Episode 1872

Sesame Street
Air date	January 10, 1984
Season	Season 15 (1983-1984)
Written by	Luis Santeiro
Sponsors A, H, 3

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis greets the viewer in Spanish. Forgetful Jones asks him what he just said. With a song, Luis explains that “buenos días” means “good morning” in Spanish. He extends the greeting to others, including David, Olivia and Susan. Oscar, however, reacts negatively when Forgetful says it to him.
	Cartoon	A boy acts out his feelings as animals. ("There's a zoo in me!") (First: Episode 0783)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie is wearing winter gear, and asks Bert to guess what is in his gloves and hat. (First: Episode 1300)
	Cartoon	"Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0771)
	Film	A beekeeper extracts honey from a honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117)
	Cartoon	Three doctors cure a sick 3. (First: Episode 1627)
	SCENE 2	Susan encounters Telly, who overhears Oscar having a party that he wasn’t invited to. Susan offers to help Telly by turning him into a Grouch: she puts a paper bag on his head, then shows him how to act like a Grouch. Oscar overhears Susan telling Telly what to say, then invites her to the party.
	Animation	New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777)
	Muppets	Grover plays a detective at his office. A frantic city gent (Brian Muehl) rushes over to warn him about something that's bothering him outside, which, unbeknownst to both of them, turns out to be a very strong wind that blows everything away—including Grover's office. (First: Episode 1650)
	Cartoon	Three tigers dance and play music. (First: Episode 1642)
	Film	Shadow puppet horse (First: Episode 0908)
	Cast	Maria, Susan, Luis and David put together a fractured letter H. (First: Episode 0422)
	Cartoon	A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284)
	Insert	Barkley joins Maria and the kids for a game of hide-and-seek in a New York City park. He's not very good at hiding while Maria counts, so she makes him "it" while she and the others hide. They find Barkley isn't very good seeking either. (First: Episode 1267)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: H for Hand Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0771)
	Muppets	"It is I, Captain Vegetable!" (First: Episode 1741)
	Cartoon	King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262)
	Celebrity	Richard Pryor uses his hat to participate in playing cars with kids. (First: Episode 0779)
	Cartoon	A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane. (First: Episode 1586)
	Muppets	On a cold day, the Twiddlebugs try to figure out what they should close to make themselves warm. After they try closing a book, a lunchbox and their mouths, Tina sees they must close the door. Once they're warm, they decide to go outside, but can't find what they should open. (First: Episode 1621)
	Cartoon	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293)
	Insert	Maria and David observe the Two-Headed Monster and imagine what it would be like to be a two-headed being as well. They picture themselves in a large sweater (appearing as though they have two heads) and soon find they can't make up their mind whether to sweep or take a nap. Back in reality, they go through a similar argument in deciding where to go for a date. (First: Episode 1705)
	Film	Counting 11 eggs and one cookie. (First: Episode 0002)
	Muppets	Ernie counts out eleven cookies and one egg. Cookie Monster eats the cookies- and then the egg. (First: Episode 0054)
	Cartoon	Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash Counting Battements with Suzanne Farrell. (First: Episode 1416)
	Cartoon	In the forest, a small tree feels insignificant, until a mother bird gives him a pep talk.
	SCENE 3	Big Bird has some kids (including Keshia) participate in a story he made up, about a mermaid queen who will to give her crown to whoever can repeat the magic bubble-words in her treasure chest. Gladys joins them, dressed as a mer-cow, who gets the answer right and wins the crown.
	Insert	Three of These Kids (upside-down girl) (First: Episode 0413)
	Film	Some kids have a bike race by the river. (First: Episode 1419)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet sings a "Pretty Little Song" with a canary, but neither of them can figure out when it ends. (First: Episode 1298)
	Film	Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517)
	SCENE 4	Gladys the mer-cow basks in the kids’ attention. Olivia announces the sponsors.

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