Sesame Street

- Season 7

(1975)

As the show's seventh season begins, Mr. Snuffleupagus walks down the street, counting the people who fail to glimpse him (yet again). He counts ten in all. Later on, a journalist visits the street with the scoop on Snuffy, coming up with a few rhyming headlines in the process. Sesame Street is brought to you today by the number two and the letter P. Meanwhile, a cow dog sings a song about his job, while practical joker Harvey Kneeslapper is up to another of his tricks, this one involving a pogo stick. Kermit reports on yet another fast-breaking news story, this one ...

Upon hearing a speech from the president on the radio, Big Bird is inspired and considers becoming chief executive himself. His friends, however, give him second thoughts when they show him what the job is really like.

On her way home from work, Susan encounters The Count who's having trouble speaking. She inspects his throat and reiterates what his doctor has already told him, but figures out that without his voice, he's also having trouble counting. Susan offers him her notebook, which he uses to write down numbers, one on each page which he tears out for her.

Big Bird gathers a bag of cabbages for a visit from Mr. Snuffleupagus today. Luis, Susan, and Gordon don't believe him as usual. When Snuffy arrives at Big Bird's nest, he jumps for joy upon seeing the cabbages. This shakes the whole street, rattling the adults. As Snuffy eats, he asks for some pepper, which causes him to sneeze. This sends a large gust down the block, making everyone else think a storm is forming. Snuffy heads home and Big Bird finds the adults cowering in the doorframe. They tell him about the storm and Big Bird remarks, "You guys sure have some ...

Big Bird has been told to wake up Luis in the Fix-It Shop, but he's busy practicing bird calls, so he asks Herry Monster to do it. Just before Herry knocks on the door, he realizes his strength could accidentally put a hole in the door. He considers other items he could use to knock with a leaf, which is too light, then a tomato (which could make a mess). Herry leans against the door and sobs that he's failed. This wakes up Luis, who thanks Herry for his helpfulness. Herry goes to tell Big Bird about what he's done, knocking his front door off the hinges in the ...

Oscar the Grouch decides to train some kids to be Grouches. The kids have a lot of fun yelling, which makes Oscar happy, until the adults join in the commotion, and no one pays attention to him. "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale. Hippos. Music: Joe Raposo. Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR". What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances?

Buffy walks down the length of Sesame Street wearing a backpack. She takes her time, stopping to push a kid on the tire swing in the arbor and taking in her surroundings. She stops to rest at Oscar's trash can, leaning on some crates, when Oscar the Grouch pops up demanding to know what's going on. Buffy explains that she doesn't have any friends around here, she likes being alone sometimes, and that she was a rotten kid. Oscar tells her they could be pals and introduces himself, extending a hand with an unwelcome to Sesame Street. Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie and ...

David encounters Big Bird carrying a bag with a bowling ball. There are ten bowling pins set up outside of Hooper's Store, and David realizes in horror that Big Bird is rolling the ball towards the store. The ball knocks down seven of the pins, but also several items inside Hooper's. Madrigal Alphabet and Artist: Jeff Hale. Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo. Scanimate kids intro and Muppet and Kid Moment featuring, Ernie and the kids play a hand-clapping game.

David sits down with Cookie Monster to show everyone what he loves to do with cookies. Cookie responds with counting cookies, stacking cookies, and various other activities, before revealing that he loves to tease David - and proceeds to eat the cookies. Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts.

Herry Monster shows Oscar the brick tower he's built, which is in the middle of the street, blocking the steps of the 123 building. Oscar doesn't like the nice gesture at first, but changes his mind when he sees David and Maria nearly injure themselves when they pass the tower. Noticing that they yell at Herry just like they yell at him, he comes to Herry's defense when they yell at Herry, then tells Herry they're going to be real Grouch pals. At the beach, the Bee Bee and the Barker family greet each other while saying their names that begin with the letter B. Artist...

Mr. Snuffleupagus describes his friend the Wheelermonster to Big Bird who draws it on an easel. When Luis comes by, Big Bird explains to him that he thinks the Wheelermonster is Snuffy's imaginary friend. Grover asks Frazzle about his day, and Frazzle responds with growls to demonstrate how he felt.

Maria holds up a "NO" sign because it's Oscar's favorite word, and she's going to get him to say it. Instead, he says "Yes" to drive Maria crazy. A man chases a runaway "no." Herry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign. Ernie replies "Oh no you can't!", and eventually gets the joke. He tries it on Bert, but the gag backfires when Bert bets he can get Ernie to read the sign. A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday.

Sam the Robot greets Susan and the kids, asking how they're feeling. After a beat, he expects to be asked how he's feeling, but Susan says machines don't have feelings. To prove her wrong, Sam laughs, but he gets stuck laughing. Maria, Big Bird and Mr. Hooper pass by, and start laughing as well. Finally, Sam blows a gasket and stops laughing, then offers to demonstrate crying. A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.

Oscar has set up a toll booth near his trash can; everybody's supposed to pay a jar of mud before he lets them go through. Maria warns him that he'll have to manually lift the arm, which he does, since everyone has a jar of mud to give him when they want to cross. "Poverty H". Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest. Oscar, worn out from pulling the toll arm, decides to hire David as a toll taker, Jay as a mud storage supervisor, Maria ...

Luis gets a call from relatives in New Mexico where he grew up, asking him to come back to help build a house. Luis agrees, and Big Bird, Maria, Bob, Gordon, and Oscar accompany him. The Count excitedly counts the six people going.

The gang arrives in New Mexico and meets Luis's family. They learn how to make houses of bricks and mud and the creative ways they recycle. Big Bird makes friends with the animals on the farm- and calls Hooper's so his new friends can say hi to his old ones.

This morning in New Mexico, Oscar, after trying unsuccessfully to settle in a brick oven, relaxes in a compost heap to be surrounded by rot. Also, the Count calls the house multiple times- just to count the long distance calls.

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Buffy stops by the New Mexico ranch, and tells Maria that she's heading out to Taos Pueblo. Maria offers to take her there in the pickup truck. Big Bird says that he'd like to come along, although he doesn't know what a pueblo is. Maria explains that it's a town where Indians live, and Big Bird likes the idea at first, but then becomes frightened. Buffy drives Maria and Big Bird to the pueblo. Along the way, she sings "I'm an Indian." When they arrive at the pueblo, Maria confesses to Buffy that she's worried about intruding in the community or making a mistake. It ...

Big Bird finds out that everybody on the New Mexico ranch gets up early because they have work to do. He tries out the chicken feed that a woman is throwing to the chickens, and says it's pretty good. Big Bird wanders around, and finds Gordon and some kids feeding alfalfa to a bunny. He then walks over to Maria and Roberta, and they show him how they make adobe bricks. Then he passes by Bob building a window. Oscar is tending to his morning chores, too -- helping Señor Romo feed slops to the pigs. Capital I, he's quite a guy. Old West: A cowboy who needs a dentist ...

At Hooper's Store, David welcomes the viewer, wondering out loud when Maria will return from New Mexico. She sneaks up on him and covers his eyes, and the two have a happy reunion. She recalls the fun she had, adding that there was just one thing missing: David. O for orange; Artist: Bruce Cayard. Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead.

Herry Monster tries to get the attention of Gordon, Luis and Susan by lifting a barbell, but they're busy, and besides, they've seen him do that already. He tries lifting the 123 building, but fails. He breaks down in tears, thinking no one will like him if he can't lift heavy things. Luis and Susan reassure him that he would be liked even if he could only lift a feather. Gordon arrives, having just fixed a tricycle, and Herry gives him the same speech. C is for clipper - and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats...

Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs and hobbies that begin with D. Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts four eggs. A chick hatches out of one egg, so he counts the three eggs -- then two, then one. Then he counts the four chickens. D-dart. David opens Hooper's Store late after a morning of everything going wrong and breaks some glass when he gets inside. When Maria stops by to say hello, David snaps at her, and she turns to leave. Realizing his temper has gotten the better of him, he apologizes and ...

Oscar the Grouch paints a sign in which all the words are pushed together ("GOAWAYLEAVEMEALONE"). Gordon, Susan, Bob and Mr. Hooper each annoy Oscar when they give their opinions about how the sign should look. Sand Y/y. Super Grover tries to stop a fight between Sammy and Frankie, who are fighting over an apple. Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey. Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball ...

At Hooper's Store, Luis accidentally spills grape juice all over his shirt. Noticing this, Herry Monster tries to cheer him up by giving him a slap on the back, but Luis reacts angrily to this and storms off. Bob and Maria notice Herry starting to cry, but he denies it. They reassure him that it's okay to cry, that even grownups cry, so Herry lets it all out. The letter X. Herry, holding an ice cream cone, now feels mad at Luis. Luis comes over and apologizes to Herry for yelling at him, then they shake hands and make up, but in doing so, Herry spills his ice cream on...

In the arbor, a bespectacled monster wearing a hat reads a letter from his brother Herry Monster who has invited him to visit on Sesame Street. The letter is addressed to Jerry who explains that he's not much like his brother, except in the way he looks. Indeed, a number of locals mistake him for Herry, and ask Jerry to assist in activities that his much stronger brother could handle with ease. Gordon asks him to lift a large crate onto a wagon, Maria asks him to cheer on the kids with his loud voice, and Luis wants him to chop a plank in half with his bare hand. ...

Mr. Hooper accuses Oscar of littering all over Sesame Street, but he later apologizes when Oscar tells him the story of how the Street actually got dirty: David gave him a bag of rusty cans, then spilled them as he rushed over to the phone; Maria gave him a box of dirt which broke at the bottom, then rushed off to fetch a shovel; Gordon left his newspapers and trash by Oscar's can while he tended to his roast in the oven. Back in the present, when Maria and Gordon and David arrive to clean up their messes, Mr. Hooper realizes his assumption was wrong. R is for Rooster...

At Hooper's Store, Big Bird asks David for a fried egg sandwich on white bread. David gives it to him, but Big Bird points out that it's square, and he'd rather have them cut into rectangles. David does so, then Big Bird decides he likes triangles better, then circles. Big Bird is then pleased when a frustrated David grinds the sandwiches into "egg salad - my favorite!" Ernie wants Bert to pretend to be mad, but Bert says that he can't, because he has nothing to feel angry about. Ernie asks Bert to pretend that he borrowed Bert's paper clip collection, and lost his ...

Count von Count plans to count all the people going into Hooper's Store. Since it's lunchtime, he assumes there will be many. However, everyone passing by (Big Bird, Bob and the kids) have other plans. The Count shifts gears and plans to count people not going into Hooper's. Maria defies this when she has to run errands inside the store. Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. Joe's Lap (limerick). Baby animals nurse. Music by Joe Raposo. On a snowy day, a cold man desires firewood. He carries a huge log up the hill multiple times, but it rolls down each time....

The Count counts early in the morning. Gordon and Maria both warn him not to wake everyone up, so he tries counting more quietly - but his thunderclaps wake everybody up. A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. P is for Pillow . The Twiddlebugs get a new postage stamp portrait of George Washington, but have trouble getting it to stick to the wall. They finally get it to work, but it is upside down.

Grover greets the viewer from atop the Sesame Street sign post, and drops down to talk about circles. He points out a bicycle tire, the clock Bob is carrying, and the frisbee Angela is playing with. To show one more, he climbs up the sign post again and points out the street light's globe at the top of the post. A boy imagines staying in the jungle at night when he goes to sleep. Artist: Bruce Cayard.

Bob encounters Big Bird, watching the season change to Fall. He looks through his binoculars at the birds flying south, then waits for the leaves to change colors, but Bob tells him that will take awhile - three months, to be exact. Big Bird is worried that he'll miss Fall like he did last year, but Bob assures him he won't. A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.

At Hooper's Store, Debo asks David for 100 marbles, which he'll pick up later. David asks The Count to count them, but the Count is taking the day off today, because tomorrow he's going to the country to count grass (and grasshoppers). David tries counting them multiple times, but loses count each time. The Count points out that the quantity of marbles is listed on the jar he has, so there's no need to count them. An Anything Muppet teaches another to count by singing "Beep." A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which ...

Mr. Hooper is angry when Big Bird mispronounces his name for the umpteenth time. He tells Big Bird to imagine how he would feel if everyone mispronounced his name. After Big Bird visualizes everyone calling him names like "Rig Rurd" and "Fig Furd", he loudly reminds everyone of his name. Sesame Street News Flash. Kermit stands by a grandfather clock waiting for a mouse to run up it, acting out "Hickory Dickory Dock". Gladys the Cow and a duck show up instead. Finally, a horse comes in and explains that the mouse can't make it. The horse runs through the clock, ...

Big Bird wakes up to a cold morning in his nest where he's greeted by Juan Toucan who hails from a tropical country. Big Bird offers him some birdseed, but Juan is used to eating fruit off the trees. Big Bird explains that they don't have any fruit trees, but he might be able to buy some at Hooper's Store when it opens. When Juan tries to drink some water, he hits his beak against something solid prompting Big Bird to explain what ice is. Elephants have 4 legs. A boy talks about his various moods. Artist: Bob Kurtz. Scanimate Films #4. Juan convinces Big Bird to move ...

Mr. Hooper asks Luis to help him get into his store when he forgets his keys. As Luis begins to work on the door, Rodeo Rosie lassos him to thwart his breaking and entering. Mr. Hooper explains the situation, Luis finishes his work, and heads to the Fix-It Shop where he discovers he's also misplaced his keys. While trying to get the door open, Rosie lassos him again for making another break-in attempt. A cartoon man (Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses.

Big Bird, David, and the kids play a game where they match the bottom and top halves of pictures of Big Bird, Mr. Hooper, and Ernie. They match the Big Bird and Ernie pictures, so Big Bird asks David to match the last one. He puts them together and Big Bird gets him to admit that it's a picture of Mr. Snuffleupagus. When Maria comes by and hears what's been going on, she gives David a look of disbelief. A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom.

Kermit at Home: Grover is outside in the snow, freezing. He keeps knocking on Kermit's door, asking how to get warm, and Kermit keeps telling him to come inside. Grover, missing the point, tries ideas of his own to get warm, but they don't work. Finally, Kermit tells Grover that if he wants to get warm, he should come inside. Excited, Grover pulls Kermit aside and slams the door, locking Kermit outside. Grover goes to sleep in Kermit's armchair while the frozen frog scrapes at the window. "Seven Song (Song of Seven)"

Big Bird wakes up in his nest and looks at all the smooth, untouched snow around him. When Bob comes by, Big Bird wonders how he could have gotten into his nest last night without leaving footprints, so he guesses he either flew (Bob reminds him that he can't) or hired a helicopter to parachute him into his nest. Bob begins shovelling snow over the footprints he made on the way in to give him a hint. Big Bird is impressed that he spent all night going around Sesame Street filling in everyone's footprints. Guy Smiley hosts The Weather Show.

Big Bird lures Maria to his nest to show her the snowman he's built. Maria says that it's upside down and that he should have looked at a picture of a snowman to see what one looks like. Big Bird produces a book called "World's Great Snowmen" and says it looks just alike a picture in the book - which Maria notes is upside down. She offers to help fix it, placing the head on the top, etc. Big Bird says he liked it better his first way, and Maria assures him that's fine: he's invented a new way to build a snowman. A mad scientist (voice of Arnold Stang) puts together a ...

The Count greets Bob while he's talking to the audience about near and far. He's a little sad and comments on how there are no footprints in the freshly fallen snow yet. Bob excuses himself to continue the lesson, but the Count offers to help. Once he's shown that he's "near" Bob, he asks him to walk away from him to demonstrate "far". They repeat this a few times until the Count says that should be enough. When Bob asks what he means, the Count explains that he now has plenty of footprints in the snow to count. A little horse gets near and far from the camera.

As it snows on Sesame Street, Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus perform a snow pageant. Big Bird recites a poem about what to do when it snows out, and Snuffy dances around dressed as a snowflake. A little man misplaces his J under his hat. The Mad Painter #11.

Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus see that the snow on the sidewalk has been shoveled, and it has frozen over with ice, so they decide it would be fun to slide on it. Big Bird goes first, but when Snuffy tries, he falls shaking the street with him. Big Bird can't get him back up by himself, so he recruits the help of some kids. With much pushing and pulling, Snuffy is back on his feet again. When he tries to slide a second time, he falls again. Big Bird suggests he just try sliding on his tummy - it would be easier for everyone. A girl wonders what would happen if she ...

Maria sings "Snow". Ernie comes from finishing his bath, and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. Bert asks if he's washed behind his ears, his neck, and his elbows. Finally, Ernie remembers that he forgot to turn off the water in the tub -- as the water level rises. A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. A clown (Dennis Allen) takes off his make-up. Which face do you like better? Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor). C is for clipper - and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and ...

Maria encounters Oscar bouncing on a trampoline inside his trash can. He's showing his hippopotamus friend Seymour how to jump, so he can redecorate his can by having Seymour mess everything up. A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. Song: "I'm Not a Baby Anymore"

Big Bird has a surprise for Gordon, Luis and Maria. He gives them clues: it makes music, it travels a lot, and wears feathers. The surprise is - Buffy. Everyone gathers around and hugs her. A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale. Ernie comes up with a way for him to remember to put his basketball away before he goes to sleep: he remembers things with his brain, which is in his head; his head is round, and so is the basketball. His plan works the first time, but not when Bert wants to go to ...

Bob encounters Sam the Robot, who is sad because his happiness functions are affected by poor circuitry. Bob tries patting Sam's side to get him working again, but Sam switches to being afraid. David and Maria join Bob in helping, and Sam switches to being angry. Big Bird rides on a unicycle, but accidentally crashes into Sam, making him switch to being happy again. Sand X/x. A young girl mashes away at the keys of a piano. As the years go by, she practices more and more until she's an adult playing at a recital.

Big Bird, Susan, Gordon and Buffy compare the size of their sandwiches during lunch. Susan's is big, Buffy's is bigger, and Gordon's is the biggest - but he's saving his sandwich for a party tonight, and having cottage cheese for lunch instead. Bert has wrapped a surprise present which Ernie thinks is for him. He tries to guess what it is so as not to spoil the surprise. After a few wrong guesses, he unwraps it before Bert can stop him. It is indeed a surprise, a lady's hat with flowers. Bert had wrapped the gift for his Aunt Matilda.

A girl runs home to her CASA. Tina and Clive Thompson of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform a Juba dance together. A girl demonstrates that she is scary-looking to a sleeping monster. Artist: Bruce Cayard. "Five Onstage Dancers". Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead.

Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus try to see if they can sneak down the block without anyone noticing them. They crouch past the Hooper's window to avoid being seen, and pass by Mr. Hooper with his nose in a book. By the time they reach Big Bird's nest, they erupt with laughter over how well it went (even though they've noisily knocked over a trash can). Snuffy goes home, when the adults come by asking what's the deal with the loud laughter. "They'll never know," Big Bird quips to the camera. David arrives for work at Hooper's Store, but doesn't see Mr. Hooper around. He...

Susan hears a knock on the door. When she answers it, she finds a gift box with a love poem attached. The gift turns out to be a hat. She walks over to Hooper's Store, wondering who the hat came from. Bob and Maria give her more gifts from the secret admirer, which are a cake and a barbell. They figure out that the secret admirer is Herry Monster, who comes in with a photo of Susan, sheepishly asking her to sign it "for a friend". A salesman tries to sell a Z. His customer stops the hard sell by locking the salesman in a zoo. Some kids watch a film of a man working in...

The Wicked Witch of the West looses her broom flying over Sesame Street and attempts to get it back.

Mr. Macintosh, the fruit vendor, and Willy, the hot dog man, don't like to work close to each other, so they set up their stands on opposite sides of the street. Susan asks Mr. Macintosh for an apple cut in half, but he needs a knife, which Willy has. Bob asks Willy for two pounds of hot dogs, but Willy needs a scale, which Mr. Macintosh has. Mr. Macintosh and Willy soon work out a compromise. Letter G drawing with kid voice-over.

David tells Cookie Monster that he's not getting any free cookies today, but Cookie Monster says he's collecting money for endangered species. Buffy notes how there are only a few wolves left in the world and Maria mentions killer whales. Cookie Monster adds the whooping crane and polar bears, not to the mention yellow-bellied tomato worm ("I told you not to mention it!"). Maria says they're very proud of him, and they all chip in some change. Cookie Monster subsequently asks David for twenty cents worth of cookies, citing himself as the last living member of his ...

At Hooper's Store, there is a small handful of cookies on a plate. Big Bird allows only one per customer, and cuts off Cookie Monster after he takes one. Cookie is hungry for more cookies, understands that the next person also gets one cookie, and gets an idea. A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. Cookie Monster pretends to be Bert, fooling Big Bird into giving him a another cookie. When he pretends to be Susan, the real Susan enters, Cookie makes a run for it, and Susan asks what's been going on. Big Bird tells Susan ...

David shows Maria and the kids how a tape recorder works by sampling some audio of their voices and playing it back. He flips the tape over to side B to hear what else he's recorded, thinking maybe it's some notes he took for class. After a moment, his voice is heard in a poetic cadence, "Just a few thoughts I'd like to say about Maria..." He immediately switches it off, but Maria wants to hear the rest after hearing her name. David insists the Maria he's talking about is his sister's new cat, but she convinces him to play the rest back anyway. Finally he admits that ...

The Count counts while David tries to study. To shut him up, David suggests that the Count find words that rhyme with tree. He comes to regret this request, as the Count thinks of endless rhyming words. A baby rescues a ball from on top of a column. Artist: The Hubleys. Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie talks about what happens next when he throws a rubber ball, a glass and a watermelon over the wall. When he throws the ball, it bounces. When he throws the glass, it breaks. When he throws the watermelon, Cookie Monster catches it in his mouth and thanks Ernie. A guru ...

Maria asks Big Bird to do two favors for her: give a dollar bill to David, and place a letter in the mailbox. Big Bird gets the two mixed up - On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. The Mad Painter #8. Big Bird and the mailman try to figure out how a dollar bill got into the mailbox. David asks Big Bird why he gave him a letter that's addressed to Maria's mother in Puerto Rico. An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. Voices: Hal Smith.

David watches as Big Bird cleans his nest area in preparation for the arrival of his friend from the forest, Waldo Woodpecker. When Waldo arrives, he pecks on the door, but Big Bird doesn't notice because he's vacuuming. Finally, Waldo pecks his way right through the door. A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again. Bridge #17 - Hourglass Fast/Empty. Big Bird offers Waldo some birdseed, but ...

Oscar invites David and the kids to play a game of "Oscar Says". He tells them to do grouchy things, but doesn't say "Oscar says" when he tells them to do nice things. Finally, he tells them to walk away, then says "Stop" multiple times. David points out that he didn't say "Oscar says", and Oscar says that was intentional - he wants them to walk farther away. Muppets, "J Friends". J - Jam. Things you can carry. Music: Joe Raposo. J family jamboree. Grover attempts to sell a weather machine to Kermit the Frog.

Oscar the Grouch can't sleep because Biff is drilling in the street. Biff explains why drilling is helpful to the city, and Oscar decides he'd rather hear the drilling than Biff talking. Only one of the two footprints can belong. "Doll House". Cookie Monster stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee." Typewriter: M for magic. Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal. Music: Joe Raposo. Oscar asks David, Susan and Luis to help him move into a trash can that's dirtier and has more dents in it. They take out his furniture, ...

Luis gives David back his toaster after fixing it, but it burns the bread when David slides it in. The two get into a heated argument about it, and then decide to switch jobs. Five purple konkers disappear one by one, until two of them have a yellow honker together. Luis is now running Hooper's Store, where a Muppet kid asks for a hamburger, another kid asks for a sandwich, and Susan asks for a cup of coffee. He accidentally gives them the wrong orders, then puts ketchup in the coffee and sugar on the burger, driving the customers away - but attracting Oscar. The ...

At the Fix-it Shop, Luis is working hard on fixing a radio, when The Count pops up and startles him. Luis berates the count for bothering him with his counting, and The Count promises he will just sit there and not count - but he ends up counting the seconds since he counted anything. Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. A red man illustrates abierto, while an angry blue man shows cerrado. Tomatoes grow in a field. Music: Joe Raposo. Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit the Frog...

All is fine on Sesame Street in the evening, when suddenly all the lights go out. David goes into a panic, when Biff arrives, representing the electric company. He tells David and Luis that it is only temporary. David goes to make sure Maria is fine; she's already gotten a flashlight and keeps a much calmer head. The lights return moments later. Lollipop and feathers - what goes where? Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster helps Ernie match mittens, shoes, and gloves and put them away. Guess how he puts away two matching cookies. The life of a Yellow Yahoo. Sand Y/...

Big Bird has drawn a picture of a top and wishes to caption it with the word, but can't remember what letter makes the "tuh" sound. Alphabet Bates flies overhead and makes the letter T to remind him. The letter T is a very useful letter. Simon Soundman goes to Marvin's Music City to buy a nice shiny trumpet. However, Marvin keeps bringing the wrong instrument. T is for toes. Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole. Muppet and Kid Moment: Grover asks Stephanie for a kiss because he's lonely. ...

Big Bird watches as Luis, Maria and Susan have three kids stand against a sheet of brown paper, and use markers to draw the kids' outlines. They demonstrate big, bigger and biggest with the finished result, then leave. Mr. Snuffleupagus shows up, sees the outlines, and wants one drawn from himself, so Big Bird and the kids team up to do so. "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey. Snuffy admires the outline of him that the kids have drawn. As Big Bird goes to fetch Maria, Snuffy goes home ...

While walking down Sesame Street, Big Bird overhears his friends' conversations. Bob and Susan talk about someone who's "tall and cute, but awkward" and "bumps into everything". In the Fix-it Shop, Luis complains about all the feathers on the floor. In Hooper's Store, Maria talks on the phone about getting rid of a nest; she's sure no one's gonna need it. Big Bird assumes he is no longer wanted around here, and goes home to pack. Sand N / n. The adults encounter Big Bird as he runs away, dragging his nest and a suitcase. He repeats to them what he heard them saying, ...

Bob greets the viewer, and proceeds to talk about the letter Y, when Maria interrupts him to talk about the number 7. They bicker, until Bob gets an idea: he draws seven Ys in chalk on the sidewalk. "Seven Song (Song of Seven)". A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. Ernie answers the telephone. Bert overhears the conversation, which involves a baseball game, a rainy day, and a gorilla stealing a bologna sandwich. When Bert asks who just called, Ernie says it was a wrong number. The life of a Yellow Yahoo.

David and Maria explain to Big Bird what being proud means. David is proud of having just shot nineteen baskets in the arbor, while Maria is proud of being able to speak both English and Spanish. Big Bird understands now, but he's upset because he can't think of anything he's proud of. Song: "1-2-3-4-5!" Big Bird tells the viewer he has nothing to be proud of before riding his unicycle out of his nest and out onto Sesame Street. Everyone he passes by is super impressed by this feat. David asks if it took him a long time to learn, and explains that not many people can ...

Mr. Hooper and Susan talk to the kids about what rhyming is. Sam the Robot finds endless words that rhyme with whatever they end their sentences with, to their annoyance. Muppets Sesame Street News Flash. Instead of a bone, Old Mother Hubbard brings her dog various objects which rhyme with "bone", including a stone, a throne, and finally a phone (which the dog uses to order take-out from a Chinese restaurant). Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey.

David uses a tape measure to measure a puppy. Oscar the Grouch claims that he dogsits for a friend whose puppy's tail measures fifteen feet four inches long. Just then, a deliveryman brings Oscar a giant, dinosaur-size bone from the meat market, and a loud bark is heard. "Watch the Dance": A calypso singer points out the body parts of a dancer. Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin instructs the class in an exercise: "Lean to the left. Lean to the right. Stand up, sit down. (That's alright!)"

From a long trek, Buffy finally reaches Sesame Street. She visits Hooper's Store, but it's so early in the morning that the store isn't open yet. She washes her face with a nearby hose and bucket, then fixes herself some toast and instant coffee with her little camp stove from her backpack. Gordon, Susan and Mr. Hooper smell the coffee, and decide to join Buffy for breakfast. "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey.

Big Bird shows Susan the life-size photo portrait of himself that he's going to hang on his wall. Susan points out to him that it's upside down, and he thinks he should stand on his head, but Susan helps him turn the picture right side up. A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it. U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face. Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A turtle swims in a tank. Music: Joe Raposo. The story of an old ...

Luis brings David some fresh baked oatmeal cookies. He thinks they're the best, but David has him try one of the vanilla cookies he made in the store this morning. They argue over whose cookies are the best, when Cookie Monster interjects: he offers to hold a cookie contest with himself as the judge. Maria and Big Bird overhear this and also decides to enter with their own cookies. A conductor yells "STOP" to his off-key violinist trying to play Vittorio Monti's "Czardas".

Mr. Hooper reveals that he is back to school and has been up half the night studying for a G.E.D. exam. So Big Bird offers to watch over the store while he studies. Today's sponsors are the letters Q and Y and the number 11.

Buffy greets Luis and Biff at the Fix-it Shop, telling them she needs a place to stay, because the hotel where she normally stays when she visits Sesame Street is all booked up. Biff offers to build her a place, but she can't wait for the construction. Bob and Susan don't know where she could stay, but Maria has an extra bedroom that she's not using. Buffy leaves with Maria, and Luis tells Biff to go help fix up the room. Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit stands by a grandfather clock waiting for a mouse to run up it, acting out "Hickory Dickory Dock". Gladys the Cow ...

Maria and some kids see a sign on Oscar's can: "INSULTS 5¢". Oscar says he's now charging a nickel for each insult he gives. Maria tortures him by having him give compliments for free. I Thought a Thought - about circles. Artist: Cliff Roberts. Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about clues. He shows that a boy has grown some carrots because he has garden tools, a watering can, and a packet of seeds. Next, he confirms that a man has built a birdhouse because of his blueprints and carpenter's tools. When he notices Beautiful Day Monster with a suitcase and an umbrella, ...

Big Bird wakes up in the morning. He tells us that Mr. Snuffleupagus slept over at his nest, but now he seems to be missing, along with the blanket he slept with. Some kids point Big Bird to two objects covered with tarp, one of which is slowly moving up and down, and has furry feet - it's Snuffy. The other one is Gordon's car, which he covered because he wants to keep it shiny and clean. Gordon gets in the car on his way to work, and thus misses seeing Snuffy, who wakes up after Gordon leaves. A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler. The ...

Maria works in the Fix-it Shop, trying to fix a staticky radio. While she goes to look for a new tube, a Martian materializes, sees the radio, and guesses that it's either a cat, a chicken, or a doggy. He pets the radio, then listens to a mattress commercial and becomes sleepy. He falls asleep on the counter as a program of organ music plays, when Maria comes back and finds the radio working. A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess ...

An Anything Muppet demonstrates short and tall, using Big Bird as an example. The viewer sees things from both of their perspectives, then from David's perspective - which is up high, because he's washing the windows at Hooper's Store. A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height. Music: Joe Raposo. A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head. Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt has Baby Breeze teach the class about traffic. Smart Tina thinks all one has to do is look at the traffic lights, but Baby Breeze tells ...

Maria encounters Oscar the Grouch waiting for the bus. Every time she asks him if he's going somewhere, he answers with his favorite word: "No". He then asks the bus driver if the bus goes to the moon, to which the answer is also, "No". Cartoon: B - US. We're on the bus. Grover sings "Still, We Like Each Other".

Susan sings that it takes "Two to Seesaw" as she sits on one with some kids. Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #2). The Pink Panther - K For Karate. "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (re-edited with a new song track). A lion named Kent gets a Kick out of being King of the forest. Sesame Street Animal Films: Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo.

Walking towards Hooper's Store, Big Bird wonders what it would be like to be short. When he enters, Mr. Hooper is standing on a stool to feather-dust the top of the wall, making him look taller than Big Bird. Big Bird then sees Bob and Susan hanging clothes on a line, making them look taller. Big Bird fears that he is shrinking, but Bob and Susan reassure him that they're still the same sizes, even when they stand on a ladder. Big Bird then passes by Gordon painting the bottom of the 123 building, and assure him people will still like him even if he's short.

Herry Monster sets out a pile of bricks on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street for Maria. She notes it must have been effortless for a monster such as him and believes having his strength must be great. Herry blushes at first, but tells her that his strength can be a blessing and a curse. He runs off to the gym, while Maria wonders what it would be like to be as strong as Herry.

Oscar the Grouch tries to convince the viewer to change the channel to watch some cartoons, but Herry Monster, Susan, and Gordon provide a tease for some of the segments coming up in this segment. Oscar makes another attempt to get them to change the Super Bowl. Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin has his students stand up and sit down to learn about the opposites.

Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus recite the first half of the alphabet soft, and the second half so loudly that it attracts the attention of Bob and David. They knock on the door to Big Bird's nest to ask him to come out and Snuffy leaves to go home for his nap. Bob and David laugh at Big Bird's explanation that he was counting with his "fig newton" of an imaginary friend. Big Bird leaves in a huff leaving the two men wondering who the other voice they heard actually belonged to. Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit the Frog reports on Rapunzel, who has been locked in a ...

Gordon finds Big Bird in deep concentration, muttering to himself. Big Bird reminds Gordon that Maria's cousin Ada is coming to visit all the way from Puerto Rico, so he's making sure he can remember the Spanish phrase he's learned. Gordon wants to learn some Spanish too and asks Big Bird to teach him the message. The message, when translated to English, is "Welcome to Sesame Street. My name is Big Bird." Gordon tries this out on Maria and Luis, eliciting laughter from the pair. A girl imagines what would happen if she were a piece of gum.

Oscar notices Linda sitting on the 123 steps, reading a book. He tries to tell her to scram, which doesn't work. He then tries to drive her away with loud music, but that doesn't work either. Then, when he litters the street with trash and notices that she doesn't object, he begins to crush on Linda, thinking her to be a Grouch like him. Maria and David inform Oscar that Linda is deaf, so she couldn't hear Oscar's loud music, and she's also wearing a brimmed hat, which meant she couldn't see Oscar littering. They show Oscar that she's not a Grouch after all, and she ...

Oscar prefers his own, battered seesaw to the functional one that kids are using. Susan offers to seesaw with him, and he reluctantly agrees. When she sits on her end, she launches Oscar into the air. A rhino and her baby. Speech Balloon: J - Jam. In stop-motion, three balls try to match three holes. Luis offers to assist Big Bird in making a staircase for his nest, but Big Bird says he can do it himself.

Herry Monster shows Bob, Maria, and the kids how he's been practicing all week to open and close a door without pulling it off his hinges. Maria is so proud of him, she's going to buy him a glass of milk. Herry offers to open the door to Hooper's Store, but Bob doesn't want him to push his luck. A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue. Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit interviews one of the Three Little Pigs, the one who built a straw house. The Big Bad Wolf comes to blow it down, but the house is actually strong. A girl wonders what it would be like if ...

Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made? Film: Counting 1-20 (planes taking off). A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail. The Count sings "The Song of the Count." "Poverty H". A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo. A mad scientist puts together a capital H.

Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination". A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot. Film T is for toes. The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T. The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T. A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. David sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the librarian and plumber.

David cleans up Hooper's Store in preparation for a visit from his grandmother, whom he hasn't seen in a long, long time. He chides Maria and Big Bird when they come close to touching anything in the store as he prepares for her arrival. Big Bird sees how busy David is and offers to meet his grandmother at the bus stop, but first needs to know what she looks like. David tells him that she's a beautiful, older woman with gray hair, a suitcase, and looking for her grandson. Big Bird positions himself at the bus stop, just in time for a bus to arrive. He stops an elderly...

Maria asks Oscar the Grouch to lend her a wrench, but he refuses. When she fumes at him, he finally agrees. Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash: The miller's daughter is in danger of losing her baby if she cannot guess the first name of Rumpelstiltskin. Kermit offers a hotline, Sesame Street-555, for people to call in and help her. The name ends up being Bruce Rumpelstiltskin, but unfortunately for Kermit, he picked the wrong place to hide: the baby's carriage.

Maria has set up a chemistry set in the arbor, and everyone wonders what she is making. It turns out to be bubbles. Shape organization, part 1. Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin, in a somber tone, tells his class to spell the word POISON and recognize what it means. Shape organization, part 2. 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. Shape organization, part 3. In voiceover, kids count out twelve in a deck of playing cards.

Bob and the kids sing "Right in the Middle of My Face." Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!"

Big Bird plans to go on a vacation. While packing, he has the feeling he's forgotten something. He's forgotten to decide where to go for his vacation. The great Alphonso and his trained X's. A dune buggy is assembled. It's a sunny day at the beach, and Bert remembered to bring everything. Ernie, however, only brought an umbrella in case it rains - which it does. A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (re-edited with a new song track)

Maria and David have lunch in the arbor, happy to be alone together. David is about to ask Maria something, when Big Bird joins them, not quite understanding the concept of being alone. David explains it to him, and Big Bird leaves them alone - until he fetches Bob, Grover, and some kids so they can all be alone together. Ernie has gone shopping -- buying bread for himself, and peanut butter for Bert. They realize that it's dull to eat what they have separately, and they decide to cooperate, so they can each have a peanut butter sandwich.

Mr. Hooper and Willy get into an argument about who makes the best hamburger. Susan helps them settle it by combining ingredients from both burgers. A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." The Typewriter: N for Nose. A farmer plants big, bigger and biggest trees. Artist: Cliff Roberts. Big Bird demonstrates forward and backward with Luis.

Linda introduces Bob to her friends, the Little Theatre of the Deaf. Bob remembers how to say "How are you?" in sign language, to which they respond with "I am fine." With Bob, they pass the greeting along to everyone they meet, including Maria and David. Film Mad Painter #3. Maria teaches the viewer how to sign "How are you?" and "I am fine".

Big Bird, not having gotten enough sleep, sits on the steps of 123 Sesame Street to take a short nap. He sets an alarm clock next to him, which will go off in a few minutes. Cookie Monster happens by, spies the alarm clock, and eats it. Maria wakes Big Bird up, and Big Bird notices his clock is missing. They search for it, but soon figure out where it went when they hear ticking and ringing every time Cookie opens his mouth. When asked why he ate it, he says it's because he thought it was a toaster.

Big Bird shows Maria his latest invention: a letter Y. Maria thinks there's nothing special about it at first, but Big Bird shows her that this letter Y can play the trombone. Ernie and Bert - Ernie tells Bert that he has a note for him, but he can't remember where it is. He thinks maybe he put it in the toybox, so he digs through the box, throwing toys everywhere. It's not in the toybox, so Ernie looks in the clothes hamper, scattering clothes all over. He finally finds the note, which tells Bert that it's his turn to clean up the apartment.

Big Bird notices Buffy and David using a tape recorder, and marvels at its ability to play back a recorded voice. They let him try it out, and he says the alphabet, pausing nervously in-between some letters. When he hears the recording back, he feels he has to cue his own voice whenever he pauses on the recording. Grover tells Herry's secret (which is actually the alphabet) to Pamela, who tells Fenwick, who tells Rosemary. Herry says to Grover, "You're very good at reciting the alphabet - but you're lousy at keeping secrets!"

Today, Ernie disrupts Bert's bath by bringing in a piano for a sing-along. A handful of their friends show up, right there in the bathroom, to join the fun. The show is sponsored by the letters B and M and the number 7.

Big Bird makes his way to Hooper's Store and can see through the window that Linda is minding the store while David is out. He wants to ask for bird seed, but he doesn't know how he'll communicate it with her since she's deaf. He stops Bob on the street and asks if he'd place the order for him since he knows sign language. Bob says he won't do that, but he will teach Big Bird how to ask for bird seed in sign language. Nervously, Big Bird enters the store and rehearses the routine before Linda turns around from stocking shelves and sees him. Big Bird successfully signs...

Big Bird wants to play, but everybody he encounters has something else to do: Susan and Gordon have to go to work, and the kids have to go to school. Big Bird starts brainstorming about the things he can do by himself at home, and winds up making a long list in his head. Luis then tells Big Bird he has some time to play with him, but Big Bird says he's too busy. "I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball.

Big Bird calls Bob over to hear Frazzle recite the alphabet. Naturally, Bob can't understand a lick of it, but Big Bird can and points out where Frazzle makes errors. Grover attempts to sell a weather machine to Kermit the Frog. Where the buffalo roam .

At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper is puzzled that no one ever takes the top issue of the newspaper in the bin, going for all the issues underneath instead. He and Bob try to find out what would happen if the torn newspaper on top of the stack was placed in a different position. Susan comes by and picks up the second (bad) paper, not caring about how dirty it is. Oscar comes by, wondering where the "good" (dirty) paper went. He settles for a clean newspaper, which he proceeds to tear up himself. Speech Balloon: A for Ape. Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster comes to the bakery ...

Bob, Gordon and Luis sit in the arbor, bored. David comes by and shows them something he found in the trash: a ticket to Saturday night's football game. David can't go, so they each draw straws for it, but they argue over whether the long straw wins or the short one. They try deciding with cards and guessing numbers, but Luis wins each time, and the others are disappointed because Luis doesn't even like football. Luis looks closer at the ticket and realizes it's for last Saturday's game. Subtracting three mules.

Oscar gets up in the morning after a very windy night. He sees the wind has blown paper all over the block. He wants to collect it for his own stash, but is still too tired to do so. He sees Maria and the kids come outside and thinks he can trick them into doing his work. He points out the litter to the group and provides them with a paper bag to collect the paper in. However, they take it all to the recycling center, leaving Oscar with nothing. Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter).

Pageant: "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" - Cookie Monster, playing the heroine in this year's pageant, can't seem to grasp the concept of going "around" until Prairie Dawn lures him with a-guess what? A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. Anything Muppets sing "How Do You Get From Here to There?" Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo. The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 4), A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown...

At the Fix-it Shop, Gordon tests out the record player which Luis just fixed. Gordon grooves to his record, but Luis turns on the radio to play his kind of music, then Buffy plays some of her native Cree music. Each of the three has differing opinions on what music they like, but Oscar thinks they all sound great when played together. A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler. Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the oil man and street cleaner. The Typewriter: H for Hand. Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting ...

Oscar witnesses as Bob and Linda run into each other and have a pleasant exchange, and tries to sabotage their conversation by answering Bob's questions to her. Bob explains to Linda that Oscar is bothering him while he talks to her, and she yells at Oscar in sign language, thus "out-grouching" him. Sesame Street Animal Films: Penguins take a bath. Music: Joe Raposo. Five bugs are counted, until one bug engulfs the other four. Artist: Etienne Delessert. Muppet and Kid Moment: David says he can count to twelve hundred, but Farley would prefer just hearing him count to ...

"Oscar van Gogh" finishes painting some realistic looking trash cans and garbage on the outside wall of Hooper's Store, thinking it'll fool people that they're real. Instead, Gordon and Luis admire the artwork. A man has a J under his hat. Ernie and Bert - Ernie has an important note for Bert, but he can't find it. He looks through the trash can for it and finds the note, which is a reminder that it is Bert's day to clean the apartment.

The cast sings "Surprise." A man saws a letter E through the wall. Muppets: Alien Alphabet. What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts? Paper-cut triangles fade into live-action shots of triangle-shaped things. "Seven Song (Song of Seven)"

Mr. Hooper is having trouble with a geometry problem for his night school homework. Bob offers a solution he thinks will work. Gordon comes in and demonstrates the way he thinks will work instead. Mr. Hooper resolves to solve the problem both ways, then compare with the answer in the back of the book. A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten.

Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit the Frog witnesses how the mailman and salesman knock at the door while the Big Bad Wolf chases Little Red Riding Hood around the bed. Eventually, the Woodsman shows up, and Red and the Wolf chase him for cutting down a maple tree which was their favorite one. Scanimate kids intro. Maria, Big Bird and the kids play a relay game using balloons. A turtle, a bird, and a butterfly demonstrate small, smaller, and smallest. Two hands make sounds from other sides of a wall.

Kermit the Frog witnesses how the mailman and salesman knock at the door while the Big Bad Wolf chases Little Red Riding Hood around the bed. Eventually, the Woodsman shows up, and Red and the Wolf chase him for cutting down a maple tree which was their favorite one. Scanimate kids intro. Maria, Big Bird and the kids play a relay game using balloons.

Big Bird has just delievered the punchline to a joke for Maria (who isn't laughing) when Linda enters the Fix-It Shop with a TV that gets picture but no sound. Big Bird wonders why that would matter for Linda since she's deaf, so Linda explains that it's out of consideration for any guests she may have over. Maria tweaks the TV and turns it on; it's now getting sound, but the vocalist (Marilyn Sokol) sounds awful. Sesame Street News Flash: Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty, intending to wake her up. To his astonishment, she turns into a frog and hops off with ...

Guy Smiley hosts the "The Anything-in-the-World Prize Game" and asks questions to random people on the street. The winner gets to choose the prize. His guest is Oscar the Grouch, who doesn't want to be bothered by Guy Smiley and accidentally gets every answer right. Since Oscar gets to have whatever he wants for a prize, he asks Guy to get lost. Kids narrate a Letter 'Z' Drawing. Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part one). A circle becomes a clock, balloon, sun, etc. In ancient times, Grover invents the wheel to help Biff move a stone up a hill.

Luis, Susan, and the kids come into Hooper's Store, where Mr. Hooper is focused on studying for an upcoming night school exam. He says a friend from his class is coming over to help study, but he can't mind the store while studying. Susan and Luis offer to run the store for the day to make sure he can get his studying done. A man demonstrates up and down. Artist: Al Jarnow. Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo. Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter. Cookie Monster asks Ernie if he has any cookies. Ernie says that he doesn't have any ...

"How Do You Do" (Grover and Lena Horne). It's a Circle. Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. "Fireman Ready to Go". Four firetrucks, telephones, ships and men file into a large contraption that produces 4s. Scanimate kids intro. The Amazing Mumford joins the kids in a game where they hold buckets, stand in line, and pass ping-pong balls to the next person's bucket. When the balls get to Mumford, they disappear in his hat, but he makes it rain balls from the sky with a spell. Kids hear an L poem. A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music by Joe Raposo.

While reading "How to Be a Detective," Big Bird learns about employing disguises. He dons a false mustache and attempts to listen in on Mr. Hooper and Susan's conversation about produce prices, but he's instantly recognized. Big Bird thinks he can fool Gordon, but he also recognizes him, pointing out he's the only guy on the block who's eight feet tall and yellow. Big Bird realizes the mustache isn't enough and goes to get more disguises. C - Cake. Big Bird has added sunglasses, a neckerchief and pipe to his disguise, sure no one will know it's him. The kids pick up ...

Bob, Maria and Linda welcome the viewer to Sesame Street, each in a different language - English (Bob), Spanish (Maria) and sign language (Linda). Big Bird then welcomes the viewer in different bird languages. After the big game, a bird skeleton and an elephant skeleton get their skins mixed up in the locker room. The coach helps them out. Sesame Street News Flash: The miller's daughter is in danger of losing her baby if she cannot guess the first name of Rumpelstiltskin. Kermit offers a hotline, Sesame Street-555, for people to call in and help her. The name ends up ...

The Count sees a rainstorm forming with plenty of thunder. However, everyone is bothered by the noise and assume the Count is responsible with his usual post-counting dramatics. The Count remarks that if he's going to be blamed for the thunder, he might as well take advantage of it and starts counting thunderclaps. Everyone continues to chide him, when suddenly a downpour begins. Everyone seeks shelter while the Count continues counting raindrops. Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey. / Cast Bob meets a blank Anything Muppet, ...

Big Bird and the kids play "London Bridge" with Mr. Snuffleupagus, then feed him some cabbages. Snuffy then takes a nap. Three children are being chased by a giant mutant rabbit as fast rock music accompanies the chase. They outsmart him by hiding behind three trees. Artist: Etienne Delessert. Sand B/b. Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B. Muppets At night, Grover thinks he hears noises in the dark. When he sees a shadow on the wall, he cowers under the covers - but the shadow turns out to be his Mommy. Two kids argue...

Scanimate kids intro. David sings a song, instructing the kids to ring a bell every time he says "belly button." A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments. Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen. Kids play in the snow. Music by Joe Raposo. ...

Luis, David and Susan notice Oscar with a camera, filming Maria walking. They find out that he got film clips of them while they weren't looking, and proceeds to develop them. A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. Oscar sets up his projector inside Hooper's Store, charging admission to Luis, Susan, Maria and David (the money is going towards a grouch's Poison Ivy League college fund). Oscar's film begins with him roaring (a la the MGM lion. His visual narrative follows a tin can's trip from the ground ...

Bob goes to meet up with Maria, but instead Big Bird is at their meeting spot. He says she was there, but had to leave, but he has a phone number he can contact her at. Bob dials the number in Hooper's Store. The call goes through to the Fix-It Shop, where Luis answers in Spanish. Bob doesn't quite understand and goes into the Fix-It Shop to ask Luis to help translate the call (both unaware they're on the same call). He eventually returns to ask Luis if he's seen Maria. Luis hasn't, but knows she's supposed to come by soon. He tells Luis the number he was given and ...