Episode 2236

	Sesame Street
	Oscar's pet lobster; (repeat of 2076)
Air date	December 1, 1986
Season	Season 18 (1986-1987)
Written by	Tony Geiss
Production	January 18, 1985
Sponsors	B, S, 2

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Piri teaches Big Bird and the kids how to do a moonwalk. In response, Big Bird teaches them how to do some beakdancing.
	Cartoon	Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand. (First: Episode 1669)
	Muppets	Grover: Health Minute: Teeth — Kermit and Grover talk about teeth. (First: Episode 1949)
	Cartoon	"Pirate Plan" Artist: Michael Sporn
	Film	Various objects become OPEN. (First: Episode 0442)
	Cartoon	Two Elephants Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1457)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305)
	Animation	Sand S/s (First: Episode 0622)
	Insert	Luis needs to step out of the Fix-It Shop for a few minutes and asks Maria to mind the telephone. It only takes Maria a few moments to get overworked between repairs and phone calls. She muses about being somewhere peaceful, far away from the shop. She and the viewer imagine being at the beach, where she traipses through the water and finds a sandcastle. Luis returns to the shop just as Maria snaps out of it. (First: Episode 1613)
	Cartoon	A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat. (First: Episode 0960)
	Film	"Two Song (Song of Two)" (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty. (First: Episode 0441)
	Film	Traffic lights (First: Episode 0131)
	Cartoon	Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438)
	Cast	David tries to close a window and a door, but they open by themselves. (First: Episode 0772)
	Cartoon	A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird shows Bob his sad bird friend, Indigo. Singing cheers him up, so Bob encourages him to "Sing, Little Bluebird." Soon, Indigo is chirping along with Bob.
	Cartoon	"Love" word animation (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets / Film	Sneak Peek Previews: Steel Drum — Telly and Oscar have conflicting views on a film about how a steel drum is made. (First: Episode 1919)
	Cartoon	B for boats, bouquet, baby, bonnet, etc. (First: Episode 1703)
	Film	Alone Song (First: Episode 0921)
	Muppets	Biff asks Sully to recite the alphabet, but recites the whole thing without giving him a chance to speak. (First: Episode 0873)
	Cartoon	Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much. (First: Episode 0268)
	SCENE 3	Snuffy brings his TV over to Big Bird's nest so that he, Big Bird, and some kids can work out along with Jane Snuffleupagus.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (First: Episode 0347)
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #2 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0987)
	Celebrity	Itzhak Perlman and a little girl observe their strengths and weaknesses. (First: Episode 1563)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0137)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: None, Some, and All — Cookie Monster demonstrates quantifiers for Ernie. (First: Episode 1437)
	Animation	All, none, some and one fish swim around. (First: Episode 2109)
	SCENE 4	Oscar introduces the Grouchketeers to his pet lobster, Camille. He describes what makes her an ideal Grouch pet, then he and the kids pretend they have lobster claws.
	Film	Lobster fisherman (First: Episode 0966)
	Cast	Maria is dressed for summer weather, while Linda is dressed for the snow. They switch clothes and scenarios. (First: Episode 1819)
	Cartoon	Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Emotions — The Two-Headed Monster demonstrates different feelings. (First: Episode 1982)
	Cartoon	S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063)
	SCENE 5	Oscar bets Bob that he can make Camille do anything he commands her. Bob replies, "If you can get that lobster to do anything you tell it, I'll eat my hat!" Oscar then orders Camille to sit on the bottom of the tank and do virtually nothing, which she is naturally able to do. Oscar wishes Bob a fine meal, and Snuffy announces the sponsors.