Episode 2121

	Sesame Street
	Piri gets a job at Hooper's
Air date	December 23, 1985
Season	Season 17 (1985-1986)
Written by	Sonia Manzano
Production	October 15, 1985
Sponsors	J, O, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Piri wants to ask David for a part-time job at Hooper's Store. Oscar demonstrates how he should make the ask, with Telly's help. He gets face-to-face with Telly (acting as David) and loudly demands a job with the threat of a mud pie to the face. Telly thinks he should instead pathetically beg and offer a big kiss. Piri doesn't want to do either of their methods and describes how he would make the ask. David happens to be wheeling by on a delivery and hears this, hiring Piri on the spot.
	Cartoon	Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal) (First: Episode 0784)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to have some cookies. Bert asks Ernie if he knows what "before" means, and Ernie demonstrates by saying that before he can have a cookie, he has to open the lid to a cookie jar, and after he closes the lid, he eats the cookie. He demonstrates a few times, until he loses his appetite for dinner. (First: Episode 0007)
	Song	"Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets	Ferlinghetti Donizetti delivers the "Rappin' Alphabet" while Grover displays his super smooth break-dance moves. (First: Episode 2033)
	Cartoon	"Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1109)
	SCENE 2	Piri starts his new job by mopping the floors of the store. Telly and Oscar drop by for a bite and Telly orders some ice cream. David discovers something's gone wrong with the freezer and the ice cream has melted. While he goes to consult Maria about repairing it, Telly suggests Piri take the ice cream to the North Pole to re-freeze it. Oscar instead recommends Piri create the Grouch delicacy - ice cream pickle soup. He goes to fetch some of his Grouch friends. When David returns, he goes into a panic over the Grouch chaos that's about to ensue.
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: J for jump (First: Episode 0772)
	Film	A zookeeper feeds some polar bears sardines. (First: Episode 1647)
	Cartoon	A little man misplaces his J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog describes a black rotary dial telephone that is skinny in the middle, has a round base, and a big circle with a lot of little circles, and has cords at the back. Cookie Monster describes the same telephone and adds that it is delicious. He eats the receiver, and it rings inside him. (First: Episode 1422)
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989)
	SCENE 3	Telly listens to the commotion caused by the Grouches outside the Hooper's front window. He doesn't want to look at the chaos, but describes what he thinks is going on by listening. After Oscar and the Grouches (including Grundgetta) dart off, Telly looks in the store, which is rendered a total mess. David tells Piri (both wearing slickers) to treat this as a learning experience about working in the store, while Telly points out how much better his North Pole idea sounds now.
	Cartoon	A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments. (First: Episode 0774)
	Film	Two boys working at the family Mexican restaurant show how they prepare for the day, and how tacos and enchiladas are made. (First: Episode 1890)
	Cartoon	Find the Square quiz (First: Episode 1602)
	Muppets	Madame Schwartzhead sings about reading words while her stage manager causes accidents. (First: Episode 0939)
	Cartoon	Find the Square quiz (Spanish version) (First: Episode 1751)
	Film / Cartoon	The letter O introduces many words he starts. (First: Episode 0621)
	Insert	Bob, Linda and Timi show some kids how to say "butterfly" in sign language. They sing a song about it. (First: Episode 1064)
	Cartoon	A man (voice of Richard Hunt) answers the TELEPHONE and gives it to the plant. (First: Episode 1828)
	Film	Letter O hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0338)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert cooperate to make Ernie's bed. Ernie notices that on his bed, which Bert is preparing, there is one side where the blanket is shorter than the other. Bert suggests that Ernie and him cooperate while making the blanket even on both sides, in the process the blanket is shorter at one side than the other. (First: Episode 1388)
	Film	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011)
	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 / Celebrity	Ron Darling of the New York Mets shows Big Bird how he'd pitch a fastball. (First: Episode 2093)
	Cartoon	The big green balls and one little orange ball ride over the top of the hills. The little one can't make it over the big hill, but conquers the small hill. (First: Episode 1896)
	Song	"All By Myself Song" (First: Episode 2044)
	Cartoon	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks. (First: Episode 0478)
	Muppets	A group of Muppets (including Herry Monster) split into two separate teams for a game based on whether they have letters or numbers printed on their shirts. However, one of the small ones points out that they've split into one team of big players and one team of small players. They eventually agree to play Tiddly-Winks. (First: Episode 0298)
	Animation	An opened egg is put back together. (First: Episode 1454)
	Muppets	Professor Grover teaches his students what "school" is, but he instead gets the lesson. (First: Episode 1969)
	Cartoon	Animated quilt patterns. (First: Episode 1470)
	Film	An osprey flies around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0293)
	Cartoon	A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768)
	SCENE 4	Maria whispers something to Lindsey, which makes Oscar curious. He asks for them to show him what they were discussing and he unfortunately receives a kiss on the head from Lindsey. "That's what you get for being curious with nice people," Maria tells him before announcing the sponsors.