Episode 0809

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria is surprised to see a strange-looking contraption in front of Oscar's trash can. Oscar explains that it's his toll booth, and everyone who wants to pass by has to give him a jar of mud. Maria warns him that running the device may be more complex than he thinks, but Oscar just believes that Maria is coming up with an excuse not to pay up. She leaves him to his work as Debo arrives with a quart of mud so he can pass through, though Oscar finds lifting the toll arm up just a little tiresome.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty H”
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest.
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Oscar admires all of the jars he's collected, but finds that he needs some help in organization and decides to hire David as the arm operator. David has trouble collecting Joey's jar of mud and working the arm at the same time, so Jay gets on board as a mud storage supervisor. Oscar complains to them when he spots a kid sneak by without paying, though David and Jay defend their actions since it's not part of their job. When the toll arm gets stuck Maria recommends Luis to repair it since he has the tools. Instead of repairing it, Oscar wants Luis to disassemble the booth, figuring it'd be a lot easier just to dig for the mud himself in the park than having to be surrounded by everyone!
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
 	Film 	"Doll House"
 	Cartoon 	A boy names his own body parts.
 	Song 	David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?"
 	Muppets 	The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting.
 	Cartoon 	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
 	Film 	A woman repairs wires for the telephone company.
 	Muppets 	A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time.
 	Cartoon 	H for hair
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Howard and Harold think of H words
 	SCENE 2 	As the clouds grow darker and the wind begins to pick up, Maria, David, and Jay all tell Big Bird to come inside because "it's coming." Big Bird keeps wondering what everybody could be referring to, guessing that it might be something like the circus or Santa Claus. When it finally starts to rain, Big Bird stands outside Hooper's Store and asks the others what he's missing, believing that if he were to go inside he'll miss whatever is coming.
 	Cartoon 	Caterpillars Never Wear Brown BootsArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	La palabra cerrado
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under.
 	Cartoon 	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
 	Muppets 	A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be."
 	Cartoon 	Train #2
 	SCENE 3 	At the Fix-it Shop, Luis and Big Bird play a game of “Three of These Things” using various clocks. Luis tries to hint that the small clock doesn't belong with the three big ones, but Big Bird persists that one of the bigger clocks isn't like the others. He shows what the difference is when the clock strikes twelve, and the little cuckoo bird inside it pops out. "My answer is for birds," Big Bird remarks.
 	Cartoon 	Numbers from 1 to 20 line up, but 17 is missing.
 	Film 	A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	H - Horse
 	Film 	Letter H hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
center 	Muppets 	Super Grover: A boy is confused -- his mother told him to take a bus home, but he doesn't know where to find the bus. Super Grover arrives, and they soon discover a sign that says "Bus Stop". The boy suggests that they found the answer, but Super Grover insists that his mother told him to take a bus, and not a sign, home.
 	Cartoon 	A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado."
 	Animation 	Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut.
 	Celebrity 	Tennis star Arthur Ashe says the alphabet.
 	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
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and the kids want to put their beachball away before going to the movies to see Pinocchio, but Big Bird finds it difficult to put such a big toy into a small box. David helps him figure out how: it doesn’t involve squeezing the ball, stretching the box, or making the ball shrink by saying “Alakazam!” (as well as Joey's suggestion of "A la peanut butter sandwiches!"), but it does involve letting the air out.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Bug
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola count fingers.
 	Film 	Slide puzzle - boy
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock")
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird shows the kids several H words just by standing there: Maria, Luis, David, and Jay greet him with words that start with the letter H such as "hi," "hello," and "handshake." His favorite one is "hug," which all of the kids give him.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty H” (repeat)
 	Film 	"Doll House" (repeat)
 	Celebrity 	Tennis star Arthur Ashe demonstrates over and under.
 	Film 	Various sporting events involving throwing things are shown from around the world.
 	Cartoon 	H for hair (repeat)
 	SCENE 6 	Maria and Luis bounce some beachballs around with the kids in the yard as David announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
*This episode has another lesson that ties in with the season's bicentennial theme. The opening scene about Oscar opening a toll booth ties in with the lesson concept "Bicentennial - Bureaucratization."
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7