Episode 1517

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis shows Big Bird, Sharmaine, and Jeff how to tie a square knot using ropes, demonstrating "over," "under," and "through." Big Bird then asks how to untie a knot, having knotted himself up.
 	Cartoon 	A boy tries dealing with various leaks in a dike. When plugging and buckets don't work, he fetches an adult who patches up the holes with cement.
 	Film 	A man shows a boy how to make a wheelbarrow.
 	Muppets 	A Jimmy Durante-type monster sings about the importance of the nose.
 	Cartoon 	A man encounters someone with a DANGER sign hanging on the end of his nose, and doubts there's any danger until the character sneezes.
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Lisa what "DANGER" means.
 	Song 	"Winter Song"
 	Muppets 	Biff and Sully move a piano. Biff tries to play a scale and talks about practice. While Biff is away, Sully plays a full concert piece.
 	Cartoon 	Two Farm AnimalsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	"Cow Dog Song"
 	Cartoon 	A showman hawks his invisible chicken, which turns out to be a duck.
 	Cast 	Finger Theater: Linda's fingers act out a story.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #2Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	A story about Lola the cow, who tries to find her home. She first tries to climb a tree to get into a nest, but Little Bird tells her that it's not her home. She then tries to crawl down a hole in the ground, but that turns out to belong to an earthworm. She tries to get into a trash can, which belongs to Oscar. She finally finds a barn and is invited in by another cow.
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates on top of.
 	Muppets 	Telly Monster hosts "Cooking with Telly," where he demonstrates where the plate should go when serving a sandwich.
 	Cartoon 	A man lifts a rock and finds the word UNDER.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about bank tellers and the machines they use.
 	Cartoon 	Train #2
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Jason make faces.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird and Maria observe the sunset and Maria explains how it works. After she heads out, Big Bird wonders if anyone's ever woken up with the sun to greet it. He proposes to be the first to do so.
 	Animation 	Three rocks use different methods to get across a lake.Artist: Al Jarnow
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird prepares a "Welcome Sun" sign and finds a good place to sit and wait, believing he can stay up all night long (he's part owl, after all). The grown-ups assure him that he'll fall asleep before the sun rises. Big Bird tells them he'll prove them wrong and bids them all a goodnight, but soon starts to fall asleep himself.
 	Film 	Ostriches walk and run. (piano music)
 	Cartoon 	The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Film 	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I."
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird's alarm wakes him up and he preps his "Welcome Sun" routine, but doesn't see the sun at all. He gets upset, when the sun starts to rise after all. He greets it with a song ("Good Morning, Mister Sun"). Maria comes outside to check on him and Big Bird wonders what he'll do with the rest of his day, but falls back asleep within moments.
 	Muppets 	The letter S joins U and N to make the word SUN. Some Anything Muppets appear in beach gear to bask in the sun.
 	Celebrity 	Richie Havens sings "Here Comes the Sun."
 	Cartoon 	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks.
 	SCENE 5 	Luis and David run into Big Bird, sitting back at the table. Only this time, he's planning to welcome the moon instead. As he waits, he falls back asleep. Olivia sleepily announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12