Episode 0893

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird tells Gordon that he's planning to go on a vacation tomorrow. He wants Gordon's help to see if he has everything he needs, though he has a feeling he's forgotten something. Big Bird checks to see that he has his sunglasses, a camera, a towel, his fishing rod (as well as a fish in case he doesn't catch anything), and other essentials. Gordon is impressed with how well Big Bird has planned, and asks where he's going tomorrow. Big Bird doesn't have an answer, as he's forgot to pick out a place to go on vacation.
 	Cartoon 	The great Alphonso and his trained X's
 	Animation 	A dune buggy is assembled.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings.
 	Film 	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (re-edited with a new song track)
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Maria plays a game with Big Bird, Spencer, Junior, and Cheryl where they pretend to be a train by holding the waist of the person in front of them. Simon Soundman assists them by making the sound of a steam engine throughout as they travel from Big Bird's nest to the yard, where they pick up a couple more "train cars." They travel through a dark tunnel (Hooper's Store) and pick up more cars at the Fix-it Shop, then return over a mountain (the steps of 123 Sesame Street) and back to Big Bird's nest.
 	Cartoon 	Indian guru counts to twenty.
 	Film 	Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Indian guru counts to twenty. (Spanish)
 	Muppets 	A story about Lola the cow, who tries to find her home. She first tries to climb a tree to get into a nest, but Little Bird tells her that it's not her home. She then tries to crawl down a hole in the ground, but that turns out to belong to an earthworm. She tries to get into a trash can, which belongs to Oscar. She finally finds a barn and is invited in by another cow.
 	Cartoon 	Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal)
 	Celebrity 	Stevie Wonder performs his hit single "Superstition."
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A STOP sign commands a train to stop.
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin trains his headball team by having them recite the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A race announcer doubles as the man who holds up the START and STOP sign.
 	Cast 	Luis demonstrates how to use a can opener to open a can of spaghetti ... not realizing that it's open on the bottom already.
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
 	Cast 	Maria demonstrates how a hammer is used by hammering a nail into a wall to hang up a picture. Then, the wall tips over on her.
 	Cartoon 	D for Dog: the roles between dog and master are reversed.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges!
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries to guess what a voice belongs to by asking it questions, and wins a ride on a giraffe.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down.
 	Animation 	A scoop of ice cream makes its way to the top of a cone.
 	Cartoon 	The great Alphonso and his trained X's (repeat)
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates beginning and end.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish soundtrack)
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
 	Muppets 	Betty Lou teaches the meaning of "beginning," "middle," and "end," and introduces two of her friends: Beginning and End. The duo tell a story, but it lacks something in between the beginning and end parts. Beginning and End recruit their pal Middle to fill out the rest of the story. Middle, however, cannot stop telling the exciting part of the story, and the three friends begin a quarrel, forcing Betty Lou to declare the end of the lecture.
 	SCENE 3 	While going to the library, Gordon encounters Big Bird knitting some socks at his nest. Big Bird says that he's knitted a lot of things, like mittens, hats, and a telephone (the latter didn't work too well). He plans to match the diagram that came with the yarn, and brags that he's a very fast knitter so they should be done in no time.
 	Film 	The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X.
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog and Tracy recite the alphabet.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird has finished knitting one of his socks by the time Gordon comes back from the library. Gordon sees that the sock matches the one in the diagram, but it also happens to be very big and long. Big Bird sees no problem; it matches the one he knitted yesterday. He made them for a friend of his, only he's not sure which of his friends is big enough to wear them.
 	Cartoon 	A dog pulls its master, who keeps begging "STOP!" until they reach the word STOP.
 	Muppets 	Sherlock Hemlock sings "X Marks the Spot!"
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (repeat)
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird compares the size of Maria and the kids' feet to his socks as Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, and Susan holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7