Episode 1248

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird stands at the bus stop holding a package and some flowers. He tells Luis that he's going to the post office, then visiting a sick friend in the hospital. As the bus stops at the sign, Big Bird remembers various other items he needs - his dirty laundry for the laundromat, some books to go back to the library, and his unicycle in need of a new tire. Luis darts back and forth from the nest to get them, making the bus driver very impatient. When he's finally ready to go, Big Bird remembers one more thing he's forgotten - bus fare.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Kids wait for the bus to arrive.
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short.
 	Cartoon 	The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Fred the Wonder Horse bets Marshal Grover that he can't count backwards from ten. Grover tries standing with his back to him and counting up to ten. Since he can't do it, Grover has to let Fred ride on his back.
 	Cartoon 	I've Got a Mind: FishArtist: Cliff Roberts
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Bob has David, Mike, and Janice pretend to be fish. Sandy and Rafael join them as they go for a "swim" and snack on pretend fish food.
 	Muppets 	Old West sketches: A couple of cowboy Muppets meet the Alphabet Kid, who claims that he can write the alphabet faster than any man alive. To prove it, he quickly draws his crayon and speedily writes out the whole alphabet.
 	Film 	Three dolphins jump together.
 	Cartoon 	Only one of the two footprints can belong.
 	Celebrity 	Lily Tomlin, dressed as a cheerleader, gives a cheer for the parts of the body.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: KISS ME
 	Muppets 	The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends.
 	SCENE 3 	Bob sings "Wiggle Your Fingers" as the kids play along.
 	Cartoon 	"Pinball Number Count" (#12)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Song 	Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Lowercase n"
 	Cast 	Luis and the kids put together a fractured letter "n."
 	Film 	"Noises"A boy named Julio uses "magic glasses" to see invisible things that make noises, including a train, a cat, a fire engine, a saw, and a man whistling. Can you make those noises?
 	Film 	Addition and subtraction using three trapeze artists (version "A")
 	Muppets 	Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made?
 	Cartoon 	A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin gets their suspenders stuck on a wall while reaching for the door, demonstrating long, longer, and longest.
 	Cartoon 	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit."
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: N - Nail
 	Insert 	Stevie Wonder teaches Grover how to sing short and long.
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: N for Nose
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	N is for nose.
 	Film 	The Great Chango, man of one thousand costumes, puts on outfits of various professions.
 	Cartoon 	Two men hammer a stake into a hole.
 	SCENE 4 	Bob, Luis and Susan are going to play baseball in the park with the kids. Oscar is wearing his own baseball cap, as he's going to try out for the Trashville Tornadoes mudball team. The Grouch team captain (Bob Payne) comes by and suggests Oscar try out for a catcher, so Oscar heads in his can to prepare.
 	Cartoon 	M is for Marvelous Martha
 	Muppets 	"The AN Family Song"
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar returns with his catcher's gear as the Grouch captain pitches some mudballs to him. Oscar fails to catch a single one, getting covered with mud instead. The captain tells him he's of no use to the team, and Oscar begins to rant in protest, desperate to join. The captain is impressed with his voice, so he secures him the perfect position: the umpire!
 	Cartoon 	M in space
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster and Genelle count to twenty.
 	Cartoon 	A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one.
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar practices yelling at the team captain for his umpire role as Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10