Episode 1380

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Insert 	Susan and Gordon sing "There's More Than One Way for a Family to Be."
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: Coffee
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "One Potato" while counting the items vendors are selling.
 	Cartoon 	A man blows 7 bubbles.
 	Film 	A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges.
 	SCENE 1 	Maria takes a lunch and relaxation break outside the Fix-It Shop. Elsewhere, Olivia needs to get to an appointment but the handlebars of her bicycle are loose. She sees Maria relaxing and visits her, but initially hesitates asking for help when she sees how peaceful Maria is. Maria says it's no problem and gladly helps out, noting to the viewer that it feels good to relax, but feels even better to help out a friend.
 	Cartoon 	A girl imagines what would happen if she were a piece of gum.
 	Song 	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson)
 	Muppets 	Some fruits in a bowl sing a "Bilingual Fruit Song" about their Spanish names, and agree that two names are better than one.
 	Cartoon 	What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances?
 	Cast 	David and Bob play firemen at the fire station. The alarm signals a fire and they rush to get ready. Bob has trouble finding his axe in his messy locker. When he finally does, he notices he's also missing his boots and starts searching through his locker again.
 	Animation 	A scoop of ice cream makes its way to the top of a cone.
 	Film 	Wild geese (to madrigal music)
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird is in a tizzy - he's expecting company soon (Mr. Snuffleupagus to be precise) and has a lot of work to do in cleaning his nest area before he arrives. The Amazing Mumford helps out using some magic, and with a wave of his wand and some magic words he poofs everything away. Big Bird is grateful and invites Mumford to stay and meet Mr. Snuffleupagus, but Mumford passes since he, like the other grown-ups, believes that Snuffy is just Big Bird's imaginary friend. Moments later Snuffy arrives and Big Bird tells him about Mumford; Snuffy finds the idea of a real-life magician ridiculous and compliments Big Bird's great imagination.
 	Film 	Mad Painter #7
 	Muppets 	The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #7Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Song 	"Summer Song" - A singer describes what happens in the summertime.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	P is for Pillow
 	SCENE 3 	In the yard, Maria holds a letter P and names some P words. A cow saunters in and claims her name starts with P: Peter. Maria points out that "Peter" is a boy's name and she's a female, so the cow changes her name to Polly. Maria claims that "Polly" is a name more associated with parrots and suggests she go with "Penny" instead. The cow sticks with that, happy that she was able to jump in and help with Maria's lesson... though she forgets what her name is almost immediately.
 	Cartoon 	Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: P for Pencil
 	Film 	Kids paint P-word animals on glass.
 	Cartoon 	The word BUS
 	Muppets 	Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it.
 	Film 	Spinning Bus Stop sign
 	Cartoon 	Fred, a singer, fails to figure out the words that rhyme with his name in the song he sings.Artists: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 4 	On the stoop, Maria discusses L words when the pesky cow returns. She now claims that her name is Lenny, and since it starts with L she can help Maria again. Maria points out that "Lenny" is a boy's name, so the cow attempts to change her name once more. She can only think of male names until Maria tells her that "Lucky" can be a name for any gender. The cow isn't too keen on it, believing that a more serious and respectable name for someone like her would be "Lance."
 	Film 	Field of hay (kid voice-overs)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	L is for Lips
 	Muppets 	The Martians discover a radio. They tune into three different styles of music, none of which they like. Then they tune into some static, which they start joyfully dancing to.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L for Light
 	Film 	Counting eleven eggs and one cookie.
 	SCENE 5 	Maria has snuck into Big Bird's nest area, hoping to evade the cow that's been annoying her. Instead, the cow pops up still trying out various L names (including "Leadbelly"); a defeated Maria announces the sponsors. "My real name is Gladys," the cow adds. "What's the letter tomorrow?" The credits follow.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Farley and a Muppet girl hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 11