Episode 0896

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Bob is greeted by Linda and her friends from the Little Theatre of the Deaf (Ed, Julliana, and Robert). Bob recalls how to say "How are you?" in sign language and demonstrates it, to which they respond with "Fine," and teach him how to sign it. Bob passes the greeting along to Debo at Hooper's Store, who then teaches it to Maria in the yard. Maria then teaches what she learned to Corey and Todd, who then show David how to do it. David finally passes the info to the viewer.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #3
 	SCENE 1cont'd	David again practices with the viewer how to sign "How are you?" and "Fine." He communicates this with Julianna as well when she comes to Hooper's Store for some ice cream.
 	Cartoon 	Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee.
 	Film 	Counting eleven eggs and one cookie.
 	Muppets 	Ernie counts out eleven cookies and one egg. Cookie Monster eats the cookies- and then the egg.
 	Cast 	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V.
 	Cartoon 	Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks.
 	Animation 	Sand V/v
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: V for Vacuum
 	Celebrity 	The Deadly Nightshade plays "Shuffle Intro" with the kids accompanying on various instruments.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird, Bob, Maria, and the kids learn some weather-related signs from the Little Theatre group. Maria wonders how deaf people are able to communicate with each other in the dark. They explain that they do so through touch, and Ed demonstrates by having Bob close his eyes and signing "How are you?" into Bob's hands. Linda then explains that deaf people are also able to use lights for their doorbells and telephones instead of sounds; lip reading and occasional talking helps with communication as well. Big Bird is confused, so Robert (a hearing member of the company) interprets as Julianna tells him to imagine not being able to hear things. In Big Bird's imagination, he walks by such situations as Biff jackhammering the sidewalk, David playing his guitar as Oscar retaliates with his bugle, Bob chatting with him, the Count counting nails at the Fix-it Shop, and his thunder and lightning disrupting Maria's hammering. Although he can't hear any of those things, he can still pick up what's going on by observing.
 	Cartoon 	Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles.Artist: Tee Collins
 	Film 	Two men, Big and Little, travel around playing the tuba and violin. Even though they’re different (Big has dark skin, and Little has light skin), together they make beautiful music.
 	Cartoon 	An N-terview with an N
 	SCENE 3 	Maria introduces the members of the Little Theatre showing the alphabet by acting out words that begin with each letter. Several of the kids help out with such words as "car," (revolving) "door," "jukebox," and "mirror" among others.
 	Cartoon 	"Presenting -- the vacuum cleaner!"
 	Film 	Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog.
 	Cartoon 	Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot.
 	Animation 	A number 9 looks for a house with his number on it.
 	Cast 	Bob and Luis put together two halves of a painting of a train tunnel. When they fit the parts together, a train goes through the tunnel and zooms to take up the entire screen, frightening Bob and Luis so much, they take down the tunnel again.
 	Cartoon 	"Presenting -- the saw!"
 	Film 	Scenes of individuals running from around the world.
 	Cartoon 	The letter "k" walks away from the word "walk."
 	Film 	The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city.
 	Cartoon 	A man jackhammers the ground making it break away and dissolve to black.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird is excited to see how those around him communicate in different languages. He doesn't understand what Robert, Ed, and Julianna are saying in sign language, but he learns when Robert asks Bob in English about the whereabouts of Linda. Bob gets the help of Rafael, who asks Maria in Spanish to also help locate her. The search ends with Maria asking Big Bird, who knows that Linda is reading at his nest. Everyone else passes the message on in Spanish, English, and sign language again as they make their way to Linda. Not present is David, who in voice-over announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Guest cast==
:members of the Little Theatre of the Deaf
*Ed Waterstreet
*Julianna Fjeld
*Robert Blumenfeld (Bob)
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7