Episode 0251

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon begins to present the letter Z, when Big Bird interrupts him. He's noticed how great Gordon is as a person and has decided to be just like him by doing everything he does. Gordon tells Big Bird he likes him just the way he is, but Big Bird prefers it his way. Since Gordon was going to talk about Z, he decides to do the same; he pulls a duplicate letter from Gordon, and repeats everything he attempts to say.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z”: -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet boy plays hide-and-seek with three letter Zs, who blend into his porch.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: Z for zipper
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird trails Gordon, who goes to the stoop to sit and read his newspaper. Big Bird continues imitating Gordon (even humming "One of These Things" the way he does), but Gordon can't advance much in his reading as it takes Big Bird a bit longer to catch up, not to mention his beak getting in the way.
 	Film 	Kids comment on a film of the process of peanuts being made into peanut butter.
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie."
 	Cartoon 	L is for Ladder
 	Muppets 	Sherlock Hemlock demonstrates the sound of the letter L.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon and Big Bird go to Hooper's Store and order a glass of water. Big Bird tries entering the same time as Gordon, getting them both stuck.
 	Muppets 	The Hands count to 11.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A mandrill carries her young.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Hooper asks Gordon to fetch two large sacks from a few yards away. Gordon can move one with ease, but Big Bird struggles to do the same. When he learns the sacks contain his favorite snack, birdseed, he asks Gordon to have some so he can eat some as well. Gordon prefers other kinds of foods, leaving Big Bird snackless. Some kids report that their volleyball is stuck on the arbor outside Hooper's. Gordon can't reach it, but Big Bird can. He realizes that sometimes, it's good to be different and asks Gordon if he can stop doing everything he does.
center 	Muppets 	Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again.
 	Cartoon 	A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P.
 	Cartoon 	P is for Puppy
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: P - pin
 	Muppets 	Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different.
 	SCENE 5 	As the kids play with the barrels in Big Bird's nest area, Susan segues to the next film...
 	Film 	African children play in a village, and in a modern playground.
 	SCENE 6 	Susan opens up a treasure chest and sings "Three of These Things" using three cubes and a milk carton.
 	Cartoon 	A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Film 	You can clean almost anything.Music: Bach's "Gavotte" performed by the Swingle Singers.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z” (repeat)
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet boy meets Alphabet O'Malley, whose full name consists of twenty-six first names, each one starting with a different letter of the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (repeat)
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon now sings "Three of These Things" using a basketball, a balloon, a pumpkin, and Susan's treasure chest.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: P - pin (repeat)
 	Cast 	Mr. Hooper takes a journey through the "un" family. He's chroma keyed into backgrounds that correspond to words ending in "un" on his cue cards.
 	Film 	A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass.
 	Cartoon 	A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	P is for Puppy (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Cartoon 	I've got a mind: squares make a box.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 8 	Oscar rummages in his refrigerator for something to eat. He faces away from a crate next to him, which he sets some things down on (like his sardine ice cream and chocolate buttermilk) without looking. Susan thinks he's liable to drop something if he's not looking, but Oscar says he knows what he's doing. He ignores Mr. Hooper wanting to talk to him, and doesn't notice that Hooper had come by to take his crate back. Susan watches in horror as Oscar nearly puts his marshmallow potato salad down where the crate was, only to put it back in his can instead. He finally settles on a bag of liver and onion cookies, which end up spilled on a dirty box where the crate used to be. Oscar doesn't see this as a bad thing; he likes his cookies smashed to bits.
 	Cast 	Bob and Gordon erect an 11.
 	Celebrity 	Flip Wilson counts from 1 to 20.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 9 	Susan feeds Oscar one of his cookies; he regrets not adding more vinegar to them. Susan signs off, and Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2