Picture Segment Description

SCENE 1 Gordon passes by Oscar's trash can, where he sees signs reading "Construction, Crane Crossing," "Caution Careful!" and "Coming Closer Causes Catastrophes!" Oscar, wearing a construction hat, explains that he is expanding his swimming pool. As Oscar guides the crane driver inside his can, Gordon points out how many "C" words are on the signs.

Cartoon A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion.
(First: Episode 0032)

Film Alphabet Bates skywrites the letter C.
(First: Episode 0029)

Cartoon Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor)
(First: Episode 0029)

SCENE 2 Gordon hears Oscar using a loud jackhammer inside his can — one of many sounds.

Film "Noises"
A boy named Mark has a pair of magic glasses that helps him listen to the sounds of an ice cream truck, a dog, a horse galloping, a bicycle, and a parrot.
(First: Episode 0008)

SCENE 3 Susan advises Oscar against using dynamite to dig deeper into the rock, but Oscar doesn't follow her advice. BOOM! A shaken, sooty Oscar rethinks his plans.

Cartoon "Jazz #3"
(First: Episode 0002)

Cartoon Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
(First: Episode 0018)

Film "Two Song (Song of Two)"
(First: Episode 0001)

Cartoon "Jazz #3" (repeat)

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Trip to the Zoo — Bert asks Ernie about his day, but Ernie doesn't think anything interesting happened.
(First: Episode 0020)

SCENE 4 On the steps, Bob shows some pictures to Ronald, Ford, and Kate featuring one thing becoming something else, and has the kids put them in the correct order. Bob then introduces a silly song.

Muppets / Cast The Anything Muppets sing "Before and After." In between the verses, we see Buddy figuring out how to eat his slice of cake, aided by an unseen voice (Frank Oz). Eventually, he's left to his own devices and causes a mess when he tries to eat his cake before he opens his mouth.
(First: Episode 0047)

SCENE 4
cont'd Bob trasitions to someone who has a little trouble figuring out what letter comes after some others.

Celebrity Pat Paulsen says the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0067)

Cartoon Rocket countdown: The rocket shoots water.
(First: Episode 0022)

SCENE 5 Big Bird has just bought a necktie from the haberdashery, but he's upset because he thinks his neck is too long to wear it. Gordon says his neck is just fine and that the tie is too short, and trades his scarf for Big Bird's necktie.

Film "Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body.
(First: Episode 0024)

Film "Two Song (Song of Two)" (repeat)

SCENE 6 Big Bird tells Gordon that, looking at himself, he realizes there are twos of lots of things. He is confused when he sees three toes on each foot instead of two, and Gordon introduces Ernie with another number problem.

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Ernie Tries to Draw a 3 Part 1 — Bert doesn't like Ernie's drawing of a llama, so he draws a 3 instead.
(First: Episode 0002)

Cartoon "Jazz #3" (repeat)

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Ernie Tries to Draw a 3 Part 2 — Ernie's attempt at a 3 prompts Bert to call his attention back to the film.
(First: Episode 0002)

Cartoon "Jazz #3" (repeat)

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Ernie Tries to Draw a 3 Part 3 — Ernie says making a 3 is easy as pie, now.
(First: Episode 0002)

SCENE 7 Susan introduces the next film.

Film "In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods.
(First: Episode 0026)

Cartoon Rocket countdown: The spectators take off.
(First: Episode 0022)

SCENE 8 Mr. Hooper plays "Three of These Things" — first with a toy zebra, a toy lion, a toy elephant, and a toy car; next with a newspaper, a book, a comic, and an ice cream cone.

Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)

Cartoon A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
(First: Episode 0032)

SCENE 9 Susan shows some pictures of animal families to Suzie, Rico, and Kevin, and asks them which member of a different species doesn't belong. She then asks them how many people are in their own families.

Muppets "Five People in My Family"
(First: Episode 0008)

Muppets Gordon puts some features on some Anything Muppets, forming them into a family. They all sing "Consider Yourself".
(First: Episode 0001)

SCENE 10 Gordon says that "family" starts with F, just like "fly" and "frog."

Cartoon Speech Balloon: F for Fly
(First: Episode 0032)

Cartoon A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly.
(First: Episode 0034)

Muppets The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 1)

SCENE 11 Gordon introduces Ernie and a monster.

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Broken Ukulele Part 1 — Ernie encounters a sobbing Beautiful Day Monster, who is crying because his ukulele is broken.
(First: Episode 0080)

SCENE 11
cont'd Gordon wonders how it will work out with Ernie and the monster.

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Broken Ukulele Part 2 — Ernie brings back the ukulele, all fixed. And what does the monster do? He eats it!
(First: Episode 0080)

SCENE 11
cont'd Gordon chuckles as he warns about eating ukuleles, and signs off. Susan announces the sponsors.

CLOSING SIGNS Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bob and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.