Episode 0717

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar has built a wall of tin cans on the sidewalk in front of his trash can so that anyone wanting to walk along will have to go through it, and eventually make a mess of the street (instead of himself making the mess and everyone complaining about it). Maria walks by reading "The Death of Don Alonzo of Aguilar" and catches on to Oscar's trick. She walks through the wall and Oscar shames her for what she did, but Maria restores it by waving her arms (and with a reverse-tape edit), stupefying Oscar.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: To demonstrate "through", Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to run through a piece of tissue paper. Instead, Cookie offers other alternatives, ultimately choosing to go around it. He helps Kermit with his demonstration by passing the tissue paper through Kermit.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates over and under.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #9
 	Muppets 	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.
 	Cartoon 	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Male and female snow people narrate their own construction.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Super Grover: Young Willy Nilly is scared to get his hair cut. Super Grover tells Willy that haircuts are scary, but he must be brave. However, Max the barber shows them both that haircuts do not hurt, and soon they are no longer afraid of hair cuts.
 	Film 	While walking and reading the newspaper, a man barely avoids DANGER on three occasions, but then gets hit by a revolving door.
 	Cartoon 	Z In Space
 	Cartoon 	zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird builds a model of himself and calls it "ME."
 	Cartoon 	Z for zebra and zoo
center 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of chicken soup. Johnson says that he can't eat the soup, and Grover can't guess why. "That settles it," Johnson sighs. "From now on, I'm bringing my lunch to work in a paper sack." He finally explains to Grover that he can't eat the soup because he doesn't have a spoon.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two)
 	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."
 	Muppets 	"City-Country Song"
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates 'around'.
 	Muppets 	The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting.
 	Film 	Footage of a leopard in the plain.
 	Muppets 	A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster.
 	SCENE 2 	Bob, David, and Maria tell Big Bird to get a good night's sleep so he can be rested and go to the beach for a picnic tomorrow. Instead of sleeping, Big Bird remembers all the outdoor sounds that usually wake him up, so he starts thinking of ideas to prevent from hearing such noises.
 	Muppets 	Alien Alphabet
 	Cartoon 	Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird puts lots of buckets and pans of water around his nest, just in case there's a fire while he's sleeping and the fire engine won't have to blare its siren. Just when he thinks he's conquered that problem, the thought of a traveling salesman comes to mind.
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird puts a big pile of pillows outside the construction doors so he won't wake up if a salesman comes by to give him a free sample of birdseed. He's about to get into his nest when he remembers that the early birds in the trees sometimes wake him up in the morning.
 	Cartoon 	Sand Z/z
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird has set up some trays with birdseed, including a fancy platter for the goldfinches ("They're such fussy birds.") and almosts settles for bed... until he remembers the ice cream truck that comes around.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird now has an electric fan, which will blow a breeze and make the ice cream man think it’s too cold and no one will want any ice cream. Then he remembers Mr. MacIntosh and his fruit cart, a neighbor's trumpet, people asking for the bus stop...
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	George the Farmer saws the legs off a table.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird has taped up a whole bunch of different signs telling people to stay quiet, hoping to keep away the construction workers, cars, people popping bubble gum, etc. Then he realizes that his alarm clock might not work, and goes to look for another one.
 	Cartoon 	Triangles are found in various things such as a see-saw, ice cream cone, etc.
 	Muppets 	The Count's bats are upset; he always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats... but there's only one Count.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird has set up multiple clocks around his nest so he’s sure he’ll wake up on time, and finally goes to sleep. Right then and there, all of the clocks begin to chime as it's now eight in the morning. David, Bob and Maria are all ready to go to the beach, but all they find is a sleeping bird surrounded by all his precautions.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #9 (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #9
 	SCENE 3 	David, Bob and Maria lead a snoring Big Bird down the street towards the beach as Oscar announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sleep
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 6