Episode 3523



Oscar and Slimey teach his little sister, Sloppy how to wiggle and crawl, even calling their friends to sing a song about it.

Segments

 * Animation: In a painting, a baby takes its first steps to Papa.
 * Song: "The Braid-y Bunchy"
 * Animation: Lillian, big sister.
 * Film: Jaws spoof with the letter R.
 * Harvey Kneeslapper tells the Fat Blue mailman that he has a letter for his mother: the letter R!
 * Cartoon: The Typewriter - R for Rope
 * Film: Kids narrate footage of toddlers learning to walk.
 * Cartoon: Beginning / middle / end: a beatnik follows a trombonist's note through a long horn.
 * "Love the Ocean"
 * Cartoon: Frank the fish calls Carl and tells him not to leave the water running while brushing his teeth, otherwise the lake will be dry.
 * Song: "I'm Pretty"
 * Animation: A capital and lower-case R appear on sheets of paper.
 * Film: Alphaquest - R
 * Animation: R/r (space paint)
 * Film: Kids make the city traffic "stop" and "go."
 * Grover shows Chris a sign with the word STOP. He asks Chris to tickle him until he holds up the STOP sign, and Chris obliges.
 * Cartoon: Ten little animals in a department store elevator accumulatively get off at each floor.
 * Ernie has a plan to help him sleep - counting backwards from 10. Once he finishes his countdown, Bert thinks he's fallen asleep, but Ernie claims it didn't work. He then tries counting backwards from 40.
 * Song: "Let's Go Tubbin' Today"
 * Cartoon: Mother Nature shows how earthworms help trees grow.
 * Cartoon: A baby demonstrates 'happy,' 'surprised' and 'sad.'
 * Song: "I'm the Big One Now"
 * Cartoon: Rap #13
 * Film: Growing Numbers #13
 * Animation: 13 hamburgers dance around.
 * Film: A girl goes to school somewhere in Africa. We see the girl getting ready to go to school, as she washes herself and brushes her teeth, puts on her clothes, brushes her hair, and takes her lunch, all with some help from her mother. We see her walking past her neighbors and watching her classmates play outside as she arrives at school. The bell rings and the girl enters the school, where the teacher is passing out chalk to her students. We see the teacher teaching the students the English words: "a boy", "a girl", "a man", "a woman," which she has written on the board, along with a drawing for each word. The students repeat the words, then write them down on their individual chalkboards as we hear the girl remark, "We are learning to read and write." The students then jump up and down, as the teacher looks on, smiling. Next, we see the students jumping outside excitedly, now that school has finished.
 * Snuffy says the "big alphabet," while Alice says the "little alphabet." (new music added)
 * Cartoon: Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version)
 * Film: Kids talk about playing tennis.
 * Big Bird and tennis star Michael Chang play tennis together and tie their shoes.
 * Cartoon: Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around.
 * Monsterpiece Theater: Little House on Prairie
 * Animation: "Dancing with My Family"