Episode 1053

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria, Luis, and Olivia follow a strange noise to Oscar's trash can, where inside Oscar and his Grouch pals are chopping up his piano to use as firewood. Mr. Hooper comes by to drop off marshmallows, but realizes how dangerous it can be to light a fire inside a trash can. When they see smoke arising from the can everyone rushes around, with Maria and Luis dousing the fire with buckets of water. Oscar is angry at first, but realizes how much better it is having a soggy campfire. He and the Grouches start singing a campfire song to themselves.
 	Cartoon 	A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round."
 	Cartoon 	A boy does an addition problem in his head: 2 + 1 = 3
 	Cast 	"Dandy David" adds flowers and flower pots.
 	Cartoon 	A boy does an addition problem in his head: 3 + 1 = 4.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	Cast 	Bob sings "Follow the Leader" to the kids.
 	Cartoon 	"Wanda the Witch"Animation by Tee Collins
 	Muppets 	In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W.
 	Cartoon 	W for Wash
 	Film 	A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	W for Wilhelmina
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A girl demonstrates that she is scary-looking to a sleeping monster.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird prepares to have his picture taken by Olivia by dressing as a cowboy. When she tells him that's not what she had in mind, he changes into his "Admiral Bird" guise. He admits that plain, old Big Bird isn't an interesting photo subject, but Olivia assures him he's important and special just as he is. Feeling proud, Big Bird primps himself and poses for a photo.
 	Cartoon 	A boy and girl have different feelings about Stanley.
 	Muppets 	In the park, Harvey Kneeslapper comes up behind a man, asks him, "Wanna see something funny?" and then holds a mirror up. The man sees nothing funny...until he looks at Harvey!
 	Animation 	"The King of Eight"
 	Film 	Joe Raposo sings "Look at This" over footage of something ... can you guess what it is?
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and Scottie read a WET PAINT sign.
 	Film 	A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird and Julia read a WET PAINT sign.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball Number Count #8
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Hooper, Olivia, and Luis and Maria bring bags of trash over to Oscar's can. Oscar's rude attitude inspires them to torture him by using them for a round of "Three of These Things" instead. He suffers even more when he has to say "please" to get the bags.
 	Cartoon 	Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A race announcer doubles as the man who holds up the START and STOP sign.
 	Film 	Marching Band forms a circle
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird comes by the Fix-It Shop to pick up his radio. As he tests it out, Maria and Luis debate over who was the one who fixed. It doesn't matter to Big Bird, who considers them both great fixers. Suddenly, the radio sputters and dies, and he questions who's handy work this was. Maria and Luis jokingly point at each other before looking at the radio together.
 	Cartoon 	Y is for Yo-Yo
 	Muppets 	A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return.
 	Cartoon 	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta.
 	Celebrity 	Richie Havens sings "It's Pouring."
 	SCENE 5 	Olivia comes into Hooper's Store in a bad mood. Mr. Hooper is feeling just as rotten. They agree to try and snap each other out of their funks. They both describe their rotten day, which they soon start laughing over. Maria comes into the store, also in a bad mood. She considers leaving when she sees how good everyone else feels, but they encourage her to stay, and soon she's laughing with the rest of them.
 	Film 	African children play in a village, and in a modern playground.
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar is feeling so grouchy that he refuses to leave his can, so he announces the sponsors from inside.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8