Episode 1139

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	The adults and the kids discuss some transportation, as Big Bird tries to guess what they're talking about. He thinks they're discussing a noisy, underground worm, but it's actually the subway. He asks if he can join them on the train, as he needs to visit his friend Petula Pigeon downtown. They all head out, with Big Bird commenting that he hopes they avoid that large, noisy worm.
 	Cartoon 	M for mouse, mud, and mother
 	Cartoon 	A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday.
 	Celebrity 	Richard Pryor uses his hat to participate in playing cars with kids.
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs try to get to the zoo. (short intro)
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "J Jump."
 	SCENE 2 	Susan and the kids rush to catch the train. She explains how the tokens and turnstile work. Luis stops to buy a token before the impending train arrives. Because of the noise, the elderly Muppet change attendant (Richard Hunt) misunderstands Luis' requests and thinks he's instead talking about the weather. Luis ends up missing the train and the attendant finally understands what Luis was asking for.
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river.Artist: Abe Levitow
 	Film 	Mad Painter #7
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit attempts to demonstrate between by standing between two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry.
 	SCENE 3 	As Gordon and the kids wait for a train, Oscar appears to participate in one of his favorite pastimes - listening to the noisy sounds of the trains passing by.
 	Muppets 	"The "OP" Family Song"
 	Cartoon 	The Wise Man tries to illustrate "between".
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates between.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field.
 	Celebrity 	Madeline Kahn thinks giraffes make fine pets for those with high ceilings.
 	SCENE 4 	Bob tells the kids that he likes to ride up front in the car so he can see out the window. He points out different sights to see, such as the rails and turns, before they finally reach their stop.
 	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
 	Cast / Muppets	Maria reads the story of "Ike and the Ilk."
 	Cartoon 	Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter.
 	Muppets 	"The Ten Commandments of Health"
 	Cartoon 	Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A lost man in the desert asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like. As it turns out, the stranger is an alien.
 	Muppets 	Sesame Street pageants: Prairie Dawn directs the cast in a pageant about the face. Ernie talks about eyes, Cookie Monster talks about the mouth, Bert and Grover talk about ears, and Herry Monster talks about the nose. At the end of the pageant, they assemble a picture of a face.
 	Celebrity 	Madeline Kahn plays a pair of twins that take turns counting to 20.
 	Film 	HipposMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: M for magic
 	Film 	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited)
 	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.
 	Cast 	Surgeons Maria, David, Susan and Luis "operate" on a motorcycle.
 	Animation 	Sand N/n
 	Film 	Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
 	SCENE 5 	Everyone returns to Sesame Street from their various rides. They wonder where Big Bird could be, when Gordon explains he took a different route to the surface instead of the stairs. Big Bird then pops his head out of Oscar's trash can, having taken a tunnel from the subway station. Oscar is heard complaining about the yellow feathers in his swimming pool. Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*The subway sets would later be seen in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street.
*Caroll Spinney and Richard Hunt make onscreen cameos as subway passengers.
*Some of the subway film footage used for scene 4 was originally recorded for the opening of Episode 0946, as well as part of the closing credit sequence for seasons 10 and 11.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 9