Episode 1252

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar the Grouch pulls up on the block in his new taxi, which is a ratty-looking cab that is falling apart at the seams. Gordon points out that nobody in their right mind would want a ride in his taxi - exactly what Oscar hopes. He drives off, leaving Gordon in a cloud of exhaust.
center 	Cartoon 	I've Got a Mind: BirdArtist: Cliff Roberts
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about hair. According to Kermit, "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." He points out that some people have hair on their heads, while others have it on their faces. But if you have hair all over your body -- like Beautiful Day Monster, who emerges brushing himself and singing "A pretty girl is like a melody ..." -- then you're a monster!
 	Animation 	New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball.
 	Cast 	Olivia, Susan, and Maria sing "Swingin' Alphabet."
 	Film 	Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot wants to demonstrate the letter M. Grover enters, making "Mmmmm" noises, so Herbert uses Grover to help him tell a story using M words. When the story is over, Herbert discovers that Grover's mouth is stuck together after eating peanut butter.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: M for magic
 	Film 	People of all ages ride bicycles.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird has prepared some soup at Hooper's Store, based on a recipe from his Granny Bird. Mr. Hooper, Gordon and Luis give it a taste and find it delicious. Big Bird declines credit, citing that Mr. Hooper did most of the prep work for the vegetables, but boasts that he added the worms himself. The grown-ups suddenly turn green...
 	Film 	Things that start with M
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: M for Mail
 	Film 	James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico.
 	Cartoon 	A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Animation 	A set of blocks reveal a square, a triangle, and a circle.
 	Cartoon 	Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird, Nicolas, and "Snapper" show more and less using glasses of milk. "Snapper" drinks all of their milk, ruining the flow of Big Bird's lecture.
 	Cartoon 	More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes.Artist: Bob Kurtz
 	Muppets 	
center 	Animation 	Scanimate Films #4
 	Cast 	Linda teaches a child to sign "Bus Stop."
 	Film 	Marching Band #4
 	Cartoon 	Sign language: Morning, noon, night
 	Muppets 	A Japanese storyteller tells "The Mystery of the Four Dragons". An aged emperor offers the throne to his son if he can find four hidden dragons in the room.
 	Cartoon 	A girl runs home to her CASA.
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon tells Luis about Oscar's nutty car, when Oscar pulls up. He's out of the taxi business and now plans on entering the car (which he's nicknamed "Josephine") into the Muddy 500 race. Gordon checks his wristwatch so they can time his trek around the block and see how quickly the car can fall apart. The car falls apart within three seconds, but Oscar thinks he can bump it down to half that.
 	Film 	Elephants (African percussion soundtrack)
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon".
 	Cartoon 	Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast)
 	Celebrity 	Whitman Mayo tries to display the concept of UP, but soon discovers that he can't stay up in the air when he jumps. However, a group of kids can jump and stay up in the air (with the help of video trickery).
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: L--Loud
 	Muppets 	The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear.
 	Film 	Kids pick green beans in the field. Later their mom cooks the beans, and they eat them.
 	Cartoon 	Kids hear an L poem.
 	Film 	Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20.
 	Muppets 	Alien Alphabet (alternate take)
 	Cartoon 	The Square
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar tosses the last of the 500 jars of mud into his can for the Muddy 500 race. Luis doesn't believe that there's actually an auto race going on inside his trash can, even after hearing Oscar give the starting announcement and the vehicles racing around. After announcing the sponsors, Luis then takes a peek inside the can and receives a face full of mud.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10