Episode 0985

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird announces himself to Susan and David in front of Hooper's Store with a grand introduction. He introduces a pencil as a modern marvel and offers to draw a picture of Susan. David and Susan are skeptical, but they're surprised and pleased to see that the drawing is actually quite good, and Susan asks if she can have it to show Gordon. Big Bird addresses the camera: "Stay tuned to this station for further adventures of the... [musical fanfare]... pencil!"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
 	Film 	Ostriches walk and run. (piano music)
 	Cartoon 	E ... see me eating a peach
 	Muppets 	Here Is Your Life: A loaf of bread is profiled.
 	Cartoon 	I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Insert 	A narrator (Jerry Nelson) narrates as some, more and most people inhabit Hooper's Store. When Big Bird tries to go in, everyone comes bursting out of the store.
 	Film 	Where the buffalo roam ...
 	Cartoon 	I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy
 	Celebrity 	Edith Ann says she can count to five, but won't.
 	Transition 	Bridge #13 - Leaf Drop Bridge
 	SCENE 2 	David leads Luis and Susan into the basement of the store to see Biff and Sully at work. Biff has used a pencil to write poetry about his tools. He demonstrates how each one is used; in the process he hits his thumb with the hammer, drills a hole into Sully's lunchbox, and uses the wrench on a pipe, which opens it up and sprays the adults.
 	Cartoon 	A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors.
 	Film 	An ice cream man hands a boy too many cones. The boy cries out for "HELP" and some kids eat the extras.
 	Cartoon 	A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*.Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee
 	Cast / Muppets	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" about the lifeguard and carpenter.
 	Cartoon 	Monster in the dark (finding a light switch)
 	Cartoon 	A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: E-Ear
 	Film 	A flower opens and closes.
 	Cartoon 	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one.
 	Cast 	David goes through a series of doors marked "OPEN" (each one smaller than the one before).
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates how letters sound by playing them as instruments.
 	Film 	Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: E for eggA cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."
 	Muppets 	"I Love a March"
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting.
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" (#12)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A girl puts on her coat all by herself.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	1-20 Ice SkatersMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar the Grouch's use for a pencil is erasing. He demonstrates for Luis and the kids' benefit by erasing most of the "good news" from a newspaper, scrubbing out the numbers of an alarm clock, and handing Luis a blank sheet of paper, claiming to have erased the "Grouch alphabet." He then erases the screen, leaving an orange void. Luis orders Oscar to undo his actions, and Oscar draws a grouchy image of Luis. Susan announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8