Picture Segment Description

SCENE 1 Gordon practices playing his guitar (a pastiche of "What's the Name of That Song?") on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, attracting the discriminating ear of Oscar the Grouch. Oscar thinks that Gordon can help him practice for his act at the Grouch talent show. ("You should see me in my sequin jumpsuit," Oscar brags.) Oscar whips out his ratty guitar and manages to play a complex flamenco tune perfectly, which shocks Gordon. Oscar explains that's his trouble - he plays too good and would be laughed off the stage. Gordon helps him practice sounding worse and worse, and Oscar eventually perfects his technique by smashing the guitar and playing the wreckage. ("Pete Townshend, eat your heart out!")

Cartoon Monster in the dark (finding a light switch)
(First: Episode 0493)

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Imagine Ice Skating — When Bert can't sleep, Ernie suggests that he imagine himself doing something he likes... like ice skating.
(First: Episode 0796)

Film Kids compete in a speed skating competition. (version one)
(First: Episode 0412)

Muppets Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble.
(First: Episode 0547)

Cartoon Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot.
(First: Episode 0795)

Cast David sings "Wet Paint" as Gordon and Maria ignore the WET PAINT signs around them.

Cartoon 3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.)

Celebrity Tennis star Arthur Ashe plays slow and fast.
(First: Episode 0781)

Film Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder.
(First: Episode 0254)

Cartoon What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0406)

Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Aladdin and His Lamp — Kermit helps Aladdin bring light to the Genie's lamp.

Cartoon The great Alphonso and his trained X's
(First: Episode 0299)

Celebrity Tennis star Arthur Ashe says the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0775)

Film A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
(First: Episode 0469)

Cartoon The letter X
(First: Episode 0482)

Insert During a downpour, Bob sings "I Don't Always Like the Rain."
(First: Episode 0905)

Cartoon The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
(First: Episode 0325)

Film A gemsbok runs fast, then faster.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0416)

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Talk Slower — Ernie quickly tries to tell Bert that his toast is burning.
(First: Episode 0323)

Cartoon 5s go through a space-shredder and produce 5 objects.
(First: Episode 0864)

SCENE 2 David and the kids (including Debo) invite Maria for a bike ride, but she has to stay and work at the Fix-it Shop. David invites Gordon to take Maria's place, but Gordon claims he's waiting for Susan. Maria informs him that she called earlier and will be arriving late, so Gordon comes up with another excuse. Maria catches on with Gordon's real problem when she offers her bicycle to him and he claims the wheel is loose. When the others leave, Gordon confesses to Maria that he doesn't know how to ride a bike. She tells him that grown-ups don't always know what kids do and teaches him how to ride. Eventually he gets the hang of it, and Maria tells him to return after riding around the block.

Animation Sand X/x
(First: Episode 0638)

Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper: X Marks the Spot!
(First: Episode 0456)

Film The making of a jumpsuit, from the initial design to the finished product.

Cartoon A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa.
(First: Episode 0765)

Song "Cow Dog Song"
(First: Episode 0783)

Cartoon A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end.
(First: Episode 0337)

Muppets Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum.
(First: Episode 0707)

Cartoon A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it.
(First: Episode 0770)

SCENE 3 Gordon returns, having got the skill of cycling licked now. He decides to take the bike for a ride around the neighborhood...

Film / Cast Gordon rides his bike around the city.

Cartoon The Typewriter: I for Ink
(First: Episode 0847)

Muppets A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be."
(First: Episode 0773)

Cartoon A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I."
(First: Episode 0143)

Insert In a parody of the 120 Music Masterpieces commercial, Milton Crust (Luis) promotes a wonderful new opportunity being offered by the Long John's Rhyming Word Society: for only $9.98, the customer will get a key and a pea. In addition, anybody that calls right at that very second will receive other items (and even more items 6 months later) that rhyme with "key" and "pea," free of charge, all of which are brought in by Milton's assistants (David and Maria) until he gets dragged away.

Cartoon Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving.
(First: Episode 0467)

Cartoon The letter X (repeat)

SCENE 4 Big Bird is amazed at how quickly Gordon has learned to ride a bike and wishes he could do the same. "I've tried and I've tried, and I know if I can't do something I can't, and two wheels - I'm a flop," he says before riding off on his unicycle. The others stare in bewilderment and applaud him as David announces the sponsors.

CLOSING SIGNS Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.