Episode 1164

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Buffy stops by the New Mexico ranch, and tells Maria that she's heading out to Taos Pueblo. Maria offers to take her there in the pickup truck. Big Bird says that he'd like to come along, although he doesn't know what a pueblo is. Maria explains that it's a town where Indians live.Big Bird's initial reaction of fear from this episode's original airing is muted here.
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Buffy drives Maria and Big Bird to the pueblo. Along the way, she sings "I'm an Indian."
 	SCENE 1cont'd	When they arrive at the pueblo, Maria confesses to Buffy that she's worried about intruding in the community, or making a mistake. It must be easier for Buffy, because these are her people. Buffy explains that she's a Cree Indian, from Canada. There's about 300 different kinds of Indians, all with their own languages and customs. They're all visitors together. Buffy introduces Maria and Big Bird to her friends. Big Bird instantly makes friends with the kids, and holds a little girl's hand.
 	Cartoon 	A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat.
center 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "Feelin' Good/Feelin' Bad."
 	Cartoon 	A boy imagines that if the clouds were cows, it would rain milk.
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T.
 	Cartoon 	T for TurtleArtist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	Buffy and Maria wonder where Big Bird went. Maria recalls him saying he had to do something very important. He is playing tag and follow-the-leader with the pueblo kids.
 	Cartoon 	T wordsArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation using the letters of the alphabet.
 	Film 	A group of kids enter a door marked ENTRADA.
 	Film 	A crane is shown, with a shovel and a wrecking ball.
 	Cartoon 	Kids count dinosaurs, octopuses, and paper dolls.
 	Muppets 	Fred the Wonder Horse bets Marshal Grover that he can't count backwards from ten. Grover tries standing with his back to him and counting up to ten. Since he can't do it, Grover has to let Fred ride on his back.
 	Film 	T is for toes.
 	Film 	The letter T is a very useful letter.
 	Insert 	Piano Bridge #3 - A pianist plays a short, jazzy tune.
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about the capital T, but the top line slides down, forming a lowercase one. (Spanish version)
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	By the river, Buffy and the kids sing "I'm an Indian."
 	Cartoon 	Hats
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: BAD DOGAfter the man reads the sign, a dog comes in and protests, "I'm not a bad dog! What did I do? What did I do?"
 	Transition 	Piano Bridge #6 - A pianist plays a short tune with glissandos. (alternate take)
 	Film 	A dented car door is repaired and repainted at an auto body shop.
 	Cartoon 	A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?"
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird says that he's had a good time at the pueblo, but he hasn't seen any Indians. Buffy tells Big Bird that everyone there is an Indian. Big Bird thinks they're fooling him: "I happen to know that Indians wear lots of feathers!" Buffy explains that Indians sometimes wear feathers on special occasions -- but then they take them off, and they wear clothes like everyone else. Big Bird says that someday maybe he'll take off his feathers and look like everyone else too.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates short and tall.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on tall and short using two Snerfs, who keep changing their size.
 	Film 	A trio of clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus illustrate tall and small.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on big and small with the Beautiful Day Monster and a small monster. Splurge comes in at the end to show what a really big monster looks like.
 	SCENE 5 	Maria, Buffy and the kids observe how they have different ways to say the same things. The kids get their water from the river, and use firewood to keep the house warm during winter.
 	Cartoon 	Find the camouflaged parrot.Voice: Paul Dooley
 	Song 	Three kids dance to a rock version of "Three of These Things" while one of them sits and reads.
 	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
 	SCENE 6 	Buffy plays an Indian instrument, the mouth bow, and sings an Indian song.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Lizard!Music: Joe Raposo (same as "birds")
 	Animation 	Sand T/t
 	SCENE 7 	A mother donkey nurses its young.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #9Animation by Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	The Count croons "Count Up to Nine."
 	Cartoon 	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry
 	SCENE 8 	Maria and Big Bird say goodbye to Buffy and the Pueblo kids at the end of a happy day. A little girl gives Big Bird a kiss, and Buffy gives Maria a hair ribbon to bring back to Sesame Street, so that she'll bring a piece of Taos Pueblo with her.
 	SCENE 8cont'd	Gordon announces the sponsors.The story of the New Mexico trip concludes in Episode 1165.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Sherlock Hemlock holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 9