Episode 0937

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Snuffleupagus encounters Big Bird practicing his baton twirling for the bird and animal parade next week. Big Bird teaches him how to march, and while Big Bird marches into the yard, Snuffy goes off in the wrong direction, so Gordon and Susan don't see him with Big Bird.
 	Animation 	Sand M/m
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under.
 	Cartoon 	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
 	Film 	Building a log cabin
 	Muppets 	Pageant: "She'll Be Comin' '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?
 	Film 	Things that start with M
 	Celebrity 	Richard Pryor recites the alphabet.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird."
 	Cartoon 	M in space
 	Film 	A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: D - Daisy
 	Muppets 	Grover the Salesman: Grover wants to sell Kermit the Frog some earmuffs, but Kermit doesn't have ears, so Grover gives Kermit some big human ears.
 	Film 	"Doll House"
 	Cast 	Luis tries to open a door marked with a "CERRADO" sign. He gets a running start, when Maria changes the sign to read "ABIERTO." She opens the door and Luis runs right through it, crashing.
 	Cartoon 	Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime."
 	Film 	A CERRADO sign spins around. A girl tries opening the door, but it's closed.
 	Animation 	A grape blows reveille and inspects the "troops" -- 12 raisins on a slice of white bread.
 	Film 	Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel."
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog, Smart Person, helps Legs Benedict (Bob) remember what to call the body part on the front of his face that helps him smell and breathe.
 	Cartoon 	Birds appear around the numerals one through twenty as jazz music plays.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	"M-M-M Monster Meal"
 	Cartoon 	A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	You can clean almost anything.Music: Bach's "Gavotte" performed by the Swingle Singers.
 	Muppets 	An alternate take of this sketch would be used in subsequent episodes.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird is ready to play, when he's visited by a bird named Mrs. Twitter, who asks him to sit on her egg while she gathers twigs. Big Bird has never egg-sat before, but she promises him 25¢ an hour and tells him not to let the egg break. Big Bird carefully places the egg in his nest and starts to sing it a lullaby.
 	Muppets 	Ice Follies: Count von Count skates to the tune of "The Song of the Count" ending with the rink lights simulating lightning.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird has re-read the same book six times, growing very bored of egg-sitting; he can't even leave to go play with his friends. David, Susan, Gordon, and the kids see the sign on his door: “Quiet! Sitting on egg - Do not disturb!” While they try to guess where he got the egg, Big Bird hears the sounds of chirping...
 	Film 	A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo)
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird hears pecking and discovers part of the egg shell has broken, with a young bird inside. Big Bird snaps at the baby for damaging the egg. He thinks he's failed at his promise to not break the egg, but Gordon tells him he's just aided in the birth of a baby bird, which is something to be proud of. Big Bird is proud, but wishes he found a way of bringing the new life into the world without breaking the egg.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Me."
 	Cartoon 	A boy does an addition problem in his head: 2 + 1 = 3
 	Cartoon 	M in space (repeat)
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird proudly recounts the events of him hatching the egg to everyone, but swears he’ll never egg-sit again. David then finds a basket of eggs outside the door with a request from other birds that he hatch them. Big Bird trudges back to his nest and gets to work, as Snuffy announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*Big Bird previously hatched an egg in Episode 0727.
*This episode's main storyline would be remade as Episode 2592, with Telly Monster in place of Big Bird.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8