Episode 1054

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Bob and Linda wait for her father Andy to arrive for a visit; Bob is especially eager to show off how much sign language he's learned since the last time he came to Sesame Street. Andy (Andy Vasnick) finally arrives at the bus stop and Bob tries to sign how he's been learning sign language, but Linda and Andy crack up for some reason. Linda corrects him on how to sign the word for "signing," and Andy reveals to Bob that he was saying "I am learning spaghetti" instead.
 	Cartoon 	They'd play with me if I had...
 	Muppets 	Grover and Kate make faces.
 	Cartoon 	A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen!Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like with a very uncooperative letter that keeps switching itself. The letter eventually stops switching, and Herb solves the problem by rotating the camera angle, turning the letter upside down.
 	SCENE 2 	Andy and Linda show Bob, Maria, and the kids the appropriate signs so they can all sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" together.
 	Cartoon 	A man uses drinking glasses on his eyes and pours water over his seeing glasses.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	SALIDA (word spins around)
 	Cast 	Luis looks for the SALIDA in a brick room.
 	Muppets 	Simon Soundman has the viewers guess what sound he is making. He makes the sound of a train, car, and a horse. When Simon makes the sound of the horse, a cowboy uses his lasso to capture Simon, mistaking him for a real horse.
 	Cartoon 	W - wallpaper
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird watches Linda conversing with two deaf children (Brian and Shawn) in sign language nearby. He tries to tell Bob from his apartment window that it's a bit of a shame that they can't hear each other when they communicate. Bob and Big Bird have a difficult time trying to communicate over the cacophony of traffic, construction sounds, and other city noises around them, but Linda and the kids have no such trouble.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #9
 	Muppets / Cast	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a crossing guard and Grover as a waiter.
 	Film 	Geese and their goslings swim in the water.
 	Cartoon 	Fred, a singer, fails to figure out the words that rhyme with his name in the song he sings.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Film 	George the Farmer counts 20 barrels.
 	SCENE 4 	Bob finds Andy reading out near Hooper's Store. He wants to tell him something and nervously strikes up a conversation, asking how one would sign, "I think it's going to rain." Andy suspects Bob has something more important he'd like to say, and Bob rapidly blurts his feelings for his daughter and how much he likes her. Andy can't keep up with Bob and asks him to slow down, but when Bob speaks again all that comes out is, "...I think it's going to rain," before he sheepishly leaves.
 	Cartoon 	A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird on a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Things that start with M
 	Cartoon 	Only one of the two footprints can belong.
 	Muppets 	Grover is astonished to find that he's multiplied into four Grovers.
 	Cartoon 	M is for MooMusic: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird comes to Hooper's Store in a panic. He tells Bob and Maria about the TV program he just saw about the negative effects of not brushing one's teeth, and realized that he can't even remember the last time he brushed his teeth. Bob and Maria remind him that birds don't even have teeth, so there's no worry about brushing them. Big Bird is relieved, then rushes off when he remembers to brush his beak instead.
 	Cartoon 	What if a dog looked like a bird?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	"Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "Cookie Disco."
 	Cartoon 	W For Wilbur
 	Film 	Kids ride horses.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. All voices by Hal Smith.
 	SCENE 6 	Maria and Andy play a music-less "Three of These Things" game using pictures of a horse, a giraffe, an elephant, and a mouse.
 	Cartoon 	M in space
 	Celebrity 	Richard Pryor plays all the parts in a scenario of two kids meeting a new kid who wants to play.
 	Cartoon 	Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M
 	SCENE 7 	Bob and Linda see Andy to the bus stop, but not before Oscar shows off some sign language of his own: "Good riddance!" As Andy's bus takes off, Linda and Bob walk away holding each other as Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, and Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, and two kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8