Episode 0986

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird is feeding some cabbages to Mr. Snuffleupagus. He runs out, but Snuffy is still hungry, so Big Bird offers to get some more from his friends around the street.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird finds Gordon and Susan, and asks them for cabbage. They learn it's for the Snuffleupagus and immediately turn him down, saying they can't waste real cabbages on an imaginary friend. The two make it clear to Big Bird that Snuffy isn't real like them; he's imaginary. Big Bird takes their words to heart and goes back to his nest to break the news to Snuffy.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	He returns to the nest, convinced Snuffy is merely a "fig newton" of his imagination, though Snuffy insists he's real. Big Bird starts to break down and cry as he declares the two will be parting ways forever. As he sulks down the street, he runs into a group of kids and explains what's got him down. The kids all believe Snuffy is real and drag him back to the nest where Snuffy is sobbing over his now-broken friendship. Big Bird begin to feel Snuffy and decides he's real after all. They hug and declare themselves best friends forever.
 	Muppets 	"The "OP" Family Song"
 	Film 	Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack.
 	Cartoon 	Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola count fingers.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: B for Ball
 	Celebrity 	The Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate their skills, ending with a handshake. (no underscore)
 	Cartoon 	Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B.
 	Film 	SCHOOL: the sign spins around.
 	Celebrity 	Ray Barretto and his fellow drummers play together.
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background.
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"School Song"
 	Cartoon 	With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall.Voice: Casey Kasem
 	Film 	Kids paint pictures of things that start with B.
 	Insert 	Herry has written a song using a pencil that Big Bird has given him. The song is called "I Can't Help It."
 	Animation 	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
 	Cast 	A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (alternate music and voiceover)Original:
 	Film 	A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm.
 	Film 	Slide puzzle - truck
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12.
 	Celebrity 	The Harlem Globetrotters do some basketball passes, and a "hide the ball" trick.
 	Cartoon 	A poem about changing seasons.
 	SCENE 2 	Maria strolls out of 123 Sesame Street and bangs her shoulder on a plank jutting from the crates by Oscar's trash can. She sees a Jolly Roger flag planted by it and gathers that Oscar is playing pirate. Sure enough, Oscar appears from his can in pirate gear, brandishing a wooden sword, and calling himself "Oswald, King of the Pirates." Maria points out the plank hurt her and asks him to remove it lest it hurt someone else, but "Oswald" refuses to comply. She threatens that he'd better get rid of by the time she gets back or she'll do it herself. Susan and Gordon then happen past and Susan walks right into it. They deliver him a similar threat to remove it, but their words mean nothing to the pirate.
 	Cartoon 	"Young MacDonald Went to Town"
 	Muppets 	At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies!
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar uses his telescope to find the first victim he can submit to walk the plank into the sea of pretend sharks. Count von Count appears and gladly takes part in the game. Oscar pokes him with the sword as the Count counts the pokes and steps until he falls off the plank. He hops right back up to count them again, to Oscar's chagrin. The Count proceeds to walk the plank a third time, as Oscar sighs, "I shoulda keelhauled him instead."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: Y is for Yo-Yo
 	Film 	Children narrate footage of a termite colony.
 	Animation 	Sand Y/y
 	Muppets 	Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made?
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Little Things."
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar starts sawing the plank, unable to endure any more of the Count's counting. As the Count makes his 29th walk across the plank, it finally snaps loose. Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Oscar and The Count hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8