Episode 0974

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis finds Oscar using an old CB radio, which Oscar has repurposed as a GB radio (GB for Grouch Band). Using the nickname "Bum Steer," he communicates with fellow Grouch "Rotten Egg" about trading some trash. "Rotten Egg" (Jerry Nelson) turns out to be radioing him from right behind his can.
 	Cartoon 	S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh.
 	Film 	Body part shout-out
 	Cartoon 	Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Fox and the GrapesIn the classic fable, a famished fox can't reach the grapes, and eventually gives up, assuming they're sour anyway.
 	Muppets 	"Sammy the Snake"
 	Cartoon 	S - Serpiente
 	Cast 	"Dandy David" adds flowers and flower pots.
 	Film 	How a steel drum is made
center 	Muppets 	Charlie is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: S for spring
 	Cast 	Buffy and Fred the Wonder Horse sing "Country Song."
 	Film 	Apes play at the zoo. (edited)
 	Muppets 	.
 	Cartoon 	This is a big letter V poem
 	Film 	Empty / full playground (time-lapse)
 	Cartoon 	Violet climbs a vine with V words.
 	Film 	Two glasses are filled with fluid, but one glass overflows as a hand keeps pouring into it. The same thing happens using salt shakers and bowls of nuts. Finally, the glasses are filled again, only one glass barely fills up as fluid is poured into it. The camera pulls out, revealing the glass is filling into another one below, which overflows as before.
 	Cast 	Bob plays an explorer named Faversham Svedwick who spends twenty years searching all over the globe for Kermit the Hermit, the Wisest Man in the World. When he finds him, he challenges him to a game of tag.
 	Cartoon 	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (tomato)
 	Cartoon 	"Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates empty and full.
 	Muppets 	Grover demonstrates how a phone booth is used, but it becomes crowded when he receives a call asking for "Monderporg."
 	Film 	Empty / full subway car (time-lapse)
 	SCENE 2 	The Count mopes to Maria that when he woke up this morning, he no longer had any thunder accompanying him when he counted. Shockingly, Mr. Hooper, Luis, and Big Bird receive the sounds of thunder when they do some counting. The Count resolves the only way to fix his problem is with magic.
 	Cartoon 	A kid names his own body parts.
 	Muppets 	Kermit, Shola, and Fanny count legs and heads.
 	SCENE 3 	The Count borrows a book from the Amazing Mumford - "The Transylvanian Manual of Magic and Auto Repair." He has a cauldron and four items needed to restore his thunder. However, the spell only restores a tiny, faint bit of his thunder back. He throws in even more ingredients, which results in a thunder so loud, it starts raining.
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)."
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids (upside-down girl)
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath."
 	Cartoon 	The head of a chicken finds its place on top of a chicken's body.
 	Film 	SALIDA (word spins around)
 	Cartoon 	A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh," despite what the other boys have heard on TV.
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Proud."
 	Cartoon 	Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (repeat)
 	SCENE 4 	Everyone has heard the Count has his thunder back. Maria warns of what will happen, but the Count shows off anyhow by counting the kids: John-John and Leslie. When he starts counting, there's loud thunder, followed by more rain, which causes everyone to seek shelter elsewhere. Big Bird announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8