Episode 1049

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake.
 	Cast 	Big Bird conducts a choir of Susan, Mr. Hooper, Gordon and Mr. Macintosh, who say the "S" sound in "SONG."
 	Cartoon 	S - Serpiente
 	Film 	A giant panda walks around.
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster.
 	SCENE 1 	As Olivia takes a group picture of Big Bird, Gordon, and the kids, Bob and Linda arrive with some news - Linda has been cast as the star of a new play. Big Bird thinks she'll be playing a literal star (asking who will be the Moon), when Bob clarifies that she will be playing the title role of Joan of Arc; Big Bird hasn't heard of her. She and Bob teach everyone some basic signs pertaining to the story and Bob reads a version of her famous tale as Linda acts it out. After the performance, Big Bird is surprised he never heard of her, having misheard her name as "Joan of Lark."
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple: Tree DestructionArtist: Abe Levitow
 	Film 	A little boy narrates the various activities his family partakes in on a typical Monday.
 	Muppets 	Lefty delivers some carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get more carrots (in 13 seconds).
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B".
 	Muppets 	Lefty delivers more carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get the most carrots he can find (in 15 seconds).
 	Cartoon 	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
 	Muppets 	Lefty delivers the rest of the carrots to his boss. The boss reveals that the carrots are for his pet rabbit (a real rabbit), which he shows to Lefty.
center 	Cartoon 	I've Got a Mind: BirdArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Where the buffalo roam ...
 	Cartoon 	What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances?
 	SCENE 2 	Olivia holds out an image of the full Joan of Arc costume Linda needs and probes the kids to find what items Linda still needs to complete the outfit. As they finish dressing her, Oscar takes a peek and becomes highly complimentary, going so far as to say he's in love...not with Linda, but the iron suit she has. He hopes she'll stand out in the rain and get it rusted, making it even more appealing to him.
 	Cartoon 	A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?"
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog talks about making the B sound, with much detail. When Beautiful Day Monster walks by, Kermit goes over the lesson again. The monster does the noise perfectly, but his "BAH!" scares Kermit away, and fogs up the screen.
 	Cartoon 	A child learns there's many things one can do with a stick.
 	Film 	Animals and children bathe in water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it.
 	Film 	An itchy wombat scratches its four legs.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	The mailbox is emptied, but how will David get all the mail to the post office? He lets the mail back into the hammerspace-like mailbox, then takes that with him.
 	Cartoon 	I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most.
 	Muppets 	Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it.
 	Film 	Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 3 	Linda gives Bob the last four tickets for the show tonight, to be used for himself, Gordon, Olivia, and Big Bird. She tells him to be careful with them, as they are the only tickets left; the show has sold out. Bob places them in his back pocket, but a hole has formed in the bottom and the tickets fall right through onto the pavement.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Big Bird happens by and discovers the tickets on the sidewalk. He's glad because now he can attend the show and invite some friends to join him. Just as he goes off, Bob returns to the spot and frantically searches for the missing tickets.
 	Film 	Four Song (Song of Four)
 	Cartoon 	A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond.
 	SCENE 4 	Linda finds Bob crawling around on the sidewalk trying to find the tickets. He fears she's angry at him, but she understands how this could happen, especially when Bob finally discovers the gaping hole in his back pocket. Big Bird comes by and reveals that he found the tickets, but only has two left; he already gave two away to Gordon and Olivia. Bob points out they were supposed to get them anyhow, thus he and Big Bird can retain their tickets, meaning things worked out after all.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A woman holds a painting of five chickens.
 	Muppets 	Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum.
 	Cartoon 	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
 	Muppets 	: Grover and his friend Debo notice the letter "S" sitting on a brick wall. He exclaims that the letter is an old friend, and shouts, "Hey, S, babyyyy!" and slaps it off the wall. He remarks, "I hope he did not take that personally."
 	Film 	Alone Song
 	Cartoon 	A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in.Artists: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 5 	It is now the day after Linda's show, and she and Bob are out for a stroll. Oscar pops up and bestows upon her a ratty bouquet of flowers to commemorate her performance. He hopes in return, she'll give him the suit of armor she used in the show. However, the outfit was a rental and she's already returned it. "Well, that's show business," sighs Oscar as he retreats back to his can, and Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8