Episode 0869

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird shows Susan the life-size photo portrait of himself he had commissioned. She points out that something's wrong - the portrait is upside down. Big Bird thinks he'll have to get it retaken, but Susan has him simply flip it right-side-up. Big Bird has gotten accustomed to the way the picture used to look, so he cocks his head upside-down when he looks at it.
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	Muppets 	Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it.
 	Cartoon 	U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A turtle swims in a tank.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy talks about his various moods.Artist: Bob Kurtz
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
 	SCENE 2 	Fred the Wonder Horse encounters David and Maria, turned away from each other, having just had an argument. They’re not talking to each other, so Fred becomes the involuntary go-between. When Maria finds out why David was late to the movies (he started a new job with one of his law school professors), they begin to make up (and squish Fred between them).
 	Cartoon 	The letters in the word BESO kiss each other.
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car.
 	Film 	This is the desert.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	"Mad Goat Song"Artist: Derek Lamb
 	Muppets 	Ernie tries to find another cookie with a criss-cross of icing. He has trouble matching cookies, but Cookie Monster "matches" them by eating them (putting them all in the same place, his stomach).
 	Animation 	A 3 looks for its house.
 	SCENE 3 	Biff and Sully are about to take away a door that serves as Big Bird's wall to use at the Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School. Biff says he knows the difference between a door and a wall (a doorknob), but Big Bird begs them not to take his door-wall, because he needs his privacy. He and Sully put the door back, then Biff begins eyeing the next door in Big Bird’s wall.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
 	Celebrity 	Lucky Peterson sings "1, 2, 3, 4."
 	Cartoon 	Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles.Artist: Tee Collins
 	Muppets 	Grover is astonished to find that he's multiplied into four Grovers.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	An N-terview with an N (Spanish version)Artist: John Paratore
 	Insert 	Bob draws a face on his fist, then puppeteers it as he sings "Face Game."
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet.
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	Film 	There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise.
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has.Artist: Bob Kurtz
 	SCENE 4 	Susan sings "The 1-2-3 Waltz."
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Dog & The Bone
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird, Susan, David, and the kids dance to the closing music as Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7