Episode 1197

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Luis shows Big Bird, Sharmaine, and Jeff how to tie a square knot using ropes, demonstrating "over," "under," and "through." Big Bird then asks how to untie a knot, having knotted himself up.
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Celebrity 	Tennis star Arthur Ashe says the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Muppets 	The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates over and under.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	Insert 	Olivia resents being looked after by her brother Gordon, now that she's a grown-up. She sings "I'm a Big Girl Now", where she explains that even though Gordon helped her a lot when she was younger, she's all grown up and doesn't need it as much.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
 	Film 	A turtle walks slowly.Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
 	Cartoon 	A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it.
 	Film 	Lobster fisherman
 	Cartoon 	"I in the Sky"
 	Muppets / Cast	Bob finds a Liver and Onion candy bar wrapper dropped on the ground by Oscar, who denies seeing it. Bob picks it up and puts it to Oscar's face until he admits it's his. Bob explains it's not right to throw trash on the ground and he should pick it up, though Oscar is quick to point out Bob's already done that for him.
 	Cartoon 	I for idea
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #2Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #2
 	Muppets 	Farley looks for ME.
 	Film 	Marching band cymbal crash #2
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird and Maria observe the sunset and Maria explains how it works. After she heads out, Big Bird wonders if anyone's ever woken up with the sun to greet it. He proposes to be the first to do so.
 	Cartoon 	A top-hatted man tries to show a girl how many uses a box has, but she prefers kicking it.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird prepares a "Welcome Sun" sign and finds a good place to sit and wait, believing he can stay up all night long (he's part owl, after all). The grown-ups assure him that he'll fall asleep before the sun rises. Big Bird tells them he'll prove them wrong and bids them all a goodnight, but soon starts to fall asleep himself.
 	Muppets 	The Count's Bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count.
 	Cartoon 	A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird's alarm wakes him up and he preps his "Welcome Sun" routine, but doesn't see the sun at all. He gets upset, when the sun starts to rise after all. He greets it with a song ("Good Morning, Mister Sun"). Maria comes outside to check on him and Big Bird wonders what he'll do with the rest of his day, but falls back asleep within moments.
 	Muppets 	"The Opposite Song"
 	Cartoon 	Kids around the world say "ME."
 	Film 	A film of things that make sounds, including birds and farm animals. Is silence a sound? (edited)
 	Cartoon 	A man takes advantage of his television appearance to display his giant ME sign.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy points to himself and says, "ME."
 	Transition 	Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B
 	SCENE 5 	Luis and David run into Big Bird, sitting back at the table. Only this time, he's planning to welcome the moon instead. As he waits, he falls back asleep. Olivia sleepily announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10