Episode 0295

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Grover carries a satchel and wears a postal carrier's hat as he approaches Molly to inform her that he plans to pursue her chosen career path. Molly explains that it's tough work, lots of walking and carrying heavy things, but Grover is convinced that despite his cuteness, he is also strong. She decides to let him give it a try by tasking him with delivering a few items.
 	Cartoon 	Kids hear an L poem.
 	Muppets 	Sherlock Hemlock demonstrates the sound of the letter L.
 	SCENE 2 	Grover delivers a letter to Big Bird and realizes how easy it was to do. However, Big Bird usually has a package for Molly to pick up, so he asks Grover if he'll take it. For Big Bird, it's a small sack of bird seed, but for Grover it's rather heavy, and he struggles to carry it away.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L for Light
 	SCENE 3 	Grover attempts to deliver a clean, crisp letter to Oscar the Grouch, but Oscar won't accept it in that condition. He instructs him on how grouch mail should be delivered and walks him through throwing it on the ground and jumping up and down on it. Oscar inspects the letter and says it's better, but it still needs work. So, he bangs on it with a hammer and dips it in the mud he keeps inside his piano. 
When Molly comes by, Grover is frustrated with the stresses he's had to deal with on the job and informs her that he does not intend to be a postal carrier after all.
 	Cartoon 	L is for Lips
 	Cast 	Bob and Mr. Hooper manage to get L in the right position.
 	SCENE 4 	Susan sings "Stop!" for the kids in the yard.
 	Film 	Traffic lights
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A female vocalist sings about the many different types of flowers found all over.
center 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: C - Cap
 	SCENE 5 	Kermit gets to be all over the place. There's a frog in a nest and in a mailbag. There's a frog on the counter and on the trash can. There's a frog under the table and under the newspaper.
 	Cartoon 	A man gets a letter C in the mail.
 	Cast 	Bob, Susan, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, and Gordon line up in limbo and a voiceover (Fran Brill) asks how many of them there are, how many when they're all mixed up, and how many when each of them are subtracted one by one.
 	Animation 	Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths.
 	Muppets 	Hippie Anything Muppets sing "Surprise."
 	Cartoon 	C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake).
 	SCENE 6 	Cookie Monster observes Tom reciting some poems about animals that the kids have to complete. Cookie is disappointed that the animals in Tom's poems never eat cookies, so he finishes the game with a poem about himself. Tom rewards him with a bowl of cookies.
 	Film 	Baby animals are fed milk.
 	Muppets 	Granny Fanny Nesselrode is asked by a viewer if there's a way to memorize the letters in the alphabet. Granny thinks it's impossible, while the announcer is able to recite it with ease. Instead, Granny shows off her "alphabet box," containing an item beginning with every letter of the alphabet.
 	Transition 	Metal slabs drop halfway through the frame, then to the bottom.
 	SCENE 7 	Molly plays a memory game with Big Bird and the kids. She places objects that end in "ock" in a box that they have to remember.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #8: Dot can't stop coughing, then leaves
 	SCENE 8 	Big Bird takes the first turn trying to remember what went in the box: was it a frog? The kids correctly guess the items, and applaud Big Bird for his effort.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #9: Dot can't stop coughing, and next dot leaves
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	"Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #10: Eighth dot is small, but receives a kiss
 	Muppets 	Genelle counts to 10 for Cookie Monster.
 	Celebrity 	Burt Lancaster counts while doing pushups.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L for Light (repeat)
 	SCENE 9 	Susan sings "Here Are Some Things" with groups of boats, people, houses, bottles, and chickens; the groups of three things belong together.
 	Cartoon 	Kids hear an L poem. (repeat)
 	Film 	Two birdsMusic: Joe Raposo
center 	Cartoon 	I've Got a Mind: BirdArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 10 	The kids play in the yard while Big Bird and Oscar announce the sponsors. The credits follow.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
* This episode features two main Frank Oz characters appearing in the street scenes: Grover and Cookie Monster. The script specifies Oz as the performer for Kermit the Frog in Scene 5 with pre-recorded dialogue by Jim Henson.
* This episode also introduces a new illustrated closing credit sequence, which involves scrolling down from a tall apartment building featuring various Muppet characters. It would be used up until season 5.
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Category:Mail
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3