Episode 1477

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar recites a tone poem to Luis and Olivia, "Ode to the City." The poem describes the various noises he enjoys, which he plays on a record. It soon becomes a cacophony of noise that drives the grown-ups away.
 	Cartoon 	I - ice cream.
 	Film 	The kids form a capital I.
 	Cartoon 	Capital I, he's quite a guy
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A scuba diver swims away from.
 	Celebrity 	Michael Christensen and Paul Binder (and a friend) count and juggle 11 clubs.
 	Cartoon 	Billy Jo Jive: After Bad News Barton fails to make the swimming team, Billy and Smart Suzie teach him to eat healthier.
 	Insert 	Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus reminisce about the day they first met, but they can't quite remember exactly how it happened.
 	Cartoon 	Letter I (Beep Beep)
center 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
 	Muppets 	The Hands count to 11.
 	Cartoon 	Two scribbles are hesitant to let a tall green one join them, until it protects them from the rain.
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a horse.
center 	Muppets 	A greaser sings about his relationship that was almost ruined by a "One Way" sign.
 	Cast 	Linda holds up a "One Way" sign for Damion Brown in front of Big Bird's nest construction doors. Damion reads the word, then learns to sign it.
 	Cartoon 	Gloria talks about 'W'
 	Film 	Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker!
 	Cartoon 	W - wallpaper
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster asks Kimberly to identify geometric shapes.
 	Animation 	A stop-motion-animated train runs out of track.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: The Count has come to order hot dogs - lots of hot dogs. But when Grover refuses to get more hot dogs because the Count will only count them, and not eat them, the Count uses a hypnotism spell to get more.
 	Cartoon 	Kids count from 1 to 10, then 10 to 1, as the numbers are displayed over colored lights.
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin tries to throw away a newspaper into a rapidly moving litter can. When she finally does, the exit door also moves and she breaks down the wall.
 	Film 	Kids use shapes to make a train.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird sings "Imagine with Me."
 	Film 	Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
 	Celebrity 	The Hines Brothers (Gregory and Maurice) can't agree on a style of dancing to do, when a voice from above suggests they cooperate.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps."
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster finds a piano and decides to play it. The left half wants to play short notes, while the other half prefers to run his fingers across the keyboard. They decide to cooperate, and both use their notes to play "Chopsticks".
 	Cartoon 	Sign language: Morning, noon, night (first part only)
 	SCENE 3 	Luis and Mr. Hooper close up shop for the night, and Big Bird asks them if there's any professions that work at night. He learns there are all kinds of work and is particularly fascinated by that of a night watchman, and volunteers to guard Hooper's Store overnight.
 	Film 	Kids compete in a speed skating competition. (version one)
 	Muppets 	Grover the Salesman: Grover wants to sell Kermit the Frog some earmuffs, but Kermit doesn't have ears, so Grover gives Kermit some big human ears.
 	Cartoon 	"Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird stakes out his post to watch Hooper's Store all night, briefly interrupted by Luis who checks up on him. After he checks his clock he begins to cry out, "Nine o'clock and all is well!" The neighbors complain as Big Bird begins to announce every passing minute, so he calls out the time much quieter. He continues doing this until he falls asleep, despite claiming to have some owl in him. Luis announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12