Episode 0434

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria climbs a ladder to show the viewer what the Sesame Street sign looks like without its E’s. She removes the green pieces of tape covering the E's so it looks right again.
 	Cartoon 	A man saws a letter E through the wall.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 2 	Luis and some kids notice a broken vase with a baseball next to it on the Fix-it Shop outdoor table. They find Big Bird wearing a baseball glove and holding a bat, and question him on the broken vase, which Luis had just repaired. Big Bird questions the possibilities of a juggler (portrayed by Gordon) that was juggling baseballs, then a carnival barker (Bob) that used the vase as a target for a customer (Maria). Eventually he confesses that he broke the vase, and Luis thanks him for being honest about his mistake.
 	Animation 	"The King of Eight"
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to join Big Bird in playing baseball, but Big Bird warns him about the incident with Luis's vase. Snuffy suggests that he bats the ball in the opposite direction so that it won't get near the vase. They begin to play and Snuffy throws his famous snuffle-pitch, but the ball stays in the air spinning in circles. Snuffy goes home to practice his pitching some more, while the ball eventually makes it to Luis’s vase and breaks it again. Big Bird claims that Snuffy did it, but Luis becomes cross with him and wants his help in fixing the vase.
 	Film 	Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to demonstrate what round is, with the help of a wisecracking ball. He introduces Kermit to his "daddy," a basketball.
 	Cartoon 	An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	W For Wilbur
center 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
 	Film 	Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover)
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises.
 	Cartoon 	E for Eel
 	SCENE 4 	Maria shows the kids a lower-case E before they look up and watch Alphabet Bates skywrite the capital letter E .
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets (including Farley) shout "E!"
 	Cartoon 	A young hipster dog explains to C.T. Wordsworth what an EXIT is.
 	Muppets 	Caveman Days: EXIT sign
 	Cartoon 	Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair.
 	Cast 	Athlete Bob has to put his basketball away, but first needs to match the tag on his key to the right numbered locker.
 	Song 	"Eight Song (Song of Eight)”
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets sing "Octopus' Garden."
 	Film 	David asks the viewer to find some triangles in a fence.
 	Cartoon 	"Candy Man"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Kermit talks about "top" and "bottom" using a stack of boxes Grover carries.
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird recites a poem about the grasshopper.
 	Film 	Grasshopper (harpsichord 50s-style music)
 	Cast 	Wally and Ralph are about to go on a trip. They attempt to carry off an empty suitcase and a pile of stuff (shirts, pants, socks, tennis rackets, baseball gloves). They finally get the idea that it would be easier if they put the stuff in the suitcase.
 	Cartoon 	I Thought a Thought ... about circles. (Spanish)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cast 	Luis looks for the exit in a brick room.
 	Film 	A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him.
 	Cartoon 	A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors.
 	Film 	David asks the viewer to find a rectangle and two circles in the picture of a doorbell.
 	Cartoon 	E for Eel (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet.
 	SCENE 6 	Bob and Luis play basketball with the kids as Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 4