Episode 1031

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	"Fat Cat"
 	Film 	Mad Painter #8
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #8
 	Film 	Women put dolls together and package them at a doll factory.
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird is in a helping mood today, but everybody he's asked doesn't need his help. The only soul he's yet to confer with is Oscar the Grouch. He opens his trash can lid and peers inside, asking Oscar if there's anything he can do for him. Inside the can, Oscar tells him what he can do - remove his nosy beak and close the lid. Big Bird is happy to oblige knowing he's finally helped someone.
 	Animation 	Arthur and Annie look for the letter A, while a shadowy figure observes all the A words they say.Features the voice of Jim Thurman
 	Film 	Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse)
 	Cartoon 	A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE)
 	Film 	Empty / full classroom (time-lapse)
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: The Count has come to order hot dogs - lots of hot dogs. But when Grover refuses to get more hot dogs because the Count will only count them, and not eat them, the Count uses a hypnotism spell to get more.
 	Cartoon 	Four people cooperate building a table.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out.Artists: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 2 	Bob and Linda musically show the signs for "Hat, Coat, and Pants."
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: L for lion
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L.
 	Film 	You can't see the wind.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown paper bag, and asks Cookie Monster what he hopes it is. Cookie Monster hopes that it is a cookie. It turns out that Ernie has ten cookies in the bag.
 	Cartoon 	I Thought a Thought ... about big things.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches.
 	Cartoon 	Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Insert 	Child voiceovers declare the street wastebasket is empty. The adults and Big Bird toss their trash into it, making it full. After a garbage man (Richard Hunt, making a cameo) collects its contents, the kids announce that it is now empty.
 	Animation 	A grape blows reveille and inspects the "troops" -- 12 raisins on a slice of white bread.
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L for Light
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La."
 	Cartoon 	L es para luz
 	Film 	Kids use shapes to make a train.
 	Celebrity 	Carol Burnett runs the gamut of emotions while counting to 20.
 	Muppets 	Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk"The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together.
 	Cartoon 	A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6.
 	Cast 	Linda stars in the Theater Without Words production of "The Batter and the Ball."
 	Film 	Stop! (kids dancing)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A STOP sign commands a train to stop.
 	SCENE 3 	Linda makes her way up to Bob's apartment for a working date, where they each work on separate projects together. Linda's going to memorize lines for a play, while Bob has a song he's working on. As he works, Linda suspects something is bothering him. He confesses that he believes she might feel bad because she cannot hear the musical project he's working on. Linda replies that while they cannot share the music together, they can share the words, and that anything that makes Bob happy makes her happy as well.
center 	Animation 	2 houses plus 3 houses equal 5.
 	Film 	A gazelle runs fast across a plain.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end.
 	Muppets 	Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly.
 	Cartoon 	A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real."
 	SCENE 4 	Bob and Linda wind down on their respective activities before it's time for dinner. Linda asks how Bob's song is coming along and he replies, "Of course it's good!" She playfully acts like he's just saving face, when he adds, "Do you think I'd say 'it's bad'?" They go off to have some salad as Mr. Macintosh announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, & Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8