Episode 1283

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon and Susan draw outlines of Lisa, Frankie, and Louie on giant pieces of paper in the yard. Luis comes by and tries identifying whose outline belongs to who, though he slightly feigns ignorance in guessing whose outline is eight feet tall.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #11Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Two men, Big and Little, travel around playing the tuba and violin. Even though they’re different (Big has dark skin, and Little has light skin), together they make beautiful music.
 	Muppets 	Kermit is a casting director, holding auditions for a performance of "The Three Little Pigs". The pigs who initially try out get the part of the three little pigs, but three different wolves of different sizes try out for the part of the Big Bad Wolf.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird and Lisa come into Hooper's Store wanting to buy identical sweaters: "This way, when we walk down the street, people'll think we're twins," says Big Bird. Mr. Hooper gives them sweaters with the same striped pattern, but Big Bird chides the storekeeper when he sees the difference in size. He learns that because they're different sizes, it results in them getting different items. Big Bird celebrates this discovery by asking for a couple of apples, and is pleased to find that Mr. Hooper only sells big-sized apples for everybody.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	African children play in a village, and in a modern playground.
 	Animation 	Sand D/d
 	Cast 	Bob and Maria visit a letter "D" museum, and observe pictures of a dark "D", a dazzling "D", and a delightful "D". Big Bird notices a dusty "D" statue, but ends up destroying the delicate "D" despite Bob and Maria's warnings.
 	Cartoon 	A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #11
 	Cartoon 	A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!"
 	Cartoon 	"Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!"
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon and Susan argue over a broken statue in their apartment. After fuming for a moment, they apologize and sing how next time they'll "Try a Little Harder."
 	Animation 	The word ICE is formed with ice cubes, which melt.
 	Cartoon 	What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places.
 	Muppets 	Little Bird plays an imagination game, closing his eyes and imagining he hears sounds. At the end of the game, he imagines that he hears a scary monster -- and when he opens his eyes, Herry Monster is there, growling at him.
 	SCENE 4 	Luis shows Linda how he's teaching Barkley to understand "Walk" and "Don't Walk" with verbal communication and a sign showing the words. Barkley gets the two phrases mixed up and Linda tries to teach him with sign language, which doesn't work either. Big Bird has his own way of making Barkley walk - setting his full supper bowl nearby.
 	Film 	Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two).Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings a rock song about his cookie obsession.
 	Film 	A woman holds a painting of five chickens.
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.
 	Film 	A flower opens and closes.
 	Cast 	David goes through a series of doors marked "OPEN" (each one smaller than the one before).
 	Cartoon 	A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Kermit at Home: Grover comes to Kermit's house to fix his sink. Kermit fills him in on a demonstration of "big, bigger and biggest" when it comes to wrenches. Even so, the sink repair goes awry, and the house floods.
 	Cartoon 	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D.
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon has learned that today is Mr. Hooper's birthday, and he tells Linda and Big Bird that they should throw a surprise party for him. After Big Bird almost spoils the secret by yelling about it, they all decide to use sign language to let the others know instead. They spread out to share the message with their neighbors, but Big Bird can't find anyone to invite and mistakenly tries showing the sign to Mr. Hooper, who thankfully doesn't comprehend it. Gordon muzzles Big Bird's beak when he almost clarifies it verbally.
 	Film 	Counting the circus clowns
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game #1 (Lions)
 	Film 	Slide puzzle - truck
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others
 	Cartoon 	A baby cries whenever he gets a beso.
 	SCENE 6 	Everyone is gathered in Gordon and Susan's apartment for the party, where they practice signing "surprise" for Mr. Hooper's arrival. He appears at the door with Big Bird to make a delivery and doesn't understand the sign until everyone shouts, "Surprise!" They all sing "Happy Birthday to You" while Mr. Hooper blows out the candle, and Oscar announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while the Count holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*Though Barkley doesn't understand sign language in this episode, he would eventually be trained to do so when Linda becomes his permanent caretaker in the 1980s.
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Category:Birthday Episodes
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10