Episode 0409

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird approaches Susan playing in the yard with some kids. He says he has a neat trick which involves counting from 1 to 10 forward and backward. First, he counts to 10, then turns his back, and counts to 10 again. He's impressed by his joke, but Susan challenges him to count down from 10 to 1. He admits not being able to do so very well, so Susan leads the viewer and the kids in counting backwards. "I think my way was easier," Big Bird admits.
 	Cartoon 	An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on.
 	Muppets 	Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store.
 	SCENE 2 	Susan notices that Big Bird has a smudge of something on his beak, so she tells him to go wash it. She reminds him that lots of things can be washed, all in different ways. When she leaves, Big Bird remembers seeing Luis wash a window, so he rushes out to get his supplies.
 	Film 	Five Song (Song of Five)
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird starts to wash his face with a bucket full of hot, soapy water, but has a little trouble getting the extra-long brush out through the door of his home. He's almost ready to start until Maria tells him that there's a difference between washing windows and washing his face. He resolves to find a better way, and recalls the way Mr. Hooper washed his apron.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 4 	In a basement, Big Bird fills a washing machine with soap and begins to stick his face in when David stops him. He explains that washing machines are for clothes only, and has Big Bird promise never to use a washing machine for anything but clothes. Big Bird agrees, and figures he'll just have to have a dirty face for the rest of his life.
 	Film 	Things that begin with G
 	SCENE 5 	Back in his nest, Big Bird worries that people will start calling him "Dirty Bird." He realizes he hasn't yet looked at his face to see how dirty he is, so he pulls out a hand mirror from his nest. It's so dirty that he can't see his reflection in it, so he starts to clean it with a facecloth and soapy water in his sink. Maria and David stop by and commend him for finding the proper tools to wash his face; Big Bird goes along with it, acting as if he knew the right answer all along.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	G is for GlueArtists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets 	
 	Muppets 	A furry, purple creature whooshes to the counter of Hooper's Store and counts 5 apples. He subtracts one, leaving 4.
 	SCENE 6 	Susan plays a new game in the form of the "Enumeration Song." Using a board featuring sets of circles divided three ways, she asks the viewer which set has two of something.
 	Muppets 	The creature returns to subtract one more apple, leaving 3.
 	Film 	A male voiceover and his friend Myrtle observe a macaw in a tree.
 	Muppets 	Again, the creature appears to remove another apple, leaving 2.
 	Muppets 	Caveperson Days: King Ernie has a problem -- the cavemen write everything on rocks, which are too heavy to carry around. He calls upon the Royal Smart Person to invent something lighter to write on.
 	SCENE 7 	Big Bird has something important to tell Luis, but finds a sign on the door of the Fix-It Shop that reads "cerrado." He assumes it means "asleep" in Spanish, so he starts shouting to wake him up. He then tries ringing a bell and banging a big drum when Maria happens by, curious as to what's going on. She explains that "cerrado" means "closed" and that Luis told her that he closed the shop to have lunch with a friend. Big Bird realizes that the important thing he wanted to remind Luis was about their lunch date, and rushes back to his nest.
 	Film 	Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 15 on the street using a stencil.In subsequent airings, this film is shortened, showing only the number 5 being painted.
 	Muppets 	Another apple is subtracted, thus leaving only 1.
 	Film 	Kids dancing.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard.
 	Muppets 	The creature takes away the last apple, leaving 0.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	G is for Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
 	SCENE 8 	Big Bird and the kids are bored until Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives to show them how they can dance by "Doin' the Snuffleupagus."
 	Muppets 	The Martians find a telephone.
 	Cartoon 	A man saws a letter E through the wall.
 	Film 	A man and children observe the life along the river.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	E for Eel
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets sing "How Do You Get From Here to There?"
 	Cartoon 	G is for Goat
 	SCENE 9 	A Spanish-speaking girl enters Hooper's Store, but since David doesn't speak Spanish, he doesn't know what she's asking for. Maria stops by, speaks to the girl, and shows David how to make what the girl is asking for: a piragua, made with shaved ice and syrup. David tastes the piragua Maria just made, and asks her to make a couple for herself and the girl while he makes a sign to advertise in the window that Hooper's Store now offers piraguas.
 	Cartoon 	G for Gorilla (in man suit)
 	Muppets 	Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds."
 	Cartoon 	G is for Giggle (repeat)
 	SCENE 10 	The kids march with Snuffy down the street as Big Bird tries to call out to the grown-ups of Snuffy's presence to no avail. David announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 4