Episode 0904

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	At his store, Mr. Hooper is puzzled that no one ever takes the top issue of the newspaper on the newsstand after witnessing Bob and Mr. Macintosh go for the issue underneath instead. Bob claims that nobody is interested in the top issue as it usually gets ripped by others and sooty from air pollution. He solves Mr. Hooper's problem by putting the sooty paper underneath one of the fresh ones, so that it will be eventually picked up by someone else. Sure enough Susan comes by and picks up the second (bad) paper without even noticing how dirty it is. Oscar comes by to read up on the recent garbage strike and wonders where the “good” (dirty) paper went. "Talk about your consumer fraud!" he complains before buying a clean newspaper, which he proceeds to tear up himself.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie asks the baker to send him the bill.
 	Animation 	Arthur and Annie look for the letter A, while a shadowy figure observes all the A words they say.Features the voice of Jim Thurman
 	Song 	"The Ball Goes Up, The Ball Goes Down"
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: A for airplane
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like.
 	Cartoon 	A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!"
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar is going to take a photo of Mr. Hooper and Bob, but they are too far apart. They get closer and closer until they overlap and vanish from sight.
 	Cartoon 	A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A.
 	Film 	Baby turtles swim around.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Traffic light.
 	Cartoon 	"Young MacDonald Went to Town"
 	Cartoon 	What Do You Do With a Pet?
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird gathers Bob and the kids around to show them the bird imitations he plans to do for the talent night being held by the club he belongs to (the Loyal and Benevolent Order of Larks). He proceeds to mimic the sounds of a rooster, a duck, a famous woodpecker (though Bob doesn't take too kindly at having Big Bird peck the top of his head) and a parrot, all while adding bad jokes in the mix. Bob and the kids have had enough when Big Bird does an imitation of an egg by just standing there.
 	Muppets 	The Hands count to 11.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover: The Count has come to order hot dogs - lots of hot dogs. But when Grover refuses to get more hot dogs because the Count will only count them, and not eat them, the Count uses a hypnotism spell to get more.
 	Cartoon 	"It's a Lovely Eleven Morning"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Fish swim around.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	"Nelly 1-10 / 10-1": Kids count numbers in a parade, which are interrupted by other participants.Artist: Harvey Kurtzman
 	SCENE 4 	Bob and Mr. Hooper are about to go outside the store on a rainy day. They both reach for their raincoats, only to discover that they're practically identical: they're the same color, made from the same material, etc. They find the difference when they each put one on and end up with the other's coat. They swap them so they have the correct ones, but now find that they also have identical umbrellas.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face."
 	Cartoon 	Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	People of all ages ride bicycles.Music: Joe Raposo
center 	Cartoon 	The letter X
 	Animation 	Sand X/x
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Exit" as the audience leaves the room.
 	Cast 	Luis looks for the exit in a brick room.
 	Film 	Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work.
 	Cartoon 	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
 	Muppets 	At the Ice Follies, Grover is asked by Kermit (in voiceover) to demonstrate Near and Far.
center 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cast 	Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a."
 	Cartoon 	"That's About the Size of It"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Transition 	Bridge #5 - 4 Corner Bridge C
 	SCENE 5 	The men finally leave the store while it continues raining as Oscar announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and David holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7