Episode 1978

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Everybody at Camp Echo Rock Cabin 10 is busy cleaning up the place while Aunt Mae does her special inspections to make sure everything is neat and in order. Big Bird and the kids fix their beds (and nest) neatly, but Rusty is the only one who hasn't done so. Mickey gets the feeling that Rusty doesn't know how to make his bed and he and the group stall Aunt Mae long enough to get Rusty's bed looking the same as everybody else's. Aunt Mae finally conducts her inspection of Cabin 10 and finds it very well done... especially Rusty's bed.
 	Cartoon 	7 chicks plus 1 alligator makes 8.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Muppets 	Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: HOT DOG
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 2 	Back on Sesame Street, Telly tells Oscar about how he misses Big Bird. He worries that Big Bird might be lonely or get lost. Oscar isn't happy either, because Big Bird is instead probably breathing fresh air, making friends, and having fun. Telly thanks Oscar for inadvertently making him feel better.
 	Cartoon 	How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India.
 	Song 	“Song of Eight”
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster encounters a green napkin. Every time he squeezes the napkin, a new number appears, allowing Cookie to count up to twenty. This creeps him out, but what's even more creepy is when Kermit shows up inside the napkin at the end of the bit -- he's also green, after all.
 	Cartoon 	Todo el mundo necesita agua
 	Film 	Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Farley explains things one can do with their mind - he plans on going to the door, he imagines who's knocking at it, he remembers it's not his mother and he hopes there's not a scary monster at the door. Herry Monster surprises him by bursting through the door, frightening Farley away. Herry's sorry Farley ran away; he wanted to play.
 	SCENE 3 	Aunt Mae does a mail call, making sure everybody listens carefully when she calls their name. As he waits for his mail Big Bird thinks about what Mr. Snuffleupagus is doing on Sesame Street, and imagines a typical scenario where Snuffy walks down the street and Susan, Gordon, David, and Maria all miss seeing him as they're preoccupied with other tasks. Back in reality Big Bird almost misses getting a huge postcard from Snuffy, which very much describes the same situation he imagined.
 	Cartoon 	What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances?
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro.
 	Film 	A gym instructor helps children perform a variety of stretching and bending exercises.
 	Cartoon 	Harold and Howard think of H words.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	"When it's your time to relax, make it Alphabet Time!"
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird and the kids are seen in a canoe by the river, practicing their paddling. The camera shot widens to reveal that the canoe is still sitting on the dock, with Mickey suggesting that they learn how to swim first.
 	Cartoon 	A bear (Jim Thurman) stacks 10 cans.
 	Muppets 	A Muppet inchworm and a bug sing "The Inch Worm" in a field of flowers.
 	Cartoon 	Y for YakArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett
 	Cartoon 	Y for yawn
 	SCENE 5 	Mickey gives everyone a swimming lesson before all the kids dive in... that is, except for Big Bird. He's hesitant at first, but gives it a try and finds he's a natural. ("I must have a little duck in me!") Rusty also stalls before giving it a try, splashing Mickey in the process.
 	Cartoon 	Roxanne and Violet Gorflatch are alike in many ways, but different in others.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Jennifer talk about the ways in which they are same and different.
 	Song 	"Fall Song"
 	Cartoon 	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak".
center 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs get a new postage stamp portrait of George Washington, but have trouble getting it to stick to the wall. They finally get it to work, but it is upside down.
 	Animation	¿Que es esto? (una vaca)
 	Cartoon 	Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
 	SCENE 7 	After swimming, Big Bird, Rusty, and the kids dry themselves off and head back to Cabin 10.
:Rusty: "Hey Big Bird, ya think there's a career in swimmin'?"
:Big Bird: "Well, if you're Tarzan..."
Aunt Mae announces the sponsors.
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 1978
 1978
Category:Camping
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16