Episode 2587

	Sesame Street
	Bob and the spider costume
Air date	April 4, 1989
Season	Season 20 (1988-1989)
Written by	Jeff Moss
Production	December 12, 1988
Sponsors	G, N, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	After singing "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed," Placido Flamingo disrupts Bob from singing "The Eensy Weensy Spider" with Telly and the kids, claiming no one can lead a song but him, even if he doesn't know any non-opera songs. Bob finishes the song and Placido thinks it's nothing compared to the opera he's performed: "The Spider's Feelings." He thinks they can perform it today and assigns everyone roles, including Bob as the titular spider.
	Cartoon	Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240)
	Animation	A white shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2061)
	Cartoon	A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue. (First: Episode 0513)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Puts Toys Into Groups — Bert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging toys. (First: Episode 0281)
	Animation	Counting 1-9 in Spanish (First: Episode 1594)
	SCENE 2	Placido and the kids sing an opera about the Eency Weency Spider (played by Bob). Telly, dressed as a cloud, provides the rain. Following the number, Placido has Bob stay in costume; he has an encore in mind.
	Cartoon	A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131)
	Animation	Stop-motion: what goes in the hot dog bun? (First: Episode 1494)
	Cartoon	A rooster finds a purpose in his life when he's given the job to wake everyone on a farm. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1347)
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: The Taming of the Shoe — "Grovero" is accompanied by a talking shoe.
	Cartoon	Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2160)
	SCENE 3	For Placido's encore, he performs "The Bugs in Your Neighborhood" with a bee and Spider-Bob.
	Cartoon	The Great Inventors Series: John Montague, Earl of Sandwich, invents a new type of food that can be eaten while playing cards. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2574)
	Film	A girl makes a storybook about the time she and her brother surprised their mother on her birthday. (First: Episode 2486)
	Muppets	Elmo bumps into Kermit the Frog on the way to the post office, begging to help him with one of his demonstrations, during which the post office closes - a perfect prompt to demonstrate closed. (First: Episode 2473)
	Animation	Un rectangulo (First: Episode 1630)
	Film	Human and animal babies learn to walk. (First: Episode 1728)
	Cartoon	A cowboy adds two different herds of cows. (First: Episode 2255)
	SCENE 4	Bob has finally changed out of his costume, but Telly begs Bob to put it back on so he can do a science experiment. Bob reluctantly agrees and heads to his apartment to change. Telly then notices a large tuffet nearby, with a new neighbor seated upon it - Annabell Muffet (Camille Bonora). Telly figures out from her sitting place and what she's eating that she's the Little Miss Muffet, who's frightened away when Bob comes out in his costume.
	Cartoon	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141)
	Film	Children of all kinds sing "We All Sing with the Same Voice." (First: Episode 1708)
	Cartoon	Small, smaller and smallest men will cut a log with a saw. (First: Episode 1243)
	Muppets	The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear. (First: Episode 1075)
	Cartoon	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 1877)
	Film	Buffalo in the water (jazz soundtrack) (First: Episode 1736)
	SCENE 5	Telly conducts his experiment: Bob crawls around the ground and Telly tries to count how many legs a spider has. Telly has a hard time doing so, so he hands Bob a handkerchief so he knows what leg he started with. After Telly finishes, Bob discovers he's locked out of his apartment, and some passing friends give him strange looks.
	Cartoon	Gordon voiceover N/n (First: Episode 2283)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — At night, Ernie can't sleep because he's thirsty. Bert is out of town visiting his brother, so Ernie calls Bert on the phone to tell him he's thirsty. He follows Bert's advice to get a glass of water, but calls Bert again to thank him, and say he can't sleep. Bert suggests that he count sheep ... except Ernie doesn't hang up the phone. (First: Episode 1943)
	Film	A man makes a shadow puppet of an elephant. (First: Episode 0593)
	Cartoon	Rap #9 (First: Episode 2509)
	SCENE 6	Out of the costume again, Bob and the kids sing the spider song once more; a real spider (Martin P. Robinson) shows up and compliments Bob. Placido announces the sponsors.