Episode 1409

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird grabs his broom to sweep up his nest area, but finds himself pretending his broom is a horse, a fishing pole, an oar, and a tennis racket. He remembers he was going to clean, but is much too tired now.
 	Cartoon 	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets sing "Oh, G" in praise of the letter G.
 	Cartoon 	Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder Snake
 	Cartoon 	A bee looks for a flower.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Song 	Three kids dance to a rock version of "Three of These Things" while one of them sits and reads.
 	Cartoon 	G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar re-introduces Maria to Charles the Robot. Maria doesn't think Charles is a practical robot since he never seems to do anything but stand still and fall apart. Oscar proves her wrong by ordering Charles to roll forward and backward several times. Charles is unable to stop rolling backward and crashes off-screen.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet boy teaches "forward" and "backward" with a group of Muppets who keep running over the boy when his back is turned.
 	Cartoon 	What kind of print does a hand make?
 	Film 	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays.
 	Cartoon 	G is for GlueArtists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief", who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue."
 	SCENE 3 	Bob and the kids pretend to be dogs like Barkley, who comes to believe the group are actual dogs.
 	Song 	"1-2-3-4-5!"
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper plans to use a hand buzzer when he asks someone to slap him five. Instead, the joker slaps a 5 on his chest.
 	Cartoon 	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end.
 	Film 	A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo)
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall.
 	Film 	Kids count 5 racehorses.
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Rodeo Rosie and Grover pretend that they're riding a horse.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests.
 	SCENE 4 	Maria and Luis find it difficult to get work done in the Fix-It Shop, which feels very claustrophobic today. While looking for a saw, they topple over various things.
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Muppets 	"The Rhymies at Sea" - Larry, Mary and Barry sail on a ship, which sinks.
 	Cartoon 	5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses)
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola count fingers.
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man in a bowler hat hears different sounds behind each door.
 	Film 	Various objects become OPEN.
 	Cartoon 	The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events.
 	Film 	A flower opens and closes.
 	Muppets 	The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear.
 	SCENE 5 	Bob helps Big Bird read a large sign now posted on the Fix-It Shop - "Closed for Alterations," and explains what the sign means.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd	Inside, Maria and Luis tell Bob that after starting to do some extra carpentry jobs, the store has gotten too crowded, so they plan on refurbishing the shop to be bigger and better. Bob offers to pitch in and help clean up. Oscar comes by and makes some suggestions on how they can improve the shop to cater to his messy interests (including tossing a bag of trash in a big empty space on the floor).
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: F for Fly
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Fleas have fun in fur!Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early
 	SCENE 6 	Inspired by the Fix-It Shop's renovations, Oscar hangs his own "Closed for Alterations" sign on his can as his Grouch friends help wreck the interior of his can. Bob listens to the wreckage (thanks in part to Oscar's pet rhino getting loose) as Luis announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 11