Episode 1715

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Mr. Snuffleupagus is competing in the Great Snuffleupagus Derby, named such because the winner gets a derby hat. He wears a sheet with the number 9, indicating his spot in the race. He asks Big Bird to watch his bucket of orange juice so he can have a refreshing drink as he passes by mid-race. The derby begins and Snuffy takes off. Big Bird sees other Snuffleupaguses pass by, thinking they're Snuffy, until he sees they're not wearing his number. Big Bird eventually drifts off to sleep, just before Snuffy arrives and slurps down the juice. Big Bird stirs and thinks someone else has drank it all, when Snuffy returns, wearing his victory derby and sets things straight. The two both take a nap together.
 	Cartoon 	A girl tries to describe what kind of sandwich she wants, but her dad keeps misunderstanding her.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues."
 	Cartoon 	Two crows sing "Stones Don't Grow."
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings about his youth, or as he calls it, "My Polliwog Ways."
 	Cartoon 	A bird lays ten eggs.Artist: Tom Gabbay
 	SCENE 1 	Maria finds Oscar the Grouch using the payphone to operate his “Dial-a-Grouch” service. She needs to use the phone because the one at the Fix-It Shop is broken, but he refuses to let her as his own phone doesn't work as well. He continues to take calls and ignore Maria, infuriating her. She becomes so upset she grabs the phone from Oscar and yells at a caller. Oscar finds Maria a good substitute and leaves for his lunch break.
 	Cartoon 	Seven pigletsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	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 	One of these things doesn't belong (shoe pairs)
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar returns from his break to find Maria still using the payphone. However, not only has she kept Oscar's business going but she is being nice to all the Grouch callers, knowing they hate it and will stop calling the payphone so that she and others can use it. Maria comments how upset the customers are, and Oscar gets inspired and commandeers the payphone again, finding new success in angering grouchy callers with kind words.
 	Cartoon 	"Seven Sweet Sopranos" on a shaky pianoArtist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Film 	A girl explains her life in a motor home.
 	Cartoon 	Five Purple Konkers
 	Muppets 	Two-Headed Monster: HONK
 	SCENE 3 	In the Fix-it Shop, Luis attempts to write a cowboy story on his typewriter, but is having trouble trying to come up with the next chapter. Susan comes in to pick up her own typewriter. Luis tests it out when he gets a flash of inspiration and starts typing up a storm on it. Since Susan doesn't want to interrupt his progress, she sneaks away with Luis’ typewriter so that she can do her work.
 	Cartoon 	"Daddy Dear"
 	Film 	This is the desert.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Simon Soundman sings to his date about the "Sounds That Remind Me of You."
 	Cartoon 	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D.
 	Film 	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited)
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
 	Celebrity 	14 Karat Soul sings about school.
 	Cartoon 	A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A STOP sign spins around.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: C for carrot
 	SCENE 4 	Maria finds Oscar waiting for Slimey to finish his day at worm school. Slimey exits the miniature schoolhouse situated next to Oscar's trash can and demonstrates what he’s learned: how to make a letter C with his body.
 	Cartoon 	Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends.
 	Film 	In stop-motion, assorted furniture places themselves in a classroom.
 	SCENE 5 	For Slimey’s homework, he attempts to shape himself into the letter D, but he needs Maria’s help to make the stem. Oscar comments that the two make a great team - Slimey is the brains, and Maria is the brawn.
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Muppets 	A group of Anything Muppet children wander into a classroom and wonder where they are. They lift up their desks and find the letters forming "SCHOOL" on them.
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar gathers the kids and grownups to watch Slimey form today’s sponsors as he narrates them. The credits follow.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*According to this episode, Slimey has blue eyes.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 14