Episode 1610

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria is finishing building a birdhouse for a friend of hers from the country, who is coming to visit Sesame Street today. Biff and Sully enter the Fix-It Shop, where Biff assumes the birdhouse is instead a boat and a racecar. Maria tries to clue Biff in that it's meant to be perched up high in a tree; Biff warns her that if she's not careful, the structure could end up filled with birds.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm six years old today!"
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Six children go down a slide.
 	Cartoon 	A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa.
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster asks John-John if he knows the difference between up and down.
 	Cartoon 	Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP
 	SCENE 2 	Maria tells Big Bird that her visiting friend is named Sue, who is blind, thus will be bringing her guide dog, Todd. Big Bird rushes out to prepare some birdseed, unaware that Maria's friend is not a bird.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	Sue (Harden) and Todd depart from the bus as Todd leads her toward the Fix-It Shop. They briefly stop at Hooper's Store, where Sue politely declines help from David. She and Maria greet each other once they reach the shop, when Big Bird returns with the birdseed and realizes Sue is a human. He politely tells Maria she must have gotten things mixed up.
 	Cartoon 	H is for horseshoe.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates around.
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
 	Celebrity 	Arthur Ashe lobs a ball up into the air; a cascade of balls rain back down on him.
 	Cartoon 	1-10, 10-1 count with stripes.
 	Film 	Building a log cabin
 	SCENE 3 	Sue is pleased with the birdhouse, which hasn't been painted yet. Biff suggests a modern, stylish purple, while Gladys the Cow believes yellow is the way to go. The two argue when Big Bird claims that the color should be chosen by Sue. Even though she's blind and wouldn't be able to see it, she insists that she still wants it to look nice and has already picked out the color scheme (white with a green roof).
 	Cartoon 	H for hola (Spanish soundtrack).
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates over and under.
 	Cartoon 	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
 	Muppets 	Some Muppet kids (including Farley) plan to decorate their clubhouse, but each one is only able to find one item. They are upset at their individual failures, until they see what a difference each item makes when they're all hung up.
 	Cartoon 	Thelma Thumb: At the beach, a man’s hat falls onto a crab, who crawls into a boy’s sandcastle. The man wants to destroy the sandcastle to get his hat back, but instead Thelma asks the crab to return the hat.
 	Cast 	Luis tosses and turns in bed. Gordon hawks a sure-fire method of getting to sleep - counting. Luis orders Gordon to leave the bedroom in ten seconds, then falls asleep after counting.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Run."
 	Insert 	Big Bird is grooving to his "Rubber Duckie" disco record when Snuffy asks what disco is. Big Bird explains that discos are for grown-ups and take place at night, so they aren't able to see it first-hand. But, they can imagine it! In their imaginations, Big Bird's nest area has become a discotheque. After a couple dances on the lighted floor, Snuffy and Big Bird get their chance to show their stuff. Back in reality, Snuffy has learned a lot about disco and Big Bird compliments his big imagination.
 	Cartoon 	A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler.
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"Come into the Garden"
 	SCENE 4 	The Count bemoans the fact that he's run out of things to count when he discovers something he's yet to count before - doggy tail wags by using Todd. Sue informs him that Todd is working at the moment and can't do any play activity. She tells him that she plans on removing his harness and letting him play a little later, which the Count tries to wait patiently for.
 	Film 	A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash.
 	Muppets 	After fighting with each other, the Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Love" and forgets their feud.
 	Cartoon 	A playground is destroyed by bad weather, and a teacher has her class rebuild it from memory.
 	SCENE 5 	The Count checks in for the sixth time if Todd is ready to be counted - not yet, to his dismay.
 	Cartoon 	SALIDA (train)
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls.
 	Cartoon 	The Villain in the Panama Hat (V)
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog performs "Disco Frog."
 	Animation 	Sand V/v
 	SCENE 6 	Sue thinks it's time to give Todd a break and removes his harness. The Count and the kids rush in immediately. The kids all pet him while the Count counts his tail wags. He struggles to keep up, but loves counting nonetheless. Gladys announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*Jerry Nelson voices the off-screen bus driver in scene 2.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 13