Picture Segment Description

SCENE 1 Gordon welcomes the viewer, and attaches a wing to a model airplane. What's going to happen next?

SCENE 1
cont'd In the kitchen, Susan has plates, knives, forks and spoons, some glasses, and a tablecloth. What's going to happen next?

SCENE 1
cont'd In the courtyard, Bob has a flowerpot, some water, a flower, and some dirt. What's going to happen next?

SCENE 1
cont'd Big Bird has a washtub, a box of soapflakes, and some dirty laundry. Little Bird reminds him what happens next.

SCENE 1
cont'd Herry Monster has a box of cookies, and dumps them onto a wall. What happens next? Cookie Monster eats the cookies, and Herry eats the box!

Cartoon Jazz #6
(First: Episode 0011)

SCENE 2 Gordon sees an "OUT TO LUNCH" sign on the door of Hooper's Store. He needs some glue to fix the model airplane he just made. In addition, Bob needs a newspaper, and Oscar needs some sour cream to go with his cup of coffee. Gordon offers Bob his used newspaper from today, and Bob offers Oscar some sour cream. Oscar reluctantly offers to give Gordon some of his glue ("What do you think I pour on top of my sardine sundaes?").

Cartoon Jazz #6 (repeat)

SCENE 2
cont'd The three return to Hooper's Store to exchange items. Once everyone's out of earshot, Oscar comments that cooperation isn't so bad after all.

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Delivery Man — Ernie tries to help a mailman deliver a letter.
(First: Episode 0038)

Cartoon Speech Balloon: E for egg
A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."
(First: Episode 0002)

Muppets Bob reads the story of "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World."
(First: Episode 0138)

SCENE 3 Big Bird recites a poem about animal houses.

Film Some kids at the playground talk about different animal homes and imagine themselves living in them.
(First: Episode 0136)

Muppets Herbert Birdsfoot: Count to 20 — Herbert Birdsfoot and Grover count to 20 together.

Film The kids at the playground continue talking about animal homes.
(First: Episode 0136)

Cartoon B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
(First: Episode 0008)

Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: Counting Apples — Cookie Monster changes his mind on eating an apple causing Ernie to draw and redraw his numbers.
(First: Episode 0140)

Cartoon E Imagination
Artist: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0001)

SCENE 4 After talking to the kids about fear, Bob puts on a Halloween mask and attempts to scare Oscar with it. The trick backfires, as Oscar first believes that he is a friendly-looking stranger and invites him for a cup of hot mud. Once Bob reveals that it's himself, Oscar starts to compliment how handsome he's become.

Muppets Grover, lost in a scary forest, sings "I Whistle a Happy Tune" to keep his spirits up. He bumps into a monster -- but it's Cookie Monster, who happily joins in the song. Then they run into a little boy, and they run away, panicked.
(First: Episode 0131)

Song "B is for Bubble."
(First: Episode 0008)

SCENE 5 Gordon admires Big Bird's blue box filled with buttons. It's adorned with six B's, which stand for Big Bird's Beautiful Brass Button Box.

Cartoon B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (repeat)

Muppets Anything Muppets: Bus Stop — Three people wait for a bus.

Film Traffic light.
(First: Episode 0131)

Muppets Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off.
(First: Episode 0034)

Muppets Fran Brill narrates as the Hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it.

Cartoon Speech Balloon: B for Bug
(First: Episode 0136)

Muppets Kermit Lecture: B — Kermit tries to present a lecture about the letter B, but Cookie Monster eats away at it.
(First: Episode 0006)

Cartoon A boxer explains the letter "B".
(First: Episode 0006)

SCENE 6 In the kitchen, Susan sings "Three of These Things" with a paper plate, china saucer, round metal cake plate, and one rectangular see-through baking dish. She has the kids guess which doesn't belong. The baking dish is different, and Susan asks how the other three circular items differ from one another.

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Monster Steals Cookies — Ernie gets fooled by a disguised Beautiful Day Monster stealing his cookies, and Bert thanks him for saving him the last one.
(First: Episode 0041)

Cartoon E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg.
(First: Episode 0002)

Muppets Anything Muppets: Some and All
(First: Episode 0061)

Song Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play".
(First: Episode 0047)

SCENE 7 Susan and the kids say goodbye as Bob announces the sponsors.

CLOSING SIGNS Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.