Episode 2582

	Sesame Street
Air date	March 28, 1989
Season	Season 20 (1988-1989)
Written by	Nancy Sans
Production	December 22 & 23, 1988
Sponsors	D, I, 10

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	While gushing over how nice it is today, Maria habitually picks a piece of lint from Oscar's shoulder. He gets angry and she puts it back, which is exactly what he expects to happen as he enjoys complaining about it. Uncle Wally spoils the mood when he compliments Oscar on the lint instead. Oscar tosses it away in frustration and Wally decides to wear it himself.
	Cartoon	A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over. (First: Episode 0010)
	Muppets	Grover is the newest employee of a fast food franchise which serves such delicacies as O'Fish, O'Salad, O'Rye Bread, and O'Milk. However, this is a different kind of "fast food" restaurant: the food zips by the customer on trays across the counter, and falls to the floor if it's not caught in time. Mr. Johnson is not ready for this, so he asks if there's any "slow food." There is, but it's served by a turtle who takes longer than Mr. Johnson wants to wait.
	Film	A bulldozer moves dirt up a construction site. (First: Episode 0799)
	SCENE 2	Athena wakes up Hoots with her scat singing practice. He gets her to practice singing so quietly she's inaudible, but her jumping around still keeps Hoots from sleeping. He suggests she practice getting sleep, which is what good singers need to do too.
	Animation	Where do the Ds fit? (First: Episode 1617)
	Muppets	Game Show: The Remembering Game (First: Episode 0310)
	Film	Shots of the Louisiana bayou are shown, as harmonica music is played. (First: Episode 2507)
	Cartoon	Monster in the dark (finding a light switch) (First: Episode 0493)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird notices that Bob has two different socks on. Bob notes that every time he does the laundry, he loses another sock and jokes that there must be someone snatching them up. Inspired, Big Bird comes up with another saga in the continuing adventures of Blue Bird!
	SCENE 3 cont'd	The patrons of the local laundromat (including Maria, Bob, and Gina) are all missing one sock. Blue Bird crashes through the ceiling to help, heroically stating, "I meant to do that; anyone can land in the street." Disguised as a pile of laundry, he stakes out a nearby dryer when the nefarious Sock Snatcher (Richard Libertini) sneaks in. He swipes socks from everyone's collection until he catches Blue Bird's attention. A chase ensues until Blue Bird finally apprehends him. Blue Bird disposes of the Sock Snatcher by sliding him across a table into some boxes of soap as if he were bowling, finally landing the criminal into a hamper. The patrons retrieve their socks as Blue Bird takes off back into the skies.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Bob compliments Big Bird's story, when a man (looking suspiciously like the Sock Snatcher) comes by and returns Bob's socks.
	Cartoon	"Ten Pins" Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2267)
	Muppets	Ernie notices that none of the lampposts are on, and the lights won't turn on. Bert says that there is a blackout, but has to repeat himself when Ernie suggests they watch TV, play a record, and listen to the radio. Ernie decides to call someone to see if anybody else knows about it. He calls Oscar the Grouch, who grouchily asks who's calling and threatens to "see to it that you don't sleep for a week." Ernie says "It's Bert" and hangs up. (First: Episode 0652)
	Cartoon	Consonant Sound Limerick: D—Dog Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149)
	Film	Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (First: Episode 0772)
	SCENE 4	Professor D. Rabbit commentates for the Sesame Street Sports coverage of the world championship letter matching, where letters must find their upper or lowercase counterparts. An uppercase I zips around the street, encountering other lowercase letters until she finds her lowercase match by the doors of 123 Sesame Street. The professor rewards them with a carrot, saying it's "good for the 'I's'."
	Cartoon	Four people cooperate building a table. (First: Episode 0537)
	Muppets	Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows."
	Cartoon	Dr. Nancy Einstein does some experimenting with ice cubes. Artist: Bruce Cayard
	Film	Some kids watch a silent film featuring a lady in a burning house. They instruct her to "go to the EXIT!" (First: Episode 0536)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird tries to play hide and seek with Alice, but she doesn't quite get the concept of the game. He assigns her a hiding spot to get the gist of it, then is unable to find her (as she's following just behind him).
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0455)
	Muppets	Bushman Bill introduces Didi O'Day and the Dew Drops performing "D Duah Duah." (First: Episode 1449)
	Film	A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504)
	Cartoon	Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end. (First: Episode 0350)
	SCENE 6	Uncle Wally reads to Elmo from different sections of the newspaper, explaining what each one covers. He then shows another use for the paper - covering one's head when the weather report calls for rain.
	Song	Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Goats." (First: Episode 2366)
	Cartoon	"Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Diana talk about ideas.
	Cartoon	Shooting stars form the letter I/i. (First: Episode 2218)
	SCENE 7	Big Bird and Uncle Wally observe Elmo teaching Alice what a newspaper is. Even though he can't read yet he tries to echo what Uncle Wally told him earlier, but when discussing the articles he instead jumbles all the news stories up. Before announcing the sponsors, Uncle Wally tells Big Bird that even if Elmo can't read, he's still got a big imagination.