Episode 1479

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Cast 	Buffy sings "Wynken, Blynken and Nod."
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y.
 	Film 	Grasshopper (harpsichord 50s-style music)
 	Cartoon 	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo
 	SCENE 1 	It's nighttime on Sesame Street, and Telly Monster's latest worry is that it will stay dark forever and the sun won't rise again. Gordon acknowledges how silly this is and tries to reassure him, but Big Bird easily falls for the paranoia as well. Telly leaves in order to prepare for the potential of permanent darkness.
 	Cartoon 	Y for YakArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to draw the letter Y.
 	Cartoon 	He, She and It - The IT knows all about tricycles.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (tomato)
 	SCENE 2 	Bob practices his recorder on the roof of 123 Sesame Street. Deena makes her way up to the roof with her baseball bat, wanting to play with Bob. He doesn't want to play a game, but to his surprise Deena actually wants to play some music with him. She plays her baseball bat like a recorder and manages to produce music from it, and she and Bob play a duet.
 	Cartoon 	What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog draws the number 2 on-screen. The Two-Headed Monster then shows up as a visual aid.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #2Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Cartoon 	A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom.
 	Film 	Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo.
center 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs get a new postage stamp portrait of George Washington, but have trouble getting it to stick to the wall. They finally get it to work, but it is upside down.
 	Cartoon 	The Dog & The Bone
 	SCENE 3 	Telly tosses a letter up in the air, discouraged when it keeps falling down. Susan explains he needs to mail it until she learns his letter is for the sun, asking it to end the night. Susan asserts that one can't write the sun a letter (nor call it on the phone) and that it will rise in the morning. Telly understands, but thinks he should prepare just in case.
 	Cartoon 	Kids count dinosaurs, octopuses, and paper dolls.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath."
 	Cartoon 	A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	Two Farm AnimalsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster shares a sandwich.
 	Cartoon 	A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination."
 	Film 	Olivia briefly narrates a film of re-paving a street.
 	Muppets 	Grover reads "The Cursed Prince" (David turns into Kermit)
 	Film 	Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Can you see the car, frog and bird in the picture?
 	SCENE 4 	Telly is on the roof with a series of lights to point down to the street, thinking they will effectively simulate daylight. Down below, Oscar is taking in the peace of the night when he's suddenly blasted with light. He won't let this stop him from throwing a raucous Grouch party in his trash can, much to the dismay of the neighbors.
 	Film / Song 	"At the Animal Doctor": Two boys take their dog to the vet
 	Cartoon 	A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
 	Film 	A garfish swims around.
 	Cartoon 	J - Jam
 	SCENE 5 	Telly, looking dazed from staying up all night, realizes that the light around him isn't from his own lamps but from the start of a new day; the sun rose after all! Telly decides to go to sleep, but keeps himself up worrying whether or not he'll ever be able to fall asleep again. Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
* In addition to performing their characters, Karen Prell and Brian Muehl can be heard as some of the neighbors complaining during Oscar's party.
* Telly's pupils have turned into red spirals for the final scene, hearkening back to his origin as "the Television Monster."
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12