Episode 1295

Picture 	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Grandma Grace is visiting the street again, having dinner at Gordon and Susan's apartment with Susan, David, Linda, Big Bird, and the kids (who are playing with a Lite-Brite). Suddenly, the power goes out. This prevents the gang from cooking the dinner, listening to music, and the youngsters' game. Grace isn't deterred, as she recalls her visits to her grandmother's, who didn't have electricity at all. She suggests everyone imagine being in that time.
 	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.
 	Film 	Ostriches walk and run. (piano music)
 	Animation 	Sand A/a
 	Muppets 	A Muppet cowpoke gives a musical warning about the "Danger Sign."
 	Cartoon 	A baby sees a "danger" sign, which points to several dangerous images.
 	Film 	Counting 20 boxesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Marlena demonstrate what the number 12 looks like. Grover is supposed to send up a balloon with the number 12 on it; however, he sends up balloons with the number 3, 9, a letter "A", and Cookie Monster before he finally gets it right. To celebrate that he sends up another balloon with a drawing of himself, but he doesn't let go of the string, so he floats away with the balloon.
 	Cartoon 	A can opens to reveal 10 sardines.
 	Film 	Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A photographer shows off his first picture of cows, his next picture of ducks, and his last picture of a pig.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird heads out to find batteries for his Lite-Brite. Everyone else hangs around, continuing to imagine themselves 100 years ago in Grace's grandmother's cabin, which had a fireplace to provide light and heat. They don't have any wood for a fire in the Robinsons' fireplace, until Herry Monster arrives with an entire tree. Susan says it's too big for their fireplace, so Herry begins to karate chop the tree into smaller bits.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one.
 	Film 	Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Victor Borge demonstrates how to "handle a Grouch" by being grouchier than Oscar.
 	Film 	Two kids visit the police department and watch a policeman prepare some horses for a parade happening in New York City. The kids even get to ride the horses and watch the parade.
 	Cartoon 	First, Middle, Last (men on horse)
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot invents a complicated machine, to test Cookie Monster's problem-solving abilities. Cookie Monster needs to pull the string to raise the glass cover off the plateful of cookies at the other end -- but when he lets go to retrieve the cookies, the cover will fall again. Herbert hears Cookie Monster approaching, and hides to observe him. Cookie investigates the machine for a moment, then gets the cookies by karate-chopping the glass cover.
 	SCENE 3 	Everyone sits in front of the cozy fireplace as Grace describes how in the olden days, people didn't rely on stores for food and produced their own. Linda signs different actions (such as milking a cow or collecting eggs) to help illustrate this. Soon after, David checks the fire and finds it's hot enough to start cooking their food.
 	Song 	"Spring Song"
 	Cartoon 	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert, and Shola observe a letter A. Ernie calls out, "A, Bert!"
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song."
 	Cartoon 	Millie and Molly find a place for their picture of their favorite rock star, Danny.
 	Film 	Gibbons make screeching noises.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	F is for Fly and Frog
 	SCENE 4 	After dinner, Big Bird recalls a television show coming on soon, then realizes there's no power for it. He thinks people in the olden days were bored without TV or radios, but Grace knows they used to tell each other stories and sing songs. She has them all gather 'round as she sings "Friends of Mine."
 	Song 	"Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure.
 	Cartoon 	A girl draws an A, for apple.
 	Film 	Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover)
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches.
 	Film 	David (in voiceover) finds a circle in an overhead view.
center 	Cartoon 	A caterpillar escapes a hungry bird by turning into a butterfly.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	Cast 	Bob and Mr. Hooper have a dispute over using a sole coat hanger for their coats. They eventually cooperate and put both their coats on the one hanger.
 	Cartoon 	Frances Fairy displays several F words.
 	SCENE 5 	The gang enjoys the warmth of the fire as Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
center250px|center	CLOSING SIGNS 	Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, and Olivia holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
*The script for the episode called for Biff to appear in the first scene, and Count von Count to appear in the final scene. However, their parts were cut by the time the episode was shot.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10