Episode 1997

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis wakes up and adjusts to having his arm in a cast. After getting a phone call from Gordon checking in on him, he has struggles with brushing his teeth, eating breakfast and getting dressed. Although he manages to do things on his own, he asks a young child to help tie his shoes.
	Cartoon	The Carrot Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie plays a game with Bert where Ernie plays riffs on his drum set and Bert has to repeat them back. Bert is surprisingly good at the game. (First: Episode 1809)
	Film	A little girl gets herself a glass of AGUA. (First: Episode 0929)
	Cartoon	F - Face Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1162)
	Cast	David and Bob play firemen at the fire station. The alarm signals a fire and they rush to get ready. Bob has trouble finding his axe in his messy locker. When he finally does, he notices he's also missing his boots and starts searching through his locker again. (First: Episode 1255)
	Cartoon	Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335)
	SCENE 2	The Fix-It Shop has hired a teenage girl named Sam to help out while Luis recovers, though he thinks he can manage just as he did before. While Maria goes out, Luis struggles to fix the wheel on a toy truck. Sam tends to a phone call, then casually helps Luis with the truck until he relents.
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates "short" and "tall." (First: Episode 0254)
	Cartoon	A scientist builds a robot that has real feelings, such as sad, happy and afraid. (First: Episode 0769)
	Muppets	Some fruits in a bowl sing a "Bilingual Fruit Song" about their Spanish names, and agree that two names are better than one. (First: Episode 1306)
	Cartoon	They'd play with me if I had... (First: Episode 0815)
	Film	The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300)
	Cartoon	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309)
	Celebrity	Menudo demonstrates different ways of using agua.
	Cartoon	A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370)
	Muppets	News Flash A princess claims that the man she intends to marry has small ears, bulgy eyes, and a funny voice, wears a hat and coat, and is a frog. Kermit is the only one who fits that description, so she kisses him and, in a puff of smoke, she turns into a frog. Kermit invites her to "the hop", and she accepts. (First: Episode 0843)
	Cartoon	E for End (First: Episode 0460)
	Song	"Windy Day" (First: Episode 1645)
	Cartoon	A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head. (First: Episode 0303)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Maya to help him follow an arrow. The arrow changes direction until Grover falls down, exhausted. (First: Episode 1641)
	Cartoon	Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird kicks off another meeting of the Future First Graders, with Snuffy present as well. Big Bird has them all imagine being in a school as they run through a pretend fire drill. After they safely return back to the "school," Snuffy suggests they do a rain drill next, pointing to the impending clouds overhead. Luckily, Big Bird has everyone place their books over their heads.
	Cartoon	Today's Secret Drawing is a fireman. (First: Episode 0200)
	Animation	David spots a rectangle in space. (First: Episode 1554)
	Song	Luis sings "Follow the Arrows" as a man does so. (First: Episode 1642)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 1) (First: Episode 0092)
	Cartoon	A mad scientist teaches his monster how to say the words "Fred," "foot", and "Friday." (First: Episode 1162)
	Film	Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420)
	Insert	Buster and Fred, dressed as cows, approach Olivia, asking if she knows where Gladys the Cow is. They're helping with a song of hers and the lack of local cows forces them to play some. Gladys arrives and Olivia questions Gladys' loyalty to her species, due to the fact that she's always pretending to be other animals. Gladys is surprised and tells her she is proud, which is the subject of her song. The animals set up by some boxes and Gladys performs "I'm Proud to Be a Cow." Afterward, Olivia is speechless. (First: Episode 1650)
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1347)
	Film	A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0589)
	Cartoon	A man uses a wheelbarrow to carry blocks needed to make a staircase. Artist: Tom Gabbay (First: Episode 1335)
	Muppets	Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again. (First: Episode 0140)
	Cartoon	A man finds and eats five apples, counting the number left after each one. (First: Episode 1578)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird sees how much attention and gifts Luis is receiving. He bandages up his beak and alerts others that he's broken it. Gordon gives him a talk, knowing he's faking and gently tells him why it's not a good idea. Maria announces the sponsors.

Note

• This is the first episode to utilize the funding credits on a dark blue-background (instead of light-blue from the beginning of season 16), with the text centered instead of left-aligned. This would continue up until the end of season 22.