Episode 1258

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Mr. Ortiz pays a visit to the street, having just bought some paint from a nearby store. He mentions that he's painting his apartment today and everyone jumps at the chance to help out. The affair quickly turns into a "painting party." Big Bird is eager to participate, and Mr. Ortiz jokes that he can paint the ceilings.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part one)
 	Cartoon 	Z for zipper
 	Film 	IguanasMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird joins Bob and the kids as they use imaginary paint to paint a chair. Big Bird then sits down on it and finds imaginary wet paint all over his tail feathers.
 	Cartoon 	"Ten Turtles"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Tracy count to 10.
 	Film 	A girl gets on, in, and under a blanket in a park.
 	Muppets 	Old West: Five good men are needed to form a posse and catch Bad Bart, the meanest man in the West. The sheriff counts five men in the saloon, and tries to organize them. But it turns out that there are only four good men -- one of them is Bad Bart!
 	Cartoon 	Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward.
 	SCENE 3 	Everyone has just about finished painting Mr. Ortiz's living room. They take a break and Mr. Hooper shows off the various snacks and treats he's brought with him, including a bag of candy. Mr. Ortiz is reminded of the parties in his youth, which often had a piñata. They all agree to take up this tradition and use the candy bag as a makeshift piñata. Luis holds it in the air, while Danielle is blindfolded with a painting rag and uses a rolled up newspaper as a stick.
 	Cartoon 	Kids narrate a Letter 'Z' Drawing
 	Film 	The crosswalk light says WALK.
 	Animation 	Sand Z/z
 	Cast 	Linda helps a boy sign "DON'T WALK."
 	Cartoon 	Junior has to jump across the pond to make the frog chorus.
 	Film 	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (re-edited with a new song track)
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie requests for the baker to send him the bill.
 	Cartoon 	Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / patVoice: Daws Butler
 	SCENE 4 	As Maria goes to get more fruit for the gang, Oscar shows off his new Spanish vocabulary from his "Spanish for Grouches" book. After reading one phrase ("Me tienes loco!"), Maria responds with a kiss. Although the phrase means she's driving him crazy, she points out it's also colloquially used to say, "I'm crazy about you!"
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: Z for Zoo
 	Film 	Footage of birds swimming, including flamingos, swans and ducks.
 	Muppets 	Pageant: Ernie plays the role of Bart, a farm boy who plants a flower. Herry Monster plays the sun, and a nervous Cookie Monster plays a cloud. Bert reluctantly plays the flower. When it is said that Bert made the leaves for his costume out of lettuce leaves, Cookie and Herry proceed to eat the leaves and rip the costume apart.
 	Cartoon 	A girl counts her 5 cats using ribbon to keep track.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A derby-hatted man identifies animal sounds, ending with a tractor.
 	Cast 	David and Olivia sing "It Feels Good When You Sing a Song."
 	Cartoon 	The letter "k" walks away from the word "walk."
 	Film 	A trip to the chewing gum factory
 	Song 	Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U-Umbrella
 	SCENE 5 	The painting is all done. Maria and Luis share a dance together and Mr. Ortiz suggests Mr. Hooper now dance with her. He's unsure of himself at first, but after a little while, he gets into the swing of things.
 	Cartoon 	Capital letter U for up
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face.
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo recites the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Film 	Kids dancing.
 	SCENE 6 	As an upbeat version of the "Sesame Street Theme" plays, everyone returns to the street. Mr. Hooper has caught the dancing fever, unwilling to let Maria go as he dances down the block. Luis announces the sponsors in Spanish.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10