Episode 1604

	Sesame Street
Air date	December 31, 1981
Season	Season 13 (1981-1982)
Written by	Luis Santiero
Sponsors	H, Q, 7
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar and Grundgetta try out a few dances they can do for an upcoming Grouch dance contest, as the Grouchketeers voice their opinions. Maria finds a pair of castanets and shows them how a flamenco dance works. The Grouches like the snapping and stamping and think it'll make them instant winners.
	Cartoon	Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634)
	Film	Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0545)
	Cartoon	Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse (First: Episode 1167)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts "What Is it?," with panelists Grover, Biff and Prairie Dawn. They must guess what mystery object Little Sammy Pottle has brought to the studio (a red rubber ball). (First: Episode 1042)
	Cartoon	H for hair (First: Episode 0475)
	SCENE 2	"Bird on the Street" reporter Big Bird interviews Eggberta, a chicken who intends to cross the road to get to the other side. The only issue is that she is too young to cross on her own. Big Bird ropes in Olivia, who immediately becomes camera hungry, to help Eggberta cross the street.
	Animation	Three balls try to match three holes. (First: Episode 0572)
	Celebrity	Richard Pryor plays all the parts in a scenario of two kids meeting a new kid who wants to play. (First: Episode 0779)
	Cartoon	Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground come from. (EKA: Episode 1056)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "Cookie Disco." (First: Episode 1054)
	Cartoon	Goldilocks' bath is first too HOT, then too COLD, then just right. (First: Episode 1232)
	SCENE 3	Bob wishes Oscar could say something nice for a change. When Oscar asks for an example, Bob compliments Maria's hair as she goes by. Oscar takes this to heart and delivers the same compliment to Gordon (despite being bald).
	Cartoon	Seven animals in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1530)
	Song	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934)
	Cartoon	First, Middle, Last (men on horse) (First: Episode 0827)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup, roast beef, and peach pie, wants them to be presented in that order (one at a time). Grover doesn't understand the order, keeps bringing wrong item. Upon seeing pie (twice), explains he after "everything else," prompting bring everything else on menu. (First: Episode 1318)
	Cartoon	"Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048)
	Film	A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0299)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter - Q for quiet (First: Episode 0768)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie lies in bed and starts talking about how a square looks like and how many lines it has, then goes on to compare a square with a triangle, then starts to ponder about how many sides a circle has. He goes to sleep just as Bert is about to attempt to answer the question, and Bert ends up not being able to sleep. (First: Episode 0132)
	Insert	"Tugboat" song (First: Episode 0946)
	Song	"Sawmill" - Folk singers detail how lumber is made into usable wood. (beginning edited) (First: Episode 0657)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee." (First: Episode 0516)
	Film	A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion! (First: Episode 0166)
	Cast	"David the Daring" does his famous forwards and backwards trick. (First: Episode 0439)
	Film	Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: The Count ruins Kermit's opportunities to interview The Three Little Pigs and the Seven Dwarves by counting them. (First: Episode 0569)
	Cartoon	Round and angled pegs fit into their respective holes. (First: Episode 1452)
	Cast	Bob, Linda and Luis assemble a lowercase h. (First: Episode 1056)
	Muppets	Baby Breeze participates in Headball at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium. His question: what would you do if your ball rolled into the street? (First: Episode 0877)
	Film	Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505)
	Cartoon	Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it. (First: Episode 0601)
	SCENE 4	Maria, Bob, Gordon and the kids play "Simon Says."