Episode 0286

	Sesame Street
	Tom wonders why there aren't any customers at Hooper's Store today
Air date	November 29, 1971
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production	October 5, 1971
Sponsors	O, V, 12
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Tom is bored because there hasn't been a single customer at Hooper's Store all morning. He acts out having one by rushing back and forth from behind the counter, trying to figure out why a customer wouldn't have come in yet. He hears a real knock on the door, then realizes he's left the front door sign on "CLOSED." He flips it to "OPEN" and Gordon stops in to see if everything's okay.
	Film	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (First: Episode 0120)
	SCENE 2	Molly mistakenly gives Big Bird a letter addressed to Tom. Big Bird sings "Everyone Makes Mistakes" to her and the kids.
	Cartoon	"O Imagination" Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011)
	Film	Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Noisy Bedroom — Bert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. (First: Episode 0131)
	SCENE 3	Tom thinks 12 is a handy number because his oranges and eggs come in twelves. Someone phones the store and orders 12 ice cream sodas, showing Tom that the number is not only handy, but sometimes big.
	Animation	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin." (First: Episode 0135)
	Muppets	Grover: Sound Box — Grover has a box that can make the sound "ding-ding."
	Celebrity	Listen My Brother sings "You Gotta Learn." (First: Episode 0002)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Counting Sheep — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. (First: Episode 0276)
	Film	Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle. (First: Episode 0132)
	SCENE 4	Smoke pours out of Oscar's trash can from his new bottling factory. Gordon educates him on air pollution, so Oscar is forced to shut down, as he was bottling the smoke.
	Cartoon	O limerick (First: Episode 0146)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green". (First: Episode 0087)
	Cartoon	Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0167)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs. (First: Episode 0103)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052)
	Muppets	The Word Family Song: ET family (First: Episode 0139)
	Cartoon	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0173)
	Cartoon	A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: Smallest One Gets the Cookie — While two Anything Muppet kids argue over a cookie, Cookie Monster says the smallest of them should get it. (First: Episode 0253)
	SCENE 5	Rafael plays two rounds of "Here Are Some Things" with the kids. The first group uses items that make noise, and the second group uses toy modes of transportation.
	Cartoon	O limerick (repeat)
	Transition	Bridge #10 - Bricks Bridge A
	SCENE 6	Tom illustrates small, smaller, and smallest at Hooper's Store as he hands out different-sized sodas and lollipops to three different-sized kids.
	Transition	Bridge #11 - Bricks Bridge B
	SCENE 7	Gordon sets out five checkers in a pile, five more in a line, and another five in a circle. He asks some younger kids which one has the most, demonstrating that each one has five checkers, so they're all the same.
	Cast	The cast demonstrates O words - Tom opens his mouth, the word "over" goes over Gordon's head, and Rafael turns a light on and off.
	Cartoon	O limerick (repeat)
	SCENE 8	Goodbye