Episode 1478

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Hooper gives Olivia four dollars to take a cab so she doesn't have to carry a heavy crate, despite her claiming she only needs to go two blocks. She calls for a taxi anyhow and Oscar pulls up in the Sloppy Jalopy. Olivia really doesn't want a taxi now, but Oscar promises to bump off on the cost of the ride. He allows a cheaper and cheaper ride, subtracting a dollar with each offer, until the ride costs zero dollars. Olivia hops in, but the car stalls. "You get what you pay for," says Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries dealing with various leaks in a dike. When plugging and buckets don't work, he fetches an adult who patches up the holes with cement.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts four eggs. A chick hatches out of one egg, so he counts the three eggs -- then two, then one. Then he counts the four chickens.
 	SCENE 2 	The Sloppy Jalopy is, as Oscar puts it, "purring so you can hardly hear it." As the taxi silently moves forward, Olivia enters the frame, pushing the vehicle, and her cargo, from behind.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster appears to Ernie as the Cookie Bunny.
 	Cartoon 	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish.
 	Cartoon 	The letters H, E, L and P try to arrange themselves to form the word "Help" while stuck on an island.
 	Muppets 	"J Friends"
 	Muppets 	Big Bird sings “Admiral Bird”.
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 3 	Maria plays a game with the kids, instructing them to take a number of giant steps and baby steps either forward or backward. Big Bird commandeers the game and tells the kids to take 791 steps forward, which will take them all to the park.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments.
 	Celebrity 	Suzanne Farrell takes small and big steps, then has a little lunch and a big lunch.
 	Cartoon 	"Ladybugs' Picnic"
 	Muppets 	Here Is Your LifeDisguised as a dentist, Guy Smiley surprises a tooth at a dentist's office. The tooth is reunited with healthy food (represented by Carl Carrot and Melvin Milk), his dentist, and toothbrush/toothpaste pair Bristly and Pastey.
 	Celebrity 	Joe Namath and his team of kids make a football pass after counting to 1.
 	Cartoon 	An ant is pressured by his peers to finish the anthill all by himself, until he enlists the cooperation of the others.
 	Cast 	Bob demonstrates a J word - juggle.
 	Cartoon 	Jughead Jones's J story
 	Film 	Kids dancing.
 	Celebrity 	Joe Namath: Pass on 2
 	Muppets 	Super Grover tries to stop a fight between Sammy and Frankie, who are fighting over an apple.
 	Film / Cast 	Gordon hangs out in a classroom. He joins the kids and the teacher as they play with an elastic rope and get into different shapes.
 	Cartoon 	A boy is drawn, but he doesn't have knees at first.
 	Film 	Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
 	Cartoon 	A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado."
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Hooper practices his Spanish using a recording made by Maria. Big Bird passes by the store and overhears; he becomes shocked when he sees Maria is instead out in the yard reading. He goes back to confirm what he's heard. Mr. Hooper reveals it's only a tape recorder, not Maria. Big Bird goes to report back to Maria, but finds Olivia instead. Baffled by the experience, he goes to his nest to lie down.
 	Muppets 	
center 	Cartoon 	The letter X
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental)
 	Cartoon 	A little girl imagines what would happen if she dropped her bag of ping pong balls.
 	Celebrity 	Joe Namath tosses a football forward to a kid. The film then runs in reverse to demonstrate backward.
 	Film 	A figure skater illustrates forward and backward.
 	Cartoon 	J family jamboree
 	Film 	A boy talks about feeding sheep in the winter.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Muppets 	Simon Soundman sings to his date about the "Sounds That Remind Me of You."
 	Film 	Jack RabbitMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5 	Bob turns in for the night, but is disturbed by various sounds, like a siren, water dripping, his neighbor playing trumpet, his phone ringing (they had the wrong number), etc. Now with silence, Bob finds himself wide awake. He decides to sit in his chair and read where he finally drifts off to sleep. Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12