Episode 1602

	Sesame Street
	Slimey's grouch launch into space
Air date	December 29, 1981
Season	Season 13 (1981-1982)
Written by	John Glines
Production	September 15, 1981
Sponsors	L, U, 8

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	A rainstorm begins as Slimey prepares to be launched into outer space. Maria watches as Telly, filling the "Mission Decontrol" position, attempts a countdown, but counts forwards instead of backwards. Maria and the viewer help him properly countdown to the launch. The rocket instead sputters in place and falls over, which Oscar notes is how a successful Grouch space launch should go.
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016)
	Muppets	Muppets cheer on a rocket launch. (First: Episode 0567)
	Film	Mad Painter #8 (First: Episode 0326)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert's Bottlecap Collection — Bert shows off his bottlecap collection to Ernie, who remembers that he found a Figgy Fizz bottle cap -- the very one that Bert needed to complete his collection. (First: Episode 0240)
	Cartoon	A boy puts a red and green monster together using a diagram. (First: Episode 1014)
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)
	SCENE 2	Olivia prepares a game for Frankie, Jamie, Caitlin, and Erica where they find embedded letter Ls in a picture of a person dancing on stage. Alphabet Bates drops from the sky to provide them with an extra letter L. Dominique drives him away to the aerodrome afterwards.
	Cartoon	L for Lion (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149)
	Insert	The Count (in voiceover) counts three kids who arrange themselves in different configurations with three boxes. (First: Episode 1352)
	Cartoon	L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR". (First: Episode 0601)
	Cartoon	Two green martians fight over a flower, until they see a monolith crumble to form the word AMOR. (First: Episode 0821)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "New Life." (First: Episode 0281)
	Cartoon	One of these shoe pairs ... (First: Episode 0503)
	Insert	Stevie Wonder teaches Grover how to sing loud and soft. (First: Episode 0514)
	Cartoon	Find the Square quiz
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432)
	Film	A man shows a boy how to make a wheelbarrow. (First: Episode 1488)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination." (First: Episode 0493)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: U for UP (First: Episode 0650)
	Muppets	Old West: Alphabet Kid — A couple of cowboys meet the Alphabet Kid. (First: Episode 0307)
	Cast	David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U. (First: Episode 0468)
	Cartoon	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416)
	Muppets	The Martians find a grandfather clock. (First: Episode 0407)
	Celebrity	Itzhak Perlman plays the "Gavotte en Rondeau" from Bach's Partita for Violin No. 3 for the kids (Jessica Marrero, Kathleen Reilly, Jodi Stahl, Matthew Schwartz, and David Patent) between the garage and the fire escape of 123 Sesame Street. (First: Episode 1484)
	Cartoon	Sign Sounds: DON'T WALK (First: Episode 1162)
	Film	Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey. (First: Episode 1097)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Little Miss Muffet — The spider scares Kermit away. (First: Episode 0601)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird runs into Gordon, who has a cold and describes how he intends to get well. Big Bird then finds a Honker in his nest area, also feeling under the weather. Big Bird reiterates what he heard from Gordon and recommends the Honker not do any honking until he feels better. They try finding an alternate means of communicating, when the Honker starts ringing a bell. This attracts Barkley and the two chat in barks and rings. When Big Bird joins in and adds to the commotion, Gordon (trying to get rest inside) complains from his window.
	Cartoon	Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward. (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Tanya helps Grover learn the difference between up and down so they can play a game about it.
	Cartoon	8 cows Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1531)
	Muppets	Lefty the Salesman: 8 — Lefty wants to sell a number 8 to Ernie. (First: Episode 0079)
	Film	Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388)
	Cartoon	Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808)
	Muppets	The Beetles are "Thinking of U." (First: Episode 1486)
	SCENE 4	Gordon drags himself out of his place to ask Maria if he can rest in her apartment. He points her toward the noise coming from Big Bird's nest, where more Honkers have joined in the noise making. Maria hands over her keys and tries announcing the sponsors over the noise.
	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.