Episode 0059

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	A balloon man (James Catusi) attracts the attention of Gordon, Susan, Bob, and Mr. Hooper. He's only got ten balloons left, but every time Susan tries to buy one, he accidentally pops it with his lit cigar. He had ten, but now he has eight.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	SCENE 2 	The grownups buy balloons for all the kids on Sesame Street, including Big Bird. One balloon accidentally floats away, and they all look up at it, noticing Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter P .
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: P - Pin
 	SCENE 3 	Bob shows Brynne how to put happy and sad faces on balloons, and sings "Feelin' Groovy". He then hides near Oscar's trash can to play a trick on Oscar with the happy balloon face; Oscar assumes it's a new, shy, friendly neighbor.
 	Song 	“Song of Eight”
 	SCENE 4 	In the yard, Susan, Christopher, and Murray spend some time with an eight week old puppy named Sheba. She shows them some pictures of animals and their mismatched mothers, asking them what's wrong with each picture.
 	Film 	Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon encounters Oscar trying to pick a street address number for his trash can. He first chooses a number 9, but it looks like a 6 when he places it on. He then chooses a number 8, which looks the same upside-down as right-side up. Oscar gets frustrated with Gordon's criticism, and heads back into his can. Gordon asks the viewer for their opinion, and settles on the 9.
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (repeat)
 	SCENE 6 	Buddy demonstrates big and little by blowing up a balloon, until it pops. He introduces Kermit.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on tall and short using two Snerfs, who keep changing their size.
 	SCENE 7 	Mr. Hooper sets up some new toys in his store, including a large rubber duck toy. Big Bird arrives singing "sunny day, keepin' the frogs away", and spots the toy bird. He tries to befriend it and makes up a poem for it on the spot.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
 	Cartoon 	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
 	SCENE 8 	Gordon asks Chris and Shelley what to do with the balloon they got from the balloon man. Shelley suggests drawing a face on it, while Chris wants to let it go so they can see where the wind takes it. Gordon likes the second idea, so he lets the balloon blow away in the wind.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off.
 	SCENE 9 	Gordon sees the balloon get caught in a tree. He holds Chris up so they can get it down, and observes how handy it is to be tall sometimes.
 	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.
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 10 	Big Bird brings a bag of birdseed to his new rubber friend, but it still won't talk. He gets embarrassed when Mr. Hooper asks what he's doing and figures the toy bird won't talk because they're being listened to. Big Bird recites a "How do I love thee, let me count the ways" poem.
 	Celebrity 	Listen My Brother sings a counting song.
 	SCENE 11 	Bob presents an Amazon parrot to Brynne, which he claims to have picked up himself in a South American jungle. He says his name is Ulysses, a word that starts with U, which is a very handy letter. Here's why...
 	Cartoon 	Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim: Jim tries to explain to Buddy what umbrellas are for, but they are both clueless what to do after opening them.
 	SCENE 12 	Gordon plays a listening game with Shelley and Murray, telling them to raise their hands when they hear certain sounds. "One thing you can't hear? The sound of a pin drop."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: P - Pin
 	Cartoon 	A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P.
 	SCENE 13 	Big Bird returns to find that his toy friend is gone, admitting to Gordon and Mr. Hooper that they'd fallen in love with one another. Gordon says the toy went to go stay with some kids, and everything will work out. Big Bird comes around to the idea of the kids being happy with the toy and concedes that it was only a little rubber duck anyway.
 	Film 	Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for.
 	SCENE 14 	Gordon lets another balloon go, acknowledging that it won't come back, but that you should. Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign and Bob and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* The Big Bird puppet's right wing is attached to a monofilament string for the first time in this episode, allowing Caroll Spinney to .
* In his scene with Oscar, Gordon makes a passing reference to "the cookie monster." the first known reference of the character's eventual name.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1