Episode 1183

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Susan sings "Somebody Special."
 	Cartoon 	The great Alphonso and his trained X's
 	Film 	Kids compare animals and human tools and technology.
 	Film 	The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
 	Muppets 	Super Grover: Young Willy Nilly is scared to get his hair cut. Super Grover tells Willy that haircuts are scary, but he must be brave. However, Max the barber shows them both that haircuts do not hurt, and soon they are no longer afraid of hair cuts.
 	Video 	Scanimate kids intro
 	SCENE 2 	Maria, David, and the kids play tug-of-war (or "la cabollita" as Maria called it in Puerto Rico) in the yard.
 	Cartoon 	The Alligator KingArtist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit explains how to read crosswalk signals in order to cross the street. The sign keeps changing throughout his demonstration, so he gets frustrated and says no one will show how to cross the street. As he leaves, the sign sprouts legs and crosses on its own.
 	Film / Cast 	Gordon joins a class for some exercises.
 	Cartoon 	The letter "k" walks away from the word "walk."
 	Film 	Mad Painter #7
 	Cartoon 	Thelma Thumb: Marcia readies a picnic for herself and Cyrus, when she sees her cheese being absconded by some ants. Turning into Thelma Thumb, she discovers the ants are using it as a sideshow in a carnival. Thelma has some fun, until she finds Cyrus has been eating the carnival (thinking it was their picnic).Artist: John Korty
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar tries to settle down for a nap, but is bothered by sounds involving his trash can lid - Susan placing a heavy box on it, David's softball hitting it, and Maria knocking to ask for some dirt for her flowerpot. Oscar begins to think and compares his lid to the roof of a house. He theorizes that since there are many kinds of roofs made of different materials, he should have a lid that won't be so noisy.
 	Film 	Where the buffalo roam ...
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts while erasing things and people.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset solve the case of the midnight voices.Artist: Ray Favata
 	Celebrity 	The Deadly Nightshade perform "Keep On the Sunny Side."
 	Film 	Kids climb in and out of a tire.Music: Joe Raposo
center 	Cartoon 	The letter X
 	Muppets 	Grover the elevator operator gives a demonstration of in and out which annoys the passengers.
 	Cartoon 	A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar has constructed a new "roof" from newspapers, and heads in the back door for his nap. Maria and David believe someone has dumped newspapers on Oscar's can and almost start removing them. The two, along with Susan, find things of interest within the newspapers instead and hang around to read. Oscar bellows from underneath the papers, "Will you be quiet?! Stop reading my roof!"
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog.
 	Cartoon 	"Three Waltzing Chickens"Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A man makes a shadow puppet of a cow.
 	Cartoon 	A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar makes a new roof out of dry grass and hay, which immediately turns into a meal for a Muppet camel (Peter Friedman). "That's the most delicious roof I've ever tasted!"
 	Cartoon 	W for Wash
 	Muppets / Cast	Maria sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the motorperson and telephone repairman.
 	Film 	A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
 	Cartoon 	W For Wilbur
 	Film 	A warthog runs around.Music by Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar has read that some people use stones for their roof, so he believes that cement blocks would be an ideal replacement for his old lid. Despite Maria and David's warnings, they proceed to pile the bricks on top of his can. He quickly finds out it's too heavy to move and starts to panic, so the others begin to remove the blocks.
 	Cartoon 	A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it.
 	Celebrity 	Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose."
center 	Film 	A flock of sheep crosses the river.
 	Muppets 	Four Anything Muppet kids cooperate to grow a flower together. One has a flower seed, one has a flowerpot, one has some dirt, and one has a shovel. The rain and sunshine finish the job.
 	Cartoon 	A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom.
 	SCENE 7 	Oscar tells Susan that he's resolved not to have a lid on his can at all, which will ensure nobody can mess with it. Susan points out a problem: it won't keep out the rain that has begun to fall. Oscar rushes to get his (broken) umbrella as Maria announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 9