Episode 0998

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks the viewers to play a weather imagination game. First, Kermit imagines it's a warm, sunny day. Then he imagines that it's raining hard. Then he imagines that it's a snowy, windy day.
 	Animation 	"The King of Eight"
 	Celebrity 	Peggy Fleming skates a figure 8.
 	Cartoon 	Various renderings of the word DANGER.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Film 	While walking and reading the newspaper, a man barely avoids DANGER on three occasions, but then gets hit by a revolving door.
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 1 	The kids place a straight line of tape on the ground in the yard and walk on it. The Count happens by and after the kids tell him what they're up to, he counts each of them as they walk on the line.
 	Cartoon 	Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V.
center 	Cartoon 	V in space
 	Film 	An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo).
 	Cartoon 	Small v... (Spanish version)Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car. (short intro)
 	Cartoon 	Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc.Artist: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird finishes sweeping up his nest area but doesn't know where to put all the disposed trash. Maria says he can put it in one of the trash cans in front of her place. He spots one of the cans outside but realizes it's full and heavy, so he starts emptying all the trash out of it so he can put his own in it.
 	Cartoon 	A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird drags the can back to his nest and dumps his pan in, but Maria calls him over and tells him the simpler idea would've been to bring his dustpan over to the bin. Maria asks him to put the mess he made on the street back into the can. Once she leaves, Big Bird begins putting the other trash into the bin, this time bringing each load back to the can at his nest.
 	Cartoon 	On a snowy day, a cold man desires firewood. He carries a huge log up the hill multiple times, but it rolls down each time. Using his "wits", he pushes his house down to the bottom of the hill to be closer to the giant log.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird has finished filling the bin but now realizes it's too heavy to take over to his nest. Maria tells him how he can plan better the next time he has a lot of trash to dispose of, but Big Bird doesn't feel like cleaning his nest again and angrily stomps away, ignoring Maria's offer to help him next time.
 	Cartoon 	Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones.
 	Cartoon 	"All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?"
 	Film 	A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (Spanish)
 	Cartoon 	A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him.
 	Cast 	Bob plays an explorer named Faversham Svedwick who spends twenty years searching all over the globe for Kermit the Hermit, the Wisest Man in the World. When he finds him, he challenges him to a game of tag.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Sand V/v
 	Cast 	Olivia sings "Everything Grows."
 	Cartoon 	A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away.
 	Film 	A turtle walks slowly.Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
 	Muppets 	A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return.
 	Cartoon 	Kids count from 1 to 10, then 10 to 1, as the numbers are displayed over colored lights.
 	SCENE 3 	As he hums "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" to himself, Big Bird works on a painting of 123 Sesame Street. Mr. Snuffleupagus ambles by and looks closely at the painting, but accidentally causes Big Bird to smear it. Snuffy apologizes profusely and Big Bird says he forgives him, though he's clearly holding his feelings back before leaving, not feeling much like painting anymore.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #8
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A baby reindeer takes its first steps. (Music: Joe Raposo)
 	Cartoon 	"The Noble Ostrich", a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird processes his feelings of frustration by talking to the viewer, knowing that he just made a mistake and is glad he didn't say anything hurtful to Snuffy. He decides to walk around his nest area to cool off.
 	Cartoon 	Madrigal AlphabetArtist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Snuffy processes his feelings of shame and remorse by talking to the viewer, hoping Big Bird will forgive him.
 	Cartoon 	Capital letter U for up
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings a rock song about his cookie obsession.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird comes back out wanting to draw an even better picture than his previous one: a drawing of him and Snuffy! Snuffy agrees to watch him from a distance this time, and the two have a good time as the Count announces the sponsors.
(Blooper: During his signoff, Jerry Nelson ends up using the same filter when performing Mr. Snuffleupagus' voice, making the Count sound slightly different.)
 	CLOSING SIGNS	The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8