Episode 1777

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Celebrity 	James Taylor sings "That Grouchy Face" to Oscar.
 	Animation 	The profile of a woman's head changes shape to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya?
 	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.
 	Film 	A toymaker makes an airplane out of wood.
 	Cast 	Bob and Maria struggle to wash some dishes, when (the very loud and booming) Captain Cooperation (Luis) shows them how cooperation will ease the process.
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar has an idea to ensure Telly leaves him alone for awhile. He introduces Telly to the "Near-Far-Follow the Arrows Game," in which Telly must follow a series of arrows until he is far from Oscar's trash can; the final arrow will lead to a sign marked with the word "FAR" to indicate he's gone as far as he can. Telly begins following the arrows down the block, past the Fix-It Shop.
 	Cartoon 	A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder.
center 	Muppets 	"Near Far Monsters"
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues."
 	SCENE 2 	Telly has reached the park, still following arrows. He finds a pay phone and calls Oscar to ask if he's far enough yet. Since he hasn't seen an sign with "FAR" on it, he keeps moving along.
 	Cartoon 	"That's About the Size of It"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	The Count sings "One Potato" while counting the items vendors are selling.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #10
 	Cartoon 	Pinball #10Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 3 	Telly trudges down a city block until he finally reaches the "FAR" sign. He begins to worry, as he now doesn't know where he is or how to get back home to Sesame Street. He finds a policewoman (Mary Catherine Wright), who is surprised at how far he's gone from home on his own. She offers him a ride back to Sesame Street in her car.
 	Cartoon 	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed.Artist: Jeff Hale
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	What would happen if I popped this balloon?
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges!
 	Cartoon 	A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar settles in for some peace and quiet, when the officer's police car pulls on to the street. She chides Oscar for nearly putting Telly in danger like that; Oscar claims this is something a Grouch would never do intentionally. He apologizes and the officer recommends Telly stay near his friend from now on. Telly gets up nice and close to Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	A father explains to his son why it is important to wear a seat belt when riding in a car.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder Snake
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Muppets 	"When it's your time to relax, make it Alphabet Time!"
 	Cartoon 	A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane.
 	SCENE 5 	Biff comes into Hooper's Store to order some sandwiches for himself, Sully, and some folks back at the factory. Biff gets the urge to turn this into a game of "Three of These Things." He's very impressed that Ailene can give two different answers as to which sandwich doesn't belong. He goes off to tell his coworkers about it, neglecting to take the sandwiches with him.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo.
 	Film 	A panda tries to scratch an itch.
 	Animation 	Sand Z/z
 	SCENE 6 	David has since wrapped and bagged all of Biff's sandwiches when he returns. Biff claims he was merely testing David's abilities and goes off, now forgetting his lunchbox behind. Oscar announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Comparisons
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 14