Episode 1291

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	Insert 	Ray Barretto and company play their drums while the cast and kids dance.
 	Cartoon 	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
 	Muppets 	
 	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 	George the Farmer demonstrates over and under.
 	Cartoon 	An old woman goads a man into guessing who she met today. Through the clues she gives, he soon finds out she's referring to him.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird is bored with the unexciting life of a bird and wishes to be some other kind of animal. He bumps into Gladys the Cow and decides he'll be like her. He practices mooing, chewing his cud, and giving milk (from his refrigerator), but changes his mind when he learns of their dietary habits (grass, weeds, thistles, etc.).
 	Cartoon 	A boy acts out his feelings as animals. ("There's a zoo in me!")
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird now thinks he should be a dog like Barkley. He imitates what Barkley does (such as barking and fetching the paper), but gives up again when he finds out what's for lunch - a bone.
 	Cartoon 	A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Bob stops by Big Bird's nest and Big Bird explains what he's been through today. Bob gives him a surprise - a bag of birdseed, and reminds him of all the great things about being a bird. Big Bird agrees and takes a post-lunch nap.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark."
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "Eight Beautiful Notes."
 	Muppets 	A furry, purple creature whooshes to the counter of Hooper's Store and counts 5 apples. He subtracts one, leaving 4.
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	The creature returns to subtract one more apple, leaving 3.
 	Cartoon 	The 'J' TrainVoice: Daws Butler
 	Muppets 	Again, the creature appears to remove another apple, leaving 2.
 	Cartoon 	A girl runs home to her CASA.
 	Muppets 	Another apple is subtracted, thus leaving only 1.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound: J, jaguar
 	Muppets 	The creature takes away the last apple, leaving 0.
 	Cartoon 	Fruta ManzanaArtist: Irra Verbitsky
 	SCENE 2 	The Amazing Mumford observes from a distance Oscar practicing his Grouch magic tricks. He's appalled at the trashy props Oscar uses (dead flowers and an old shoe that appear from thin air), but frets for the reputation of all magicians when he sees Oscar's finale - squirting someone with his magic hat.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	Oscar assembles his audience and begins the show. Mumford decides to secretly improve Oscar's show by saying his own magic words. Oscar conjures up a fresh bouquet of flowers and his magic box produces colorful balloons, to his chagrin. Oscar now tries to get the hat to squirt Luis in the face, but with Mumford's "help," a rabbit comes out instead. Fed up, Oscar goes back to his can, while Luis asks Mumford if he's responsible for the tricks. "Just protecting the name of the honest magician," he claims.
 	Film 	Addition and subtraction using three trapeze artists (version "A")
 	Film 	A group of kids play "Pat-a-Cake" in the park.
 	Film 	A panda tries to scratch an itch.
 	Animation 	Sand V/v
 	Muppets 	At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies! (Cookie's last line cut)
 	SCENE 3 	Bob and Linda perform a song about saying "Hello."
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster charms two snakes with his saxophone.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: V for ViolinA musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird telephones Mr. Snuffleupagus from Chinatown and describes a dragon puppet right next to him. Snuffy chuckles at the idea and compliments Big Bird's imagination. "Et tu, Snuffy?," he moans.
 	Film 	Things you can carryMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird tells Snuffy all about his day, who still thinks he's making up the whole "dragon" story. He tells Big Bird it's good to have a healthy imagination, then heads off.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Big Bird exits his nest and vents his frustration to Luis. Luis tells him almost exactly what Snuffy does and Big Bird walks off in a huff. Luis tries explaining himself while Snuffy announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10