Episode 2164

	Sesame Street
	Nighttime on Sesame Street
Air date	February 20, 1986
Season	Season 17 (1985-1986)
Written by	Sonia Manzano
Production	October 31, 1985
Sponsors	E, M, 3

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At night, Maria, Olivia, and Bob are getting ready to go home and go to bed. Meanwhile, Oscar the Grouch waits in anticipation (with the viewer) for what happens once they get inside and turn off their lights: the nocturnal jazz musician known as Hoots the Owl starts playing his saxophone and bothering everyone. Of course, Hoots apologizes for waking everyone up and starts playing a soft lullaby, which disappoints Oscar.
	Cartoon	M for Moon Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1163)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002)
	Muppets	Forgetful Jones forgets what he has to do at night. Clementine tells him it involves using a toothbrush, and he remembers that he and Buster the Horse have to brush each other's teeth. Remade version (First: Episode 2068)
	Cartoon	A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616)
	Celebrity	James Taylor performs "Up on the Roof." (First: Episode 1808)
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1339)
	Muppets	Count's Castle: Extinguishing Candles — The Count does subtraction by snuffing out candles. (First: Episode 0545)
	Cartoon	A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come. (First: Episode 1176)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Seat Belt — The monster drives an old green jalopy as they sound out words. (First: Episode 1966)
	Film	Saxophone factory. (First: Episode 1446)
	SCENE 2	While Hoots continues playing his lullaby, Maria emerges in her nightgown to see if she locked the door to the Fix-It Shop. She didn't lock it, so she goes inside to make sure they haven't been robbed. Just then a fire truck passes by, which wakes up Big Bird. He gets up and notices that the Fix-it Shop is open and the light is on - he knows it's supposed to be closed. He goes over to investigate, and before Hoots can tell him what's going on Big Bird tries to guess what happened. Maybe a big gust of wind opened the door, or maybe some Martians are looking for Maria? He throws his blanket over what he assumes to be a Martian when they exit the shop, but is actually Maria. She gives him his blanket back, and assures him there were no Martians. Once Big Bird gets back to his nest, she wonders again if she locked the Fix-it Shop door...
	Cartoon	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 1877)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert Is Locked Out — Bert speculates on why Ernie has asked him to stay out of the apartment. (First: Episode 0461)
	Cartoon	E for End (First: Episode 0460)
	Song	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934)
	Cartoon	Three penguins dance. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1480)
	Video	Triangle in space (David voiceover) (First: Episode 1548)
	Animation	A 3 looks for its house. (First: Episode 0292)
	SCENE 3	Hoots loves the night, and invites the viewer to join him in singing "The Middle of the Night Whisper Song."
	Cartoon	Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles" (First: Episode 1395)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Letting Balloons Go — Ernie convinces Bert to let their balloons go so they don't have to watch them deflate. (First: Episode 1781)
	Animation	Blue, red and yellow ovals play "Old MacDonald." (First: Episode 2002)
	Film	With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names. (First: Episode 1735)
	Cartoon	M is for Moo (First: Episode 0276)
	SCENE 4	In the early morning, Hoots hangs out beside Oscar's trash can and realizes it's time for him to sleep. Oscar wonders why Hoots goes to sleep in the morning; Hoots remarks, "Doesn't everybody?" Just then, the garbage men come and pick up Oscar's trash can so they can empty it. They hear Oscar's voice from inside, put his trash can back, and let him off with a warning. Hoots is astonished that Oscar does this every morning; Oscar answers, "Doesn't everybody?"
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music struggles to write "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1210)
	Animation	I see a 3! Do you see a 3? (First: Episode 1611)
	Celebrity	Itzhak Perlman and a girl demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses. (First: Episode 1563)
	Transition	Bridge Transition #7 - Rectangle Bridge A (First: Episode 0290)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called" (First: Episode 0096)
	Muppets	Three Honkers teach a newly-hatched baby Honker to honk. (First: Episode 1616)
	Cast	Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 2062)
	Cartoon	A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0227)
	SCENE 5	Oscar reads The Daily Grouch newspaper and becomes irritated when the people starting their day say "Good morning" to him. He screams in exasperation and wakes up Hoots, who begins to argue with him as Bob announces the sponsors.