Episode 1493

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	In the premiere edition of Ask Oscar, Telly Monster reads a letter from Yucchina Blechman of Sandusty, Ohio, who wishes to know about on and in. Oscar thinks Telly should help with the demonstration. He produces a box, which he puts on his head, then has Telly put his head in the box. He repeats this using a basket, to Telly's chagrin. Telly wishes to switch roles in the proceedings. Oscar puts various bits of trash in a box, then dumps the contents on Telly.
 	Muppets 	A woman (Jim Henson) volunteers to assist The Amazing Mumford in his surprise magic trick. Mumford makes her disappear – but when he tries to make her reappear, Herry Monster pops up, saying "SURPRISE!"
 	Film 	A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash.
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game #1 (Lions)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Words that begin with A, ending with ambulance (Spanish soundtrack)Animated by Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert, and Shola observe a letter A. Ernie calls out, "A, Bert!"
 	Cartoon 	Words that begin with A, ending with ambulanceAnimated by Cliff Roberts
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon and Susan take the kids on a pretend swim. Susan then spots a "whale" coming at them (Barkley).
 	Cartoon 	A girl trains her dog on here and there.
 	Muppets / Cast	Maria and David help Grover understand that there can refer to anyplace that you are not, no matter how far away you may be.
 	Film 	The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: A for airplane
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo pretends to be a penguin.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Cast 	Bob asks Janice to to identify the letter A and the corresponding picture of an apple.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	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 	An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise.
 	Film 	Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20.
 	Cartoon 	A person of short stature tries to get on top of a horse.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Marlena observe their knees.
 	Animation 	Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster sings "Furry Blue Mommy of Mine."
 	Cartoon 	Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #7
 	Cartoon 	The Alligator KingArtist: Bud Luckey
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set.
 	Animation 	A kid's father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found.
 	Insert 	Herry Monster is angry because he doesn't know how to put his new barbells together. He receives some help from Maria and Maria (a wheelchair-bound child).
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet asks another "Is this the D train?" A subway train then arrives, letting out several letter Ds.
 	Cartoon 	A red PELI and an explosive green GRO form the word PELIGRO.
 	Film 	"Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (title card cut)
 	Cast / Muppets	Olivia sings about her "One Two Blues" with two Anything Muppets.
 	Muppets 	A young girl bangs her stick across 7 fenceposts, which turn out to be the teeth of a large monster.
 	Cartoon 	Seven rabbitsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Grover learns what Kate wants to be when she grows up.
 	Cartoon 	Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon and Susan play basketball with the kids as Telly announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12