Episode 0742

	Sesame Street
	Cookie Monster tries to find a cookie blindfolded
Air date	February 18, 1975
Season	Season 6 (1974-1975)
Sponsors	V, X, 12
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Cookie Monster is about to play a game, “Hide and Seek the Cookie”. He wears a blindfold and asks Susan to hide a cookie.
	Cartoon	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325)
	SCENE 2	Luis sees Cookie Monster playing the game. Cookie says his nose is stuffed up today, so he tries to find the cookie by touch. He mistakes a tricycle wheel for a cookie, but he realizes it's not a cookie when he takes a bite.
	Cartoon	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 3	In the arbor, Cookie Monster is still looking for the cookie. Mr. Hooper tells him that cookies are round and flat and smooth, then goes to answer the phone at HS. Cookie feels around for something round and flat and smooth, then finds the cushion of the chair that Mr. Hooper was sitting on. He devours the cushion, then realizes it’s not a cookie.
	Cartoon	The letter X (First: Episode 0482)
	SCENE 4	Next, Cookie Monster mistakes Oscar’s trash can lid for a cookie. OUCH!
	Cartoon	The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299)
	SCENE 5	Mr. Hooper, Susan and Luis find a bunch of other round and flat things that have bites taken out of them: a frisbee, a stack of plates, and a manhole cover. Cookie Monster is despondent by now, so Susan takes off the blindfold and tells him the cookie is somewhere that’s flat and blue and takes letters: the mailbox.
	Film	Twelve little rocks (0:41)
	Insert	Bob draws a face on his fist, then puppeteers it as he sings "Face Game." (First: Episode 0562)
	Cartoon	More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294)
	Film	"What if you were magic, and could make things stop just by telling it to, or make it go backwards? Stop! Then you could see what things look like when they're moving. Go forwards! Stop! Well, film is magic, and this is a film, so you can be magic for three minutes. Like this: Go slow, water fountain! Now, you try it." (First: Episode 0047)
	Muppets	A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time. (First: Episode 0691)
	Cartoon	Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears. (First: Episode 0468)
	SCENE 6	Harvey Kneeslapper, Luis and two friends play the sorting game. Harvey is singled out, as he's the only laughing at his jokes.
	Animation	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195)
	Muppets	As ominous music plays, the Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does. (First: Episode 0420)
	Film	Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker! (First: Episode 0437)
	Cartoon	A young hipster dog explains to C.T. Wordsworth what an EXIT is. (First: Episode 0281)
	Muppets	Grover explains the word "EXIT" with some Anything Muppets running over him as they run through the exit. (First: Episode 0210)
	Cartoon	A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616)
	Animation	Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638)
	Film	The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X. (First: Episode 0456)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (First: Episode 0064)
	Film	Two kids help an old Chinese man get his dragon kite in the air. (First: Episode 0444)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Snuffy and Joey say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0671)
	Cartoon	Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — A tough guy named Tough Eddie accidentally knocks over Bert's sand castle while he's sleeping. Ernie points that out to Eddie, and Eddie tells Ernie, in a threatening tone of voice, that he's "got something" for Bert. It turns out to be an ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0482)
	Cartoon	The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals with tails. (First: Episode 0017)
	Cast	"Sluggo the Great" (David) puts on his baseball gear, but isn't sure which body parts to put them on. (First: Episode 0492)
	Cartoon	This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507)
	Celebrity	Richie Havens counts 1-20.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527)
	SCENE 7	Big Bird recites a poem about getting wet.
	Film	Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper: X Marks the Spot! (First: Episode 0456)
	Cartoon	Brand X (First: Episode 0299)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about the letter X. (First: Episode 0560)
	Cartoon	An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. Voices: Hal Smith (First: Episode 0538)
	Cast	David the champion is ready for the match, but assistant Luis gives him the wrong match for his boxing glove. Once the right one is placed, he and Gordon face off in a game of marbles. (First: Episode 0685)
	Film	Pottery music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0169)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge (raspberry) (First: Episode 0001)
	SCENE 8	The sponsors are announced.