Episode 1196

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar is upset that Gordon, Susan, Bob and the kids are picking up all the litter left by a windstorm. The Amazing Mumford believes he can help Oscar and magically litters the street again. The others insist the mess be cleaned up, while Oscar wants even more. Mumford thinks of a compromise - he magically cleans the street and places all the trash into Oscar's trash can, now overflowing with trash. ("They don't call me The Amazing Mumford for nothing!")
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Olivia briefly narrates a film of re-paving a street.
 	Cartoon 	Two cowboy rattlesnakes discuss the difference between here and there, while trying to avoid a sneezing rabbit.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	Cast 	The Alphabet Dancers form a capital I
 	Cartoon 	One of these things doesn't belong (shoe pairs)
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird peers over his doors to greet friends passing by while waiting for Mr. Snuffleupagus to come over. Snuffy is impressed with this and wants to try it too, only he's not tall enough. Big Bird attempts to lift Snuffy up but is unsuccessful. Susan passes by and recommends one uses boxes to see over the doors. Snuffy stands on a box and is able to see over the doors, only nobody is around for him to greet. Big Bird resolves the problem by going over to the other side and they have a friendly chat.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I."
 	Film 	Kids dancing.
 	Insert 	Luis and a street band perform "Alegria."
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin teaches the class the difference between "here" and "there". He demonstrates by having a letter for Hardhead Henry Harris (here), and delivering it to him (over there), with Smart Tina portraying a mailbox, and Baby Breeze taking it to him. Upon reading the letter, Harris is insulted and chases Roosevelt.
 	Film 	A garfish swims around.
 	Cartoon 	A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder.
 	Muppets / Cast	Maria and David help Grover understand that there can refer to anyplace that you are not, no matter how far away you may be.
 	Cartoon 	I for idea
 	Muppets 	Juanita looks for "YO", asking, "¿Esto es yo?" Nope, it's a toy car, and a tomato, and a mirror. Looking in the mirror, she finds herself. "¡Hola, yo!" she cries.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare.
 	Muppets 	"High, Middle, Low"
 	Cartoon 	The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	SCENE 3 	Herry Monster uses his doll Elizabeth to demonstrate close to and away from on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street. He prefers being close to her.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: KISS ME
 	Film 	A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	Film 	A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon.
 	Celebrity 	Clive Thompson and Tina Yuan of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater dance to a blues number.
 	Cartoon 	The weary traveler asks the Wise Man to demonstrate "here" and "there." He does so by throwing his household items off the cliff.
 	Insert 	Luis and a band play "Las Alteñitas" in a city park, as kids come over and dance.
 	Cartoon 	What if my hair were grass? (revised)
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl reads the word "hug" with Herry.
 	Cartoon 	Children and animals numbered 1-12 race in a marathon. The #9 runner wins.
 	Film 	Swimming and flying pelicans.
 	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.
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
 	Muppets 	Lefty wants to sell Ernie a scale. He uses two pounds of bananas and two pounds of apples to demonstrate how the scale works. Ernie is impressed. He already has a scale at home, but he'd like to buy the apples and bananas.
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon and Susan give their VW Bug a wash. Big Bird requests that they also wash his toy car, which they happily do. He's pleased with their work and asks if they can do the same with his friends' cars as well. The two assume this means washing more toy cars when they see and hear a line-up of real cars filing in behind theirs, all while Big Bird directs them.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #13: A square crosses into the path of the dots, causing them to huddle around it
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon and Susan frantically try sending away the other drivers when The Count pulls up in his Countmobile after having counted the many cars lined up to be washed: 157, including his own, so he heads around the block to get to the end of the line. While the couple stresses out over their current situation, Big Bird announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Baby Breeze, Prairie Dawn, and Betty Lou hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10