Episode 1271

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Hooper alerts everyone that the President of the United States is going to be detouring through Sesame Street today. While everyone cleans up the messy street, Big Bird decides to write a poem for the President.
 	Cartoon 	Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates up and down.Artist: Al Jarnow
 	Celebrity 	Victor Borge demonstrates high and low notes.
 	Animation 	Three little people climb up the three flower stems.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	Film 	A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo)
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird shows Olivia his new welcome mat for the President, and they both sing "Walkin' Down My Street."
 	Cartoon 	Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Traffic lights
 	Cartoon 	C for canary (role reversal)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Pinball #10Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	A boy makes fruit salad.
 	Cartoon 	Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving.
 	Muppets 	Grover asks The Amazing Mumford if he could make his carrot disappear, provided that some smoke appears. Mumford performs the trick and Grover is impressed by the puff of smoke, however he fails to notice Mumford chomping on his carrot. When Grover asks Mumford to make the carrot reappear, he replies that he can't because he ate it ("You didn't say anything about magic!").
 	Cartoon 	A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar displays his outdated flag, and demonstrates his 11-gun salute ("Why 11? He only got 53% of the vote!"). The last shot propels him into the air.
 	Cartoon 	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
 	Muppets 	Muppet lettuce, bread, cheese, butter, and ham argue on who an Anything Muppet girl should have for a snack. They all cooperate to make a sandwich.
 	Film 	Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work.
 	Cartoon 	J family jamboree
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo tries to display the concept of UP, but soon discovers that he can't stay up in the air when he jumps. However, a group of kids can jump and stay up in the air (with the help of video trickery).
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face."
 	SCENE 4 	Sesame Street is now decorated with signs and banners welcoming the President. Everyone keeps an eye out for the prez and watches a bus go by, then Mr. Macintosh. When the President finally does pass with his motorcade, Big Bird fails to notice while reading his poem.
 	Cartoon 	"The J Commercial": Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert
 	Muppets 	"J Friends"
 	Cartoon 	The 'J' TrainVoice: Daws Butler
 	Film 	A girl and her mother go on a journey to find out where potatoes come from.
 	Cartoon 	A ship captain orders the numbers 1-20 into a boat - which promptly sinks.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	The Fabulous Four Flying Flatirons, a group of trapeze artists, demonstrate up and down. (edited)
 	Cartoon 	Ten TurtlesArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird reads a letter he just wrote to the President, asking for him to ride down Sesame Street every day just so that everyone will be motivated to keep their street clean. Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10