Episode 0176

Sesame Street
Air date	January 11, 1971
Season	Season 2 (1970-1971)
Directed by Robert Myhrum Sponsors U, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon meets an Anything Muppet man who walks backwards, says "no" for "yes", eats breakfast at night and supper in the morning. One of the perils of doing everything backwards, according to the man, is walking into open manholes.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038)
	Cartoon	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0036)
	Celebrity	Jim Nabors sings The Alphabet Song.
	SCENE 2	Gordon and some kids look at groups of toys, and they point out more than one way to tell which one is different in each group.
	Cartoon	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152)
	Muppets	Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4. (First: Episode 0132)
	Animation	Scanimate Films: A count of 4. (First: Episode 0132)
	Muppets	Bob reads the story of "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World." (First: Episode 0138)
	Cartoon	"Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006)
	Film	A mandrill carries her young. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0039)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert urges Ernie to go to sleep, but Ernie won't go to sleep until the person living upstairs drops his other shoe. When the shoe finally drops, Ernie wakes Bert up to tell him about it.
	SCENE 3	Susan shows Big Bird and some kids some comic strip sequences with the last panel missing, and has them guess what will happen next.
	Cartoon	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (repeat)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit teaches "full" with a full glass of milk until Cookie Monster drinks it all (with a straw). Disgusted, Kermit complains that he didn’t want to teach "empty", and asks who can talk about the word "full". (First: Episode 0081)
	Celebrity	Pat Paulsen demonstrates the different between a full and an empty wastebasket. (First: Episode 0081)
	Cast	Larry and Phyllis cooperate on sending out invitations to a party. (First: Episode 0150)
	Cartoon	"Poverty U" (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it. (First: Episode 0047)
	Celebrity	The New York Knicks make 20 baskets in a row, but miss on the 21st. (First: Episode 0154)
	Film	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (First: Episode 0143)
	Celebrity	The New York Knicks make 8 baskets in a row, but miss on the 9th. (First: Episode 0146)
	SCENE 4	The cast shows the different uses of water in a series of quick cuts.
	Film	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places. (First: Episode 0135)
	Muppets	Professor Hastings discuss the letter U, but in his confusion, he first thinks he's talking about "you" (meaning himself), then his announcer.
	Film	Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0032)
	Animation	Scanimate Films: A count of 4. (repeat)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids.
	Muppets	Mahna Mahna and two Anything Muppet girls sing "Mah Na Mah Na". (First: Episode 0014)
	SCENE 5	Mr. Hooper displays the pockets on his vest, and introduces a film of an animal with pockets.
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0026)
	SCENE 6	The sponsors are announced.

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