Episode 2088

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	While Oscar looks for some Grouch literature at the library, Gilbert and Sullivan and the cast sing about what else he can find "At Your Library".
 	Cartoon 	I've got a mind: squares make a box.Artist: Cliff Roberts
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	H - Horse
 	Film 	Animals and children bathe in water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	H for hair
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids (upside-down girl)
 	Cartoon 	Elephants have 4 legs.
 	Film 	Empty / full playground (time-lapse)
 	Muppets 	Grover demonstrates how a phone booth is used, but it becomes crowded when he receives a call asking for "Monderporg."
 	Film 	Counting the circus clowns.
 	SCENE 1 	Dr. Nobel Price shows David his latest invention - the Question-Answerer, a device that can answer any question. However, the only answer it is able to give is the word "COLD," regardless of what question is asked.
 	Cartoon 	Gloria talks about 'W'
 	Cast 	Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows.
 	Cartoon 	A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive.
 	Song 	"Garbageman's Blues Song"
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: W for water
 	Muppets 	In the park, Harvey Kneeslapper comes up behind a man, asks him, "Wanna see something funny?" and then holds a mirror up. The man sees nothing funny...until he looks at Harvey!
 	Cartoon 	Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler)
 	SCENE 2 	Dr. Price has a new machine to present - the Rhyming Machine (the same machine as before). The machine still can only produce the word "COLD," which rhymes with some of the words spoken at it. Dr. Price considers this a success anyhow - he's never invented something that only works some of the time!
 	Cartoon 	A paranoid bird doesn't like to be surprised ... unless it's a surprise party.Artist: John Korty
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates empty and full.
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster learns how to use a toothbrush.
 	Film 	City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover)
 	Cartoon 	Leaves falling.
 	Celebrity	Ed Grimley (Martin Short) and Henry (Billy Crystal) try to figure out a way to hang up a clothesline to dry Ed's shirt.
 	Cartoon 	A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle.
 	SCENE 3 	Bob sings "A Butterfly" to the kids.
 	Film 	A film of butterfliesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	An army of ants gets to the bakery, only to find that it's closed.
 	Muppets 	Lefty the Salesman sells Ernie some air, but when Ernie waves to Bert, wanting to show it to him, he drops it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It couldn't have vanished into thin air." But Ernie sobs, "Yes, it could, Bert! It could!"
 	Film 	Empty / full classroom (time-lapse)
 	Animation	A montage of boys, all of whom are named Joe, saying what their favorite sports are. The last one turns out to be a girl named Joanne.Artist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	Grover goes to the doctor for a check-up, and describes to the viewer what the doctor is doing. Grover gets scared when it's time for a booster shot, but is so scared that he doesn't notice when he gets it.
 	Cartoon 	A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away.
 	SCENE 4 	Telly Monster thinks he's broken the radio Maria lent him, citing how the sound gets softer and softer. She finds the problem is that it needs new batteries. She shows Telly a card of batteries, and he figures out which are the right ones based on the shape of the old batteries. Maria replaces them just as the baseball announcer (Kevin Clash) signs off and cues the upcoming broadcast of Pigeons in the News. Telly gets upset that he missed the outcome of the game and yells at the radio, but Maria tells him the announcer can't hear him; Telly wonders if that means he needs new batteries.
 	Cartoon 	Hats
 	Cartoon 	W for Wilhelmina
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley sings "I'll Love You in Springtime."
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 5 	Telly returns to the Fix-It Shop and says that by listening, he found out his team won the game. He was further told to get lost and soak his head. Maria doesn't believe the radio host said this, but Telly corrects her - it was Oscar. Dr. Price announces the sponsors.
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 2088
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16