Episode 0803

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird and the letter J
Air date	December 10, 1975
Season	Season 7 (1975-1976)
Sponsors	J, S, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	David encounters Big Bird carrying a bowling ball bag. Naturally it has a bowling ball inside, surprising David who didn't know that birds could bowl. "I think some of the greatest bowlers in the world are probably birds... I'm practically an egg-xpert!" Big Bird quips. David heads toward Hooper's Store and notices that Big Bird already has ten pins lined up... right in front of the store's front door.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird winds up and releases the ball as David goes into a full-blown panic. He frantically tries to open up the store and hide, but CRASH! David winds up on the floor with his head through the door amid a big mess. Big Bird comes by to admire the six pins he knocked down, but a sobbing David points out that he also knocked down several boxes of cereal, tuna cans, heads of lettuce...
	Cartoon	Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615)
	Film	Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416)
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie and the kids play a hand-clapping game.
	Cartoon	The letter J Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0133)
	Muppets	"J Friends" (First: Episode 0339)
	Cartoon	Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231)
	Celebrity	Richard Pryor plays all the parts in a scenario of two kids meeting a new kid who wants to play. (First: Episode 0779)
	Cartoon	"Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283)
	Film	A male frog hops around and bulges his throat. (First: Episode 0469)
	Cartoon	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512)
	Cartoon	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353)
	Cartoon	A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278)
	SCENE 2	Maria plays a “Here Are Some Things” game with Joey and Andrew using four circles and a star shape. Andrew has trouble figuring out the answer, but Maria and Joey show how all the circles belong because they're the same shape. Big Bird thinks the star belongs and states that two of the circles represent the sun and the moon, so they're all things that belong in the sky (though he doesn't know what the remaining circles could be). Joey tries to tell him that his answer is wrong; Big Bird responds with a, "Picky, picky, picky!"
	Cartoon	A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. (First: Episode 0071)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble. (First: Episode 0547)
	Film	Counting the circus clowns. (First: Episode 0501)
	Cartoon	A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler. (First: Episode 0572)
	Insert	Herry has written a song using a pencil that Big Bird has given him. The song is called "I Can't Help It." He winds up wrecking the entire Fix-It Shop in the process. (First: Episode 0720)
	Film	A showcase of J words (First: Episode 0631)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Divide Licorice — Ernie has a licorice whip that he offers to share with Bert. (First: Episode 0461)
	Cartoon	A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527)
	Cast	Jasper Johnson (David) performs his famous "J" Walk for a roaring crowd. (First: Episode 0761)
	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. (First: Episode 0299)
	Cartoon	A child learns there's many things one can do with a stick.
	SCENE 3	Big Bird gets a package from aunt Tilly Birdwhistle containing a bunch of wooden parts. He's not sure what it could be and tries to guess what it is as Luis helps assemble it. The finished product turns out to be a toy airplane. Big Bird realizes that it can't fly on its own, and compensates by making motor noises as he zooms it around.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: J - Jam (First: Episode 0012)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305)
	Cartoon	The 'b' in 'beso' kisses an apple and a duck. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0461)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339)
	Cartoon	A baby cries whenever he gets a beso. (First: Episode 0433)
	Muppets / Cast	David sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the librarian and plumber. (First: Episode 0718)
	Cartoon	The letter J (repeat)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin talks to his class about Africa. Smart Tina thinks that Africa is just a big jungle, because she's seen it that way in Tarzan movies. Roosevelt corrects her; only a small portion of Africa is a jungle. Africa also has cities and deserts and lakes. Hard Head Henry Harris compares Africa to Smart Tina. (First: Episode 0666)
	Animation	Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird narrates some things that start with the letter J that people can do:
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Maria goes out for a jog.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Andrew observes as Luis does his job at the Fix-it Shop.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Big Bird tries to juggle some balls, but doesn't succeed; he cues for a short break.
	Cartoon	"The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." (First: Episode 0009)
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Big Bird now tries to tell a joke, but forgets how it goes.
	Cartoon	J family jamboree (First: Episode 0365)
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Big Bird tries to play with a jigsaw puzzle, but doesn't succeed. He becomes so frustrated that he jumps, which the kids point out is a "J" thing he's able to do.
	Cartoon	A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510)
	Cartoon	"Eggs Are Oval" Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0654)
	SCENE 5	Everybody joins in the jumping as Susan announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.