Picture Segment Description

SCENE 1 Gordon and the kids (including Joey) are going to talk about the letter Q until Oscar intervenes. He unknowingly helps them think of Q words: he tells them to be quiet, asks if this is a quiz, says he doesn't like questions, he wants them to leave real quick, and finally shouts, "I quit!"

Cartoon Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
(First: Episode 0440)

Muppets "The Question Song"
(First: Episode 0378)

Cartoon Q for Quiet
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 0441)

SCENE 2 Bob encounters Big Bird with a bag of birdseed from his cousin Bertie. He plans on carrying it in a big bucket, but Bob shows him the bucket isn't big enough for all the birdseed. Bob proceeds to put the birdseed into a bigger bucket, then the biggest one he can find. Though it's big enough to fit all the birdseed, Big Bird points out that it also has a big hole in it. ("Bob, you made a boo-boo.")

Film The Mad Painter #5
(First: Episode 0345)

Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: Which Hat Will Fit — Ernie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in.
(First: Episode 0438)

Cartoon A girl imagines what would happen if she were a piece of gum.

Cast Kids comment as Bob's legs, torso, and head move into place.
(First: Episode 0489)

Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0323)

SCENE 3 Maria plays "Here Are Some Things" with Joey and another kid using pictures of different kinds of trees.

Muppets Cookie Monster: Rhymes with Buy — Guy Smiley helps Cookie Monster decide what to get at the bakery.
(First: Episode 0481)

Cartoon A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0278)

Film Counting 6 pieces of laundry on the line
(First: Episode 0419)

Film Apples grow on a tree.
(First: Episode 0093)

SCENE 4 Kate plays guitar and sings a folksy alphabet song with Maria.

Cast David and Luis prepare to hang clothes on a high clothesline using a ladder. However, they each climb it to hang one article at a time. A voiceover instructs them to cooperate, so David climbs the ladder as Luis hands him clothes to hang up.
(First: Episode 0438)

Cartoon Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one duck (Joe Flynn) is short and the other is tall.
(First: Episode 0303)

Film A trio of clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus illustrate tall and small.

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Tall, Taller, Tallest — Ernie is tall, Bert is taller, and Big Bird is the tallest.
(First: Episode 0284)

SCENE 5 In limbo, the cast presents a series of scenes demonstrating short and tall. Kate’s plant is short, while Maria’s plant is tall; a kid's boots are short, and Gordon’s waders are tall; Bob is too tall to enter a short door - until he shrinks.

Film George the Farmer demonstrates short and tall.
(First: Episode 0254)

Song "1-2-3-4-5!"
(First: Episode 0144)

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

Song Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
(First: Episode 0245)

Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Pied Piper of Hamelin — Kermit takes over for the Pied Piper.

Cartoon A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
(First: Episode 0414)

Film A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
(First: Episode 0438)

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Q Game — Ernie asks Bert to play a game where they take turns counting and then saying "Q."
(First: Episode 0440)

Film A man karate chops 5 boards.
(First: Episode 0469)

Muppets Kermit the Frog: Draw a Q — Grover helps Kermit draw a Q.
(First: Episode 0493)

Cartoon "Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!"
(First: Episode 0406)

Cartoon Country 5 (repeat)

Cartoon A girl runs home to her CASA.
(First: Episode 0503)

Cast Wally and Ralph: Wally has a new pair of pants, but they're too big for him. Ralph has a belt, but isn't quite sure how to secure it. Ralph ultimately suggests Wally eat a lot of bananas until he's big enough to fit into the pants.
(First: Episode 0353)

Film A magnetic scrapyard baler is used to lift cars into a compacter.
(First: Episode 0024)

Muppets Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert and David display their mad and happy faces.
(First: Episode 0343)

Cartoon A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head.
(First: Episode 0303)

SCENE 6 Big Bird reads a poem about pelicans, leading to...

Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Swimming and flying pelicans.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0322)

Cartoon I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy
(First: Episode 0255)

Cast In speed-induced footage, Maria, Luis and David put together a letter Q.
(First: Episode 0467)

Cartoon Q for Quiet (repeat)

Film A kid narrates footage of a termite colony.
(First: Episode 0408)

Film "Five Song (Song of Five)"
(First: Episode 0006)

Cartoon Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job.
(First: Episode 0407)

Cartoon Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
(First: Episode 0001)

SCENE 7 Maria joins the kids in a game of Duck-Duck-Goose as Bob announces the sponsors.

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