Episode 2406

Sesame Street
Oscar's School for Worms
Air date	January 25, 1988
Season	Season 19 (1987-1988)
Sponsors U, W, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Telly learns from David and Gina that today, Hooper's Store is having a sale on balls, crayons and hats. As Telly worries over what he should get, a pair of lads buy everything on sale. Telly decides what he wants just as everything runs out. He orders a glass of milk instead, then wonders if he should switch to juice.
	Film	Two boys working at the family Mexican restaurant show how they prepare for the day, and how tacos and enchiladas are made. (EKA: Episode 2341)
	Celebrity	Smokey Robinson performs “U Really Got a Hold on Me” with a clingy letter U.
	Cartoon	Typewriter: U for Umbrella Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 0891)
	Muppets	Template:Eba Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. Bert asks Ernie why he's doing that, and Ernie says that he broke a cookie jar. Ernie has to put the cookies somewhere, so he put them in the sugar bowl – and put the sugar in the flowerpot, which meant that he had to put the flower in a milk bottle. He put the milk in the soda bottle, the soda into the fishbowl, and the fish in Bert's cowboy hat. Bert asks, "Now what am I going to wear when I want to play cowboy?" Ernie puts the pot on Bert's head and says, "Ride 'em, cowboy, Bert!" (First: Episode 0279)
	Cartoon	Uncle Al tells his nephew a story about a dog he had, but gets mixed up with the details. Artist: Marv Newland (EKA: Episode 1145)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird introduces a child crowd to Snuffy, who will perform an original act. Snuffy plans to walk from here to there backwards, but a nearby cow does it first. He changes it to hopping, but is beaten again by a rabbit. Snuffy settles on walking and hopping.
	Cartoon	"Wanda the Witch" Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001)
	Song	"I Can Do It By Myself" (EKA: Episode 1736)
	Muppets	The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink. (EKA: Episode 1576)
	Film	Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0823)
	Muppets	Template:Mkmg Grover and Eric observe the differences between fur and skin. (EKA: Episode 1733)
	Animation	Joe Raposo counts 40 dots.
	Insert	Bob, Maria, Big Bird, Olivia and Linda sing "Put a Circle."
	Cartoon	An award for "U". Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0036)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies! (EKA: Episode 0897)
	Cartoon	More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz
	Film	Song: "Water, Wind, and Sun". (EKA: Episode 2059)
	Cartoon	"Magic Pig Calypso Song" Artist: Vince Collins (EKA: Episode 0827)
	Insert	Luis teaches the Two-Headed Monster how to use the new telephone booths on Sesame Street. Once they've figured out how to use it, one of the heads uses one booth to call the other head on the other booth.
	Film	Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP. (EKA: Episode 0885)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit the Frog reports on the story of Jack and Jill. Jack needs someone to go up the hill with him. First he chooses Mervin, then Francine and Gladys the Cow. Finally Jack chooses Jill, who refuses go up the hill with him again, so he asks Kermit to fill in. (EKA: Episode 1071)
	Cartoon	"Five Bears in the Bed" get subtracted as they fall off the bed. (EKA: Episode 2243)
	SCENE 3	Oscar's School for Worms is in session! He teaches Slimey and his worm friends about sorting trash by singing "Three of These Things." The worms point out the apple doesn't belong and wish to have it. Oscar hands it to them and they devour it, leaving only a cardboard apple core.
	Cartoon	The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (EKA: Episode 2244)
	Film	With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names. (EKA: Episode 2040)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276)
File:Baker7.jpg	Film	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011)
	SCENE 4	Oscar's next lesson is on subtraction. He has the worms climb onto an apple and recites a poem that will subtract two worms. The worms then make off with the apple, so Oscar recites a poem that subtracts himself.
	Cartoon	W - wallpaper (EKA: Episode 0291)
File:500023.jpg	Film	A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm. (EKA: Episode 0815)
	Muppets	"Muppets Rhyme in School." (EKA: Episode 2291)
	Animation	Sand U / u
	SCENE 5	Telly participates in Worm School by pretending to be a worm, using his finger to simulate wriggling. Gordon and Susan invite him to the park where he can be a monster instead. Oscar then announces the sponsors.

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