Episode 1055

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon and Olivia can't believe Oscar's yarn about his pet fly, Freddie, entering the job world. Oscar describes the jobs he's had all this week, such as a baker and a drugstore clerk ("They just said that he was a fly in the ointment"). He's now secured a job as a bus driver and they see his tiny bus collect various insects on the sidewalk below.
 	Film 	A boy pretends a wagon is a bus. His friend tells him it's not a bus, and explains what her father, a real bus driver, does.
 	Cartoon 	The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i.Artist: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	Grover sings "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" while using some fast cutting camera trickery.
 	Cartoon 	A boy leads his sister up and down a staircase.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird thinks Percy has started to fall apart because his baby tooth fell out while eating an apple. Luis clears up the situation, and Big Bird announces to the world that Percy is okay.
 	Cartoon 	A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Film 	A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Pinball #10Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact).
 	Film 	Ten Song (Song of Ten) (revised version)
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar spots a construction paper heart by his can reading, "M Loves O." He gathers the M stands for "Maria" and the O stands for "Oscar." He swoons and thinks if she loves him just as he is, she must have some Grouch in her too. He does some tests to prove this by offering her a bouquet of poison ivy stinkweed, a box of rock candy (made from real rocks), and playing sour romantic music. Maria states that she didn't write the note, when Melanie and Olivia pass by and reclaim their paper heart. She tells Oscar that if she did feel that way about him, she wouldn't send him an embarrassing note, but she does plant a surprise kiss on him.
 	Muppets 	Kermit, Chris and Stephanie count ears.
 	Cartoon 	A pig sings "Pig's Love Song."
 	Film 	Counting 11 eggs and one cookie.
 	Muppets 	After watching the "eggs and cookie" film, Cookie Monster demands a cookie. A mysterious talking hook appears from the sky, and responds by giving him a book instead. Cookie is surprised, "This not cookie...this BOOKIE!" He then exchanges the book for lots of cookies, which rain on him.
 	Cartoon 	Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders.
 	Cartoon 	"I in the Sky"
 	Film / Song 	"At the Animal Doctor": Two boys take their dog to the vet.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet together.
 	SCENE 4 	Olivia sings "Three of These Things" to Ruby using her cameras and Ruby's toy camera.
 	Cartoon 	Capital I, he's quite a guy
 	Celebrity 	Paul Simon performs "St. Judy's Comet."
 	Cartoon 	Krazy Kat proves his love for Ignatz Mouse with a block of cheese. Ignatz carves it into the word "LOVE."
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Cast 	Luis serves as the announcer for a ping pong match between Maria and David, who can't find his paddle. Once they're ready to go, they're pelted by several dozen ping pong balls.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: M for magic
 	Film 	How a steel drum is made
 	Cartoon 	A man pushes up a lazy UP.
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates on and off.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Ernie's lost the nickel he was going to use for candy, so Shola gives him another one.
 	Film 	"It's an Otter!"Music: Joe Raposo
 	Transition 	Bridge #17 - Hourglass Fast/Empty
 	SCENE 5 	Maria, Gordon, Olivia, and the kids tuck Big Bird into bed for the night. He vows he's taken care of everything he needs before bedtime, but once they've all left, he calls out for a glass of water. Luis announces the sponsors as the nighttime version of the theme plays over the credits. So ends the 8th season of Sesame Street.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*The sound effect used to simulate the bugs' noises for scene 1 are lifted from a season 2 sketch where Sherlock Hemlock tries to solve the case of the Twiddlebug party.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 8