Episode 2202

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird’s information booth
Air date	April 15, 1986
Season	Season 17 (1985-1986)
Written by	Gary Belkin
Production	November 11, 1985
Sponsors	C, D, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	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	Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: C Words — Cookie Monster tells his little Cousin Monster to get him something special that starts with the letter C. (First: Episode 1319)
	Film	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 1966)
	Muppets	Super Grover: Telephone Booth — Grover Kent needs a phone booth to change into Super Grover. (First: Episode 0647)
	Cartoon	C for canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703)
	SCENE 1	Big Bird, taking a cue from “Ask Oscar,” sets up an information booth with a sign that reads “telephone.” Luis stops by and asks why the sign says “telephone,” and Big Bird says it’s so he can tell them what the sign says.
	Film	A man uses a TELEPHONE booth in the city. (First: Episode 0928)
	Muppets	Count's Castle: Picnic — The Count has prepared himself a picnic. (First: Episode 2132)
	Cartoon	"Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416)
	Film	Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1) (First: Episode 0491)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Telephone — The monster finds a telephone, and reads the word. (First: Episode 1569)
	Cartoon	"Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985)
	Film	Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2) (First: Episode 0491)
	SCENE 2	Mr. Snuffleupagus stops by Big Bird’s booth and asks if he can call his mommy on the telephone. Big Bird explains that it’s not a telephone booth, and confesses that he doesn’t know how to spell the word “information.” He asks Snuffy if he knows, and the two switch places in the booth. They begin a cycle switching places as one of them goes from asking to answering questions and the other does the same. The two come to realize that neither of them are qualified to give information and abandon the booth altogether.
	Cartoon	A boy looks for the telephone as it rings. (First: Episode 0684)
	Muppets	Old West: Four Cow Moos — Clementine announces that Bad Bart is coming to town to "give someone what they deserve." (First: Episode 1940)
	Cartoon	The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0955)
	Cast	The Heartstrongs, Part 1 In this soap opera parody, Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) fusses over the loss of his red shoelace along with Mrs. Heartstrong (Susan). They both feel sad until their son Barnaby (David) comes downstairs! What a surprise! But that feeling doesn't last long, as Barnaby soon learns of the lost shoelace. As it turns out, Barnaby came downstairs to change shoelaces in order to play baseball. Could this be a clue as to the whereabouts of Mr. Heartstrong's shoelace? (First: Episode 2163)
	Cartoon	A scientist builds a robot that has real feelings, such as sad, happy and afraid. (First: Episode 0769)
	Cast	The Heartstrongs, Part 2 In the thrilling conclusion, the doorbell rings! Who could it be at the door? It's Cousin Henry (Uncle Wally), who drops in for a surprise visit, which quickly becomes somber when the lost shoelace issue is brought up again. Just then, Mr. Heartstrong remembers what Barnaby said about a shoelace that didn't match, and as luck would have it, the missing shoelace is in Barnaby's left sneaker! This makes everyone happy! Cousin Henry pulls the snake-in-the-can trick on Barnaby, which gives everyone another nice surprise! "Woo woo!" (First: Episode 2163)
	Cartoon	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406)
	Insert	The Professor explains to Big Bird how he invented the alphabet. (First: Episode 2018)
	Film	A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934)
	Cast	Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers! (First: Episode 1042)
	Cartoon	Crayon Animation Letter D (First: Episode 1705)
	Insert	Herry Monster plays a game with a boy named Eric, who closes his eyes and guesses what Herry hands him (a ball, a feather, and his head). (First: Episode 1613)
	Animation	Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks (First: Episode 1455)
	Film	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521)
	Cartoon	A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Love Boat — On the deck of The Love Boat, a uniformed Ernie expresses how much he loves this boat. (First: Episode 1958)
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (First: Episode 1295)
	SCENE 3	Oscar hangs a “muchas gracias” sign on his can. Telly and Maria understand that it means “thank you very much” in Spanish, but don’t know why Oscar would hang such a pleasant saying there. Luis joins them as they bang on his can and call his name to get his attention, bothering Susan and disrupting Miles' nap; Oscar pops up and says the sign is there to thank them for all the noise they just made. Snuffy announces the sponsors as everyone leaves.