Episode 1007

Picture 	Segment 	Description
center 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Hooper sweeps up the leaves in the yard, putting them in a box when he's finished. After resting a bit, he notices that a small pile of leaves have returned to where he just swept up. He disposes of the leaves, but once his back is turned the same thing happens. After finding more leaves scattered a third time, he catches The Count in the act of dumping more leaves. Of course, the Count has been busy counting all of the leaves that Mr. Hooper is sweeping up and asks him to do more.
 	Cartoon 	1-10, 10-1 count with stripes.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Tracy count to 10.
 	Cartoon 	A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief," who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates "fast" and "slow" by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair.
center 	SCENE 2 	Gordon and David encounter Sam the Robot, who is speaking too fast to understand. They find his “fast/slow” dial and discover that it's loose. David tries to adjust it so they can understand Sam, but Sam ends up talking too slow instead and the men are unable to get him to talk properly. David borrows a screwdriver from Luis and adjusts Sam's dial until it's working efficiently again. Now talking at his normal speed, Sam informs Gordon and David that his "fast/slow" dial is in need of repair. Since it's just been fixed Sam thanks David and Gordon: "Thank you... thank you.. thank you..."
 	Film 	A boy imagines himself and his friends playing in the snow in slow motion.
 	Cartoon 	A girl imagines what would happen if she were a piece of gum.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: "It's an Otter!"Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky.
 	Cast 	Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a."
 	Cartoon 	A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up.Artists: The Hubleys
center 	SCENE 3 	Oscar is bothered when he hears Gordon singing a lullaby to the Farantinos' baby on the stoop. Gordon is about to feed her, and Oscar assumes the baby can get her own bottle. Gordon disagrees and says that all babies need help...
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby animals are fed milk.
center 	SCENE 3cont'd	Oscar understands that all babies need help, but points out that none of the animal babies in the film were being sung to. He leaves to go get ear plugs.
 	Cartoon 	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
 	Film 	Marching band forms a square
 	Cartoon 	A square is fit into many different things, such as a truck, window, television, etc.
 	Muppets 	
 	Insert 	Scanimate Films #10
 	Film 	Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog.
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple: Tree DestructionArtist: Abe Levitow
 	Muppets 	
 	Cast 	David pitches a slow ball to catcher Maria. He then makes fast, faster, and fastest pitches (the latter of which knocks Maria out of place).
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
 	Muppets 	The Martians examine a grandfather clock.
 	Film 	The sign CLOSED spins around.
center 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Hooper puts up a “closed” sign on the store's door window before stepping out briefly to go to the bank. Big Bird sees the sign and can’t read it, so he knocks on the locked door and calls for Mr. Hooper. When he doesn’t get an answer, he assumes Mr. Hooper must be asleep and gets an idea.
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
center 	SCENE 4cont'd	Big Bird comes back with Oscar's bugle to try to wake Mr. Hooper up. When that doesn't work, Big Bird thinks of something else.
 	Animation 	Sand A/a
center250px|center	SCENE 4cont'd	Big Bird now bangs a bass pedal drum and cymbal while he blows the bugle. Meanwhile, Mr. Hooper comes back from his errand and opens the front door while Big Bird is distracted with his noise. Mr. Hooper explains to him that when the "closed" sign is up, it means that he isn't there. "Oh, you're not here? Too bad; I'll come back when you're here," says Big Bird before trotting off, handing his bugle to the befuddled storekeeper.
center 	Film 	Russian nesting dolls 1-10
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Melody subtract cookies.
 	Cartoon 	What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe?Artist: Cliff Roberts
center 	SCENE 5 	Oscar notices David looking miserable. David talks about the rotten day he’s having so far, having a cancelled date with Maria and shattering a mayonnaise jar on the ground. Oscar mutually mopes about the day he’s having, with all the yucky sunshine pouring into his trash can and birdsongs in the fresh air. They try to cheer each other up, but their efforts backfire as they have differing perspectives on what makes a good day. Instead, David leaves to think about the sun shining and birds singing while Oscar goes to make his own mess with mayonnaise on his kitchen floor (throwing in some coffee grounds for good measure).
 	Film 	Wild geese (to madrigal music)
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
 	Muppets 	Monsters, including the puppet who would become Grover, Flute-Snatcher, Cookie Monster, Beautiful Day Monster, and Scudge, are looking at something. Billy appears, and is reprimanded with "Eyy!" After a few times, Fred's son turns toward the viewer and yells "A!", revealing that the group is staring at the letter A.
center 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird plays "Marching to Pretoria" (or a facsimile thereof) on his bass drum while the kids march around him. Mr. Hooper joins them as David announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8