Episode 0803

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	David encounters Big Bird carrying a bowling ball bag. Naturally it has a bowling ball inside, surprising David who didn't know that birds could bowl. "I think some of the greatest bowlers in the world are probably birds... I'm practically an egg-xpert!" Big Bird quips. David heads toward Hooper's Store and notices that Big Bird already has ten pins lined up... right in front of the store's front door.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird winds up and releases the ball as David goes into a full-blown panic. He frantically tries to open up the store and hide, but CRASH! David winds up on the floor with his head through the door amid a big mess. Big Bird comes by to admire the six pins he knocked down, but a sobbing David points out that he also knocked down several boxes of cereal, tuna cans, heads of lettuce...
 	Cartoon 	Madrigal AlphabetArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Time-lapse of seeds growing.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	Muppets 	Ernie and the kids play a hand-clapping game.
 	Cartoon 	The letter JArtists: John and Faith Hubley
 	Muppets 	"J Friends"
 	Cartoon 	Jughead Jones's J story
 	Celebrity 	Richard Pryor plays all the parts in a scenario of two kids meeting a new kid who wants to play.
 	Cartoon 	"Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away.
 	Film 	A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Cartoon 	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
 	Cartoon 	A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake.Artists: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 2 	Maria plays a “Here Are Some Things” game with Joey and Andrew using four circles and a star shape. Andrew has trouble figuring out the answer, but Maria and Joey show how all the circles belong because they're the same shape. Big Bird thinks the star belongs and states that two of the circles represent the sun and the moon, so they're all things that belong in the sky (though he doesn't know what the remaining circles could be). Joey tries to tell him that his answer is wrong; Big Bird responds with a, "Picky, picky, picky!"
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him.
 	Muppets 	John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble.
 	Film 	Counting the circus clowns.
 	Cartoon 	A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler.
 	Insert 	Herry has written a song using a pencil that Big Bird has given him. The song is called "I Can't Help It." He winds up wrecking the entire Fix-It Shop in the process.
 	Film 	A showcase of J words
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
 	Cast 	Jasper Johnson (David) performs his famous "J" Walk for a roaring crowd.
 	Muppets 	A Japanese storyteller tells "The Mystery of the Four Dragons". An aged emperor offers the throne to his son if he can find four hidden dragons in the room.
 	Cartoon 	A child learns there's many things one can do with a stick.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird gets a package from aunt Tilly Birdwhistle containing a bunch of wooden parts. He's not sure what it could be and tries to guess what it is as Luis helps assemble it. The finished product turns out to be a toy airplane. Big Bird realizes that it can't fly on its own, and compensates by making motor noises as he zooms it around.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: J - Jam
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The 'b' in 'beso' kisses an apple and a duck.Artist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Ostriches walk and run. (piano music)
 	Cartoon 	A baby cries whenever he gets a beso.
 	Muppets / Cast	David sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the librarian and plumber.
 	Cartoon 	The letter J (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin talks to his class about Africa. Smart Tina thinks that Africa is just a big jungle, because she's seen it that way in Tarzan movies. Roosevelt corrects her; only a small portion of Africa is a jungle. Africa also has cities and deserts and lakes. Hard Head Henry Harris compares Africa to Smart Tina.
 	Animation 	Sand J/j
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird narrates some things that start with the letter J that people can do:
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Maria goes out for a jog.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Andrew observes as Luis does his job at the Fix-it Shop.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Big Bird tries to juggle some balls, but doesn't succeed; he cues for a short break.
 	Cartoon 	"The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	Big Bird now tries to tell a joke, but forgets how it goes.
 	Cartoon 	J family jamboree
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	Big Bird tries to play with a jigsaw puzzle, but doesn't succeed. He becomes so frustrated that he jumps, which the kids point out is a "J" thing he's able to do.
 	Cartoon 	A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture.
 	Cartoon 	"Eggs Are Oval"Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	SCENE 5 	Everybody joins in the jumping as Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* Big Bird can be heard singing, "What's the Name of That Song?" at the beginning of the episode.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7