Episode 0888

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination".
 	Cartoon 	A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom.
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot.
 	Film 	T is for toes.
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T.
 	Cartoon 	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end.
 	Muppets / Cast	David sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the librarian and plumber.
 	Cartoon 	T for topArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 1 	With encouragement from Maria and Bob, Ernst, Carolyn, Laurie, and Christopher crawl under a bridge made with two chairs in the yard to get to Big Bird, who rewards them each with a hug and a kiss. Big Bird wants a turn, but finds that he's too big to get under the chairs - but not too big to get more hugs and kisses from everybody.
 	Film 	Time-lapse of seeds growing.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Part 1: The Count withdraws all his money from the bank to count it.
 	Cartoon 	At the circus, Tommy Trueheart displays his 11 trick-performing lions.
 	Muppets 	Part 2: The Count deposits his money again, but not before counting it one more time.
 	Cartoon 	A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him.
 	Film 	A pair of hands deal cards marked with the numbers 12 to 1.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter has an electric train.
 	SCENE 2 	Singing "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" to himself, Big Bird stops by the Fix-it Shop to explain the meaning of its "OPEN" sign. He notes that even though the door is closed, the word "open" in this case refers to the store being open for business. He demonstrates by opening and closing the door a few times, which disrupts the work of Luis and Maria inside. They ask him to stop, so Big Bird turns the sign over to talk about "CLOSED." He makes his lesson stick by locking the door behind him as he goes out, then rattles the locked door to emphasize the word... and to irritate Luis enough to keep the shop closed.
 	Cartoon 	Three little men climb up the three flower stems.
 	Film 	David asks the viewer to find a rectangle and two circles in the picture of a doorbell.
 	Cartoon 	Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes.Artist: Abe Levitow
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates above and below.
 	Cartoon 	Bolt and Nut show how they work together.
 	Video 	Dancer Clive Thompson moves his body parts as kids identify them in voiceover. (opening dialogue cut)
 	SCENE 3 	Bob and Laurie play a guessing game about the parts of the body.
center 	Muppets 	Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again.
 	Cartoon 	A magician tries to make six circles disappear.
 	Animation 	The number 6 is shown in a variety of ways.
 	SCENE 4 	At the Fix-it Shop, Luis and Maria play a Spanish version of “Here Are Some Things” while sorting pictures of pineapples by quantity.
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel.
 	Cartoon 	Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on.
 	Cast 	David tries to close a window and a door, but they open by themselves.
 	Cartoon 	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
 	Film 	Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks.Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Song 	"Starfish"
 	Cartoon 	A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying.
 	SCENE 5 	Bob visits Big Bird at his nest to help with his necktie before going to his friend Chirpley's birthday party. Big Bird claims that he can't go because he lost his tie, but Bob quickly finds it on his hanger. Big Bird then claims that he doesn’t have a present, but Bob convinces him that a bag of his birdseed will be enough. Big Bird keeps on making excuses not to go to the party before finally confessing what the real problem is: he’s scared of taking the bus alone for such a long ride. Bob relates how his first bus trip was scary at first, and gives him instructions on what to do. Bob agrees to wait at the bus stop with him as well, and Big Bird decides to go to the party.
 	Animation 	The Queen of Six explores her garden.
 	SCENE 5cont'd 	Bob sees Big Bird off at the bus stop, where Big Bird successfully tells the driver where he wants to go.
 	Film 	T is for toes. (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt has Baby Breeze teach the class about traffic. Smart Tina thinks all one has to do is look at the traffic lights, but Baby Breeze tells her one should also look out for cars.
 	Cartoon 	"I'm six years old today!"Artist: Jim Simon
 	SCENE 6 	It's evening time, and Bob is concerned that Big Bird still hasn’t come back from the party. Big Bird finally arrives to the relief of Bob and Maria, and tells them that after the party he decided to ride the bus around more just for fun! Big Bird continues about his adventure as Luis announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria, Luis, and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* Chet O'Brien plays the unseen bus driver during scene 5.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7