Episode 1453

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis welcomes the viewer as he opens the Fix-It Shop for the day. Poco Loco already knows the topics for today - the letters Y and W and "surprise," though he's not sure what the latter means. Luis gives an explanation and soon, Poco starts popping up everywhere to surprise him.
 	Cartoon 	A man explains to a girl what a surprise is.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Count von Count and the Countess sing their "Transylvania Love Call."
 	Cartoon 	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn.
 	Muppets 	Two twin Anything Muppets find they're identical, except for their voices.
 	Animation 	Sand Y/y
 	Celebrity 	The Mummenschanz play a clam who gets onto a box, then eats an object.
 	Cartoon 	A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog, Pete.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird shows the kids his new invention, which he believes will soon be in every American home. The box will help them figure out the number of the day, activated when they count up to the number. Big Bird and the kids make it to 9, when the box opens, shooting out balls, snakes, smoke, balloons, flags and confetti.
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Photographic collage demonstration of ALL, MOST, SOME and NONE of an apple.
 	Film 	Addition and subtraction using three trapeze artists (version "B")
 	Cast 	Luis and Gordon have a hard time picking apples by themselves, but all it takes is cooperation.
 	Cartoon 	A dog answers "Yes" to every question.
 	Song 	"Beet Beet, Sugar Beet."
 	Cartoon 	A vaudeville act of two SAME people (voiced by Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) ends when one of them falls off the stage.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Kimberly talk about how they're "different" and the "same."
 	Cartoon 	A playground is destroyed by bad weather, and a teacher has her class rebuild it from memory.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and Scottie read a "Don't Walk" sign.
 	Film 	The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city.
 	Muppets 	"The Ten Commandments of Health" (beginning edited)
 	Cartoon 	A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Leslie Mostly takes us to Charlie's Restaurant for an interview with Grover about being a waiter.
 	Cartoon 	W for Wilhelmina
 	Film 	A panda tries to scratch an itch.
 	Celebrity 	The Fonz walks out of the "Guys" room and points to the "W" flag, reminding him of a W word he forgot before leaving the bathroom...
 	SCENE 3 	An Anything Muppet girl (Karen Prell) overhears Luis speaking Spanish on the phone and wishes she could too. Luis sings a song that teaches her a few phrases.
 	Cartoon 	A woman looks at a line-up of shapes to find her purse.
 	Celebrity 	Richard Pryor sits on a park bench with a basket of strawberries; a kid wants him to share them....
 	Film 	A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
 	Muppets 	Both heads of the Two-Headed Monster surprise each other with cakes.
 	Cartoon 	Animals walk.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Grover tells Mr. Johnson the menu, which has the items numbered. Number 9 is the special of the day. It turns out to be a real number nine, but Mr. Johnson doesn't want it. (It's medium rare, and he likes his nines well-done.)
 	Celebrity 	Lily Tomlin performs "Sing" while signing the lyrics for a pair of deaf children.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #9
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. (repeat)Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others
 	Cartoon 	The life of a Yellow Yahoo
 	SCENE 4 	Luis announces the sponsors with the help of Poco Loco, who still surprises him.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Linda holds the Sesame Street sign, while she and Bob hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 12