Episode 2757

	Sesame Street
	A new plant at the library
Air date	November 27, 1990
Season	Season 22 (1990-1991)
Written by	David Korr
Directed by	Emily Squires
Production	October 1, 1990
Sponsors	C, U, 14

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	A Grouch newsie (David Rudman) hurls the morning paper into Oscar's trash can, right in the swimming pool. Oscar complains about the service: his paper was too easy to find and Grouches prefer their newspapers difficult to locate. The newsie quips that the newspaper is actually Gordon's and that Oscar's is somewhere a few blocks away. Oscar goes off to look, leaving Gordon with the drenched paper.
	Cartoon	Actor demonstrates anger towards casting director - literally! (First: Episode 2061)
	Film	A boy describes how his father's farm makes milk. (First: Episode 2719)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203)
	Film	A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0474)
	Muppets	While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself... or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). Bert then corrects them on the actual production phase. (First: Episode 2391)
	Cartoon	Footprints move over to the tune of "Here Are Some Things". (First: Episode 0505)
	SCENE 2	Oscar has a trick he's going to play on Bob and his band. He ropes them all into a game of "Three of These Things," using three bunches of trash and the orchestra. The band clearly doesn't belong, so Oscar tries to get them to leave. Bob refuses to move and the two start arguing.
	Cartoon	The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light. (First: Episode 2537)
	Muppets	"Ladies and gentlemen, the Starlight Hotel takes great pride in presenting the world's favorite six-year-old entertainer, Miss Prairie Dawn!" Prairie sings "All By Myself" with a backup group of monsters. (First: Episode 1824)
	Film	Kids with special needs do gymnastics at the Mamaroneck Co-Op Camp. (First: Episode 0953)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Rapunzel — Prince Charming attempts to rescue Rapunzel from the tower. (First: Episode 0409)
	Cartoon	"Sing a Song of 14" (First: Episode 2670)
	Film	Fay Ray subtracts one ball. (First: Episode 2634)
	SCENE 3	Linda and Lisa add a plant by the Grouch section of the library and measure it to track its growth. Oscar wants it gone since it's too pleasant-looking, but Linda says it's staying for good. Oscar begins scheming...
	Cartoon	Ranger Armbuckle talks about how plants travel -- by sowing their seeds. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2727)
	Film	Looking for circles in the city (Maria voice-over) (First: Episode 2711)
	Muppets	Monsterpiece Theater: The Old Man and the C — Old man Grover loves the sea. (First: Episode 2710)
	Cartoon	C is for Candle (the candle blows back) (First: Episode 0703)
	Film	In an Alaskan village, a doctor makes a regular visit to a clinic. (First: Episode 2390)
	Cartoon	C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Katie think of rhymes. (First: Episode 1644)
	Song	"Old Button Hole" (First: Episode 1727)
	Cartoon	Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale. (First: Episode 0843)
	SCENE 4	Oscar replaces the plant with a bigger one, believing it will convince Linda and Lisa the plant is growing too fast and they'll have to get rid of it before it takes over the entire library. Linda and Lisa catch on quickly and decide to mess with Oscar back, claiming the plant hasn't grown at all. He convinces them to measure it and they conclude it has grown, but don't believe it'll take over the library. Oscar decides to redouble his efforts.
	Cartoon	Big / bigger / biggest (bikes) (First: Episode 1245)
	Film	Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people. (First: Episode 0455)
	Cartoon	U for uniform. (First: Episode 0702)
	Film	A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513)
	Cartoon	Geronimo 10-0: The parachute becomes a large mattress. (First: Episode 2245)
	Muppets	Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand." (First: Episode 1959)
	SCENE 5	Linda and Lisa notice the tree Oscar's now replaced the plant with. Linda still won't get rid of it, thinking they instead convert the library into a park area for people to swing and have picnics, getting rid of all the books and shelves. Oscar doesn't like the idea of losing his Grouch books and claims the tree is now shrinking.
	Cartoon	The Great Inventor Series: Science Salutes the Men and Women Who Have Changed the Way We Live. Cartoon about the days when people tried drinking ice cream soda before straws were invented. Awful messes were made getting more of the refreshment on their clothes than in their bellies. Until one day an ice cream parlor janitor noticed that when people brought their leashed pet anteaters in to enjoy an ice cream soda, the floor was always sucked completely clean. Realizing that nature had solved the problem, the janitor invented artificial anteater noses that strapped on over people's mouths... which eventually evolved into the modern straw. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2595)
	Film	Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615)
	Cartoon	A U train spells the words Unite, U-turn, Underground and Universe. (First: Episode 0624)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it. (First: Episode 0468)
	Cast	Maria as Chaplin gets their suspenders stuck on a wall while reaching for the door, demonstrating long, longer, and longest. (First: Episode 0786)
	Cartoon	A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387)
	Muppets	Bip Bipadotta sings about "Air." (First: Episode 2568)
	Animation	Number creatures #14 (First: Episode 2712)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster shares a sandwich. (First: Episode 1479)
	SCENE 6	Oscar replaces the tree with the original plant, assuring it won't be "growing" again anytime soon and the books will be staying. Oscar relents to having the plant around if it means he can keep his Grouch literature. He starts perusing the shelves as Lisa announces the sponsors.