Episode 1543

	Sesame Street
Air date	April 8, 1981
Season	Season 12 (1980-1981)
Production	January 19, 1981
Sponsors	K, Y, 10

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar asks (or yells, rather) for a rotten piece of wood from the Fix-It Shop. The one provided by Maria is too long, and Oscar uses Slimey to measure it to the right length he needs (five Slimeys long). Oscar leaves with the shortened board to help build Slimey a hot tub, though the Grouch gets upset with Maria when she invites Slimey to stay, sensing his talents are much better suited at the shop than Oscar's place.
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Mirror, Mirror — Kermit is declared the fairest of them all. (First: Episode 0685)
	Cartoon	A man appears out of a yo-yo string and narrates two poems about over, under, around, and through: one about a fish swimming around the wreck of the good ship Mary Lou, and another about a worm who eats through the center of an apple. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1389)
	Film	SCHOOL: the sign spins around. (First: Episode 0685)
	Cartoon	Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster gets MAD when it sees the word. (First: Episode 1513)
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feet of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1336)
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)
	Film	A gym instructor helps children perform a variety of stretching and bending exercises. (First: Episode 1018)
	Insert	Bob and Olivia talk with two kids about names, then sing "I Like My Name." (First: Episode 1169)
	Cartoon	K - Kangaroo Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1160)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog attempts to talk about the letter K, but it falls off the wall. (First: Episode 0044)
	Film	"It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284)
	Muppets	Kermit attempts to talk about the letter K again, but the top half of the K collapses. (First: Episode 0044)
	Cartoon	K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040)
	Film	A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0513)
	Cartoon	He, She and It: The IT educates the two on how mirrors work. (First: Episode 1173)
	Muppets	Game Show: Mystery Mix-up Game (First: Episode 0834)
	Cartoon	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version) (First: Episode 0140)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird looks at a baby photo of Mr. Snuffleupagus when he was just a day old. Big Bird sorts through his nest and shows Snuffy a photo of him as a baby, still in his egg. Snuffy can't believe this was once Big Bird, who explains the process with a home movie of a chicken hatching. Snuffy is proud of his best friend for being able to hatch all by himself like that.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie lies in bed and starts talking about what a square looks like and how many lines it has, then goes on to compare a square with a triangle. He then starts to ponder how many sides a circle has, and goes to sleep. Bert is about to attempt to answer the question, but ends up not being able to sleep. (First: Episode 0132)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0230)
	Cartoon	Kids around the world say "ME." (First: Episode 0389)
	Cast	Buffy and Mr. Macintosh perform a song and dance about the letter K. (First: Episode 0912)
	Cartoon	K for keyhole, ketchup, and kitten (First: Episode 0489)
	SCENE 3	Maria plays "One of These Things" with the viewer, asking them to make an X (via telestrator) over the item that doesn't belong.
	Cartoon	The numbers keep changing from 1 to 20 as corny music plays in the background. (First: Episode 1465)
	Film	Building a log cabin (First: Episode 0602)
	Muppets	Telly sounds out the word COLD and is struck with a snow storm.
	Cartoon	A cat follows its ears to a squeaking noise, which he thinks is coming from mice, but it's coming from swings. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1518)
	Cast	Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it. (First: Episode 0533)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Simon Soundman wants a chicken sandwich, which he orders as a "cluck-cluck" sandwich. Grover has trouble figuring out what his customer wants. Simon Soundman says that his brother always eats at that restaurant, implying that Mr. Johnson might be his brother. (First: Episode 0449)
	Cast	The mailbox is emptied, but how will David get all the mail to the post office? He lets the mail back into the hammerspace-like mailbox, then takes that with him. (First: Episode 0533)
	Cartoon	The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241)
	Muppets	Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #2) (First: Episode 0101)
	Film	Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog. (First: Episode 0796)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Reading the Newspaper — Ernie has a question but decides to wait until Bert is done reading the newspaper to ask. (First: Episode 0042)
	Cartoon	Different ways to use a string Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0916)
	Muppets	Two Anything Muppets (Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson) use a tape measure to figure out how far apart they are from each other. It turns out that thirty-seven feet separate them. (First: Episode 0905)
	SCENE 4	Oscar offers to take Barbara and Ricci for a ride in the Sloppy Jalopy, but insists they buckle up first. The car shakes and bounces before Oscar shuts it off; that was the ride.
	Cartoon	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353)
	Muppets	Biff asks Sully to recite the alphabet, but recites the whole thing without giving him a chance to speak. (First: Episode 0873)
	Cartoon	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443)
	SCENE 5	Oscar calls out for any other passengers who want a ride; Barkley hops into the backseat. Gordon thinks this is another fake-out ride, but the car takes off down the block. Gordon then announces the sponsors through a cloud of exhaust.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.