Sesame Street
Season 8
TV-Y
The setting is in a small street in a city where children and furry puppet monsters learn about numbers, the alphabet and other pre-school subjects taught in commercial spots, songs and games.
Where to Watch Sesame Street • Season 8
130 Episodes
- Episode 927
E2Episode 927Gordon is practicing his guitar playing. Oscar thinks he can help him practice for the annual Grouch Talent Show. Oscar whips out his ratty guitar and manages to play a perfect melody, which isn't what he wants at all. Gordon helps him practice sounding worse and worse. Eventually, Oscar smashes the guitar and plays the wreckage. - Episode 928
E3Episode 928Scanimate kids intro into playing in the rain. Bob helps a child get properly dressed to go out in the rain to meet Big Bird. A girl lying in bed imagines seeing cracks in the wall turning into animals and a monster. A toymaker makes an airplane out of wood. Muppet and Kid Moment - Herry and Laurie identify different shapes. - Episode 929
E4Episode 929In the early hours of the morning, Mr. Hooper groggily and crankily opens Hooper's Store for the day. Bob and Count von Count follow in, also in rotten moods. They all didn't get much sleep last night, which leaves them tired and irritable. Big Bird bounds into the store in a jolly mood to order some birdseed. He earns some nasty stares from everyone and thinks they're mad at him. Mr. Hooper explains why they're not feeling their best and Big Bird leaves them alone for now. As he heads back to his nest, he sees Gordon coming by. He makes sure Gordon slept well so he can loudly tell him "Good morning!" A horse falls apart into a jigsaw puzzle. - Episode 930
E5Episode 930Oscar's TV is busted, only showing picture and no sound. He frets missing his favorite programs on Grouch TV, until he remembers that Linda can read lips and help transcribe the shows for him. She shows him signs for different types of weather so he'll know them when she signs them. "The Grouch Weather" with Dr. Frank Freeze comes on, but Dr. Freeze's large, bushy mustache hides his mouth, thus preventing Linda from being able to read his lips. "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. Maria and the kids (including Joey) put together a fractured B. - Episode 932
E7Episode 932Mr. Hooper entrusts Big Bird to watch a bucket of water while he goes inside the store to get a sponge and squeegee. While he's gone, a man with a camel stops by and asks Big Bird if he can get some water. The camel drinks up all the water and they leave the bucket empty. Just then, it rains into the bucket long enough to make it full. Needless to say, Mr. Hooper doesn't believe Big Bird's story about what just happened. Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey. Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty has fallen off a wall, and Kermit interviews one of the king's horses. Humpty is put together again, but then Kermit gives him a congratulatory slap on the back, and he falls off the wall again. - Episode 933
E8Episode 933Mr. 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. - Episode 934
E9Episode 934Susan wants Gordon and the kids to guess the item that she's bought; it turns out to be a camera. She gathers them for a group photo. Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley. Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away. Song: "1-2-3-4-5!" - Episode 935
E10Episode 935At Hooper's Store, David and Maria talk about a movie they recently saw, The Ketchup Men from Mars. David loved it, but Maria hated it. They ask Mr. Hooper for his opinion on it, but Mr. Hooper would rather not take sides, pointing out that their opinions are both valid. EXIT. Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names. Muppet and Kid Moment - Bert tells John-John that he's lost his paper clips, and he feels sad. He asks John-John to show how he looks when he feels sad. Then Bert feels angry about losing his paper clips, and John-John acts out that emotion. Bert remembers where he left his collection, and John-John acts happy, too. - Episode 936
E11Episode 936Buffy sings "My Jim Dog" with a Muppet dog. D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. Ernie pretends to be a dog and a duck. Bert then pretends to be a train, and does it so well that a train conductor and passengers come through the apartment. Song: Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song." Maria and David look for each other in the park, but have trouble finding one another. The concepts of above and below are demonstrated. Super Grover: Janet Fringle needs help carrying many boxes. Super Grover suggests gluing them together, but she eventually figures out that taking them one at a time will work. - Episode 937
E12Episode 937Mr. Snuffleupagus encounters Big Bird practicing his baton twirling for the bird and animal parade next week. Big Bird teaches him how to march, and they march past the arbor, but Snuffy goes off in the wrong direction, so the adults don't see him with Big Bird. Sand M/m. Over (silent film). A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen. Artists: The Hubleys. - Episode 938
E13Episode 938It's twilight on Sesame Street. Luis fills a large bucket with water to rinse it out, while Mr. Hooper brings out a bowl of water to wipe down a table. They both clear the area, when Mr. Snuffleupagus wanders by. He's getting ready for bedtime, but his mommy forgot to get him a glass of water. He intends on visiting Big Bird for a drink, when he spots the containers of water left behind in the yard. He slurps up the bowl of water, but needs more, so he drinks all the water n the bucket. Still thirsty, he takes the most water from the pool in Oscar's trash can. Oscar pops up and declares he's been robbed. Luis and Mr. Hooper rush over and find his claims silly, until they discover the water they left out has disappeared as well. - Episode 939
E14Episode 939Luis describes the sounds of tools and appliances in the Fix-It Shop. Big Bird comes in with a broken radio that makes more funny sounds. The Typewriter: K is for Key. Luis describes the sounds of tools and appliances in the Fix-It Shop. Big Bird comes in with a broken radio that makes more funny sounds. The Typewriter: K is for Key. Russian nesting dolls 10-1. Four firetrucks, telephones, ships and men file into a large contraption that produces 4s. - Episode 940
E15Episode 940Big Bird tries to surprise Maria, David and Bob, but it doesn't work. Two red curtains are dropped to reveal a number 5 covered in colorful dots that vibrate and disperse. Bob, Maria and David muse about Big Bird's attempts to surprise them, and they all decide to surprise him themselves. Joe Raposo sings "Look at This" over footage of something - can you guess what it is? Things that begin with G. - Episode 941
E16Episode 941In the early hours of the morning, Luis strolls over to the Fix-It Shop and discovers the door is already unlocked, then hears a crash from within. He suspects a robber is in the store and calls the police. Two officers show up to catch the culprit, which turns out to be Maria, who also got in early to do some work. C is for clipper - and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake). - Episode 942
E17Episode 942Oscar is unenthusiastic by the way Winnie Wiggins has been keeping 123 Sesame Street in tip-top shape. Thus, he has a bouquet of old, smelly flowers he intends to give her, thinking such a kind act will persuade her to grant him a favor - namely, to stop fixing things and let the building fall into disrepair. She accepts the flowers, but angrily refuses to do anything Oscar requests of her. She forces the flowers back on him, but he insists she keep them for yelling at him the way she did. - Episode 943
E18Episode 943Following the events of the previous episode, Big Bird attempts to replace the fallen tree on the street. He knows that trees grow from acorns and has placed one on the ground, commanding it to grow. Maria and David break it to him that not only does it need to be planted, but trees take years to grow; this directly impedes Big Bird's plans for a picnic under the tree tomorrow. He goes off to sulk, while David wonders what they can do to remedy this. - Episode 944
E19Episode 944Big Bird watches as Susan starts to replace her car's flat tire. She realizes her spare tire needs more air, so she goes to fetch a tire inflator. While she's gone, Mr. Snuffleupagus shows up and fills the tire himself, with his snuffle. Big Bird shows him that the spare is supposed to be the same size as the other tires, so he makes two more tries inflating it. A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. - Episode 945
E20Episode 945Luis sings "I'd Like to Know You Better." They'd play with me if I had - Ernie and Bert - 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. "Ten Turtles". Artist: Bud Luckey. - Episode 946
E21Episode 946Maria and David wait for Big Bird on a subway platform, having already missed two trains because of his tardiness. Big Bird finally arrives, unable to find much of his beach accouterments for their trip. David doesn't see why he'd need such things - they're only going to the Bronx. Maria tells David he'll see when they get there and assures Big Bird that her friend has the things he'll need. Their uptown train arrives and they all board. In lieu of the normal opening theme sequence, we instead see footage of the train heading uptown scored by a funky, transit-inspired arrangement of the "Sesame Street Theme." - Episode 948
E23Episode 948Cookie Monster tells Maria he's just been hired as a baker's assistant, but he's wearing a baker's hat over his eyes. He waits for the baker, when someone comes by with a white coat, who says he helps people feel better (a doctor). Another person comes by, holding a tire, which Cookie Monster assumes is a giant cookie, but this person is a gas station attendant. A third person comes by, saying that he mixes flour, sugar and milk into dough, then puts it in an oven. Cookie Monster thinks that sounds boring, but this person turns out to be the baker. - Episode 949
E24Episode 949Finally, Gordon and the woman pass each other on the street and do a double take. It's been so long since they've seen each other, that they didn't recognize one another. Gordon introduces his sister Olivia to his neighbors. An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals. Muppets 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. - Episode 950
E25Episode 950Gordon greets Mr. Hooper in front of Hooper's Store and says he's looking for his little sister Olivia who's coming to visit him and Susan on Sesame Street today. Mr. Hooper gets Gordon's description of her and says he'll keep an eye out. Inside the Fix-It Shop, a woman asks Luis if he's seen a black man with a beard and a big afro, but Luis doesn't know anyone by that description. - Episode 951
E26Episode 951Linda is in a rotten mood today. Maria invites her to do some activities to cheer her up, such as getting coffee or seeing a movie. Instead, she joins Oscar for a performance of "I Don't Wanna." Linda shuts down Oscar when he invites her to the dump and he sighs, "I think I'm in love!" Ernie and Bert - As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep - thus waking Bert up, just to tell him it's time for his nap. - Episode 952
E27Episode 952Big Bird sings "Wonderful Me." Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them. A man writes the word ME in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo. Sand G/g. Muppets Game Show: The Remembering Game - Guy Smiley hosts Cookie Monster and Bill Smith who have to match two pictures. - Episode 953
E28Episode 953Maria takes notice of Oscar's newly-beautified trash can, decorated with flowers, a clean picket fence and a welcome mat. She rings the calm-sounding doorbell, and a neatly-dressed Oscar politely answers. Oscar then explains that he's preparing for a visit from his brother Ernest. Oscar holds a grudge against Ernest for being the favorite kid in the family, so he plans to act nice and un-grouchy as a way of getting even with him. A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that "Q" starts the word "quarter." - Episode 954
E29Episode 954At the Fix-it Shop, Maria has a headache while studying. The Count gives her a few helpful tips, counting each one as he lists them off. Maria believes the Count is only doing this so he has something to count and doesn't care about her issue at all. She tells him to leave, stating it might make her feel better. Q for Quiet. Artist: John Korty. - Episode 955
E30Episode 955At the Fix-it Shop, Maria has a headache while studying. The Count gives her a few helpful tips, counting each one as he lists them off. Maria believes the Count is only doing this so he has something to count and doesn't care about her issue at all. She tells him to leave, stating it might make her feel better. - Episode 957
E32Episode 957Oscar the Grouch spots Gordon, Susan, and Olivia walking down Sesame Street and tells the viewer it's about time Olivia's visit with her brother comes to an end because, although they haven't met yet, he's heard about how nice she is. Susan and Gordon retire for the night, but Olivia says she's going to stay up a bit longer, when Oscar greets her and begins to introduce himself. Olivia has heard about him and his reputation, so she cuts off his welcome saying she's not going to fall for whatever trick she assumes this grouch has up his sleeve, and really lays into him before dismissing herself and going inside. Oscar changes his tune with the viewer; he's going to like having her around after all. - Episode 958
E33Episode 958Cookie Monster sees Mr. Macintosh peddling his produce cart around, but Cookie reminds the viewer that he prefers cookies. He imagines himself in Mr. Macintosh's place, now running a cookie cart. However, "Mr. Monster-Intosh" doesn't like that customers actually take the cookies away, leaving none for him to eat. Mr. Mac snaps Cookie back to reality. Cookie, now feeling hungry, settles for eating some fruits and vegetables and starts devouring the contents of the produce cart. A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. - Episode 959
E34Episode 959During the "Sesame Street Theme" (mixed with a whistling march), the cast (Bob, Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, Denise, and Anthony, carrying Oscar's trash can) appears hiking through the woods. The gang finally arrives at a clearing, which Bob cites as the perfect campsite; Oscar's response to his new surroundings is a sarcastic "Whoop-dee-do." The grown-ups feel ready for dinner, but Big Bird doesn't see a stove anywhere; he's told they're going to build a fire. Big Bird tells Susan how dangerous fires can be, but she explains how useful it can be for cooking when handled safely. - Episode 961
E36Episode 961Luis catches David on his way to the mailbox in front of 123, and adds some items to David's already big load. They give the mail to a jolly postman, who opens the mailbox and is overjoyed at how much mail he gets to collect and sort. Film "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (re-edited with a new song track) - Episode 965
E40Episode 965Mr. Hooper struggles to fill orders in Hooper's Store. He explains to Maria that David called out sick, so he's hired someone from a temp agency to help out for the day. He continues to rush around when a woman comes in and tries to get his attention. He asks her to wait her turn as he continues; the woman patiently continuing to intercede. Finally he slows down long enough for her to introduce herself: her name is Mrs. Sharp and she was sent by the temp agency in response to Mr. Hooper's request for help. Bert tells Ernie that if he can clean the messy apartment in fifteen seconds or less, he will give Ernie his dessert, ice cream and cookies. - Episode 966
E41Episode 966Bob wakes up early, opens his window, and invites the viewer to identify the sounds of the city in the morning. A cat makes noise with a telephone, typewriter, trumpet, and piano. When the cat leaves, the devices come to life, and when he comes back, they all sound at once, frightening the cat. - Episode 967
E42Episode 967At Hooper's Store, David fills a jar with dry beans for a contest: whoever guesses the number correctly wins a free lunch. Maria guesses 2,000. Just then, Big Bird arrives to watch the store while David studies, but can't find anything to serve the customers. He notices the jar of dry beans, and gets inspired. A man saws a letter E through the wall. - Episode 968
E43Episode 968Bob invites Oscar to play a "freeze" game with him and the kids, where all of them pretend to be animals until he says "freeze". Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. Bert sees Ernie holding a fork in one hand and a napkin with some chocolate on it in the other--and in front of him is a plate full of chocolate-cake crumbs. When Bert accuses Ernie of eating the cake, Ernie tells Bert that a monster came in, ate Bert's cake, and framed Ernie. Bert doesn't believe Ernie's lie. But when Bert leaves the room, Beautiful Day Monster comes in and does exactly what Ernie told Bert happened to the first piece. Ernie tries to explain, but Bert says, "I don't want to talk about it." - Episode 971
E46Episode 971Herry Monster feels a big sneeze coming on, so Mr. Hooper gives him ten tissues. A tough guy named Tough Eddie accidentally knocks over Bert's sand castle while he's sleeping. Ernie points that out to Eddie, and Eddie tells Ernie, in a threatening tone of voice, that he's "got something" for Bert. It turns out to be an ice cream cone. - Episode 972
E47Episode 972Big Bird has a special welcome prepared for David's grandmother Harriet, who is coming to visit today - a banner reading "Welcome Grandma," some balloons and a trumpet fanfare. However, David, Luis and Susan are all too busy getting their own things ready for Harriet's visit. Harriet finally arrives and helps Big Bird set up the banner. She even shows him how to properly play a fanfare on the trumpet. This alerts David, who rushes out to meet his grandmother. He asks who helped Big Bird after all and the bird cunningly remarks, "Oh, just a friend who happened to be visiting..." - Episode 974
E49Episode 974Luis finds Oscar using an old CB radio, which Oscar has repurposed as a GB radio (GB for Grouch Band). Using the nickname "Bum Steer," he communicates with fellow Grouch "Rotten Egg" about trading some trash. "Rotten Egg" turns out to be radioing him from right behind his can. S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh. - Episode 975
E50Episode 975Bob sings a country/western song called "Boy from Indiana". I've got a mind: squares make a box. Artist: Cliff Roberts. A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High." Music: Joe Raposo. "Poverty U". Lefty sells Ernie an invisible ice cream cone; Ernie pays for it with an invisible nickel. - Episode 976
E51Episode 976Big Bird is reading his "Western Tales" book and thinks it might be fun to have lived life as a cowboy. He begins to imagine what it would be like living in the Old West - In Big Bird's imagination, Sesame Street is rendered as an old west town named "Sesame Gulch." Big Bird makes himself into a bad hombre named "Bad Bird," fastest wing in the West. Two miners (played by Willy and writer Joseph A. Bailey) flee in terror as he moseys over to "Hooper's Canteena." - Episode 979
E54Episode 979Luis gives Big Bird a box to put things away, but Big Bird realizes he needs more boxes. David gives him one, then another one. He quizzes Big Bird on what 1 + 1 equals, but Big Bird keeps saying 3, driving David crazy, until Big Bird tells him that he already got a box from Luis. Sally the Spider skates with different combinations of her legs. Maria reads the story of "Ike and the Ilk." Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift. - Episode 980
E55Episode 980Super Grover: Janet Fringle needs help carrying many boxes. Super Grover suggests gluing them together, but she eventually figures out that taking them one at a time will work. A cartoon man (voiced by Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. - Episode 981
E56Episode 981At Hooper's Store, David tells Luis and Maria that he wants to hear Spanish spoken all day today so he can learn the language. He gets confused when they disagree about the Spanish words for blanket and orange, since they both come from different Spanish-speaking regions. Ernie is painting a portrait of Bert, but paints Bert with curly hair, glasses and a beard. When Bert gets angry about this, Ernie takes him behind the easel and puts curly hair, glasses and a beard on Bert. - Episode 982
E57Episode 982Luis visits Big Bird while he tries to teach the baby bird to talk, which isn't easy because Big Bird says "chirp" and the baby says "cheep". He then tries to feed it some birdseed, but the baby bird only winds up making a mess. Big Bird is losing his patience, but Luis suggests he try to lull the baby bird to sleep. Just when they think it's asleep, the baby bird wakes up and makes more noise. Animation: "The King of Eight" - Episode 983
E58Episode 983Oscar is expecting a group of Grouches from Cincinnati, and finds himself in desperate need of trash for games. His situation worsens when David and Maria refuse to give him cans and bottles that they're taking to the recycling center. Bob, however, has plenty of trash for Oscar. - Episode 984
E59Episode 984Big Bird finds Bad Barney up to no good again, seeing he's just tipped over a garbage can. Barney prods the bird, thinking he's never done anything bad before. Big Bird counters that he's been bad before and reluctantly agrees to prove he's not just a goody-two-shoes. The two find Mr. Macintosh's produce cart has been left unattended and Barney wants Big Bird to steal something. Big Bird isn't sure, but constantly being referred to as "a chicken" provokes him into taking a sole zucchini. Barney is impressed, while Big Bird retreats to his nest to hide the stolen property. Barney threatens to rat Big Bird out unless he does a few favors for him (such as cooking the zucchini, getting a backrub, doing his homework. - Episode 991
E66Episode 991Big Bird shows Grover the contents of his "Big Book of Birds," though most the simple information is foreign to Grover. He is especially baffled by the image of an egg, as Big Bird tries to explain where they come from and what's inside. Grover doesn't grasp the concept (asking where the door and windows are), so Big Bird shows him a film - A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) - Episode 992
E67Episode 992A hand draws a castle with a growling dragon inside, which scares the princess until her knight in shining armor leads the dragon away. A film shows parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo. Two men compete to be in front. - Episode 993
E68Episode 993Biff directs Sully while he's driving, causing him to back into the mailbox in front of 123 Sesame Street. The crash prompts Maria to come out and see what happened, but Biff is too busy overcomplicating the mess to explain himself to the "little lady". While Biff admits defeat, deciding he needs an extra crew to come in to clean up, Maria has uprighted the mailbox and tells Sully to clear the vehicle away. Biff is left dumbfounded - and without a ride. - Episode 994
E69Episode 994Madame Schwartzhead sings about reading words while her stage manager causes accidents. A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo. In Big Bird's nest area, Mr. Snuffleupagus looks in a mirror and practices getting angry. Big Bird says that's something people don't need to practice, which irritates Snuffy to a point when he's angry. "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." - Episode 995
E70Episode 995Big Bird shows Luis the bird house he made for his cousin Herman Bird to stay in during his visit, but it falls apart because he didn't use anything to hold it together. Pinball Number Count #4. Big Bird returns with some nails, but finds that he can't get them into the wood with his bare hands. Luis sends him away to get a hammer. - Episode 996
E71Episode 996Oscar the Grouch plays his tape of self-recorded animal sounds for Maria. She, Bob and Mr. Hooper react negatively to the loud noise, and Oscar secretly records them yelling at him. "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon. Celebrity: Lucky Peterson sings "One, Two, Three." A puzzle of a wheel is put together. "Six Song (Song of Six)." "Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb. - Episode 997
E72Episode 997Oscar heckles Gordon and Susan's plans to make a garden on the street. When they challenge his knowledge of plants, he shows off a plant he's growing - a crabapple tree, though it droopy from having been in his fridge the entire time. They tell him to give it proper sunshine and advise him eating one of its fruits will make him sick (which is exactly what he wants). A boy counts 10 stairs as he climbs them with his sack of toys. - Episode 998
E73Episode 998Kermit asks the viewers to play a weather imagination game. First, Kermit imagines it's a warm, sunny day. Then he imagines that it's raining hard. Then he imagines that it's a snowy, windy day. Animation: "The King of Eight". Peggy Fleming skates a figure 8. Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys. - Episode 1010
E85Episode 1010Little Jerry and the Monotones perform "Mad." Grover wants to show the viewer what it's like when someone is angry by getting angry himself, but has a hard time conjuring up such an emotion. He asks Big Bird to get him mad, but Big Bird can't bring himself to do it. This frustrates Grover enough to make him mad, which then makes him happy. A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. - Episode 1011
E86Episode 1011Big Bird surprises Gordon with a gift, and wants him to guess what it is. He gives Gordon some clues: it's used on a part of the body, is black, and has teeth. It turns out to be a comb, which Gordon can't use because he's bald. A girl wonders what it would be like if elephants were as easily frightened as bugs. A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height. Music: Joe Raposo. - Episode 1012
E87Episode 1012Ernie and Bert - 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, and the soda into the fishbowl, and the fish in Bert's cowboy hat. Bert asks, "Now what am I gonna wear when I wanna play cowboy?" Ernie puts the pot on Bert's head and says, "Ride 'em, cowboy, Bert!" - Episode 1013
E88Episode 1013Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate short and long -- Kermit sings and hops for short periods, while Grover does them for long periods. Finally Grover asks if he can do the short thing and Kermit do the long thing. To Grover's detriment, it turns out to be tickling. - Episode 1014
E89Episode 1014Big Bird calls to Mr. Snuffleupagus off-screen to encourage him to do something really great. After some coercing, Snuffy enters the frame riding a Snuffleupagus-sized skateboard. Big Bird says he knew he could do it, and Snuffy agrees that it's a lot of fun. Once he leaves the frame, a loud crash is heard, and Big Bird concludes that it worked out just like his try at ice skating. - Episode 1022
E97Episode 1022Mr. Snuffleupagus encounters Big Bird typing on a typewriter; Big Bird says he wants to be a secretary when he grows up. Snuffy starts thinking about what he'll be when he grows up, doubting that he could fix things like Maria, take pictures like Olivia, or teach music like Bob. Big Bird knows what Snuffy will be when they grow up: his best friend. - Episode 1037
E112Episode 1037Luis, Maria, Jay and Oscar watch as The Amazing Mumford makes things go up and down without touching them: first a book, then a basketball, then Oscar's can. Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup. - Episode 1042
E117Episode 1042Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each other scratch their back. While Ernie's itch takes a little too long to scratch, he introduces a film called "Everybody Scratch." After the film, Ernie notices that Bert has stopped scratching his back; Beautiful Day Monster is. - Episode 1043
E118Episode 1043Scanimate kids intro. Muppets Herry Monster asks the kids at home to do simple exercises with him like moving eyebrows, touching toes with fingers, and running in place. Kermit the Frog cameos during the running in place exercise. Film People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo. Things that are same and different. - Episode 1044
E119Episode 1044Mr. Hooper alerts everyone that the President of the United States is going to be detouring through Sesame Street today. While everyone cleans up the messy street, Big Bird decides to write a poem for the President. Song: "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. - Episode 1046
E121Episode 1046The entire cast calls out a word for each letter of the alphabet. Oscar has a zoo inside his trash can. Ernie and Bert - Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie, who tells Bert that if the cookie was his, he wouldn't mind sharing. Ernie takes the cookie, and asks Bert to ask him if he would share it. A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. - Episode 1047
E122Episode 1047Ernie and Bert plan to go to the zoo tomorrow, but Ernie can't make up his mind. What would happen if Ernie bought a balloon, but then lost it when he gets frightened by a buffalo? Then he remembers that the zoo is closed on Wednesdays. An apple, an orange and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling. - Episode 1048
E123Episode 1048Bert sits in Hooper's Store forlornly reading a postcard and orders a luncheon meat sandwich (not too spicy and hold everything). Mr. Hooper complies and finishes setting out some saucers when Susan comes in and asks Bert about his postcard. Bert explains that it's from Ernie; he's staying with his aunt and uncle who have a cabin on Lake Winnewonga. With Bert's permission, Mr. Hooper reads the postcard out loud which is filled with all the activities Ernie's been doing with his "old buddy", Tom. Susan notices how depressingly Bert is staring at his sandwich, and relates to him a story about the time Gordon went away on a fishing trip and left her home feeling like she was missing out on something (even though she admits to not caring about fishing). Bert says he feels the same way: left out, lonely, and resentful of the fact that Ernie's only been gone three days and he's already got a new "old buddy". - Episode 1049
E124Episode 1049Sesame Street News Flash: The Pied Piper has trouble luring mice with his music, but Kermit the Frog lures them by whistling. S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. Big Bird conducts a choir of Susan, Mr. Hooper, Gordon and Mr. Macintosh, who say the "S" sound in "SONG." S - Serpiente. Film: A giant panda walks around. S for sing. - Episode 1050
E125Episode 1050David, Maria and Luis wait in anticipation for David's grandmother Harriet to arrive. She arrives on a bus, with presents for everyone: homemade bread for David, a scarf for Maria, a can of melon rinds for Luis - and a rock for Oscar, which he likes. Speech Balloon: V for Violin. A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. - Episode 1051
E126Episode 1051Big Bird suggests that Judy Collins sing a duet with Mr. Snuffleupagus one day. He touts Snuffy's singing skills and envisions the two singing an operatic version of "The Alphabet Song." Big Bird then realizes there'd be one problem - Snuffy's too shy to sing in public. The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd. - Episode 1052
E127Episode 1052Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit is interviewing Cinderella and Prince Charming, who are dancing at the ball. After Cinderella leaves, she leaves one glass slipper behind. The prince wants to find Cinderella...so he can have the other glass slipper. Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo. - Episode 1053
E128Episode 1053Maria, Luis, and Olivia follow a strange noise to Oscar's trash can, where inside, Oscar and his Grouch pals are chopping up his piano to use as firewood. Mr. Hooper comes by to drop off marshmallows. When they see smoke arising from the can, Maria rushes to douse the fire with a bucket of water. Oscar is angry at first, but realizes how much better it is having a soggy campfire. He and the Grouches start singing a campfire song to themselves. - Episode 1054
E129Episode 1054Bob and Linda wait for her father Andy to arrive for a visit. Bob is eager to show off how much sign language he's learned since his last visit. Andy (Andy Vasnick) finally arrives and Bob tries to sign how he's been learning sign language. Linda and Andy crack up for some reason. Linda corrects him on how the sign for "signing" and Andy reveals Bob was saying "I am learning spaghetti." They'd play with me if I had.
