Episode 0399

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	David, dressed as a magician, “turns” a chair into a number 4 for an audience of kids.
center 	Animation 	Scanimate Films #4
 	Cartoon 	A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Kids hear an L poem.
 	Film 	The numbers 1-10 are presented in a series of realistic and offbeat scenarios in the city.
 	Cartoon 	Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version).
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
 	SCENE 2 	Molly enters Big Bird’s nest area, carrying her mailbag in her arms because the strap is broken. Big Bird suggests taking it to Luis at the Fix-it Shop, but Molly is still working and has to keep delivering the mail. For the time being, Big Bird offers to loan her his oversized carrier that he uses for visits to Granny Bird. She's grateful for the offer, and leaves to let Luis know her situation as Big Bird starts loading the carrier with her letters and packages.
 	Cartoon 	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Big Bird has emptied all the mail from Molly’s mailbag into his carrier as Molly returns. To her surprise, Big Bird has added some loose birdseed as a snack on her trip. She's also repulsed by Big Bird's pet rubber worm that uses the carrier as a home, so she decides to opt for her old, broken mailbag instead.
 	Muppets 	Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar has learned of Molly's situation and lends her his Grouch shopping bag, which Oscar says all Grouches use when they go downtown. Naturally, there's a big hole in the bottom and the mail ends up all over the sidewalk. Molly angrily clocks him with the bag, and Oscar demands it back.
 	Cartoon 	L is for Lips
 	Film 	George the Farmer counts 20 barrels.
 	SCENE 4 	At the Fix-it Shop, Luis solves Molly’s problem by creating a makeshift mailbag using a cardboard box and a rope.
 	Cast 	Bob reads the first half of "The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda."
 	Cast 	Bob and Mr. Hooper manage to get L in the right position.
 	Cast 	Bob continues reading "The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda."
 	SCENE 5 	David encounters Big Bird chasing his own tail. Big Bird suggests David try it himself, but David points out that only animals have tails.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals with tails.
 	Film 	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up!
 	Cartoon 	A man gets a letter C in the mail.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: A kid recites a poem about adding penguins.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Insert 	David (in voice-over) spots shapes in and around the Fix-It Shop.
 	Cartoon 	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 6 	David plays “One of These Things” with the kids using three squares and a rectangle.
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #4
 	Cartoon 	The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has.Artist: Bob Kurtz
 	Film 	Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms.
 	Muppets 	Tony sings The Beatles song "Help!" because his date can't go to the dance tonight and he needs someone to go with. (alternate take)
 	SCENE 7 	Oscar has received a note written in Spanish, and isn't sure whether or not he likes it as he doesn't speak the language. He asks Luis to translate it, and learns it's from his prep school friend Pepe the Grouch in El Paso. Oscar thinks Luis is lucky, as he knows how to say rotten things in two languages.
 	Film 	Kids identify broccoli through close-ups.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L for Light
 	Film 	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La."
 	SCENE 8 	David encounters Oscar looking at a grasshopper hopping around nearby.
 	Film 	Grasshopper (harpsichord 50s-style music)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes.Artist: Bob Kurtz
 	Film 	The camera zooms out on a pepper as kids guess what it is.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions. (repeat)
 	SCENE 9 	Oscar has the kids gather around and show him their hands. Most of them are filthy, which is how Oscar recommends they keep them before they eat. Molly arrives to set the kids straight as David announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Molly holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3