Episode 1181

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird closes his eyes and identifies the sounds he hears. When David knocks on his door, Big Bird doesn't answer it. Instead, he narrates all the sounds associated with David walking in, like opening his door and tripping over a tricycle. David gets his attention by tapping him on the shoulder, scaring him; Big Bird says David shouldn't sneak up on people like that.
 	Film 	Footage of a sunflower seed factory, where birdseed bells are manufactured.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Victor Borge demonstrates how to "handle a Grouch" by being grouchier than Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses)
 	Film 	A woman repairs wires for the telephone company.
 	Cartoon 	A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away.
 	Film 	Various sporting events involving throwing things are shown from around the world.
 	Cartoon 	V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid)Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	SCENE 2 	David makes a V out of vegetables. Maria holds her V and vanishes.
 	Animation 	Sand V/v
 	Song 	"Hello" - A boy sings about the simple message one can convey using the telephone.
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock."
 	Film 	A man uses a TELEPHONE booth in the city.
 	Cartoon 	The Villain in the Panama Hat (V)
 	Cast 	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V.
center 	Cartoon 	V in space
 	Animation 	A dune buggy is assembled.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: V for Vacuum
 	Muppets 	Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holiday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk.
 	Celebrity 	Stevie Wonder sings "123 Sesame Street."
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert, and Shola discuss the difference between heavy and light.
 	Cartoon 	Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale.
 	Film 	Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Song 	"1-2-3-4-5!"
 	Film 	A turtle walks slowly.Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
 	Cartoon 	Tool Quickies: a vacuum cleaner sucks up the screen.
 	Film 	How sweaters are made from sheep's wool.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound: V, violin
 	Muppets 	Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact).
 	Cast 	The two Chaplins (Maria and Linda) find ways to balance both sides of a see-sawing park bench.
 	Cartoon 	A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	David and the kids play "Three of These Things" with a cowboy hat, a derby, a firefighter's helmet, and a plate of spaghetti. After they choose the spaghetti because it's not something you wear on your head, Oscar the Grouch pops up from within the table, the plate atop his head and proclaims, "Ding-dong, you're wrong!"
 	Cartoon 	A man can't lift heavy barbells.
 	Muppets 	Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie an empty box, explaining that he can fill the box with things like a pet mouse (if Ernie had one) and jellybeans (if they rained from the sky). Ernie wants an empty box, but doesn't have any money. However, Bert brings a box of cookies, and Ernie throws the cookies out so he can catch jellybeans from the sky.
 	Cartoon 	Various alien creatures perform in an otherworldly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature.
 	Film 	Footage of a baby learning to walk.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar, still wearing the plate of spaghetti, asks the kids about wearing various meals on their head. David announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, & Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 9