Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Susan and Frannie talk with John about some of his recent repair jobs and Susan reminds him about the bookcase she wants him to fix. She and John then go over to Oscar, noticing he looks sad. Oscar admits that he wishes he were an octopus, which he believes can make all kinds of music.
	Cartoon	"Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Susan remarks that the octopus in the cartoon is a special octopus, as they don't usually play music. Oscar still wishes he could make music of his own (preferably rotten), but he doesn't even own any instruments. John shows him how he can make his own drumstick out of a broom handle and a rag, then how to use his own can as the drum. Oscar is pleased, but wishes he had a band to play in like the octopus did. Susan and John agree to go find more people and instruments they can make from ordinary objects.
	Cartoon	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006)
	Cast	Larry and Phyllis cooperate on sending out invitations to a party. (First: Episode 0150)
	SCENE 2	On the work table, John displays his tools to Susan the kids, and builds a whistle in front of them. Susan helps him test it out by trying to find the right key, but he needs to work on it some more.
	Cartoon	Today's Secret Drawing is a mailman.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	John drills more holes into the recorder to make it a fully functional instrument. Miguel joins them as John figures out he needs to drill some more notes into the pipe.
	Muppets	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie." (First: Episode 0136)
	SCENE 3	Oscar and Frannie watch Gordon fill up several glasses of water. Oscar assumes Gordon is serving refreshments, but he's actually making a psudo-xylophone by clinking the glasses. With John on whistle, Gordon tests it out by playing "The Alphabet Song." He then introduces another version of the song...
	Cartoon	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version). (First: Episode 0140)
	Film	A boy pretends a wagon is a bus. His friend tells him it's not a bus, and explains what her father, a real bus driver, does. (First: Episode 0181)
	SCENE 4	Bob shows Frannie how to make a kazoo from a comb and tissue paper.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 1 — Ernie tries to remember how to write an X while he waits for Bert to show him. (First: Episode 0008)
	Cartoon	"Poverty X" (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 2 — Ernie has conjured a physical X for himself just as Bert returns to tell him about a monster who ate all his bacon. (ending edited) (First: Episode 0008)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (First: Episode 0064)
	SCENE 5	Miguel shows the gang how to make maracas with drink containers and small items such as rice and pebbles.
	Muppets	"The IG Family Song" (First: Episode 0141)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Who Took Bert's Cookies — Bert accuses Ernie of stealing his cookies, but they soon discover that the culprit is Cookie Monster... dressed as Ernie. (First: Episode 0158)
	SCENE 6	John shows the gang how to make a washtub bass from a washtub, a clothesline and a broom handle. Bob joins in by playing another tub as a drum, while the kids shake their maracas and play John's whistle.
	Cast	Mr. Hooper has some difficulty setting up a number 13.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Trip to the Zoo — Bert asks Ernie about his day, but Ernie doesn't think anything interesting happened. (First: Episode 0020)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (repeat)
	SCENE 7	In Hooper's Store, the gang plays their instruments as they sing “What Makes Music?”
	Cartoon	"Octopus One-Man Band" (repeat)
	Muppets	A Muppet inchworm and a bug sing "The Inch Worm" in a field of flowers. (First: Episode 0168)
	Song	Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 8	Everyone plays their homemade instruments together (with Gordon playing "Windy" on the whistle). Oscar announces the sponsors and gripes that he still wishes he were an octopus. The credits follow.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Oscar and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, while Susan and Gordon hold the CTW sign.

Notes[]

• The version of the song "What Makes Music?" from this episode (which the cast and Oscar lip sync to) would later be released on the album 60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street.