Episode 1447

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird finds no one but him is around on the street to welcome the viewer. In song, he counts himself and soon finds he's joined by 19 more friends, making a total of 20 to say hello!
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Two Farm AnimalsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	Kenneth sees how his dad's shirts is pressed at Cooper Stuyvesant dry cleaners.
 	Cartoon 	Olga the lonesome robot
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 2 	The adults in Hooper's Store are introduced to the Countess Dahling von Dahling and her dog Masha. Much like her 5th cousin Count von Count, she also loves to count. She's even brought gifts for everyone - umbrellas, which she counts as she passes them around. They come in handy when her trademark, post-counting rain beings pouring inside the store. She stops it by counting backwards.
 	Muppets 	Three Anything Muppet babies sing "A Baby's Life."
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #2"
 	Film 	Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.
 	Animation 	The mountains make a snack for a bird, but he forgets to brush his teeth afterward.
 	Muppets 	Lisa shows Grover what big, bigger and biggest are.
 	Cartoon 	Big, bigger, biggest (balloons and blackbirds).
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster sings "Two Heads Are Better Than One."
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
 	SCENE 3 	Olivia and Maria find there are Xs all over Sesame Street, on the doors, walls and even Barkley! The culprit turns out to be none other than Cowboy X, who assumes the street residents will make him stop just like the folks back at the gulch. Luis and Gordon tell him he's quite welcome, as they'll be discussing the letter X today. Cowboy X is unaware that X is a letter of the "al-fee-bet," having never learned to read or write.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Big Bird introduces Cowboy X to the alphabet. Big Bird recites the alphabet so Cowboy X will know where the missing letter X goes.
 	Cartoon 	A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat.
 	Celebrity 	Suzanne Farrell dances to the music of The Nutcracker.
 	Cartoon 	Big / bigger / biggest (bikes)
 	Muppets 	"When it's your time to relax, make it Alphabet Time!"
 	Cartoon 	A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Film 	Kids narrate footage of whales.
 	Cartoon 	X in EXIT: Animals sing as they exit a building.
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Mystery Guest," where the blindfolded panel of Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock must guess the identity of a special guest - the letter X.
 	SCENE 4 	Luis shows Cowboy X a word with the letter X in it - OX, which he then turns into BOX. Cowboy X is proud for reading the word, he declares himself "Cowboy Box."
center 	Cartoon 	The letter X
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A stop-motion-animated train runs out of track.
 	Muppets 	Leslie Mostly interviews The Amazing Mumford from his home. He shows her a trick that turns him into a giant rabbit, which is easily is able to rectify. As he disappears, Leslie discovers she's been turned into a rabbit.
 	SCENE 5 	At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper teaches Cowboy X another word with X in it - EXIT. He decides to give it a try, not realizing he has to open the door first.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A boy talks about what his little sister can do now that she's not a baby anymore.
 	Animation 	The inhabitants of a farm feel like celebrating when it rains during a hot, dry summer.
 	Muppets 	After fighting with each other, the Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Love" and forgets their feud.
 	Film 	A giant panda walks around.
 	SCENE 6 	Cowboy X has to mosey on out, but not before giving Big Bird his autograph. Big Bird begins to announce the sponsors, when...
 	SCENE 6 cont'd	...Oscar cuts him off, wishing to give a grouchier goodbye. He assembles Gordon, Olivia, Maria and Katherine and begins singing an off-key version of the "Big Hello" song as they leave one-by-one. The viewer, however, won't leave (to Oscar's dismay). Bob re-announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Linda hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12