Episode 1075: Oona is Born

Picture 	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird wants to know if Mary Jean's baby has arrived yet. If so, is it a boy or a girl? Does anyone on Sesame Street know yet?
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Meanwhile, at the hospital, Steve tells Oscar to call Hooper's Store and update everyone on the status. He does so...
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	... but when the phone rings, there's no one to pick up. And when everyone realizes they should keep an eye on the phone at Hooper's, it stops ringing by the time they get there.
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Meanwhile, Oscar has a conflict: the night before, he drove Mary Jean and Steve to the hospital, which was a nice thing. And just now, he tried to call everyone at Hooper's, which would have also been a nice thing. He's confused, because Grouches aren't supposed to be nice.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Little Things."
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert play "the feelings game."
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop has to bring 8 steamer trunks down 8 flights of stairs.
 	SCENE 2 	Miss O walks by Ann Marie and Mel reading a book to Buster. She wonders how they can nonchalantly do this while everyone else on Sesame Street is excited about the arrival of a new baby. Ann Marie explains that having a new baby around will change a few things, but many things will still be the same.
 	Cartoon 	Letter B/b (bouncing circles)
 	Film 	Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.
 	Cartoon 	A conductor conducts a choir to hum his music ("My Music").Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Monsterpiece Theater: Grover is sitting on a hill, which moves to the sound of music.
 	Video 	Fay demonstrates addition by placing 3 balls on a table.Artist: William Wegman
 	SCENE 3 	The phone rings at Hooper's -- could it be Luis? No...it turns out to be someone who wants lunch.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	While David talks to the customer, he ties up the line at the exact moment when Steve tries calling Hooper's himself.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Oscar tells Steve that he's embarrassed about doing nice things for Steve and Mary Jean. He even admits that he's happy the baby is coming! Steve explains that babies make everybody happy, and tells Oscar to keep reminding himself that he's still a Grouch.
 	Cartoon 	AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor
 	Cartoon 	B for banana and ballerina
 	Muppets 	Kermit sings about his youth, or as he calls it, "My Polliwog Ways".
 	Cartoon 	How do frogs make more frogs? The birth and growth of a frog is documented. At the very end, the fully-grown frog hops in the middle of a field and calls out, "Hey, Kermit!"Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	SCENE 4 	Someone calls Hooper's again ... but it's a wrong number. Then, Telly says it's quite exciting when a new baby is about to show up, and that pretty soon, Linda and Bob will get married and have a baby of their own! Gina gets excited, but Linda and Bob both vehemently deny that they have any plans. Telly responds "thank goodness." Bob is taken aback and asks what he meant. Telly explains that after Luis and Maria's baby, he can't handle any more excitement.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Zelda look above and below.
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar, now back from the hospital and in his trash can, refuses to tell Gordon, David, and Bob whether or not the baby has been born yet. This makes them furious, and they reassure Oscar that he's still as grouchy as ever!
 	Song 	"Five Onstage Dancers"
center|link=Special:FilePath/Ernestine's_First_Word.JPG	Muppets 	Ernie tries to get baby Ernestine to say his name. It turns out she's much better at saying "Bert!"
 	SCENE 6 	At the hospital, Luis tries calling ooper's once again. No one answers. But suddenly everyone shows up behind him! Stever tells everyone... "It's a girl."
 	Muppets 	Three Honkers teach a newly-hatched baby Honker to honk.
 	Cartoon 	The 8 Brothers Circus displays 8 elephants.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me."
 	Cartoon 	B for boats, bouquet, baby, bonnet, etc.
 	SCENE 7 	Everyone visits Mary Jean in the delivery room. Maria recalls that the experience of giving birth was quite an adventure.
 	SCENE 7cont'd 	Everyone meets baby Oona for the first time.
 	Cartoon 	Madrigal AlphabetArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets / Celebrity	On a rainy night, the Count brings Susan Sarandon to a locked castle. He knocks on the door just for the sake of counting the knocks, until it's revealed that the castle is his own. He then proceeds to unlock the numerous locks, counting them in the process.
 	Cartoon 	A man counts 40 stars at night.
 	SCENE 8 	At night, Steve knocks on Oscar's trash can and tells him that the baby came and it's a girl.
 	SCENE 8cont'd 	After Steve leaves, Oscar gives Mary Jean a call at the hospital to see how she and the baby are doing, as Gordon announces the sponsors.