Episode 0577

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Hooper gives David a hat for a gift for all his hard work lately. David thinks the hat is out of style for him, but doesn’t tell Mr. Hooper. He takes it off while Maria enters the store to get the paper, but puts it back on when Mr. Hooper is around to admire it. Maria and Mr. Hooper continue going back and forth into the store, and David has to keep putting the hat on and taking it off.
 	Cartoon 	"I in the Sky"
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates slow.
 	SCENE 2 	David decides to fess up to Mr. Hooper that he doesn’t like the hat. As it turns out, Mr. Hooper just got him a more fashionable one, and he takes back the old one for himself. Now they both look stylish.
 	Cartoon 	"Ten Turtles"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief", who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
 	Cast 	Wally and Ralph: Wally keeps his money taped to his face, so Ralph tells him to keep his money in his piggy bank instead. To ensure he doesn't lose the key, Wally drops it inside as well.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #10 (Spanish)
 	Muppets 	John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird looks around and sees Maria giving a shoebox to Oscar. He assumes it’s a present, and that he’ll be the next recipient, but he isn’t. He then sees David and Mr. Hooper giving Oscar some bags, and assumes that the rest of the bags are for him, but they’re Mrs. Arroyo’s groceries. Big Bird is so upset that Oscar is getting presents and he isn’t, so he decides to do something about it…
 	Film 	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version)
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird moves into his own giant trash can and calls himself "Grouch Bird," thinking he’ll get presents if he assumes the mannerisms of Oscar. The others decide that if Big Bird wants to act like a Grouch they'll treat him like one, so his friends give Big Bird what they gave Oscar: more trash. David has a bag of birdseed, but laments that it was for an old friend whom he misses. Big Bird decides to go back to being his old self, and happily digs into the birdseed.
 	Cartoon 	A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise.
 	Animation 	Shape organization, part 1
 	Film 	A gemsbok runs fast, then faster.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	Shape organization, part 2
 	Cast 	Kids comment as Bob's legs, torso, and head move into place.
 	Animation 	Shape organization, part 3
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green".
 	Animation 	Shape organization (all formations review), part 4
 	SCENE 5 	On a vaudeville stage, Big Bird tells David that he's the fastest bird in the world. He demonstrates by "running" around the block twice (standing still to give the impression that he's faster than sight can perceive).
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film in which footage is slowed down and sped up. Sequences include kids on a playground, riding a roller coaster, and Big Bird jumping around and being chased in the park.
 	Cartoon 	Jasper and Julius: Apple.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat.
 	Cartoon 	"I in the Sky" (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot invents a complicated machine, to test Cookie Monster's problem-solving abilities. Cookie Monster needs to pull the string to raise the glass cover off the plateful of cookies at the other end -- but when he lets go to retrieve the cookies, the cover will fall again. Herbert hears Cookie Monster approaching, and hides to observe him. Cookie investigates the machine for a moment, then gets the cookies by karate-chopping the glass cover.
 	SCENE 6 	Back at the vaudeville stage, Maria poses as the country's finest lumberjack. She tell David that she used to work in the Sesame Street Forest, to which David responds that there is no forest on Sesame Street. "Sure, now!" she replies.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Penguins take a bath.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job.
 	Film 	Gibbons make screeching noises.
 	Film 	The Alphabet Dancers form a capital I.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 7 	Oscar has now taken up residence in Big Bird's giant can and orders the kids to throw in as much trash as they can. Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper, Bob, and a child pose with the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*Richard Hunt puppeteers Oscar in Scene 3, as Big Bird looks on.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5