Episode 2367

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Sesame Street
Plot	Jiffy the turtle / Barkley the cow (repeat from Season 17)
Air date	December 1, 1987
Season	Season 19 (1987-1988)
Sponsors	I, K, 11
Syndication
DVD

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At Hooper's, David greets Jiffy the turtle, who comes in for breakfast. Jiffy speaks very slowly, so David makes sure Gordon and Linda have everything they need - this could take a long time. Jiffy doesn't know whether he wants eggs or pancakes, and eventually decides to have corn flakes with fruit. He also asks to see the menu.
	Film	A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
	Cartoon	"I in the Sky." (EKA: Episode 0514)
	Muppets	Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day. (EKA: Episode 2159)
	Film	A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash. (EKA: Episode 1114)
	Cartoon	The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i. (EKA: Episode 0815)
	SCENE 2	It's lunch time, but Jiffy is still eating his breakfast. David tells Maria to wait for a seat; Jiffy's almost done - or is he? Now he wants lunch.
	Cartoon	A girl tries to describe what kind of sandwich she wants, but her dad keeps misunderstanding her.
	Muppets	Grover demonstrates near and far. (EKA: Episode 0787)
	Animation	George the Farmer is "near" when he's on a barrel; he's "far" when he's on the porch. (EKA: Episode 0235)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Judy Collins and Mr. Snuffleupagus sing a madrigal rendition of the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 1051) The opening and closing street scenes, with Big Bird talking to Judy Collins about the possibility of singing with Snuffy, are cut from this episode.^[1]
	Cartoon	I-Ink (angry bird) (EKA: Episode 0514)
	SCENE 3	Dr. Nobel Price has had his assistants put horns and a cowbell on Barkley because he's conducting an experiment. He wants to know if a dog will say "moo" if it has horns on its head, wears a cowbell, and eats hay. Maria feeds him the hay, but all he says is "aroooo!" Maria reassures Dr. Price that his experiment did teach something, and just then, Barkley runs away. Dr. Price decides to go looking for Snuffy ...
	Cartoon	A boy shares his bubbles with some kids dancing in a field.
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster tries to cure itself of hiccups.
	Cartoon	A cube tries to fit through wall holes of different shapes. (EKA: Episode 2125)
	Cast	Maria and Luis play castaways on an island, when Bob shows up as a new friend. (EKA: Episode 1858)
	Film	Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.
	SCENE 4	Barkley enters Big Bird's nest area, and Big Bird is shocked to find that Barkley has horns and a cowbell on him. He guesses that Barkley's going to a dog costume party, then thinks Barkley might be sick with "cow-itis." Maria enters to get Barkley, and fills Big Bird in about Dr. Price's experiment.
	Cartoon	K is for Kiss (EKA: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert sing "But I Like You."
	Cartoon	An old woman emerges from the pouch of a bouncing kangaroo. She proclaims, "K! Kangaroo!" (EKA: Episode 0810)
	Film	Two kids visit the police department and watch a policeman prepare some horses for a parade happening in New York City. The kids even get to ride the horses.
	Cartoon	A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ... and promptly wiggle around. Artist: James Rizzi (EKA: Episode 2208)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog demonstrates to the viewer how your neck moves to different positions without moving your body, and how you'd have to move your body at different positions without your neck. In the process, he falls off his mushroom. "All in all, I'd say it's a good thing we have our necks," he says.
	SCENE 5	Maria makes the bus just in time, but Gordon and Linda miss it. Snuffy invites them to follow him to the Snuffleupa-bus stop, where he'll catch the Snuffleupa-bus to Snufflegarten. Gordon and Linda are amazed at the size of the bus stop and the bus itself. After he gets on the Snuffleupa-bus and goes off to school, Gordon and Linda notice their bus leaving at another stop, and they run to catch it.
	Cartoon	Bus Stop. (EKA: Episode 1396)
	Muppets	A girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish soundtrack) (EKA: Episode 0262)
	Cartoon	Pinball #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1933)
	Muppets	Ernie eats one of Bert's cookies and doesn't know what to tell him. Bert observes that there are four cookies when there should be five. No matter how Ernie arranges them, there are still four cookies. Since Bert doesn't want to see four cookies, Ernie eats another one, making it three instead of four. (EKA: Episode 0872)
	Film	Kids count ten buses as they drive by. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0406)
	Animation	Stop-motion: tap-dancing shoes.
	SCENE 6	At night, David closes up Hooper's, and points out to Gordon that Jiffy is still inside, finishing up his (large) supper, which he will finish by the morning (tomorrow, he's eating at home). Maria announces the sponsors.