Episode 0973

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	C - Cake
 	Muppets 	In ancient times, Grover invents the wheel to help Biff move a stone up a hill.
 	Cartoon 	The Square
 	Film 	A Stool For Me
 	Cartoon 	A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion.
 	Muppets 	A greaser sings about his relationship that was almost ruined by a "One Way" sign.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor)
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 1 	Bob has the kids play a game in the yard where they climb over a box, around a table, and through the tire swing (with Olivia's help). When it gets to Big Bird's turn, he has difficulty in trying to fit through the swing and proposes a game of checkers instead.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: C-cat
 	Film 	A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat.
 	Cartoon 	C is for Cowboy
center 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not.
 	Cartoon 	L for Lion
 	Insert 	Bert sits outside on the street, pretending to fly a helicopter. Maria sits down with him, and the segment becomes animated as they fly through the air before returning to the Street.
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.
 	Film 	Horses compete in a contest to see who can pull the most cement.
 	Cartoon 	5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses)
 	Film 	Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Bolt and Nut show how they work together.
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar the Grouch proposes a game for Mr. Hooper in an attempt to acquire the bag of trash he's carrying. If he can guess which is the biggest of the cans he has displayed, he can win a ratty Kewpie doll; if he loses, he'll have to hand over his trash to Oscar. Mr. Hooper accepts and, of the three cans he's focusing on, chooses the biggest one. Oscar claims victory in fooling him, and points out that the biggest can is the trash can all three of them are on top of. Mr. Hooper says that's fine, as he was going to give him the bag of trash anyway, so there was no need to play the game in the first place. "Zinged again!" declares Oscar.
 	Song 	"Sharing Swing with Kids Song"
 	Muppets 	Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves.
 	Cartoon 	Kids around the world say "ME."
 	Film 	George the Farmer counts 20 barrels.
 	Cartoon 	A letter for "me"
 	Muppets 	Farley looks for ME.
 	SCENE 3 	Olivia sings "Little Sister is a Big Girl Now" to Gordon.
 	Cartoon 	A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?"
 	Film 	Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two).Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Uncle Al tells his nephew a story about a dog he had, but gets mixed up with the details.Artist: Marv Newland
 	SCENE 4 	Everyone is gathered at Hooper's Store when Mr. Hooper reads in the newspaper that anyone who has a lottery ticket ending in 3-4-5 wins a prize. Gordon realizes that his ticket matches, and everybody begins to celebrate. Mr. Hooper tells them that the maximum prize is $100,000. Bob says with that kind of money, he'd take a trip around the world... twice; Olivia would like to open a very fancy photography studio. Big Bird says he'd decorate his nest in colored feathers (while saving the rest for a nest egg), and Mr. Hooper would continue his education as a college freshman. Gordon describes the yacht he'd buy to sail everybody on a trip to Bermuda, but when Mr. Hooper informs them that he only won five dollars in the lottery, Gordon uses it to buy a toy boat instead.
 	Cartoon 	More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes.Artist: Bob Kurtz
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	C - Cake (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has.
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number".
 	Cartoon 	"Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!"
 	SCENE 5 	The grown-ups play with the kids in the yard as Olivia announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8