Episode 2262

Sesame Street
Air date	January 6, 1987
Season	Season 18 (1986-1987)
Written by	Nancy Sans
Production October 29, 1986 Sponsors W, Y, 5

Picture	Segment	Description
	Insert	Gordon comes across a very happy Forgetful Jones, who can't remember why he's so happy. Gordon helps him remember that it was because of the sunshine, the breeze, the swaying trees and the sound of his heartbeat, all in time with each other. Forgetful observes, "Can you imagine me forgetting simple things that make me happy?" (First: Episode 1839)
	Cartoon	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353)
	Film	A film shows parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo (First: Episode 0008)
	Cartoon	Geronimo 10-0: Instead of a parachute, she has a helicopter propeller.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster discovers Cousin Monster doesn't want cookies and would rather eat Ernie's healthy food. (First: Episode 1240)
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster #5: Five fantastic floating fools fall from the big blue blimp. (First: Episode 1310)
	SCENE 1	Maria comes to Oscar's trash can to give him a furcut as requested, but Oscar is starting to have doubts. He frets that Maria may get too carried away and cut his fur to look like Gordon, Bert, or Prairie Dawn's hairstyles (imagining how he would look with each one).
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Maria promises to only cut his fur to whatever specifications he makes. He points to a long bit of fur above his eyebrows and she snips it off. Oscar doesn't need any more work from here - "Now that that little piece of fur is gone, I'm perfect. Why would you want to tamper with perfection?"
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: W, Wall (First: Episode 0790)
	Muppets	"Long Time, No See" (First: Episode 1698)
	Cartoon	A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come. (First: Episode 1176)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Prince Sleeps — Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty and falls asleep. (First: Episode 0513)
	Song	"Five Onstage Dancers" (ending cut) (First: Episode 0539)
	Cartoon	Geometry of Circles #1 "Circle with Flower" (First: Episode 1393)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird and the Birdketeers gaze out to the other side of the street, looking for things beginning with W (and having little luck). Susan tells them to look in other directions and they immediately spot a wagon, window, and woman (Susan). They then "fly" off to the yard, pretending to use their wings to fly South for the winter.
	Cartoon	A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449)
	Film	A woman repairs wires for the telephone company. (First: Episode 0771)
	Muppets	Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it. (First: Episode 0189)
	Cartoon	A girl counts her 5 cats using ribbon to keep track. (First: Episode 1001)
	Cast	The Lovers of Five (David, Luis, Gordon and Bob) sing "Gimme Five." (First: Episode 1137)
	Cartoon	Roxanne and Violet Gorflatch are alike in many ways, but different in others. (First: Episode 1480)
	SCENE 3	Maria is disturbed by the trumpeting of Oscar's elephants in his can. Fluffy and Schopenhauer are in a heated debate over whose trunk is the longest, and Oscar allows it to go on as long as possible. Maria instead wishes to settle the matter immediately and pulls out her tape measure, finding Schopenhauer has the longer trunk by eight inches. The elephants settle down... until Oscar asks them which of their trunks is the prettiest. "Now try and measure that, Miss Know-It-All," he snaps.
	Cartoon	Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. (First: Episode 0630)
	Film	Joe Raposo: Elephant (instrumental). (First: Episode 0034)
	Muppets	For Show-and-Tell, Bert sings a song about his rock. (First: Episode 1309)
	Cartoon	Two groups of mountain goats try to pass each other on a mountain road. (First: Episode 0780)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476)
	Animation	David spots a rectangle in space. (First: Episode 1554)
	Film	A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504)
	Animation	Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Telly tries to speed up his growth by eating vegetables and exercising, but Smokey Robinson explains that "It Takes Time" to grow up big and strong. (First: Episode 1970)
	Cartoon	A pink circle splits into a cat, and a gray circle splits into a mouse. (First: Episode 0452)
	Muppets	Sesame Street Game Shows: The Count is a contestant on Beat the Time, where today's wacky stunt is to bring back two things that come from the sky before the time runs out. The Count has too much fun counting the seconds, but ends up bringing his thunder and lightning. (First: Episode 1698)
	Film	The Mad Painter #5 (First: Episode 0345)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster tries on different pairs of shoes, but can't agree on one pair. They end up agreeing to wear shoe boxes instead. (First: Episode 2142)
	Cartoon	W is for Worm (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Debo if he knows what a W is. (First: Episode 0563)
	Cartoon	A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1394)
	SCENE 4	Maria and Susan color in the yard with some kids when they hear the sounds of a whistle and a marching band coming from the direction of Oscar's can. Oscar explains that the music is for the incoming Wormorial Day Parade! Slimey, Grand Marshal of the parade, rides atop a tiny convertible and leads his fellow worms across the banister of 123 Sesame Street. More worms follow carrying balloons, a worm-shaped float, and a one-worm band before Oscar announces the sponsors, which are carried by more of the parade with Slimey returning at the rear.

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