Episode 1040

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Buffy leaves Cody in the corner of the yard to take his nap in the shade and sits down with Big Bird to see if there's anything they'd like to do together like they used to before she had a baby. Big Bird makes a few suggestions that aren't appropriate to do while a baby naps, each time making jealous remarks to himself in his head. 
Buffy says she can sing him a song, but she has to do so quietly. She plays "I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl" on her guitar, but Big Bird joins in very loudly, prompting Buffy to suggest he's being grouchy on purpose. 
In his head again, Big Bird decides that's exactly what he's going to do: today, he'll be just like Oscar the Grouch.
 	Muppets 	Farley looks for his lost toy box.
 	Cartoon 	A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa.
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson)
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids.
 	Cartoon 	Four construction workers build a number 4.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Edgar Kendricks sings "Cross at the Green."
 	Cartoon 	A little girl imagines what would happen if she dropped her bag of ping pong balls.
 	Film 	David narrates some films showing the homes of animals.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird knocks on Oscar's trash can and tells him to open up and let him in. Oscar refuses, saying he doesn't want anyone pleasant trying to cheer him up. Big Bird hits him with a cranky attitude, and tells him he's not the only grouch around here. Oscar pops up, realizes Big Bird means what he says, and invites him inside.
 	Muppets 	At the Ice Follies, Grover is asked by Kermit (in voiceover) to demonstrate Near and Far.
 	SCENE 3 	Maria and David are reading their horoscope from the newspaper in front of Oscar's can when Buffy comes by, explains what happened with Big Bird, and asks if they've seen him. David suggests looking in the pet store nearby where Big Bird sometimes likes to talk to the other birds. After Buffy leaves, Maria thinks of asking Oscar, so she knocks on his can. From inside, Big Bird answers and tells them to scram. She knocks again and Big Bird emerges, explaining that he may as well live here now because nobody loves him and he can't do anything right. He retreats inside the can again as Buffy comes back and asks if they've seen Big Bird yet. David and Maria reply that yes, they've seen him.
 	Film 	A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between near and far.
 	Animation 	Sand N/n
 	Cartoon / Film 	Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice.
 	Muppets 	
 	Transition 	"All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?"
 	Film 	Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be.
 	SCENE 4 	Buffy stands outside Oscar's can holding Cody talking to Big Bird inside. She's asking him to please come out, but Big Bird just insults her son's name.
 	Cartoon 	A man carves a YES and puts it on display.
 	Film 	A boy narrates a film of cows being fed hay during winter.Music: Robert Dennis
 	SCENE 5 	When a leaf falls on Cody, he becomes frightened and won't stop crying. Big Bird feels bad since the same thing once happened to him, so he comes out of Oscar's can to twitter a song his mother used to tweet to him when he was little. Cody stops crying and Buffy showers Big Bird with praise, and Big Bird declares to Buffy, David, and Maria that he is no longer "Big Grouch" but his old, friendly self.
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs try to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car. (short intro)
 	Cartoon 	"Lowercase n"
 	Film 	Marching Band #4
 	Muppets / Cast 	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the moving man and hot dog vendor.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
 	Muppets 	Grover climbs a mountain and counts from one to ten with his own echo.
 	Cartoon 	Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg.
 	Animation 	An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns.
 	Cartoon 	A man shows the viewers his "YES" machine.
 	Film 	Topi antelopes nod "yes."Music by Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 6 	Buffy asks Big Bird to tweet some more of the song he learned from his mother. As Cody sleeps, Big Bird reverses his earlier position and says that Dakota Starblanket Wolfchild is a beautiful name. Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bert and Ernie hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==See also==
*Episode 2709
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8