Episode 0968

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 1 	Bob invites Oscar to play a “freeze” game with him and the kids, where all of them pretend to be different jungle animals until Oscar says “freeze” to make them stop; saying "defrost" will start the game again with a new animal. Oscar goes ahead and plays a few rounds until he gets tired of it and leaves. Bob gets angry with him and starts to rant, but Oscar yells, "Freeze!" and is surprised and delighted to see that the command still works.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	What if a dog looked like a bird?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Baby animals nurse.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake.
 	Muppets 	"Sammy the Snake"
 	Cartoon 	A boy does an addition problem in his head: 5 + 1 = 6.
 	Film 	A boy imagines seeing everything in slow-motion.Music: Joe Raposo
center 	Muppets 	
 	Muppets 	Snuffy and Joey say the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A boy imagines staying in the jungle at night when he goes to sleep.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Song 	"Fireman Ready to Go"
 	Cartoon 	Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster.
 	Cartoon 	S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	Farley looks for his lost toy box.
 	Cartoon 	S for sing
 	Muppets 	Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee". Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right.
 	SCENE 2 	From the windows of their apartment, Gordon and Susan sing the “Same/Different Song" to the kids using a big rubber boot and a small sandal.
 	Cartoon 	Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion)
 	Film 	Stop! (kids dancing)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: E-Ear
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Cartoon 	E for Erase
 	Cast 	Part 1: The Flying Stupendos (Luis, Maria, and David) attempt a trick on the teeter-totter, in which Luis will jump onto one end and catapult Maria onto David's shoulders. On the first try, the teeter-totter breaks.
 	Cartoon 	A STOP sign commands a train to stop.
 	Cast 	Part 2: On the second try (with a new teeter-totter), Maria is launched out of shot and winds up hanging off-screen from the ceiling.
 	Cast / Muppets	Cookie Monster eats an egg with the letter E painted on it.
 	Cast 	Part 3: On the third and final try, Luis lands on the floor missing the teeter-totter, and then sits down on his end, whereupon he and Maria see-saw together, as David walks away unimpressed.
 	Film 	Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack.
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar places a rock down, which begins to bounce around on its own to help him sound out the word "ROTTEN."
 	Cartoon 	Henson: Eleven Cheer
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down.
 	Cartoon 	Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks.
 	Film 	A marching band counts from 1 to 20.
 	Cartoon 	One of These Footprints says "excuse me."
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey business.
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon and Susan show the kids a series of their childhood photos, including ones with Susan's brother Charlie, Gordon and his friends, and Gordon and Olivia as ring bearer and flower girl at their aunt's wedding.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates slow.
 	Transition 	Bridge #11 - Bricks Bridge B
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar shows the group his own funny picture: his face sticking out of a bare picture frame. Bob announces the sponsors.
 	SCENE 6 	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
*At the beginning of the episode, Laurie (one of the kids) can be heard singing "Come On Let's Play Follow the Leader" to herself.
*When Oscar yells, "Freeze!" at Bob to stop him from ranting, he comments, "Boy, Bob, your eyes get very blue when your angry." In Episode 0963, Big Bird (another Caroll Spinney character) told him a very similar line when Bob gets upset when dealing with a jammed key. ("My, your eyes get so blue when you're so cross!")
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8