Episode 0252

Sesame Street
Air date	April 27, 1971
Season	Season 2 (1970-1971)
Directed by Bob Schwarz Production February 22, 1971 Sponsors U, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Susan and Gordon encounter Prairie Dawn standing by Oscar's trash can, hearing some loud noises coming from it. She thinks a monster is attacking Oscar, then Gordon thinks Oscar might be throwing an angry fit. Oscar comes up and reveals that he relaxes by listening to his favorite record of noisy sounds, “Music to Be Grouchy By.”
	Cartoon	A bully won't give the kids' baseball back. The boy imagines a few scenarios before ultimately calling for his dog. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0215)
	Cartoon	"Poverty U” (First: Episode 0036)
	Muppets	Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it. (First: Episode 0047)
	Cartoon	Letter U salesman (First: Episode 0202)
	Celebrity	Tim Conway shouts, "Hey lady, you forgot your suitcase!"
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie's doctor comes over. Ernie keeps trying to tell the doctor why he called him, but the doctor is too occupied with checking on Ernie, hardly allowing him to get a word in edgewise. (First: Episode 0137)
	Celebrity	The stars of Bonanza appear: Hoss and Mr. Cartwright take turns saying letters of the alphabet; Little Joe rides up in time for Z. (First: Episode 0136)
	Celebrity	Walt Frazier helps Mr. Hooper and Jill demonstrate big, bigger, and biggest. (First: Episode 0141)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie is going on a hunt for big rocks. When he tries to pick a really big one, the rock turns out to be the dome of a large monster. (First: Episode 0034)
	Film	A bumble bee Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0082)
	Celebrity	The New York Knicks make 4 baskets in a row, but miss on the 5th. (First: Episode 0154)
	Muppets / Cast	Susan sings "Swing on a Star" while putting features on some Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0010)
	Cartoon	Today's Secret Drawing: A camel. (First: Episode 0158)
	Muppets	Prairie Dawn and a Anything Muppet boy named Walter enter an old house. Walter says that it's a haunted house. However, Prairie comforts him by saying it's just an old house. He gets scared by everything that happens while Prairie has an explanation for all of it. When they spot a little mouse Prairie gets scared and runs away, while Walter tells the mouse not to be scared.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Touch and Feel."
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038)
	Celebrity	Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast add two horses and one horse to make three horses. (First: Episode 0150)
	SCENE 2	Addition quickies: Susan adds one plant to two, making three. Gordon adds one nail to three nails, making four. Bob adds one book to four, making five. Mr. Hooper adds one apple to five, making six.
	Celebrity	The New York Knicks make 8 baskets in a row, but miss on the 9th. (First: Episode 0146)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie has a question, but Bert is reading the newspaper. Ernie hums and talks to Rubber Duckie until Bert gives up reading the paper in exasperation. Then Ernie can ask his question: Can he borrow the newspaper? (First: Episode 0042)
	SCENE 3	Susan sings “Walk Down the Street.”
	Film	A girl named Jennifer visits family friend Mrs. Wilson in the country, and together they pick food from her garden. (First: Episode 0021)
	Celebrity	The New York Knicks make 11 shots, but miss on the 12th. (First: Episode 0154)
	Animation	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195)
	Cast	Bob assembles a number 12. (First: Episode 0173)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster wants to go to school, but he can't tell which building the school is because he can't read. An Anything Muppet tells him to read the letters on the sign on one of the buildings. Cookie tears the sign off the building, but once he's read the sign, he still doesn't know which building the school is. (First: Episode 0184)
	SCENE 4	Bob and the kids look at pictures of what Cookie Monster might have seen if he went inside a school: desks, a blackboard, easels, and a teacher (“maestra” in Spanish).
	Cartoon	I've Got a Mind: Fish Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0195)
	Muppets	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Grocer and Doctor. (First: Episode 0067)
	Cartoon	Drawing a kite that turns into a fish (w/ child voiceover). (First: Episode 0222)
	SCENE 5	In the kitchen, Susan points out some of the foods that can be made from corn, like corn muffins and corn flakes, while she shucks some corn on the cob.
	Film	Corn grows in a field. (First: Episode 0082)
	Muppets	Howie, a rabbit, gets Cookie Monster to recite a poem about cookies.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (repeat)
	Cartoon	A dog learns about U. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie eats the ice cream that Bert was saving for later, so he tries to pass off a smashed up banana with ice and gravy as a substitute. Bert expresses his disgust just as Oscar the Grouch comes in with two ice cream cones. He intends to give only one of them away, but swaps the other in exchange for the smashed banana with cold gravy. (First: Episode 0213)
	SCENE 6	At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper displays a tie he just bought. Gordon thinks it looks dull, and pictures Hooper with a more contemporary psychedelic outfit. Bob pictures him dressed as a dandy, and Big Bird imagines him dressed as a rugged outdoorsman. Mr. Hooper prefers to wear the tie his own way.
	Cartoon	A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes. Artist: Bruce Cayard
	SCENE 7	Mr. Hooper gifts Gordon, Bob, and Big Bird with ties of their own while Susan announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Bob and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign, and Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.

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