Episode 1602

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	A rainstorm begins as Slimey prepares to be launched into outer space. Maria watches as Telly, filling the "Mission Decontrol" position, attempts a countdown, but counts forwards instead of backwards. Maria and the viewer help him properly countdown to the launch. The rocket instead sputters in place and falls over, which Oscar notes is how a successful Grouch space launch should go.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	Muppets 	Muppets cheer on a rocket launch.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #8
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy puts a red and green monster together using a diagram.
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Olivia prepares a game for Frankie, Jamie, Caitlin, and Erica where they find embedded letter Ls in a picture of a person dancing on stage. Alphabet Bates drops from the sky to provide them with an extra letter L. Dominique drives him away to the aerodrome afterwards.
 	Cartoon 	L for Lion (poem)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Insert 	The Count (in voiceover) counts three kids who arrange themselves in different configurations with three boxes.
 	Cartoon 	L is for Lips
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR".
 	Cartoon 	Two green martians fight over a flower, until they see a monolith crumble to form the word AMOR.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "New Life."
 	Cartoon 	One of these shoe pairs ...
 	Insert 	Stevie Wonder teaches Grover how to sing loud and soft.
 	Cartoon 	Find the Square quiz
 	Muppets 	Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft.
 	Film 	A man shows a boy how to make a wheelbarrow.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Muppets 	Old West sketches: A couple of cowboy Muppets meet the Alphabet Kid, who claims that he can write the alphabet faster than any man alive. To prove it, he quickly draws his crayon and speedily writes out the whole alphabet.
 	Cast 	David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U.
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	Muppets 	The Martians examine a grandfather clock.
 	Celebrity 	Itzhak Perlman plays the "Gavotte en Rondeau" from Bach's Partita for Violin No. 3 for the kids (Jessica Marrero, Kathleen Reilly, Jodi Stahl, Matthew Schwartz, and David Patent) between the garage and the fire escape of 123 Sesame Street.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: DON'T WALK
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird runs into Gordon, who has a cold and describes how he intends to get well. Big Bird then finds a Honker in his nest area, also feeling under the weather. Big Bird reiterates what he heard from Gordon and recommends the Honker not do any honking until he feels better. They try finding an alternate means of communicating, when the Honker starts ringing a bell. This attracts Barkley and the two chat in barks and rings. When Big Bird joins in and adds to the commotion, Gordon (trying to get rest inside) complains from his window.
 	Cartoon 	Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward.
 	Muppets 	Tanya helps Grover learn the difference between up and down so they can play a game about it.
 	Cartoon 	8 cowsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s.
 	Film 	Geese and their goslings swim in the water.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	Muppets 	The Beetles are "Thinking of U."
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon drags himself out of his place to ask Maria if he can rest in her apartment. He points her toward the noise coming from Big Bird's nest, where more Honkers have joined in the noise making. Maria hands over her keys and tries announcing the sponsors over the noise.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.
==Gallery==
BrianMuehlAlphabetBates.jpg|Brian Muehl as Alphabet Bates poses with Dominique.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13