Episode 1496

	Sesame Street
Air date	February 2, 1981
Season	Season 12 (1980-1981)
Production	October 16, 1980
Sponsors	C, E, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Mr. Snuffleupagus sees Linda reading the newspaper in the yard and decides to go speak to her. Since she's facing away from him, he receives no response when he tries making conversation. He fears that she doesn't like him, but Big Bird clarifies that she couldn't hear him because she's deaf. Big Bird goes over and gets her attention with some basic signs to demonstrate, but Snuffy runs off to learn sign language before Linda can see him; once again, she thinks that Big Bird has a great imagination.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." (First: Episode 0372)
	Animation	Two small stripes watch as two circles play with each other. The stripes try to bend themselves into circles, but soon find that they can both cooperate to make one big circle. (First: Episode 0762)
	Cast	Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers! (First: Episode 1042)
	Animation	Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625)
	SCENE 2	Snuffy rushes back to Big Bird's nest and shows Big Bird a basic sign language greeting he learned from a book. He demonstrates the signs he can do using only his snuffle, so Big Bird runs out to get Linda and Timi who are outside conversing. However, Snuffy forgets how to make the signs and leaves to re-learn it, just missing the others who find no evidence of the Snuffleupagus. To make Big Bird feel better, Timi offers to pretend to be Snuffy and do a snuffle-esque greeting to Linda instead.
	Cartoon	Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141)
	Film	Some kids watch as a tree surgeon does his job. (First: Episode 1244)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't decide which of the two different shelves he should place a large vase on, so Bert tells him to use his imagination. Ernie imagines the vase falling off the little shelf and Bert kicking him out of the apartment. Then, Ernie imagines putting the vase on the big shelf, and Bert rewarding him with a big surprise party. (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. (First: Episode 0542)
	SCENE 3	Timi and Linda review some signs to the kids, including some about feelings. Oscar orders them to disperse and finds himself providing them with an example of "angry" and "grouchy."
	Song	"Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: What Makes People Angry — Kermit loses his cool attempting to interview some passersby. (First: Episode 0537)
	Film	Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Genelle counts to 10 for Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0295)
	Cartoon	A cartoon man (voiced by Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (First: Episode 0769)
	Celebrity	Stevie Wonder performs his hit single "Superstition". (First: Episode 0514)
	Cartoon	"Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425)
	Film	Ten Song (Song of Ten) (revised version) (First: Episode 0021)
	Cartoon	King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345)
	Muppets	"The Rhymies at Sea" - Larry, Mary and Barry sail on a ship, which sinks. (First: Episode 1149)
	Cartoon	A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616)
	SCENE 4	Maria is almost finished building a bookcase for Telly Monster at the Fix-It Shop and asks him to get one more board from across the room. Telly can't figure out which board to get - a round one or a rectangular one. Since the other boards making the bookcase are rectangular, Maria helps him realize that a similar board is what they need. He notices his books are also rectangular and worries what kind of bookcase he'll need if he gets any round or triangular books.
	Film	A kid marching band forms a circle. (First: Episode 0517)
	Insert	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463)
	Cartoon	In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing. (First: Episode 0778)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes from finishing his bath, and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. Bert asks if he's washed behind his ears, his neck, and his elbows. Finally, Ernie remembers that he forgot to turn off the water in the tub -- as the water level rises. (First: Episode 0347)
	Film	A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0589)
	SCENE 5	Linda signs the letter C for the word "cat." Timi appears in an oval onscreen to translate, and a Muppet cat (Michael Earl) leaps up on Timi's shoulder to give her a lick.
	Cartoon	A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion. (First: Episode 0029)
	Film	What do birds eat? (First: Episode 0495)
	Muppets	Grover asks The Amazing Mumford if he could make his carrot disappear, provided that some smoke appears. Mumford performs the trick and Grover is impressed by the puff of smoke, however he fails to notice Mumford chomping on his carrot. When Grover asks Mumford to make the carrot reappear, he replies that he can't because he ate it ("You didn't say anything about magic!"). (First: Episode 1210)
	Cartoon	Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634)
	SCENE 6	Linda now signs the letter C for the word "car" with Timi translating. Oscar provides a smoggy visual aid with the use of the Sloppy Jalopy, which helps teach the letter C in the word "cough."
	Cartoon	A man talks about the word AGUA, which springs many leaks. (First: Episode 0550)
	Muppets	Grover, Big Jeffie, and a Lavender girl have fun scatting to handclapping. (First: Episode 0294)
	Cartoon	The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0955)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 7	Maria is shocked to see Oscar about to take the kids on a ride to the beach, the roller rink, and the movies. Naturally the car won't start to get them there, just as he intended. Maria helps the kids out of the car as Timi announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign.