Sesame Street
Plot	Susan writes a letter to her parents.
Air date	November 19, 1986
Season	Season 18 (1986-1987)
Sponsors	E, J, 4
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At night, Susan writes a letter to her parents, and explains that since they live out of town, she likes to let them know what's going on around them as much as she can. She writes about the day that she had, and what happened first...
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Telly is wailing because he got a splinter in his "favorite finger". Susan calms him down and takes care of it, and tells him what she did when she got a splinter in her favorite finger, and her favorite things that she could do with it. Once it's bandaged up, Telly thinks that he hears his finger beginning to heal.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Susan remembers another thing she can do with her favorite finger: tapping her cheek as she thinks.
	Cartoon	E for Erase (EKA: Episode 0666)
	Animation	George the Farmer demonstrates noisy and quiet. (EKA: Episode 0931)
	Cast	Bob, Olivia, and David sing a song about the rain...outside, on a rainy day. (EKA: Episode 2073)
	Animation	Carrot subtraction (4-1)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit the Frog asks Elmo about his ideas for games.
	Cartoon	Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata
	Video	Scanimate kids intro. (EKA: Episode 0813)
	SCENE 2	Susan writes about Miles' first Birdketeer meeting, and Big Bird teaching everyone the Birdketeer motto.
	Cartoon	Jughead Jones's J story (EKA: Episode 0231)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming.
	Cartoon	The Funny Four tickles all the people and animals he sees.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie plays a game of tag with Bert, who is reading his book. (EKA: Episode 1026)
	Cartoon	E for End (EKA: Episode 2164)
	Film	A man and a little girl perform small aerobic workouts. (EKA: Episode 1845)
	Cartoon	A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window.
	SCENE 3	At the Birdketeer meeting, Big Bird plays a game of adding kids into his nest with a song, and Susan (as the "nest mother") becomes the one who puts the birds in the nest.
	Cartoon	A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
	Muppets	Grover: Grover appears in a library to tell the viewers about what a library is. The librarian, however, keeps telling Grover to be quieter, until he can barely even be heard. (EKA: Episode 1858)
	Film	Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (EKA: Episode 2059)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts the Letter of the Day Pageant.
	Cartoon	Hockey player (Spanish).
	Insert	Hoots gets into a musician's duel with Wynton Marsalis. Hoots ends up winning by flying and playing his saxophone at the same time.
	Film	A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0815)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster reads "SAD"
	Cartoon	A man walks through the jungle, trying to photograph a bear, a tiger, and an elephant. (EKA: Episode 1188)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Kermit: Cookie Monster encounters a green napkin. Every time he squeezes the napkin, a new number appears, allowing Cookie to count up to 20. This creeps him out, but what's even more creepy is when Kermit shows up inside the napkin at the end of the bit -- he's also green, after all. (EKA: Episode 0797)
	Cartoon	A girl narrates a poem about the sad time when her goldfish died. Artist: Bruce Cayard
	Muppets	Four Big Cheers Spanish soundtrack
	Cartoon	Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion) (EKA: Episode 1257)
	SCENE 4	Susan resolves her letter, and she sings about her family while looking at the photos above her writing desk.
	Cartoon	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
	Film	A girl in the city mails a letter to her grandfather in the country in Maine, and we watch its journey through the postal service. (EKA: Episode 2125)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover and Chris play the Tickle-Stop game.
	Cartoon	Typewriter Guy: E-Ear (EKA: Episode 1446)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose, so he pulls Bert's nose off and puts it on the statue. (EKA: Episode 0677)
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster presents four lions.
	SCENE 5	In the night, Susan drops her letter into the mailbox, and finds Telly still listening to his favorite finger healing. Susan points out that his body needs rest to help it heal. Telly walks home, as Susan announces the sponsors before saying goodnight while the standard harmonica theme plays.

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