Episode 0586

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird borrows David's scale; the cast demonstrates "beso"
Air date	January 28, 1974
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Written by	Joseph A. Bailey
Production	August 27, 1973
Sponsors	V, X, 8

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At the Fix-it Shop, Luis is swamped with things to fix: Gordon and Susan bring in their broken TV, David drops off a radio, and Big Bird leaves his toaster with him (along with the three week-old bread stuck inside). He decides to take a break, and imagines that he is relaxing on a desert island all by himself. Just as he revels in the solitude, Susan, Gordon, David, and Big Bird peer around a lone palm tree and demand their stuff be repaired.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Back in reality, Luis has dozed off. Gordon returns and wakes him up, and Luis thinks that his imagination needs some fixing as well.
	Muppets	"The ET Family Song" (First: Episode 0139)
	Cartoon	Brand X (First: Episode 0299)
	Cartoon	The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299)
	Cast	Gordon and Luis cooperate to get an apple out of a tree. (First: Episode 0508)
	Cartoon	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325)
	Cartoon	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 2	At Hooper's Store, David boasts to Luis that his school football team just recruited a really "gigundo dude." Big Bird doubts this "big guy" is as big as Mr. Snuffleupagus, which the others laugh about. Luis manages to stump Big Bird when he asks how much Snuffy weighs, so David loans him a scale to see if he can prove his word.
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird weighs a bag of birdseed on the scale at his nest, theorizing it's much lighter than Snuffy. Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives, curious as to how much he weighs himself. Since he's too big to get on it, Big Bird believes he can determine the weight by subtracting his own after weighing the two of them together. When that and sitting on the scale don't work, Snuffy tries jumping onto the scale with all four feet; he ends up flattening it.
	Cartoon	"Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359)
	SCENE 4	A sheepish Big Bird returns the now-flattened scale back to David, who is no longer amused. He yells at Big Bird, and accuses him of having a truck run over it. The two get into a heated argument, with Big Bird storming out and David still refusing to believe that a Snuffleupagus had destroyed the scale... but Luis questions how it could've happened.
	Song	"Eight Song (Song of Eight)" (First: Episode 0016)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Noisy Bedroom — Bert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. (First: Episode 0131)
	Cartoon	Four people cooperate building a table. (First: Episode 0537)
	Cartoon	A girl runs home to her CASA. (First: Episode 0503)
	Cartoon	A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird. (First: Episode 0561)
	Cartoon	The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Cups and Saucers — Ernie stacks cups and saucers in order to count them, making Bert quite nervous.
	Cartoon	Miss Fortune makes guesses about a dog. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0483)
	Cartoon	I Thought a Thought ... about circles. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0247)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417)
	SCENE 5	Gordon gives Susan a beso (kiss).
	Film	Seals make noise. (First: Episode 0279)
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Susan gives Big Bird a beso.
	Film	A pride of lions feasts on an animal carcass. (First: Episode 0407)
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Big Bird gives Snuffy a beso.
	Film	A kid narrates footage of a termite colony. (First: Episode 0408)
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Snuffy gives Luis a beso, though Luis doesn't catch who gives it to him.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406)
	SCENE 5 cont'd	In a romantic setting, Luis gives a beso to a beautiful blond - who turns out to be Oscar!
	Cartoon	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (First: Episode 0279)
	Cartoon	What if I looked like George Washington...
	Muppets	Kermit Lecture: In the Box — A monster (proto-Grover) wants to help Kermit teach about the word "in." (First: Episode 0056)
	Film	A film of two kids and a goat riding a turtle at a petting zoo is narrated in English and Spanish. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0486)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305)
	Film	A girl gets on, in, and under a blanket in a park. (First: Episode 0406)
	Cast	David and Maria demonstrate "on" and "under" in the yard. David goes to get some sandwiches, leaving Maria floating in the air. (First: Episode 0557)
	Film	Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516)
	Film	The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X. (First: Episode 0456)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about the letter X. (First: Episode 0560)
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (repeat)
	SCENE 6	Gordon plays with the kids as Susan announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan, David, and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Luis, Gordon, and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.