Episode 1097

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar appears to be fishing in a bucket in front of his trash can. Gordon, Maria, and David come by one-by-one to watch, as Oscar counts three nibbles he seems to be getting. He is actually counting the people he's fooled into stopping and watching.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #9Animation by Jeff Hale
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	"Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." (edited)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A square is fit into many different things, such as a truck, window, television, etc.
 	SCENE 2 	A penny scale has been added to Hooper's Store. Gordon tries it and finds he's heavier than he thought, while Maria is lighter. Big Bird gets on the scale, but when it doesn't react, he believes he weighs nothing at all and might just float into the air if unweighted somehow. He begins talking about getting a heavy suitcase, when Maria points out that he never fed a penny into the scale for it to work.
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act
 	Cartoon 	A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA.
 	Cast 	Luis looks for the SALIDA in a brick room.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya?
 	Cartoon 	What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel."
 	Cartoon 	Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair.
 	Cast 	Linda stars in the Theater Without Words production of "The Batter and the Ball."
 	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.
 	Muppets 	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the exterminator and window washer.
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
 	Film 	Footage of a rattlesnake
 	Cartoon 	A is for ape.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird has noticed that everyone owns a toothbrush but himself. He drops by Hooper's, where David has many on display. Big Bird tries to find the right one, when David points out that birds don't use toothbrushes - they don't have teeth. Big Bird asks if there are any for sale.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling.
 	Muppets 	"The AN Family Song"
 	Film 	SALIDA (word spins around)
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
 	Celebrity 	Paul Simon and the kids make up a song together and then sing a portion of "Get Back" by the Beatles.
 	Cartoon 	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
 	Muppets 	Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief", who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape.
 	Cartoon 	What kind of print does a hand make?
 	Film 	Kids count 18 backflips.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar prepares to launch the very first Grouch space probe (The Scavenger I) into orbit and find out if there's "intelligent trash" out on the planet Spurious. The probe is outfitted with a camera to photograph the intergalactic trash heaps, a shovel and bucket to collect trash samples, and a pair of old shoes for mobility. He commences the countdown from 20, but once he reaches "one," he blasts up into the air instead. After crashing back down, he sighs, "Back to the old drawing board."
 	Cartoon 	Sally the Spider skates with different combinations of her legs.
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog talks with twins Corey and Todd about how they're same and different.
 	Cartoon 	Things that are same and different.
 	Film 	Two box-beings make each other look same and different by piling different objects on each other.
 	Cartoon 	"Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!"
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey.Original version:
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar prepares to launch the probe once more, even though it has tipped over. After counting down from 10, the rocket still remains on Earth, but the bay door opens and Little Bird pops out and cuckoos endlessly. "Some days, you can't make a nickel," Oscar moans. David announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Space
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 9