Episode 2312

Sesame Street
Forgetful Jones and the sheep
Air date	March 17, 1987
Season	Season 18 (1986-1987)
Written by	Sonia Manzano
Production December 11, 1986 Sponsors G, K, 3

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Linda is seen looking around for something... but what is it? Meanwhile, Gordon comes out of 123 Sesame Street about to do some errands, kissing Susan before he leaves.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Susan tells the viewer she loves that man, and starts to explain what love is when Linda comes back. She inquires about the whereabouts of Barkley, whom she has temporarily lost; Susan hasn't seen him.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Linda leaves again and Susan proceeds discussing what love is when a sad Barkley shows up. Susan tells him that Linda has been looking all over for him, and Barkley immediately perks up when reunited with her. Susan tells the viewer that love is hard to explain... but it's easy to see!
	Cartoon	I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170)
	Muppets	"Readers of the Open Range" (First: Episode 2141)
	Film	Counting 20 boxes Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0510)
	Cartoon	"Song of the Inuit Child" (First: Episode 2112)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert goes out to mail a letter, and depends on Ernie to let him in when he knocks. Instead of letting Bert in, Ernie repeats his knocks on the drums. (First: Episode 0280)
	Film	A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0476)
	Cartoon	A man circles the number 1, draws a line to the number 2, follows the arrows to the number 3 (and crosses it out), underlines the number 4, draws a door, and goes through it. (First: Episode 2067)
	SCENE 2	Bob holds a "STOP" sign and leads the kids in a song about the word, lifting the sign each time the word is said. Oscar appears and borrows their sign for his version of the song, then tells them all to shove off.
	Film	Sounds Around the House v2: chimes, snoring, a boy pretending to be an airplane, a man playing a trumpet, and a motorcycle outside. (First: Episode 1713)
	Cartoon	How do frogs make more frogs? The birth and growth of a frog is documented. At the very end, the fully-grown frog hops in the middle of a field and calls out, "Hey, Kermit!" Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1232)
	Muppets	Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #2) (First: Episode 0101)
	Cartoon	I've Got a Mind: wind-up toy (First: Episode 0255)
	Muppets / Celebrity	On the stage at Birdland, Telly scats with Joe Williams. (First: Episode 2260)
	Film	Mad Painter #3 (First: Episode 0343)
	Cartoon	A bird talks to a girl about what's inside the street. When she questions his credibility, he stammers, "A little worm told me!" Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1918)
	SCENE 3	Gordon comes back from a walk with Miles. They hear the sound of honking in the yard and find a gaggle of Honkers. Gordon introduces Miles to the group, and soon Miles becomes friends with the Honkers - even learning how to honk their noses.
	Cartoon	They'd play with me if I had... (First: Episode 0815)
	Film	Kids dancing. (First: Episode 0409)
	Muppets	The Martians discover a radio. They tune into three different styles of music, none of which they like. Then they tune into some static, which they start joyfully dancing to. (First: Episode 1329)
	Cartoon	K for keyhole, ketchup, kitten (First: Episode 0489)
	Film	A man carves a wooden horse. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2209)
	SCENE 4	Forgetful Jones is going to cross the street with a pair of sheep (Kevin Clash and Martin P. Robinson) from his ranch, but can't remember how. He recalls they need a grown-up, and that he himself is one (which explains the moustache). He grabs the hands... er, hooves of the sheep and leads them across the street.
	Cartoon	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410)
	Cast	Bob, Susan and Luis perform a round about counting to 3. (First: Episode 2055)
	Film	A young girl talks about her friend, Joe, who's training to be a fireman. (First: Episode 1859)
	Cartoon	A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from. (First: Episode 2248)
	Muppets	Lefty sells Ernie an invisible ice cream cone; Ernie pays for it with an invisible nickel. (First: Episode 0687)
	Animation	Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643)
	SCENE 5	Bob runs into Dr. Nobel Price, who's about to conduct an experiment. He sings a little tune and presents his experiment: what is the best thing to eat soup with - a fork, spoon, or napkin? He tries each one and concludes that the spoon works best, but tells Bob that he can't eat the soup with it - there's a napkin in it!
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup and a sandwich, and says that he wants the sandwich before the soup. When Grover comes with the sandwich, Mr. Johnson has changed his mind and wants the soup first. When Grover comes with the soup, Mr. Johnson has decided that he wants the sandwich first. Grover ends up giving Mr. Johnson both the soup and sandwich, so he can decide what to eat first. Mr. Johnson tells Grover that he has decided to get a cup of coffee, then the soup and the sandwich. (First: Episode 1330)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR". (First: Episode 0601)
	Cartoon	K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131)
	Cast	Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a square. (First: Episode 1276)
	Cartoon	A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131)
	SCENE 6	Forgetful and the sheep return from their walk and want to take a nap, only they have trouble doing so. Since people usually count sheep, Forgetful proposes the sheep count people - namely himself. As they give it a try, Bob announces the sponsors.

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