Episode 0999

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird finds Snuffy in his nest area, having just come back from his singing lesson. When Snuffy doubts that he's a good singer, Big Bird encourages him to demonstrate. Snuffy sings an operatic aria. Big Bird is impressed, but asks him if he knows "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Swinging Gibbon
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Proud."
 	Cartoon 	O limerick
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from.
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Film 	To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree.
 	Muppets 	Maria tells the story of "The King's Problem."
 	Cartoon 	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O.Artist: John Paratore
 	Film 	Lions (instrumental, with occasional lion growls)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far."
 	Cartoon 	A bear counts bees.
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar treats Maria and Mr. Hooper to another one of his poems. They hesitate, remembering that he littered the ground with his last poem. ("You don't want to encourage much culture around here, all right..." Oscar quips). They agree to hear this one only if he gives them some paper bags to catch every piece of trash he brings out. Oscar proceeds to recite his new poem, "Even Tide," which ends with a million ping-pong balls.
 	Muppets 	"Would You Like to Buy an O?"
 	Animation 	Sand O/o
 	Film 	Letter O hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses.
 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Part?" The contestants are Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Professor Hastings, and the mystery part is a foot.
 	Cartoon 	A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat.
 	Muppets 	Snuffy and Joey say the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA.
 	Celebrity 	Pat Paulsen says the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6
 	Film 	Kids compare animals and human tools and technology.
 	Animation 	Lollipop and feathers - what goes where?
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The word SALIDA exits through a white square.
 	Film 	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up!
 	Insert 	Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, David and Bob all throw a small amount of litter on the ground, adding to the street's filth. When a voice (Jerry Nelson) asks "Who made this mess?" each one of them denies that it was them, saying they only dropped a small amount of garbage on the street. Soon, however, they realize that they each contributed to the mess in one way or another and pick up what they dropped. The voice then tells them to put the trash in a trash can instead of on the ground.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #5: All the dots are red
 	Film 	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground.
 	Cartoon 	The Story of the Crow and the Pitcher
 	Film 	Jerry Nelson narrates a story about a green Muppet hand that learns to spin a top.
 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter).
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Hooper attempts to learn Spanish for his GED. As he practices saying, "I'd like a big glass of cold water," some kids bring him one glass after another.
 	Cartoon 	A magician tries to make six circles disappear.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten.
 	Cartoon 	C is for Canary
 	Cast 	Maria sings "Three Whipped Cream Pies on the Wall" (which she eventually gets pelted with).
 	Film 	Ten zebras walk slow, while 10 other zebras walk fast.
 	Cartoon 	C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake).
 	Animation 	A grape blows reveille and inspects the "troops" -- 12 raisins on a slice of white bread.
 	Muppets 	Ice Follies: Big Bird tries to teach Snuffy to ice skate, but Snuffy keeps falling.
 	Cartoon 	A bear counts bees. (repeat)
 	SCENE 4 	Mr. Hooper tells Maria some of the new things he's learned how to say in Spanish, such as "Where's the mailbox?" As some kids bring him a mailbox, Snuffy announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Luis holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bert and Ernie hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8