Episode 2462

	Sesame Street
Air date	April 12, 1988
Season	Season 19 (1987-1988)
Written by	Belinda Ward
Production	December 9, 1987
Sponsors	A, F, 2

Picture	Segment	Description
	Insert	Big Bird greets Susan, Maria and Barkley before checking out what Bob is up to. Bob is listening to an opera on the radio and Big Bird imagines if everyone sang instead of speaking. He happens on fantasy Bob, whose talk radio show brings him back to reality. (First: Episode 2214)
	Cartoon	Sign Sounds: WALK TALL (First: Episode 1161)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: Ring the Bell — A carnival barker's rigged game is foiled by Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0449)
	Cartoon	An ant is pressured by his peers to finish the anthill all by himself, until he enlists the cooperation of the others. (First: Episode 1478)
	Film	Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128)
	Muppets	An octopus sings "Octopus Blues." (First: Episode 2221)
	Cartoon	Counting eight figures (First: Episode 2253)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Vincent Van Grouch (Danny DeVito), curator of the Museum of Trash, has a look at Oscar the Grouch's pieces of Grouch art, and is always finding reasons why they are not grouchy or rotten enough for the museum. (First: Episode 2156)
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006)
	Film	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426)
	Cartoon	A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f. (First: Episode 2288)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Guessing Game — Ernie wears socks on his ears and on his nose in order for Bert to guess which body part he's thinking of. (First: Episode 1640)
	Cartoon	F for fire, fountain, face, farmer, etc. (First: Episode 1614)
	Insert	Snuffy shows Susan and some kids how to do "The Snuffle Shuffle." (First: Episode 2225)
	Cartoon	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 1877)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: Seat Belt — The monster drives an old green jalopy as they sound out words. (First: Episode 1966)
	Song	"Mom and Me"
	Animation	Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586)
	Cast	Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum. (First: Episode 2033)
	Film	In stop-motion, assorted furniture places themselves in a classroom. (First: Episode 0647)
	SCENE 1	Meryl Sheep finds Oscar as he writes a new one-act play entitled "The Angry Sheep." Meryl offers to play the title role, but Oscar thinks she's too nice to play an angry, grouchy sheep. His constant rejections make her angrier and angrier until she explodes, earning her the part. She becomes happy with this news, so Oscar fires her. This makes her angry again, earning her back the part. As she becomes happy once more, the cycle repeats.
	Song	"Doll House" (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	Mystery Mix-Up Game — Mrs. Rooney unscrambles the word "SCHOOL." (First: Episode 0834)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates fast and slow by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair. (First: Episode 0288)
	Cartoon	Ivy Austin sings about a rabbit's day of eating grapes and swimming with pals. (First: Episode 2314)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Cookies in Bed — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed because of all the crumbs it will make. (First: Episode 0282)
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #2 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0987)
	SCENE 2	Telly sympathizes with his red crayon, as it's the only one he's not using to draw a picture with. Even though he knows his crayons aren't alive, he tells Gordon that it would probably feel sad if it were. Gordon suggests he simply draw another picture using the red crayon. Telly likes this idea, but soon starts to feel bad that the other crayons will now be left out.
	Animation	Where does the square fit? (First: Episode 1599)
	Muppets	Grover: Alphabet Secret — Herry Monster tells Grover a secret, which is the alphabet. (First: Episode 0360)
	Film	A boy visits the hospital to see his mother's new baby. (First: Episode 1125)
	Cartoon	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (Spanish soundtrack) (First: Episode 0371)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Grover and Debo to identify his letter A. Grover has no idea. When Dabo says "A," Kermit says "Ay" to someone offscreen. (First: Episode 0629)
	Cartoon	Joe's Lap (limerick) (First: Episode 0617)
	SCENE 3	David comes out of Hooper's Store to see Meryl and Oscar in the middle of an argument. It's Telly's turn to say goodbye, and Oscar wants him to say it fast (thus ending the show sooner), while Meryl thinks he should say it slowly and emphasize every syllable. David thinks Telly should say it the way he usually does - not too fast or slow. Telly announces the sponsors in a normal fashion, which pleases David and Meryl. (Oscar: "Can we get out of here now?!")