Episode 0524

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria looks around for Big Bird, wanting to give him a bag of birdseed. Sam the Robot thinks he can take on the role of a big bird, showing how he can tweet and twitter; he even produces a giant egg from his front hatch. The real Big Bird arrives and scoffs at Sam's attempt, saying that birds can fly. Sam spins his propellers and takes off into the air. "Kinda makes you humble, doesn't it?" Big Bird wisely notes.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #10.
 	Cartoon 	"Ten Turtles"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	"The King's Picnic"
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird sings about "The Sound of the Letter A" as he walks down Sesame Street, which is decorated with lots of big and small As.
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
 	Muppets 	Monsters, including the puppet who would become Grover, Flute-Snatcher, Cookie Monster, Beautiful Day Monster, and Scudge, are looking at something. Billy appears, and is reprimanded with "Eyy!" After a few times, Fred's son turns toward the viewer and yells "A!", revealing that the group is staring at the letter A.
 	Cartoon 	A showcase of things that begin with A, ending with avalanche and ambulance.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Lefty delivers some carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get more carrots (in 13 seconds).
 	Film 	Peaceful music and seagulls are heard at the docks as a voiceover says "light" and "dark" while the sun sets.
 	Muppets 	Lefty delivers more carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get the most carrots he can find (in 15 seconds).
 	Cartoon 	I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most.
 	Muppets 	Lefty delivers the rest of the carrots to his boss. The boss reveals that the carrots are for his pet rabbit (a real rabbit), which he shows to Lefty.
 	Cast 	Maria tries to build a block tower that matches an already-built one.
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar talks about the "nonsense" they teach on Sesame Street. He demonstrates loud by banging a spare trash can lid on his trash can, then tossing it to the ground. He shows soft as he takes a stick and hits it against his grandma's quilt. He continues to say that he's always annoyed when people loudly knock on his can, so he's devised a way to get rid of the noise. He suggests the viewer do something dumb like practice their counting as he gets prepared.
 	Cartoon 	A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Oscar has covered his can in the quilt and other soft things to lessen the noise of any knocks. He doesn't hear when Maria or the kids knock. This unfortunately also prevents him from hearing when the Mudman arrives with his quart of homogenized mud. The Mudman leaves and Maria disposes the bad news to Oscar, who tries yelling for the Mudman to come back; Maria quips he's yelling too softly.
 	Cartoon 	A showcase of things that begin with A, ending with avalanche and ambulance. (Spanish version)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cast 	Mr. Hooper and Bob build an A.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A lowercase b floats by some boats.
 	Cast 	Mr. Hooper and Susan play astronauts on a mission on the Moon. Susan attempts to tally up the three moon rocks, which float off into space one by one (followed by her superior).
 	Film 	Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work.
 	Muppets 	When Maurice, a hapless casanova, puts an Anything Muppet woman's head together, he tells her that he loves her, but it turns out she doesn't love him. He then proceeds to take her head apart, bit by bit, as he sings "I Want to Hold Your Ear" (as well as eyes, nose, tooth, and hair). After she walks off in a huff, he notices to his shock that the parts he set aside have attached themselves to the tablecloth, who thinks he's kinda cute.
 	Film 	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version)
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar tells Big Bird he's got a new pet that can fly. Big Bird guesses it must be a bird...
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Flying."
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Oscar states his new pet is much prettier than a bird. Big Bird thinks it's a butterfly...
 	Film 	A film of butterfliesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	Oscar finally reveals his new pet is a fly named Frank. Big Bird scoffs at Oscar finding beauty in a fly, but concedes that different people like different things. When Frank lands on Big Bird's nose, he admits he doesn't like flies.
center 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake" when a hungry Cookie Monster demands a cookie.
 	Cartoon 	B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath.
 	Cast 	Gordon and Luis cooperate to get an apple out of a tree.
 	Cartoon 	A man carves a YES and puts it on display.
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book.
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (repeat)
 	Cast 	David (in voiceover) finds shapes in the yard.
 	Film 	A gorilla sits on a park bench with a lunchbox full of bananas. Noticing the woman seated beside him, he decides to share his bananas with her. She keeps answering "YES" every time the gorilla offers one until he runs out of bananas.
 	SCENE 5 	The kids play on Sesame Street while Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 4