Episode 1287

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	The Count pulls up on Sesame Street in his Countmobile and notices Luis working on an iron at the Fix-It Shop. This inspires the Count to count jobs people have. He notices Susan in her nurse's uniform on her way to work, making two kinds of jobs. Luis points the Count toward another job he might want to count.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	The Count counts a meter maid, who hands him a ticket for parking next to the fire hydrant.
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: Simon Soundman wants a chicken sandwich, which he orders as a "cluck-cluck" sandwich. Grover has trouble figuring out what his customer wants. Simon Soundman says that his brother always eats at that restaurant, implying that Mr. Johnson might be his brother.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #2
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: KISS ME
 	Film 	A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Madrigal AlphabetArtist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	Biff does some digging in the street, when he realizes it's lunch time. However, he can't seem to find his lunchbox with his usual ham-and-cheese sandwich. He notices Maria giving Luis some "jamon con queso" and asks what's going on. Luis offers one of the sandwiches to him, but Biff claims he doesn't go for foreign food, until he learns "jamon y queso" is Spanish for Biff's favorite sandwich.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster charms two snakes with his saxophone.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon / Film	A cartoon man climbs a live-action boy.
 	Cartoon 	A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror.
 	Cast 	Big Bird and David try each other's beds but come to the conclusion that for David the bed is the best, for Big Bird his nest is best.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
 	Film 	A marching band counts from 1 to 20.
 	Cartoon 	A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE)
 	Muppets 	"The Rhymies at Sea" - Larry, Mary and Barry sail on a ship, which sinks.
 	Cartoon 	A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments.
 	SCENE 3 	Maria and the kids admire a tree Biff has just planted, though he thinks it was a total waste of his time. They all tell him the many different things trees are good for. He sees the value in the tree and decides to rest under its meager shade, apologizing to it.
 	Muppets 	Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey business.
 	Cartoon 	A man wants a hat, but the hat shop owner's hats are all the same - except for a ten-gallon hat, which complements the customer's horseback riding nicely.
 	Film 	Ostriches walk and run. (piano music)
 	Cartoon 	C - Cake
 	Celebrity 	The Deadly Nightshade play "Rubber Dolly."
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Is snow cold? Yes!
center 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me."
 	Celebrity 	The Fonz has a message - "A." (edited, with different graphics)
 	Cartoon 	A for Acrobats
 	Cast 	Bob asks Janice to to identify the letter A and the corresponding picture of an apple.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it.
 	Cartoon 	Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross.
 	Film 	Footage of wolves.
 	Cartoon 	C for canary (role reversal)
 	Muppets 	Western: A cowboy comes to see Adam T. Glaser, who is such a jack-of-all-trades that he forgets what a dentist does.
 	Cartoon 	Millie and Molly build a bookshelf.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar doesn't like the nice music coming from Susan's radio and fetches his recorder to play some Grouch music, which is all loud noises.
 	Cartoon 	C for candle (blows man away).
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A girl wonders what it would be like if elephants were as easily frightened as bugs.
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar comes across Susan's radio, which she left behind. He thumbs through some of the yucky stations, when he finds he's able to hear two at once, producing a rotten sound! Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10