Episode 1487

Sesame Street
Air date	January 20, 1981
Season	Season 12 (1980-1981)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird, Olivia and the kids flip through her photo album and identify the different jobs he's pictured people doing. Big Bird has a picture of his own, one of Olivia. In response, Olivia takes a picture of Big Bird.
	Film	Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003)
	Celebrity	The Harlem Globetrotters briefly demonstrate their basketball stunts. (First: Episode 0536)
	Cartoon	"Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..." (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets	Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 1 Counting to 2 is not very exciting. (First: Episode 1156)
	Film	Animal camouflage (kid VO's) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366)
	Muppets	Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 2 Nobody's favorite number is 2. (First: Episode 1156)
	Film	A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504)
	Muppets	Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 3 The huge visual aid falls on Grover. (First: Episode 1156)
	Film	One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab) (First: Episode 0516)
	Muppets	A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time. (First: Episode 0691)
	SCENE 2	Deena wants to play with Oscar, who promises to play after his package arrives. Deena struggles with patience as they wait. The package is finally delivered to Oscar, who suggests they now play post office. Oscar takes the role of the letter carrier and asks Deena to wait for her letter...for at least three days.
	Cartoon	A small man tries to use a seesaw, but can't get his associate (a very large man) to go up. (First: Episode 1121)
	Cast	Maria, dressed as conductor Hubert von Carryoff, instructs David, Luis and Gordon in a performance of "Concerto for Cigar Box, Washtub and Jug". David should play first, Luis should play next, and Gordon should play last. (First: Episode 1222)
	Cartoon	Beetle Bailey wants to be first in the chow line, but he ends up last. (First: Episode 0666)
	Song	"Cow Dog Song" (First: Episode 0783)
	Celebrity	Madeline Kahn (in limbo) comments on the previous segment. "Well, that's really a hard working dog. I wonder what he gets paid." (First: Episode 1110)
	Cartoon	Animals who eat crunchy things have nice teeth.
	Film	A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290)
	Muppets	Alphabet Chat: O Mr. Chatterly tries to deliver a lecture about the letter O, but is distracted by several things that don't begin with O, like a rabbit walking with a cow. The Anything Muppet producers decide to cancel the show and take down the set. (First: Episode 0837)
	Animation	Sand O/o (First: Episode 0621)
	Insert	Bob sings "Have a Nice Day." (First: Episode 1022)
	Cartoon	I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170)
	Muppets	On a boat to Hawaii, a Muppet girl is surprised to see a fish jump out of the water, but a Muppet boy isn't as thrilled and continues to be sad in response to the girl's various emotions. She asks why (Hawaii is so beautiful) and he says it's because he was supposed to be on a boat to Alaska. She responds... surprise!
	Cartoon	Two giraffes (Swedish animation) (First: Episode 1468)
	Cast	Luis tosses and turns in bed. Gordon hawks a sure-fire method of getting to sleep - counting. Luis orders Gordon to leave the bedroom in ten seconds, then falls asleep after counting.
	Animation	Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288)
	Muppets	Ernie asks Bert, "Do You Like Me?" (First: Episode 1234)
	Film	Joe Raposo: Swinging Gibbon (First: Episode 0009)
	Muppets	The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545)
	Cartoon	Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards (First: Episode 0277)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird tells Susan about his problem - he wants to stay on the block to play with the kids, but Barkley insists on playing in the park with him. Susan can't think of a solution, when one of the kids proposes they all play in the park.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me." (First: Episode 0375)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "Cookie Disco." (First: Episode 1054)
	Cartoon	Don't be a Snerd when you sneeze. Artist: Bruce Cayard
	Celebrity	Accompanied by a drum beat, Richard Pryor asks the viewer to point to parts of their head. (First: Episode 0794)
File:Q.Quarter.BudLuckey.jpg	Cartoon	Q for Quarter Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 1176)
	Muppets	Grover the lumberjack thinks he is the first to arrive for supper, but he gets trampled by a gang of French-Canadian lumberjacks who get to the food table before he has a chance to get his snow boots off. By the time he finally gets them off, a grizzly bear grabs the last plate of food. (First: Episode 1343)
	Cartoon	La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338)
	Cartoon	A zipper is unzipped across the screen. (First: Episode 0291)
	SCENE 4	Oscar, carried by Bruno the Trashman, calls out for everyone to participate in a street-wide clean-up. Susan can't believe he wants things clean, then discovers he wants everyone to give him the trash they've picked up. Olivia announces the sponsors.

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