Episode 1861

	Sesame Street
	Telly meets Mr. Snuffleupagus
Air date	December 26, 1983
Season	Season 15 (1983-1984)
Written by	Sara Compton
Production	October 11, 1983
Sponsors	I, U, 5

Picture	Segment	Description
	Celebrity	George Benson sings "The Greatest Love of All" (with Michael Masser on piano) to some children. (First: Episode 1309)
	Cartoon	A horse is drawn as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0377)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. Bert says, "I thought maybe you weren't here!" Ernie starts to search to see if he can find himself. (First: Episode 0171)
	Film	A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0297)
	Cartoon	Willie Wimple: Tree Destruction Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0516)
	Film	A flower opens and closes. (First: Episode 0441)
	Cast	David tries to close a window and a door, but they open by themselves. (First: Episode 0772)
	Film	A woman holds a painting of five chickens. (First: Episode 0769)
	SCENE 1	Gordon and the kids read an AT. They place an H in front, making the word HAT. As Gordon congratulates them, Barkley appears and runs off with their A. Gordon goes to get another letter.
	Cartoon	Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Erik play a rhyming game. (First: Episode 1754)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (First: Episode 0314)
	SCENE 2	Gordon returns with a letter O, which they use to make the word HOT. Barkley pulls the same stunt again, only now taking the letter T. Gordon has one more letter to replace it with.
	Cartoon	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143)
	Film	The kids form a capital I. (First: Episode 0462)
	Film	How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579)
	SCENE 3	Gordon comes back, now with a letter P to make the word HOP. Barkley takes the letter P. Everyone follows him to the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, where they see the other letters he's stolen. Gordon, despite believing that dogs can't spell, discovers the letters he's taken all form the word PAT. Everyone begins patting the dog.
	Film	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077)
	Cartoon	A girl runs home to her CASA. (First: Episode 0503)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert finds it difficult to listen to Pigeons in the News while Ernie and the Sesame Street Citizens' Band are outside practicing. In yet another case of miscommunication between the two, since Bert doesn't like it when they practice outside, Ernie leads the band into the apartment so they can practice inside. (First: Episode 0982)
	Animation	Five firefighters put out a flaming 5. (First: Episode 1614)
	Insert	The Count counts five children as they rearrange their positions. (First: Episode 1439)
	Film	Milk! (From Farm To Market To Home) (First: Episode 0795)
	SCENE 4	Telly Monster unpacks his lunch. He recalls when he was a baby, he couldn't eat apples and peanut butter sandwiches; instead, he had to drink his mommy's milk, like the following...
	Film	Baby animals are fed milk. (First: Episode 0238)
	Cartoon	U for uniform. (First: Episode 0702)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0131)
	Cartoon	It's a squirrel Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1736)
	Muppets	Construction worker Sally Smith is the surprise contestant of the on-location game "This Is Your Lunch." Sally must guess the contents of her lunchbox correctly after each food item gives her clues. (First: Episode 1631)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: U for UP (First: Episode 0650)
	SCENE 5	Olivia comes across Telly in the midst of another one of his worrying problems. He explains that he's going to Big Bird's nest for a playdate, but he's been told he'll meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and he doesn't feel he can imagine him properly. When he goes inside, he doesn't see Snuffleupagus, but Big Bird tells him that he hasn't arrived yet. Telly tries to imagine what he looks like, when Snuffy (wearing a straw hat and bandana) appears before his very eyes. He runs out to tell Olivia about his encounter and how well his imagination works.
	Cartoon	A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder. (First: Episode 0779)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit attempts to demonstrate between by standing between two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry. (First: Episode 0283)
	Cartoon	Passengers on a crowded subway illustrate between. (First: Episode 0795)
	SCENE 6	Telly rejoins Big Bird and Snuffy, who is planning on becoming a farmer. He has all his tools and has planted boxes of uncooked spaghetti in a pot, intending to grow a spaghetti tree. Telly points out such things don't exist, but since neither do Snuffleupaguses, it's a moot point. Big Bird also confirms spaghetti trees aren't real, but inspires him to grow cabbages instead. Big Bird goes to get some cabbage seeds from Hooper's Store, and Snuffy asks him to get some corned beef seeds as well.
	Film	Kids identify a piece of cabbage in close-up. (First: Episode 0368)
	Cartoon	Five Swans Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1460)
	Cast / Muppets	Bob and The Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood", introducing a fisherman and a farmer. (First: Episode 0892)
	Film	The Mad Painter #5 (First: Episode 0345)
	Animation	Different shapes appear inside a circle, until it rounds itself out. (First: Episode 1739)
	SCENE 7	Telly tells Olivia all about Mr. Snuffleupagus. Big Bird thinks Olivia is now on his side, but she still feels the two imagined the whole scenario. He brings her inside the nest to see the spaghetti Snuffy tried planting, and Telly is shocked to see it actually is real. Olivia offers some explanations as Snuffy announces the sponsors.