Episode 0684

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Grover the Photographer has his camera out, looking for subjects to capture. He sees David and Maria nearby, but they're already engaged in their own photo session. Luis arrives and agrees to have his picture taken, posing in front of the Fix-It Shop. Grover tells him to "watch the birdie" (having heard David say it earlier) and Luis jokingly asks where it is. Grover realizes he doesn't have a birdie and, ever the professional, insists on having one despite Luis' protests.
 	Cartoon 	L is for Lips
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La."
 	Animation 	Kids narrate a variety of shapes that come together to form an ice cream cone, a bird, a clown, a mouse, a carriage, a man, a sailboat, a lady, a dog, an umbrella, a cat, a face, a train, a see-saw, and a lollipop.
 	SCENE 2 	Grover returns, unable to locate a bird he can use. Instead, he raided his costume box for what he believes is a bird outfit. But, as Luis points out, he's instead dressed as a bunny rabbit. Worried he will be laughed out of the photographer's union (and insulted that Luis is fine with him saying "look at the bunny"), Grover runs off again.
 	Song 	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Gloria, a rambunctious little girl, sings the alphabet song while an adult gives her instructions.
 	SCENE 3 	Grover returns, this time dressed as an elephant. An exasperated Luis tells Grover that birds have beaks, wings and feathers, and that he doesn’t need to go to all this trouble just to take a picture. Grover ignores his pleas and dashes away once again.
 	Cartoon 	A boy looks for the telephone as it rings.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster's device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie's box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn't ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies.
 	Film 	Kids use shapes to make a train.
 	SCENE 4 	Grover comes back in another costume, which he doesn't realize at first is finally a bird! As Grover prepares the shot, Luis says "cheese." Grover now thinks Luis will need some cheese and runs away again to find him the perfect variety, leaving a sobbing Luis behind.
 	Cartoon 	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Cast 	David and Maria demonstrate "on" and "under" in the yard. David goes to get some sandwiches, leaving Maria floating in the air.
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
 	Cartoon 	L is for Ladder
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Maria asks the viewer to imagine her as a baseball player, a princess and a baker.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L is for Lunchbox
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L.
 	Animation 	The profile of a woman's head changes shape to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer.Artist: Etienne Delessert
center 	Muppets 	Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again.
 	Animation 	Sand L/l
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Johnny Cash sings "Nasty Dan" to Oscar.
 	Animation 	It's a Circle!
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions.Artist: Jim Simon
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and Crystal demonstrate big and little.
 	Film 	Hamburger bun factory
 	Muppets 	Bip Bippadotta and friends show none, some and all.
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him.
 	Cast 	No matter how you arrange these nine people, they're still nine people.
 	Cartoon 	"The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."
 	Muppets 	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with teachers and a newsdealer.
 	Cartoon 	A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	L is for Ladder (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Big Bird builds a model of himself and calls it "ME."
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #11: A lone square appears, so the dots all gather in a tight group.
 	SCENE 5 	Luis cautiously locks up the shop, making sure the perimeter is Grover-free. However, Grover spots him from down the block and chases him up and down the street yelling at him to hold still for his picture. Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Maria and David hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 6