Episode 1473

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird introduces today's letters, but isn't sure what the number is. Luckily, he and the kids use the Number of the Day Machine to find out. They begin to count, and the machine goes haywire with balloons, spring-loaded snakes, ping-pong balls, flags, and confetti popping out when they reach number 7.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #7Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Song 	"Spring Song"
 	Cartoon 	A man chases a runaway "no."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates beginning and end.
 	Cartoon 	Can a cat bark?
center 	Film 	A flock of sheep crosses the river.
 	Animation 	A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion.
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon has Kim and Mundi put together a puzzle of a letter of the alphabet as Big Bird watches. At first it appears to be a letter C, but Gordon introduces another piece that turns it into a G.
 	Cartoon 	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets sing "Oh, G" in praise of the letter G.
 	Film 	Elephants in the zoo.
 	Cartoon 	AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat.
 	Muppets 	Grover tries to ignore three monsters who look big and scary to him. When they notice him carrying a flute, they grab his attention and ask -- in what appears to be a threatening way -- if Grover wants to play. The three monsters pull out a clarinet, an oboe and a bassoon and begin to play, urging Grover to join in.
 	Film 	Pizza is made.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	Slide puzzle - elephant
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	Telly Monster tries teaching the kids to count in Spanish, but he doesn't know how. Maria sings them "The Spanish Counting Song." Telly reprises the song to teach the kids, but starts worrying what will happen if someone asks him to count in Russian or Portuguese.
 	Cartoon 	C is for Cowboy
 	Film 	Kids identify broccoli through close-ups.
 	Cartoon 	C is for Candle (the candle blows back)
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit describes the beginning, middle and end using a cookbook with assistance from Cookie Monster.
 	Film 	A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act
 	Cartoon 	Subtracting three mules
 	Film 	A dolphin walks backwards on the water.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Insert 	Bob shows Janice that the letter C stands for "coat."
 	Cartoon 	Thelma Thumb: Thelma looks for a pair of binoculars that Cyrus has lost.Artist: John Korty
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A film shows parts of a flower.Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins, and continuo in D Major: II - Largo
 	Muppets 	A young girl bangs her stick across 7 fenceposts, which turn out to be the teeth of a large monster.
 	Cartoon 	7 StarfishArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	SCENE 4 	Professor Oscar rings his makeshift bell to bring his School of the Grouch in session, teaching the youth of the area to be more like Grouches. Susan watches him teach them the word NO, which is what Grouches love to respond to questions with. Susan turns the tables on him by asking him questions he ordinarily wouldn't refuse, like whether he'd like some clam dip ice cream or for her to go away.
 	Cartoon 	G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
 	Muppets 	Old West sketches: The town doctor ("Doc") comes to a saloon to meet Mean Manny and his gang, even though Manny is the toughest guy in town and plans to have a "shootin' party." Manny and his posse arrive on time and meet with Doc and his medicine...he gives them all measles shots.
 	Cartoon 	Lots of bunnies are needed to pull the huge carrot from the ground.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are playing policeman, but the other one is playing fireman.
 	Cartoon 	Millie and Molly find a place for their picture of their favorite rock star, Danny.
 	Film 	Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue."
 	Muppets 	Leslie Mostly takes us to Charlie's Restaurant for an interview with Grover about being a waiter.
 	Animation 	Sand G/g
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird begins to pester Gordon by thinking of words that begin with G as Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and David holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12