Episode 1556

	Sesame Street
	Oscar spends the day with Irvine
Air date	April 27, 1981
Season	Season 12 (1980-1981)
Production	January 29, 1981
Sponsors	G, N, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird paces outside his nest and tells Maria he's waiting for Mr. Snuffleupagus to return from his first day of Snufflegarden. Maria passes on hanging around, finding the idea silly. Big Bird then discovers Snuffy was behind the doors the whole time ("I didn't want to interrupt your pacing," explains Snuffy) and goes inside as Snuffy tells him about his day.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Today, Snuffy learned the important skill of underlining. He's brought his workbook over so Big Bird can learn too. Big Bird does an exercise where he underlines images of objects one can eat. Big Bird is proud of Snuffy for learning so much today, but Snuffy claims he feels proud for the both of them.
	Cartoon	A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Prepares for His Bath — Bert scoffs at Ernie bringing an umbrella, a flashlight, and a bowling ball to the bathtub. (First: Episode 0269)
	Cartoon	A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0244)
	Film	A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0096)
	Cartoon	Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569)
	Muppets	The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink. (First: Episode 1468)
	Cartoon	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Rumplestiltskin — Kermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name. (First: Episode 0724)
	Cartoon	An N-terview with an N (First: Episode 0131)
	Film	There Once Was a Hand series: the right hand plays with a ping-pong ball and tricks the left hand into thinking an egg is one. (First: Episode 0668)
	Cartoon	"Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358)
	SCENE 2	Buffy and Cody are going to the park to play, and Buffy shows the viewer some of the toys Cody will use in the sandbox. Oscar's niece Irvine arrives and wants to play in the sand too. However, she's instead brought her own sand, which Bruno the Trashman dumps into Oscar's trash can.
	Cartoon	A painter paints a Number Nine, then hangs it. (First: Episode 1488)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster finds a piano and decides to play it. The left half wants to play short notes, while the other half prefers to run his fingers across the keyboard. They decide to cooperate, and both use their notes to play "Chopsticks." (First: Episode 1366)
	Cartoon / Film	Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659)
	Cast	In the desert, Luis desperately searches for AGUA, but all the pumps are dry. (First: Episode 0680)
	Cartoon	The word AGUA fills up with water. (First: Episode 0510)
	Film	The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179)
	Cartoon	Which footprint doesn't belong? (First: Episode 0491)
	Muppets	Kermit, Farmer Grover and a horse show how a horse-and-cart works. (First: Episode 0590)
	Cartoon	A playground is destroyed by bad weather, and a teacher has her class rebuild it from memory. (First: Episode 1453)
	SCENE 3	Buffy, Cody, Big Bird, Barkley, and a child illustrate the number 12 by counting their feet.
	Cartoon	"Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368)
	Film	Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0108)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue." (First: Episode 0775)
	Film	Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey. (First: Episode 1097)
	Cartoon	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141)
	Film	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019)
	Muppets	Lefty wants to sell Ernie a snowman, but it starts to melt, growing smaller and smaller. (First: Episode 0368)
	Film	Addition and subtraction using three trapeze artists (version "A") (First: Episode 1036)
	SCENE 4	Oscar teaches Irvine about the letter N, which starts such words as "no," "never" and "not now." Irvine uses these when it's time for her nap, but Oscar uses reverse psychology to get her to sleep. "These little Grouches think they're so smart," Oscar notes.
	Cartoon	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. (First: Episode 0780)
	Film	Joe Raposo counts 20 antique cars. (First: Episode 0410)
	Cartoon	What if I had big feet? (First: Episode 0514)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones. (First: Episode 0705)
	Cartoon	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT. (First: Episode 0304)
	Animation	Pieces of fruit make their way out of a basket and arrange themselves into groups. (First: Episode 1464)
	SCENE 5	Irvine refuses to help Oscar say goodbye and announce the sponsors (with Maria providing the production credit).
	CLOSING SIGNS	Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.