Episode 0547

Sesame Street
Cookie Monster and the number 2
Air date	December 4, 1973
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Sponsors C, U, 2 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	David greets the viewer, and introduces Cookie Monster, who claims he has a different way of illustrating the number 2. He displays two cookies, then eats them, which David thinks is not unique. Cookie goes off to find another way.
	Cartoon	C - Cake (First: Episode 0153)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294)
	SCENE 2	At Hooper's Store, Cookie Monster displays two polka-dotted boxes … which are full of cookies.
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342)
	SCENE 3	Cookie Monster stands between two closets. He calls David over to show him what's in the closets: two coats, each full of cookies.
	Cartoon	Monster in the dark (finding a light switch) (First: Episode 0493)
	Muppets	At night, Grover thinks he hears noises in the dark. When he sees a shadow on the wall, he cowers under the covers - but the shadow turns out to be his Mommy. (First: Episode 0397)
	SCENE 4	Cookie Monster calls David over to show him two mountains of cookies.
	Cartoon	"Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001)
	Film	C is for cars on the highway. (First: Episode 0469)
	Animation	Children's voiceovers (in English and Spanish) dictate how to draw a male's body. (First: Episode 0528)
	Cast	David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U. (First: Episode 0468)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet family arranges themselves in different ways. (First: Episode 0275)
	SCENE 5	Cookie Monster calls David over, to show him two clouds in the sky, which rain cookies!
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154)
	Cast	Wally and Ralph attempt to play a board game, but when they move their table into better light, the brick that was propping up the shorter leg stays behind. They try various methods of stabilizing the table, finally settling on using the board game. Without access to the game, they decide to play with the brick instead. (First: Episode 0388)
	Cartoon	A baby cries whenever he gets a beso. (First: Episode 0433)
	Film	The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309)
	Cartoon	The letters in the word BESO kiss each other. (First: Episode 0433)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose, so he pulls Bert's nose off and puts it on the statue. (First: Episode 0463)
	Cartoon	The 'b' in 'beso' kisses an apple and a duck. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0461)
	Film	There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise. (First: Episode 0007)
	Muppets	Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0134)
	SCENE 6	Big Bird announces that Grover will demonstrate the number 2 by doing two chin-ups. He does it, but then Big Bird asks him to do two more sets, to make sure the audience gets it. When Big Bird thinks they've got it, he announces that Grover will now demonstrate the number 18! Grover faints.
	Muppets	Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words. (First: Episode 0297)
	Cartoon	A man tests a carpenter's knowledge of using a screwdriver.
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. (repeat)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." (First: Episode 0372)
	Cartoon	Three frogs show first, middle and last while hopping over each other. (First: Episode 0411)
	Cast	Mr. Hooper and Susan play astronauts on a mission on the Moon. Susan attempts to tally up the three moon rocks, which float off into space one by one (followed by her superior). (First: Episode 0524)
	Cartoon	"Jazz #2" (repeat)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin demonstrates high and low. (First: Episode 0535)
	SCENE 7	Maria classifies a group of kids by skin color, then by gender, then by shoe type. Finally, they all play together.
	Muppets	Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. Ernie has a drawing of an empty bird cage with an open door (the bird flew away), and a man lying on the ground with a banana peel next to him (he slipped on it). Then, Ernie shows Bert a blank page. The answer to that one is that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all eaten now, and the cow went home. (First: Episode 0030)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder snake (First: Episode 0514)
	Cartoon	A man counts two ears, two eyes, and two arms. He picks up each leg to count two legs, and then falls down. Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406)
	Film	Marching band cymbal crash #2 (First: Episode 0527)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (First: Episode 0044)
	Cartoon	Do you know what it's like to be scared?
	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)
	Cartoon	C - Cake (repeat)
	Film	Where the buffalo roam ... (First: Episode 0510)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble.
	Film	"One Song (Song of One)” (First: Episode 0086)
	SCENE 8	A closing shot of the kids playing as Big Bird and Grover announce the sponsors (C, U and 2).

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