Episode 0889

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	David cleans up Hooper's Store in preparation for a visit from his grandmother, whom he hasn't seen in a long, long time. He chides Maria and Big Bird when they come close to touching anything in the store as he prepares for her arrival. Big Bird sees how busy David is and offers to meet his grandmother at the bus stop, but first needs to know what she looks like. David tells him that she's a beautiful, older woman with gray hair, a suitcase, and looking for her grandson.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird positions himself at the bus stop, just in time for a bus to arrive. He stops an elderly Anything Muppet (Jerry Nelson), who fits the description (down to having a grandson named David), but Big Bird realizes that the person is male, thus not a grandmother. He then stops an Anything Muppet woman (Nelson), buts finds she's much too young looking. An elderly human woman departs the bus, and Big Bird points her toward Hooper's, not realizing who she is. Maria gets David's attention, and he shares a reunion with his grandma. Big Bird inspects her for a moment and remarks to David, "You didn't mention that she was wearing a hat!"
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: F for Fly
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover tries mounting Fred the Wonder Horse using a "run and jump" technique. But every time he gets close, Fred moves away from him, causing onlookers in the saloon to laugh at them. Fred finally explains that he doesn't appreciate the act, as it hurts his back. Grover promises never to run and jump onto his back again, and asks him to roll over so he may do so on his belly.
 	Cartoon 	A football player talks about his favorite sport.Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it.
 	SCENE 2 	David, Maria, Grandma, and Noel look at some of the old photos Grandma brought with her, including one of David and his brother Gregory at Sunday School. When looking at a picture from his 6th grade graduation, she realizes that she still remembered him as a young boy when she was picking out some presents for him. The gifts turn out to be a child-sized sweater and small baseball mitt, neither of which will fit David in his young adult state.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	Just then, Bob comes down from the garage, having dug out a rocking chair. David admits he wanted this to be a gift for Grandma, remembering her being much older than she actually is. She doesn't feel the need for it, so Bob makes use of it to rest after digging through all the junk to find it. As for David's gifts, they find the sweater is just the right size for Noel, while Grandma makes use of the mitt and baseball herself for a game with Noel.
 	Cartoon 	I Thought a Thought ... about big things.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	A scuba diver swims away from.
 	Cartoon 	A man blows 7 bubbles.
 	Muppets 	Salesman Harvey Kneeslapper asks Tony if he gets attacked by monsters and run over by crowds. Herry Monster attacks him and a crowd walks all over him, so the answer is yes. Harvey has a simple solution for Tony: AWAY FROM! The next time those things happen to Tony, he can get AWAY FROM them.
 	Film 	Slide puzzle - boy
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar is disgusted by the sight of David and Grandma being so happy together. After some prompting from Bob, Oscar shows off his family photo album, with pictures of his various relatives.
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a telephone booth.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
 	Cartoon 	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
 	Film 	Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.
 	Muppets 	A barbershop quartet sings about counting floors when they go up and down in an elevator.
 	Cartoon 	Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together.
 	Muppets 	"Frazzle" with Frazzle & The Frazzletones
 	Cartoon 	Fleas have fun in fur!Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Traffic lights
 	Muppets 	The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes.
 	SCENE 4 	Maria and Grandma stroll down the block, when they notice a sign now hanging on the door of Big Bird's nest - "Big Bird's Baby-Sitting Service." Inside, Big Bird tells them he's starting up a new business to earn some extra cash. The grown-ups ask him how he would put a baby to sleep; Big Bird's method would be loudly tricking the baby into thinking it's nighttime. His other care-taking ideas include tickling or telling a joke to the baby to get them to stop crying and feeding them birdseed when they're hungry. Maria breaks it to him that he's not old or responsible enough to be in charge of taking care of an infant. Big Bird declares he will be a lawyer instead.
 	Film 	Baby animals are fed milk.
 	Cartoon 	Frances Fairy displays several F words.
 	Muppets 	Beautiful Day Monster is part of a group of cheerleaders who cheer up to the letter F. When the leader asks what "ABCDEF" spells, they are all stumped, and Beautiful Day Monster comments on how weird that is.
center 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Only one of the two footprints can belong.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare.
 	SCENE 5 	At night, Grandma raids the back room of the store and finds various old-fashioned items she recalls using back in her day before there were so many electric appliances. She shows David and Maria a hand mixer, a toast maker, a juicer, and a kerosene lamp. David flaunts the modern equivalents of these and demonstrates them, causing a fuse to blow in the store. Grandma lights the lamp, proving they can still be useful.
 	Cartoon 	T for typewriter and toeArtist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs.
 	Film 	The letter T is a very useful letter.
 	Film 	A magnetic crane picks up large pieces of metal.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: F for Fly (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful.
 	SCENE 6 	Everyone walks Grandma back to the bus stop, as she claims Maria and Big Bird are now her honorary grandchildren. She promises to come back and visit again, giving them each a parting kiss before she boards the bus home (a bittersweet moment for David). Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Family
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7