Episode 1228

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Buffy is taking Cody over to the Day Care Center while she packs up to head back home. Big Bird learns that Maria is helping out there today and wants to help out as well. He starts by escorting Cody over to day care, though Buffy wonders if Maria will be in over her head...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	At the center, Big Bird follows Maria around and "assists" her by essentially repeating everything she says to the kids. Maria suggests that he help serve them some juice, which he agrees to do after taking a look at the block pile that Jeffrey is playing with. Maria ends up passing out the juice instead, while Big Bird (now wrapped up in playing with blocks) asks for a cup and wonders what they'll play next.
 	Cartoon 	An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky.
 	Film 	A man karate chops 5 boards.
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: A for airplane
 	Cast 	Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a."
 	Film 	Elephants in the zoo.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet man uses feathers and rocks to teach the difference between heavy and light. During the lecture, Cookie Monster comes along, mistakes the rocks for cookies, and eats them all. The rocks weigh Cookie down, so the monster proceeds to eat the feathers to "balance it out."
 	Animation 	Sand A/a
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Buffy arrives at the day care center with a record she just bought for the kids. She puts it on the phonograph and sings "Wiggle Your Fingers" as everyone follows along.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him.
 	Cartoon 	Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse
 	Film 	Marching band forms a square
 	Cartoon 	Harold and Howard think of H words.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog and Tracy recite the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Agua
 	Film 	A little girl gets herself a glass of AGUA.
 	Cartoon 	Light and heavy (bird falls on man)
 	Film 	There Once Was a Hand series: the right hand plays with a ping-pong ball and tricks the left hand into thinking an egg is one.
 	SCENE 3 	After failing to get Cody to join in, Maria plays a "follow the leader" game with the rest of the kids. They clap their hands against various body parts and the floor before ending the game with everyone tickling each other.
 	Film 	A turtle walks slowly.Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #11Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets / Cast	Gordon sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a park attendant and garage mechanic.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #11
 	Video 	Dancer Clive Thompson moves his body parts as kids identify them in voiceover.
 	Cartoon 	Light and heavy (ball and seal)
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Headball team.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar reveals to Bob that he's got a new car down in his trash can. Bob doesn't believe a word, so Oscar uses the back door of his can to bring it out. Bob sits on the stoop while Oscar proceeds to hand him the rear-view mirror, the steering wheel, the right-rear tire, the fender...
 	Film 	A female vocalist sings about the many different types of flowers found all over.
 	Cartoon 	Caterpillars Never Wear Brown BootsArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act
 	Cartoon 	A man can't lift heavy barbells.
 	SCENE 5 	Barkley lays down in the doorway of 123 Sesame Street, preventing Buffy from exiting the building and getting some shopping done. She and Bob try to coax Barkley to move with no success, eventually just asking him politely to go. Barkley leaves under his own choice and Buffy and Bob head to Hooper's Store... where Barkley is now sleeping in the doorway.
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number".
 	Cartoon 	Peacock with twenty feathers.
 	Cartoon 	Stop-motion NUTS
 	SCENE 6 	Everyone helps Buffy and family load their luggage into Gordon's car, which Bob will drive to the airport. However, they find Barkley has situated himself into the car, leaving no room for anything else! Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Olivia and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10