Picture Segment Description

SCENE 1 Maria welcomes the viewer from the yard, where Telly and the kids are writing their own stories today. Telly hasn’t started on his because he’s scared that the wind will blow his paper away, all the way to the Amazon jungle where he’ll have to go to fetch it, and maybe ask a monkey for help. His imagination runs away with him until Maria offers a solution: he can hold the paper down with his right hand while holding his pencil in his left hand. Telly likes this, only now he doesn’t know what to write about. Maria suggests the scenario he just imagined, but he’s already forgotten it.

Cartoon A salesman offers a passerby the letter N for next to nothing.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 1804)

Film Old paper, new paper
Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett
(First: Episode 0911)

Muppets Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Brian talk about here and there.
(First: Episode 0127)

Cartoon A painter paints a Number Nine, then hangs it.
Artist: Tom Gabbay
(First: Episode 1488)

Muppets Ernie and Bert: Ernie Makes a Grocery List — Bert observes Ernie write out a shopping list using chocolate pudding.
(First: Episode 1967)

Cartoon A hippo tries to get a coconut from a tree.
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 1899)

Song Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round."
(First: Episode 0413)

SCENE 2 Maria encounters Oscar, who is watching Slimey take a picture of his pet slug, Sluggy. Maria finds Sluggy repulsive, and Oscar tells her everything he knows about slugs. Slimey indicates he wants a picture of Maria, but Oscar clarifies that he wants it to be with Sluggy.

Cartoon A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him.
(First: Episode 0799)

Film Alone Song
(First: Episode 0921)

Muppets / Cast Bob reads "The Turtle Who Wanted to Make Friends" about a turtle who comes to the forest, but is afraid of every potential animal friend he sees.
(First: Episode 1959)

Cartoon Speech Balloon: C for carrot
(First: Episode 0203)

Film A boy visits the hospital to see his mother's new baby.
(First: Episode 1125)

SCENE 3 Susan and the kids watch as Slimey blends “P” and “ET” blocks to form the word “pet.” Susan thinks Slimey is asking to be petted, but Oscar says he really wants them to pet Sluggy. They ask Slimey if it's okay, but he tells Susan and the kids to pet Oscar instead, which they do.

Cartoon Millie and Molly argue over whether to get a pet cat or a dog, so their mom gets them a turtle instead.
(First: Episode 1314)

Muppets Twiddlebugs: Hanging a Picture — The Twiddlebugs get a new postage stamp portrait of George Washington.
(First: Episode 0776)

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

Cartoon Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat.
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1141)

Muppets Count's Castle: Mailbags — The Count counts letters in the mail.
(First: Episode 0420)

Cartoon A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0783)

Cast Maria as Chaplin obeys the word HOP, then switches it to STOP.
(First: Episode 1982)

Cartoon Uncle Al tells his nephew a story about a dog he had, but gets mixed up with the details.
Artist: Marv Newland
(First: Episode 0510)

SCENE 4 Piri brings his boombox to the Fix-it Shop for Luis to fix. He wants Luis to fix it soon, as he dislikes being without his music. Luis suggests that Piri can make music on his own, talking about how his family used to do that in New Mexico. After playing a bit of "La Bamba" he loans Piri his guitar and begins to teach him how to play a couple of chords.

Cartoon A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background.
(First: Episode 0791)

Muppets "The Opposite Song"
(First: Episode 1111)

Cartoon I Thought a Thought ... about circles.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0247)

Film Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish.
(First: Episode 0456)

Cartoon I Thought a Thought ... about circles. (Spanish)
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0434)

Celebrity Whitman Mayo recites the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0866)

Cartoon A man gets a letter C in the mail.
(First: Episode 0294)

SCENE 5 Luis gives Piri back his boombox, and Piri says he wants to get better at playing the guitar. He fantasizes about hearing his solo performance at Carnegie Hall on his boombox.

Cartoon Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated by their group, teaching a lesson in counting backwards.
(First: Episode 0006)

Muppets Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep."
(First: Episode 1705)

Cartoon Nine penguins slide down a hill.
Artist: Owe Gustafson
(First: Episode 1532)

Film Seashells form various patterns in the sand.
(First: Episode 2031)

Cartoon A boy listens to his surroundings by the ocean, until his mom calls him for lunch.
(First: Episode 2053)

Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Prince Sleeps — Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty and falls asleep.
(First: Episode 0513)

Cartoon A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird.
Artist: Vince Collins
(First: Episode 1616)

SCENE 6 Big Bird and the kids watch Piri practice guitar, and talk about playing musical instruments. Luis announces the sponsors as a solo guitar version of the "Sesame Street Theme" plays.