Episode 0848

Sesame Street
Mr. Macintosh and Willy don't like working close to each other
Air date	February 11, 1976
Season	Season 7 (1975-1976)
Sponsors G, I, 10

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Mr. Macintosh, the fruit vendor, and Willy, the hot dog man, don't like to work close to each other, so they set up their stands on opposite sides of the street. Susan asks Mr. Macintosh for an apple cut in half, but he needs a knife, which Willy has. Bob asks Willy for two pounds of hot dogs, but Willy needs a scale, which Mr. Macintosh has. Mr. Macintosh and Willy soon work out a compromise.
	Cartoon	Letter G drawing with kid voice-over (First: Episode 0306)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set. (First: Episode 0446)
	Animation	Rorschach ink blob association with a funky jazz soundtrack. (First: Episode 0777)
	Cartoon	G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279)
	Insert	Maria asks the viewer to imagine her as a baseball player, a princess and a baker. (First: Episode 0558)
	Cartoon	A man winds up a toy person and orders it to GO, until the toy snaps back and makes him GO. (EKA: Episode 0397)
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)
	Insert	A group of children play with a feather. (First: Episode 0813)
	Film	The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie stacks cups and saucers in order to count them, making Bert quite nervous. Luckily, they're glued together. (First: Episode 0586)
	Cartoon	"Cracks" A girl lying in bed imagines seeing cracks in the wall turning into animals and a monster. (EKA: Episode 0818)
	Cartoon	G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357)
	Muppets	Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds". (First: Episode 0358)
	Cartoon	G for Gorilla (in man suit) (First: Episode 0085)
	SCENE 2	Oscar the Grouch (singing "What's the Name of That Song?" to himself) minds his friend Melvin Meany's plants while Melvin is away. Bob and the kids come by and observe something about them, so Bob sings a same/different song to figure it out, to Oscar's annoyance. First, he points out the ways in which they're all the same. Bob then sings another round of the song, explaining how they're different. To Oscar, all the plants look like Grouch plants, except for the one that looks green and leafy, so he picks it up to examine it closely. Bob and the kids are concerned when Oscar starts itching, at which point they realize he's touched poison ivy. Oscar is delighted, as he continues scratching himself.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie that if he can clean the messy apartment in fifteen seconds or less, he will give Ernie his dessert, ice cream and cookies. (First: Episode 0033)
	Film	A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0009)
	Cartoon	Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368)
	Film	City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132)
	Muppets	Kermit at Home: Salesmonster Grover comes to Kermit's home to sell him weather. As part of his pitch, he demonstrates a machine that makes it snow, makes it windy, and then makes it rain in Kermit's living room.
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: I for Ink Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 0847)
	Cartoon	Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151)
	Muppets	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Danger." (First: Episode 0704)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (First: Episode 0347)
	Cast	In a spoof of the J. Arthur Rank logo, Bob demonstrates "G" for "gong" — but when he strikes the gong, only a tiny ding emanates.
	Animation	Sand G / g (First: Episode 0643)
	SCENE 3	Mr. Hooper shows "G" for "grocer".
	Muppets	Sherlock Hemlock tries to figure out why there is a mess outside. He speculates that the Twiddlebugs made a mess after a Twiddlebug dance. (First: Episode 0178)
	Cartoon	Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end. (First: Episode 0350)
	Cast	Surgeons Maria, David, Susan and Luis "operate" on a motorcycle. (First: Episode 0484)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie pretends to be a dog and a duck. Bert then pretends to be a train, and does it so well that a train conductor and passengers come through the apartment. (First: Episode 0645)
	Cartoon	A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085)
	Film	Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird shows Mr. Hooper what he and the kids just learned how to do: count to 10 fast and slow. They do it fast first, then do it slow, taking a long pause after 1 …
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin, in a somber tone, tells his class to spell the word POISON and recognize what it means. (First: Episode 0514)
	Cartoon	G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (repeat)
	Cartoon	A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617)
	Cartoon	Capital I, he's quite a guy (repeat)
	SCENE 5	After the long pause, Big Bird and the kids reach the number 2. Mr. Hooper needs to close the store and go home.

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