Episode 1191

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird chats with Marlena, Jessica, John, and John in his nest, and observes how there may be more than one John in the world, but he's never met someone else named Big Bird. He spins a story for the kids about how he got his name...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	The scene shifts to the top of a tree, where Big Bird's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather resides with another bird (performed here by Bob Payne). The two don't have names and they call out, "Hey, you!" to get the other's attention. Big Bird's grandfather thinks of names that could differentiate the two using their physical attributes, but finds that they are just too similar. The smaller bird points out their size difference, and the larger bird proposes rather long names based on their sizes. He is convinced shorter names would suffice... like Arnold or Harry.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Back on the street, Big Bird finishes the story by explaining how the two birds kept arguing over their names, and his mommy just called him "Big Bird" when he was born.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet family arranges themselves in different ways.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: WALK TALL
 	Film 	Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert, and Shola illustrate "between."
 	Cartoon 	A pirate has his mate dig for treasure, which is buried between two trees. The mate doesn't know what between means. He finally gets the message, but a parrot makes off with the treasure.
 	Muppets 	Biff sings "This Is My J."
 	Film 	A showcase of J words
 	Celebrity 	Victor Borge talks about practicing by showing how he's "improved" at playing the scales from a young age.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #7
 	Cartoon 	C - Cake
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar ropes Gordon and Susan into demonstrating "on top of" as he makes them a seafood sandwich, but the two are certain it's going to be some repulsive, Grouchy concoction. Oscar feigns innocence as he prepares fresh bread, butter and lettuce and places them on top of each other on a plate. He then adds the final ingredient - a large, whole, raw fish.
 	Muppets 	Old West sketches: The town doctor ("Doc") comes to a saloon to meet Mean Manny and his gang, even though Manny is the toughest guy in town and plans to have a "shootin' party." Manny and his posse arrive on time and meet with Doc and his medicine...he gives them all measles shots.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play."
 	Cartoon 	What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it.
 	Film 	A boy and his dad build a bookshelf out of wood.
 	Cast 	Bob demonstrates a J word - juggle.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 1Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 2The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7 (Spanish version)
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 3The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.
 	Cartoon 	A little man misplaces his J under his hat.
 	Film 	Field of hay (kid voice-overs)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The 'J' TrainVoice: Daws Butler
center 	Film 	A flock of sheep crosses the river.
 	Cartoon 	The Wise Man tries to illustrate "between."
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown paper bag, and asks Cookie Monster what he hopes it is. Cookie Monster hopes that it is a cookie. It turns out that Ernie has ten cookies in the bag.
 	Film 	A pair of hands deal cards marked with the numbers 12 to 1.
 	Cartoon 	A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion.
 	SCENE 3 	Maria finds Big Bird pacing in his nest area, which he feels could use some redecoration. He considers hanging up a picture of seagulls flying over the seas, when Maria mentions she usually adds throw pillows to her apartment to change it up. Though he still would like his seagull picture, Big Bird thinks Maria might have the right idea and decides to find some pillows.
 	Cartoon 	Animals walk.
 	Muppets 	Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird has placed several throw pillows in and around his nest and asks Susan for feedback. She finds them nice, and states that she much prefers having new polka dot curtains. Big Bird believes this is something he needs to have too, though he thinks he would still like the seagull picture just as well.
 	Cartoon 	Cars WALK.
 	Muppets 	As ominous music plays, The Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does.
 	SCENE 5 	David stops by the nest and sees Big Bird's new curtains. He tells Big Bird that his decoration of choice is beaded curtains for his doorway. Big Bird still isn't sure about this, but goes along with it anyhow.
 	Cartoon 	Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation using the letters of the alphabet.
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon comes by and is shocked by all the new decor. Big Bird explains that he took the advice of his friends, but confesses that he doesn't really like the new look at all. Gordon explains that since it's Big Bird's nest, he should make it look how he wants it, not how other people may. Gordon happens to have the remedy: a poster of seagulls he found at the card store. He and Big Bird proceed to remove all the new decor before putting it up.
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird."
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: J for jump
 	SCENE 7 	Big Bird admires his new poster as Gordon 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.
==Notes==
* Big Bird's story about names would also be adapted as "A Bird's Tale" for The Sesame Street Library Volume 11.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10