Episode 0717

Sesame Street
Big Bird tries to get a good night's sleep
Air date	January 14, 1975
Season	Season 6 (1974-1975)
Sponsors D, Z, 9 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar builds a wall of tin cans so that anyone wanting to walk along the Street will have to go through it, and eventually make a mess of the Street. Maria walks through the wall, but restores it with a reverse-tape edit.
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: To demonstrate "through", Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to run through a piece of tissue paper. Instead, Cookie offers other alternatives, ultimately choosing to go around it. He helps Kermit with his demonstration by passing the tissue paper through Kermit. (First: Episode 0289)
	Film	A gymnast demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0517)
	Cartoon	Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137)
	Muppets	Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup. (First: Episode 0407)
	Cartoon	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410)
	Film	Male and female snow people narrate their own construction. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0277)
	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.
	Film	While walking and reading the newspaper, a man barely avoids DANGER on three occasions, but then gets hit by a revolving door. (First: Episode 0656)
	Cartoon	Z In Space (First: Episode 0509)
	Cartoon	zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359)
	Muppets	Big Bird builds a model of himself and calls it "ME." (First: Episode 0635)
	Cartoon	Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of chicken soup. Johnson says that he can't eat the soup, and Grover can't guess why. "That settles it," Johnson sighs. "From now on, I'm bringing my lunch to work in a paper sack." He finally explains to Grover that he can't eat the soup because he doesn't have a spoon. (First: Episode 0358)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285)
	Muppets	Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two) (First: Episode 0307)
	Cartoon	Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (First: Episode 0016)
	Muppets	"City-Country Song" (First: Episode 0681)
	Film	A gymnast demonstrates 'around'. (First: Episode 0517)
	Muppets	The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting. (First: Episode 0580)
	Film	Footage of a leopard in the plain. (First: Episode 0364)
	Muppets	A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0243)
	SCENE 2	Bob tells Big Bird to get a good night's sleep so he can be rested and go to the beach tomorrow -- but instead of sleeping, Big Bird starts thinking of ideas to prevent noises from waking him up.
	Muppets	Alien Alphabet (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird puts lots of buckets of water around his nest, just in case there's a fire while he's sleeping.
	Cartoon	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird puts pillows all around his nest, so he won't wake up if a salesman comes by to give him a free sample of birdseed, but then he remembers that the little birds wake him up in the morning.
	Cartoon	Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird sets up some trays with birdseed, then wets the birdseed so the birds won’t be attracted to it. Then he remembers the ice cream truck that comes around…
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk. (First: Episode 0169)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird sets up an electric fan, which will blow a breeze and make the ice cream man think it’s too cold and no one will want any ice cream. Then he remembers Mr. MacIntosh and his fruit cart …
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie has heard that somebody in the neighborhood is sick. He looks in a medical book to find out how to tell if someone is sick... not realizing that Bert is the one with a cold. (First: Episode 0435)
	Film	George the Farmer saws the legs off a table. (First: Episode 0297)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird puts up a whole bunch of “quiet” signs on his door, hoping to keep away the construction workers, cars, people popping bubble gum, etc. Then he realizes that his alarm clock might not work, and goes to look for another one.
	Cartoon	Triangles are found in various things such as a see-saw, ice cream cone, etc. (First: Episode 0544)
	Muppets	The Count's bats are upset; he always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats... but there's only one Count. (First: Episode 0625)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird has set up multiple clocks so he’s sure he’ll wake up, but right then and there, he falls asleep, without realizing that it’s morning. David, Bob and Maria are all ready to go to the beach, but all they find is a sleeping bird.
	Cartoon	Jazz #9 (repeat)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #1 (First: Episode 0001)
	Film	The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338)
	SCENE 3	David, Bob and Maria lead a snoring Big Bird down the street towards the beach, wondering why he didn’t get any sleep. The sponsors are announced.

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