Episode 0145

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon returns from work and is about to go to the record shop to buy the records Susan has been asking for. He notices a package on the kitchen counter for Susan, but Gordon is curious about what is inside. He thinks it could be the groceries, but just then Mr. Hooper brings the groceries that Susan ordered.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon compares the size of the package to the size of his coffee pot, which had a broken handle. He thinks the package contains a new coffee pot, until he sees the new coffee pot, too. Then he thinks the package contains the dishes that Oscar the Grouch borrowed, but Oscar comes up in the dusty dumbwaiter to give back the dishes. He thanks Gordon but tells him not to tell anyone else that he said thanks (and throws in a random "merry Christmas").
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6 (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A man goes to the grocery store to buy apples, but he can't decide how many to get. This frustrates the grocer, who has to keep adding and subtracting the amount of apples on his scale.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Celebrity 	Arte Johnson adds apples and gets applesauce.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon has driven himself bananas as he still hasn't gone to the record store, and he still hasn't guessed what is in the package. Susan gets home and tells him it's okay to open the package; it's for him, anyways. Gordon is ecstatic when he discovers that the package contained the records he was going to get, including the Jackson Five, Ray Charles, Lightnin' Smith, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, B. B. King, and Guitar Shorty.
 	Film 	Traffic light.
 	Cartoon 	Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole!
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I."
 	Cartoon 	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
 	Cast 	Larry and Phyllis cooperate when wrapping a present.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: R - rabbit
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...Artist: Fred Calvert
 	Muppets 	A Muppet squirrel places the letter R on a wall. It yelps out, "R!" and flees when it spots Yorick, who promptly eats the letter.
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Hooper and a little girl Muppet sort blocks by form, but a couple of the blocks float from one group to the other. Mr. Hooper catches them and puts them in the right place, telling them to stay put so he will know where they are. Susan comes in asking for a box of mixed blocks, which gives Mr. Hooper mixed feelings.
 	Film 	A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there, near and far, and close and next to. (shortened, 'close and next to' part removed)
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Brian talk about the difference between here and there.
 	Cartoon 	Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far.
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon walks in on a sleeping Big Bird to show how to match socks on his clothesline. Little Bird is skeptical that Big Bird will understand, but they wake Big Bird up to give it a try. He successfully matches all three pairs, but continues to fall in and out of sleep as he does so.
 	Film 	Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses. (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	R for radio (repeat)
 	Celebrity 	Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids.
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: R - rabbit (repeat)
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
 	Song 	Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala.
 	Muppets 	Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact).
 	Celebrity 	James Earl Jones counts to 10.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6 (repeat)
 	SCENE 6 	Bob has recruited Oscar to help demonstrate the IG family of words. Oscar points out that his favorite animal is in this family - a pig. The two sing "The Word Family Song" and Bob rewards Oscar with the wig used for the song.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (repeat)
 	Film 	"Six Song (Song of Six)"
 	SCENE 7 	While playing with the blocks with the kids, Susan signs off. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Oscar and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 2