Episode 0744

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: The students recite poems about things they had to practice at.
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
 	SCENE 1 	Despite having instructions showing him how to do so, Biff has trouble putting together a letter D, so he goes inside the Fix-It Shop to consult with Luis. While he's gone, Big Bird comes by and completes the D, then leaves. When Biff returns, Luis says it's a fine looking D, but Biff knocks it over and can't put it together again. Continuing to struggle with his D, and too proud now to ask for help, Biff resolves to box everything up and work on his D at home.
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Polly recite the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	"The D Commercial:" Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime."Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round."
 	Cartoon 	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Where the buffalo roam ...
 	Muppets 	The City Mouse and the Country MousePart 1 of 2The Country Mouse lives peacefully on the farm when his cousin, the City Mouse, comes to visit. The City Mouse is appalled that his cousin lives in a haystack, eats acorns, and listens to birdsong. He invites his cousin to come visit him in the city.
 	Cartoon 	A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy.
 	Muppets 	The City Mouse and the Country MousePart 2 of 2The Country Mouse visits the City Mouse's apartment, and finds that his cousin eats pizza, doesn't mind traffic sounds, and listens to groovy music on his stereo. The Country Mouse is startled when he hears a cat. The City Mouse sighs, "Oh, that's just the cat. That means he's hungry, and he wants to catch us and eat us for dinner." Horrified, the Country Mouse goes back to the country, where he's safe. The City Mouse offers the cat a bite of pizza.
 	SCENE 2 	The Count is bored; he doesn't have anything to count. He spots an ant walking across the table and decides to count his legs. As the ant departs, he resolves to follow it so he can count all its friends.
 	Muppets 	Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird.
 	Cartoon 	Two circles demonstrate next to and away from.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	The Count follows the ant as it climbs all over Bob.
 	Film 	The celebration of Chinese New Year
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #3"
 	Film 	Marching Band #3
 	Cartoon 	Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee.
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing about being "Sad."
 	SCENE 4 	The Count has followed the ant to the front of 123 Sesame Street where it's crawling on Gordon and Susan's white Volkswagen Beetle bug. The couple leave for a drive in the country with the ant as a stowaway.
 	Cartoon 	zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo.
 	Film 	Luis announces "And now, the octopus!"Music: "Pomp and Circumstance"
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog, Shola, and Fanny have just finished watching the previous film. Shola hugs Kermit, and he comments, "She learned a lot from the octopus ... how to squeeze!"
 	Cartoon 	Z for zebra and zoo
 	Film 	An ice cream man hands a boy too many cones. The boy cries out for "HELP" and some kids eat the extras.
 	Cartoon 	Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job.
 	Muppets 	Grover is carrying the word "HELP", which is very heavy. He asks Marty to help him carry the word. Instead, Marty gives Grover three more "HELP" words to carry.
 	Cartoon 	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D.
 	Film 	Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball turns into a cherry which is devoured by a girl.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: D for Dog
 	Cartoon 	Counting 10 to 1.
 	Muppets 	Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact).
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird brings a liverwurst sandwich for an exhausted Count, who tells him about the adventure he's been on with the ant. The Count assumes the ant is still there, but Big Bird points out that it's actually a speck of dirt. Count gets upset with the "snake-in-the-grass" ant that has been evading him: "I have been duped by an insect!" Big Bird notices the sandwich beginning to move, and they realize that now a bunch of ants have taken his sandwich and moved it into a nearby anthill!
 	Film 	Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Sand D/d
 	SCENE 6 	Bob and Susan have joined Big Bird and the Count, who continues to enjoy counting the thousands of ants. Meanwhile inside the hill, the ants are deep in conversation: one ant complains about the food, another panics that they're being watched, and another talks about the wild goose chase it had with the Count. They ask him to keep it down as they dine, but the Count continues as Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper, the Count, and Susan hold the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*The ants, made from stripped-down versions of the Twiddlebug family, are performed by Frank Oz (Fat Blue), Richard Hunt (Lavender), Jim Henson (Hot Pink), and Jerry Nelson (Magenta).
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 6