Episode 1250

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Maria shows the kids how intelligent Barkley is by calling out different letters of the alphabet; Barkley then points each one out on a large board near Oscar's trash can. Oscar isn't as impressed: "If he wasn't a dog, nobody'd care!" After the kids get a turn quizzing Barkley, Oscar asks the dog to point to all the letters (including many not listed). Barkley goes into a frenzy, knocking the board over and rolling all over it.
 	Cartoon 	Kids narrate a Letter 'Z' Drawing
 	Insert 	Piano Bridge #2 - A pianist plays a short, slow jazz tune.
 	Cartoon 	Z for zebra and zoo
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to demonstrate what round is, with the help of a wisecracking ball. He introduces Kermit to his "daddy," a basketball.
 	Cartoon 	Z In Space
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Feet (One Foot, Two Foot)."
 	Cartoon 	"Imagination Rain"
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird is upset; Mr. Snuffleupagus accidentally crushed his cowboy hat and sat on his toy airplane, crumpling it. Olivia shows him he doesn't need those things in order to play those games and sings "Imagination and You" as Linda, Maria, and the kids mime various actions.
 	Cartoon 	A girl draws in her entire body.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet boy plays hide-and-seek with three letter Zs, who blend into his porch.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Z for Zoo
 	Film 	A giant panda walks around.
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	SCENE 3 	Linda and Maria teach everyone the sign for the letter "U" for a game. Linda acts out various things beginning with the letter, and the kids try to identify the words. Big Bird thinks of one more word - "unicycle," which he rides upon past everybody before crashing offscreen.
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (hand)
 	Cartoon 	Three frogs show first, middle and last while hopping over each other.
 	Muppets 	Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.
 	Cartoon 	Rumba pencils (first, last, Crazy Melvin)
 	Film 	Counting 1-20 (planes taking off)
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about taking a nap.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Edgar Kendricks sings "Cross at the Green."
 	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 	Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera.
 	Muppets 	Benny and his boss have been waiting for Lefty for a long time. Benny wonders how they will know when it's Lefty at the door, so he reminds him that Lefty will knock three times - their secret knock to enter their hideout. Lefty forgets the number, and has to be hinted from his boss what the number of knocks are to gain access, finally giving the correct amount. When they let him in, the boss reprimands him for his poor memory, and warns him that he'll be in big trouble if he forgets again. To test his memory, the boss and Benny lock themselves out, telling him not to let them in until they give the secret knock. Despite the boss' warning, Lefty forgets once again, and finally having enough, he fearfully runs out the back door, leaving the other two stranded outside yelling, "Let us in!" as they angrily pound on the door trying to get in.
 	Cartoon 	3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.)
 	Film 	Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round.
 	Film 	Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole.Artist: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 4 	Olivia gives Barkley a nice, big bone to play with. He happily chews and pounces on it until the kids call him over to play in the yard. Maria finds the stray bone on the sidewalk and is disgusted by the litter. She gives it to Oscar, who believes it might be a piece missing from his dinosaur collection. Barkley returns to find his bone missing and traces the scent back to Oscar's can. Barkley begins to pester Oscar, who isn't sure why Barkley's bothering him and is unable to get the dog to leave him alone.
 	Animation 	The story of Dan and Nan, as told with words ending in "an."
 	SCENE 4 cont'd 	Oscar is still unable to get Barkley to scram as the dog continues to whine and howl. Olivia returns and wonders where his bone is, and Maria realizes it must've been the one she gave to Oscar. Desperate to get rid of the mutt, he removes it from his dinosaur skeleton (which immediately collapses) and tosses it to Barkley. Oscar gets a moment of peace before Barkley returns, believing he initiated a game of fetch.
 	Cartoon 	Various renderings of the word DANGER.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster asks David to read a DANGER sign.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: A man rearranges a LIMK sign to make the word "MILK".
 	Muppets 	Lefty sells Ernie an invisible ice cream cone; Ernie pays for it with an invisible nickel.
 	Song 	"Train Song"
 	SCENE 5 	At night, Oscar can't sleep as Barkley has situated himself in front of his can for the night. Oscar tries to stir the dog by playing "Reveille" on his busted horn. Barkley remains sleeping, but the neighbors all start complaining about the noise. Oscar isn't fazed: "At least it isn't all bad - now nobody can sleep!" He continues playing as Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Olivia holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
*Luis is heard but not seen in this episode as one of the angry neighbors during the last scene.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10