Episode 1499

	Sesame Street
Air date	February 5, 1981
Season	Season 12 (1980-1981)
Production	October 24, 1980
Sponsors	W, X, 2

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis awaits the arrival of Dr. Nobel Price, who has another new invention to show off. Dr. Price, however, feels his latest project is already a failure. ("It's no good, a clinker - to use the scientific word, a 'boo-boo.'") He unveils his creation - "woodies," a bunch of wooden objects of different shapes. The kids recognize them as blocks and play with them. Dr. Price, however, can't see their value as playthings and considers carving them into toothpicks instead.
	Cartoon	A rolling circle becomes a square, then a triangle, and various other shapes. (First: Episode 1465)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Tall Hat at the Movies — A lady with a very tall hat sits in front of Ernie, blocking his view of the movie. (First: Episode 0538)
	Cartoon	W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366)
	Animation	A set of blocks reveal a square, a triangle, and a circle. (First: Episode 1184)
	Cartoon	Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806)
	SCENE 2	Forgetful Jones tries to play catch, but none of the balls he pitches come back to him. Luis helps him figure out that he has forgotten the most important thing - someone to throw the ball to. Forgetful asks Luis to play catch with him, and tosses all of his baseballs back at the same time.
	Cartoon	Two Elephants Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1457)
	Muppets	Lena Horne sings "How Do You Do?" to Grover. (First: Episode 0536)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342)
	Film	There Once Was a Hand series: The hands try to communicate each other by makings sounds from the opposite sides of a wall. (First: Episode 0649)
	Cartoon	Two Farm Animals Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1447)
	Insert	Maria lounges on her fire escape when she invites the viewer to pretend they’re up with her to look at Sesame Street from her angle. She sees Mr. Macintosh selling fruits, waves at David, sees Bob at his window, and chats with Big Bird. (First: Episode 1008)
	Film	"Two Song (Song of Two)" (First: Episode 0001)
	Cartoon	The Wise Man tries to illustrate "between". (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets	"I'm Between" (First: Episode 1233)
	Cartoon	The IT knows a lot about vacuum cleaners. (First: Episode 1176)
	Cast	A king (David) and his knights (Luis, Bob and Maria) assemble for their meeting at the round table, but discover their table is actually a square. They fetch a triangle, then rectangle table before finally getting a round one, which they eat their lunches off of. (First: Episode 0952)
	Cartoon	What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226)
	SCENE 3	Telly Monster delivers a weather report on WORM-TV, but can't recognize the word "COLD" on the map. Oscar gives him clues about the word using a wind machine, a block of ice and some snow. Telly finally catches on and Oscar teases tomorrow's weather report on the "H-O-T" forecast.
	Cartoon	The uses of water (First: Episode 0139)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs. (First: Episode 0569)
	Animation	Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638)
	Film	A boy talks about what his little sister can do now that she's not a baby anymore. (First: Episode 1402)
	Cartoon	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325)
	Cast	Maria plays a TV huckster in an advertisement for the word COLD.
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787)
	Cast	Big Bird talks about noses and beaks, and what his beak can do. He tells Olivia, "I'm awful sorry about your nose." (First: Episode 1246)
	Film	A gymnast demonstrates between. (First: Episode 0542)
	Cartoon	A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts
	Film	Two birds Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0295)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Doctor Ernie — Ernie assumes that Bert is ill when he turns down his invitation to play in the park. (First: Episode 0124)
	Cartoon	Everything you need to know about cats. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1179)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062)
	SCENE 4	Oscar teaches Telly how to close the show and announce the sponsors, though he intentionally stalls just to make Telly suffer.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while the Count holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.