already invited the other two members of his Grouch String Trio over to practice. The Grouches (Brian Muehl and Richard Hunt) arrive immediately after and start their noisy rehearsal, to David's dismay. Telly announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Barkley is seen with the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*The names of Oscar's pets Dick, Jane, and Spot all reference the Dick and Jane readers.
*This episode was later repeated in Season 15 as Episode 1881.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13