Episode 0988

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Roosevelt Franklin trains his headball team by having them recite the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	"Uncle Gus and all of us went for a ride to Ho-Ho-Kus". Features a Snuffleupagus cameo.
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	Insert 	Luis plays a game of "Musical Chairs" with some disabled kids. Grover gives each one of them a hug whenever they drop out of the game.
 	Cartoon 	A race announcer doubles as the man who holds up the START and STOP sign.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions.Artist: Jim Simon
 	Film 	A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 1 	When Big Bird wins a game of checkers with Mr. Snuffleupagus for the tenth time in a row, Snuffy feels like quitting as he never seems to win any game. Big Bird suggests playing something new, so the two have a race from the front of the construction doors to the newsstand at Hooper's Store. Big Bird ends up winning again, further upsetting Snuffy. Big Bird thinks there must be a game that Snuffy is good at…
 	Cartoon 	"Four Seasons"
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird plays a “Three of These Things” game with Snuffy, using pictures of a fuzzy brown Snuffleupagus, a fuzzy brown monster, a fuzzy brown teddy bear, and a yellow-feathered bird (himself). Snuffy guesses wrong and considers running away forever as Big Bird comforts him, thinking of another game.
 	Muppets 	John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: H for Hand
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird finally figures out what Snuffy is good at: not being seen by his friends! He proves it by having Snuffy hide, then going to fetch some people. Snuffy gets himself situated behind the playground near Big Bird's nest as Big Bird invites Susan, Gordon and David over to look for him. They're all skeptical, but follow him anyway. Big Bird notices Snuffy's hiding spot and tries to help conceal him, but the others never end up finding him. The adults leave, and Snuffy feels like he finally won something.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #11Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it.
 	Cartoon 	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
 	Film 	Letter H hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	H for hola (Spanish soundtrack).
 	Muppets 	Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum.
 	Film 	A gazelle runs fast across a plain.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler.
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Wet & Dry (Falls in pool; kid VO's)
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon and David try to put a baby to sleep, but are having trouble. Sam the Robot intervenes by singing a lullaby he uses with machines, which even puts David and Gordon temporarily to sleep.
 	Cartoon 	A bee looks for a flower.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter,” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster’s device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie’s box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn’t ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies.
 	Film 	There Once Was a Hand series: The hands try to communicate with each other by making sounds from opposite sides of a wall.
 	Cartoon 	H for hair
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #11
 	Cast 	A king (David) and his knights (Luis, Bob and Maria) assemble for their meeting at the round table, but discover their table is actually a square. They fetch a triangle, then rectangle table before finally getting a round one, which they eat their lunches off of.
 	Song 	"Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, they are wet (Umbrella)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental)
 	SCENE 5 	Susan has a baseball mitt, a toy truck, and a book. She sings “You Can Remember” as she puts them all in a box, then sees if the viewer can remember what the items are.
 	Film 	A STOP sign spins around.
 	Cartoon 	I - ice cream.
 	SCENE 6 	The kids play on Sesame Street as Snuffy announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8