Episode 0859

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	All is fine on Sesame Street in the evening; Luis is drilling something at the Fix-it Shop, and Maria returns home, saying hello to David who's enjoying some music on his radio at Hooper's Store. Suddenly, all the lights and power go out. Biff arrives representing the electric company (though specifying he doesn't work directly for them) and assures Luis and David that it's just a blackout that should be fixed in no time. David goes to make sure Maria is fine; she's already gotten a flashlight and keeps a much calmer head than David, whom she teases about his concern. The power returns moments later and Biff leaves, telling Luis and David about how he's not sure how digging a couple of holes could've helped get the electricity working again.
 	Animation 	Lollipop and feathers - what goes where?
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The life of a Yellow Yahoo
 	Animation 	Sand Y/y
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus
 	Cast 	Marvelous Maria rides her trike in 10 circles (then backwards).
 	Muppets 	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.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	SCENE 2 	The adults discuss the blackout while hanging out on the stoop. Big Bird comes by and tells them he wasn't afraid, as he had Mr. Snuffleupagus for company. He goes to his nest to fetch him and prove he's real, though Snuffy is feeling a bit nervous about it. Just as Snuffy exits through the construction doors, another blackout occurs and the street goes dark. Big Bird heads back to his nest and the adults start to disperse, bumping into Snuffy and speaking to him without even realizing who it is.
 	Cartoon 	Five feet stick out from a barrel, all belonging to a strange five-legged being.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Can a cat bark?
 	Film 	A Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo).
 	Animation 	"The King of Eight"
 	Cartoon 	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta.
 	Muppets / Cast	Bob reads "Yolanda and the Youth", a story about a youth who wins the hand of Princess Yolanda by passing the "Y" test.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo
 	Film 	A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off.
 	Muppets 	When Maurice, a hapless casanova, puts an Anything Muppet woman's head together, he tells her that he loves her, but it turns out she doesn't love him. He then proceeds to take her head apart, bit by bit, as he sings "I Want to Hold Your Ear" (as well as eyes, nose, tooth, and hair). After she walks off in a huff, he notices to his shock that the parts he set aside have attached themselves to the tablecloth, who thinks he's kinda cute.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates "beginning" and "end".
 	Cartoon 	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn.
 	Film 	Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - Kids wait in line at a movie theater.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird.
 	SCENE 3 	To combat the blackouts on the street, Oscar has rigged up his own makeshift generator to power his reading light. The generation is activated by a spinning wheel, which gets spun by a string whenever someone turns the knob of the 123 Sesame Street front door and opens it. He calls Maria down so she can open the door, which keeps his light on for a few seconds. He does this a few times as a test, enraging Maria. Luis comes by and puts Oscar's plan together. He starts pulling the rope on the generator over and over, observing how it works as Oscar tells him to keep the noise down as he reads his Dylan Thomas book in the free light.
 	Film 	Baby turtles swim around.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Celebrity 	Mary Lou Williams scats with the kids.
 	Film 	"Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body.
 	Cartoon 	Two men work at a manhole; one is tired of the same day-in-day-out routine of it. The other says the boss has planned a surprise for them. A jack-in-the-box pops from the manhole.
 	Muppets 	Old West: Bad Bart is looking for Marshal Earp to give her a big surprise. The terrified townspeople try to warn Marshal Earp -- but Bad Bart explains that a surprise is something that someone doesn't expect. He orders them not to say a word. It turns out the big surprise is a cake for Marshal Earp's birthday.
 	Cartoon 	C for canary (role reversal)
 	Film 	Field of hay (kid voice-overs)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting.
 	Transition 	Bridge #2 - Scoring
 	Cartoon 	A man gets a letter C in the mail.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar's generator has been tinkered with by Luis, as it is now powered whenever Oscar opens his can lid. Luis knocks on the lid over and over so he will open it, hiding whenever Oscar comes up to find who's knocking. The Count hides nearby with Maria, counting the instances the light comes on. Oscar discovers Luis' trick as Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7