Episode 1297

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	When Oscar finds himself saying nice things to people, he starts singing about a happy feeling that's creeping into him — the "Happy Blues."
 	Cartoon 	G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
 	Muppets 	Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows.
 	Cartoon 	A gorilla applies for a job at the Gerfner Employment Agency.
 	Film 	Things that begin with G
 	Muppets / Cast	Maria and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood" — painter and milkman.
 	Cartoon 	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	"Listen ..." to various sounds, including the ocean, a heart beating, a clock ticking, a horse galloping, crickets chirping, a passing train, and others.
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon runs into Biff and Sully in the yard, who have just founded the B and S Building Company. Gordon tells them to look at the blueprint for the office they just built, which they notice is missing the company sign. When Gordon hangs the sign, the house falls apart in seconds. Biff notes how they no longer match, until Gordon tears up the blueprint.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: G for gorilla (in man suit).
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse are hot and thirsty, so they stop in at the Short Branch Café for a nice cold glass of milk. The bartender is distressed to see Grover riding his horse right inside, knocking over tables. "I just redecorated the place, too," he sighs. Grover orders a glass of milk, and the bartender asks if he wants the big glass, the bigger glass or the biggest glass. Fred tells the bartender that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference, so the bartender shows off all three sizes. Marshal Grover and Fred come behind the bar to get a closer look, breaking bottles and glassware. The annoyed bartender shouts at Grover to choose a glass, and Grover picks the biggest glass. The bartender asks if Fred wants anything, but Fred says, "No thanks, I'm drivin'." As Grover rides his horse out of the café, the bartender asks who's going to pay for all this stuff. Grover says he'll be back to pay for it tomorrow. Panicked, the bartender says not to come back; it's on the house!
 	Cartoon 	Big, bigger, biggest (strongmen)
 	Cartoon 	Kids hear an L poem.
 	Cast 	Captain Nasty (Gordon) commands his pirate crew (Olivia, Bob and Mr. Hooper) to bring him not the big or the bigger, but the biggest treasure chest.
 	Cartoon 	L for Lion
 	Film 	Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #3
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #3
 	Cartoon 	Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar sings "King of the Road" as he waits for his annual auto inspection. Susan doubts that the Sloppy Jalopy will pass, but the inspector turns out to be a Grouch (Jerry Nelson). He inspects the motor, the tires (which Susan helps deflate), the steering wheel and the horn, which are in such poor shape that the jalopy passes - but when Oscar says "thank you," the inspector takes back the inspection sticker to punish him for showing gratitude (a big Grouch no-no). "I had to open my big mouth," laments Oscar.
 	Film 	Marching Band #3
 	Muppets 	Grover, Herry and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.
 	Cartoon 	A woodpecker drills through a tree to demonstrate entrada and salida.
 	Song 	Spanish Food Market Song
 	Cartoon 	On a snowy day, a cold man desires firewood. He carries a huge log up the hill multiple times, but it rolls down each time. Using his "wits," he pushes his house down to the bottom of the hill to be closer to the giant log.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A group of kids enter a door marked ENTRADA.
 	SCENE 4 	Snuffy sleeps over at Big Bird's nest. While Big Bird snores, Snuffy begins to walk in his sleep with a blanket covering him. Susan is shocked when she sees something giant walking in a white sheet, but it's gone by the time Gordon comes to the window. Bob sees the same thing and stammers.
 	SCENE 4cont'd 	Snuffy returns to Big Bird's nest, and Big Bird is relieved.
 	Muppets 	
 	Celebrity 	Rosey Grier sings "I Used to Be One of the Little Kids."
 	Muppets 	Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words.
 	Film 	Farmer takes care of the baby cows
 	SCENE 5 	Snuffy packs up his bundle, says goodbye to Big Bird, and goes back to his cave.
 	SCENE 5cont'd 	Meanwhile, Bob and Susan relate to each other about the mysterious sheet-covered thing they saw last night. Big Bird walks over and tells them that his best friend Snuffy spent the night last night. When he gets to the sleepwalking part of the story, Susan and Bob confirm what Snuffy looks like, and they get every part right except for what color he is — they assume he's white all over.
 	SCENE 5cont'd 	Big Bird goes back to his nest, and Snuffy announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10