Episode 1654

Sesame Street
Air date	March 11, 1982
Season	Season 13 (1981-1982)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	Muppets	Big Bird walks down the street, describing the difference between the actual street and sidewalks. (First: Episode 1256)
	Cartoon	A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom. (First: Episode 0525)
	Celebrity	The Pointer Sisters sing "Hush Little Baby." (First: Episode 0793)
	Film	Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284)
	Muppets	Grover's rowboat - part 1 Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink. (First: Episode 0281)
	Cartoon	"Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367)
	Muppets	Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281)
	Cartoon	Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats. (First: Episode 1148)
	Muppets	Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281)
	SCENE 1	A child (Sonia Bailey) narrates throughout the scene. Barkley barks at the ringing pay phone outside the Fix-It Shop, getting Linda's attention. She won't be able to properly communicate with the caller and sends Barkley to fetch David. The dog drags David over, where he's able to talk with the caller - it's a wrong number.
	Cartoon	Goldilocks' bath is first too HOT, then too COLD, then just right. (First: Episode 1232)
	Muppets	Wearing oven mitts, Telly places an H and an OT together to make the word HOT. (First: Episode 1536)
	Cartoon	A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of. (First: Episode 1476)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245)
	Cartoon	Sign Cartoons: Coffee (First: Episode 1169)
	Film	Librarian with Olivia (3:16) (First: Episode 1639)
	Cartoon	Five flies land on a kid's face. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1449)
	Film	A man karate chops 5 boards. (First: Episode 0469)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — While Ernie looks after Hooper's Store, Bert asks him for something to drink. Ernie starts out with a glass of unflavored soda water, tastes it, and decides it's too dull for his ol' buddy Bert. To Bert's dismay, Ernie then adds some strawberry syrup to the soda water, then a scoop of ice cream, and finally, some whipped cream. Now it's an ice cream soda, which Bert doesn't want... but Ernie does. (First: Episode 0539)
	Cartoon	A man demonstrates how letters sound by playing them as instruments. (First: Episode 0964)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster reads "SAD." (First: Episode 1422)
	Cartoon	Five feet stick out from a barrel, all belonging to a strange five-legged being. (First: Episode 0859)
	Film	The Mad Painter #5 (First: Episode 0345)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Brian talk about loud and soft. (First: Episode 0126)
	Cartoon	A captain and a first mate think they have planned ahead well for their trip at sea, but they forgot to take in the anchor. (First: Episode 1636)
	Film	Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. (First: Episode 0675)
	Muppets	A shark sings about his "Perfectly Pearl-White Teeth." (First: Episode 1446)
	SCENE 2	Katie feels glum because she can't do anything. Big Bird shows her there are many things she can do that he cannot, such as touching her toes and riding a trike. Suddenly, Big Bird now loses confidence in himself until Katie points out things he is able to do too.
	Cartoon	Consonant Sound Limerick: D—Dog Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149)
	Muppets	Bushman Bill introduces Didi O'Day and the Dew Drops performing "D Duah Duah." (First: Episode 1449)
	Cartoon	A blue triangle looks for his friend in a museum. (First: Episode 1522)
	Film	Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285)
	Cartoon	D - dig, deep, dinosaur (First: Episode 1148)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — It's a sunny day at the beach, and Bert remembered to bring everything. Ernie, however, only brought an umbrella in case it rains... which it does. (First: Episode 0284)
	SCENE 3	In the Fix-It Shop, Maria and Tracy sort of the items on her work table, then share a banana.
	Film	Olivia (in voice-over) identifies different vegetables. (First: Episode 1612)
	Cartoon	A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder. (EKA: Episode 0543)
	Cast	Luis demonstrates how to use a can opener to open a can of spaghetti ... not realizing that it's open on the bottom already. (First: Episode 0469)
	Cartoon	Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0639)
	Cast	Maria demonstrates how a hammer is used by hammering a nail into a wall to hang up a picture. Then, the wall tips over on her. (First: Episode 0469)
	Muppets	Clementine and Buster get on a train, and try to tell Forgetful Jones that he's supposed to get on the train with them, but Forgetful Jones would much rather remember on his own why he's at the train station. The train leaves just as Forgetful remembers why he's there.
	SCENE 4	Linda and Maria have plans to go to the movies, but Linda can't get Maria's attention from her window. She makes use of a Honker to alert Maria, who comes right down. The Honker lets them know that he would also like to go to the movies.

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