Episode 0971

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Herry Monster feels a big sneeze coming on, so Mr. Hooper gives him ten tissues. Mr. Hooper then retreats from his store, where Herry lets out a sneeze big enough to shake the whole neighborhood.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The man is only afraid of one thing: FEAR.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face."
 	Cartoon 	Men in boxes sound out the word RUN.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Trey talk about how to get from one place to another.
 	Animation 	Children's voiceovers (in English and Spanish) dictate how to draw a male's body.
 	Muppets 	When Maurice, a hapless casanova, puts an Anything Muppet woman's head together, he tells her that he loves her, but it turns out she doesn't love him. He then proceeds to take her head apart, bit by bit, as he sings "I Want to Hold Your Ear" (as well as eyes, nose, tooth, and hair). After she walks off in a huff, he notices to his shock that the parts he set aside have attached themselves to the tablecloth, who thinks he's kinda cute.
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert
 	SCENE 2 	Bob and Jason put together a simple puzzle.
 	Animation 	Sand R/r
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
 	Film 	A voiceover lists many R words.
 	Cast 	David, alone on a desert island, finds a bottle with a genie (Maria) inside it, and wishes for a boat. But Maria keeps mishearing the request and instead gives him a coat and a (live) goat. Finally she gives him a boat ... but it's not the kind of boat he was hoping for.
 	Cartoon 	In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing.
 	Celebrity 	Judy Collins sings "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" with some kids on the shore.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot.
 	Film 	Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1)
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar the Grouch gathers every one around to watch his latest home movies and promises it won't be like last time when the screen was all black and they couldn't see anything. This time the screen is all white. Oscar insists there's nothing wrong with the video, and that it's merely a white cow in a snowstorm, three cats fighting in a sack of flour, a jet plane flying into a cloud, and the best part: a credit sequence written by Oscar with white chalk on a white bed sheet.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Lefty the Salesman have an argument over the letters "R" and "P."
 	Film 	Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer". The object is a tire.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog is about to talk about the letter R, until Cookie Monster karate chops one of the legs off, turning it into a P. When Kermit threatens to tell the monster's mommy, Cookie reassembles the broken letter back to the letter "R".
 	Cartoon 	Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Cast 	Maria assembles an R, which is broken in several parts.
 	Cartoon 	Julius demonstrates "here" and "there", then ends up being "in pain."Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball turns into a cherry which is devoured by a girl.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.)
 	Song 	"Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure.
 	Cartoon 	A girl trains her dog on here and there.
 	Film 	Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2)
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #9: Dot can't stop coughing, and next dot leaves
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird is writing a letter to his Granny Bird and has trouble grasping the concept of here and there. He asks Luis who is having trouble of his own, fixing a TV. He becomes annoyed by the malfunctioning TV and Big Bird's constant questions and kicks him out of the Fix-It Shop, but not before Big Bird calls him a grouch. Having feelings of remorse, Luis sings "Drat."
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #10: Eighth dot is small, but receives a kiss
 	Film 	A film of butterfliesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	P for Pack
 	Muppets 	Grover and John-John count a penny.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot. (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off.
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird accepts Luis' apology as Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Baby Breeze, Prairie Dawn, and Betty Lou hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8