Episode 0858

Sesame Street
Mr. Hooper loses his glasses, finds Mr. Snuffleupagus (repeat of 0628)
Air date	February 25, 1976
Season	Season 7 (1975-1976)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At the Fix-it Shop, Luis is working hard on fixing a radio, when The Count pops up and startles him. Luis berates the count for bothering him with his counting, and The Count promises he will just sit there and not count … but he ends up counting the seconds since he counted anything.
	Muppets	Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. (First: Episode 0267)
	Cartoon	A red man illustrates abierto, while an angry blue man shows cerrado. (First: Episode 0784)
	Film	Tomatoes grow in a field. (edited) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0084)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit the Frog reports on the prince kissing Sleeping Beauty, but rather than waking her up, falls asleep himself. (First: Episode 0483)
	Cartoon	A man demonstrates front and back using his sneakers. (First: Episode 0826)
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)
	Cast	Bob has some kids paint paintings of what makes them feel happy.
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (repeat)
	Cast	Bob talks to Andrew about the painting Andrew made just now.
	Cartoon	"I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin finds that Suzetta Something is upset, because Hard Head Henry Harris called her a cantaloupe head. Roosevelt tells her that when you're upset with someone, you should tell them how you feel. He negotiates a peace settlement. (First: Episode 0749)
	Cartoon	A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454)
	SCENE 2	Maria, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird and the kids look around for things that rhyme with "AT". Big Bird tells Mr. Snuffleupagus that he is stuck, but Snuffy remembers that he has a pet cat.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Everyone brings back the “at” items they found, but Big Bird brings a giant saucer of milk for Snuffy’s cat, which shows up after they leave.
	Cartoon	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132)
	Muppets	Marshal Grover asks Fred the Wonder Horse why he's walking backwards -- he can only see where he's been, and not where he's going. He also wants to know what happened to Fred's head. Fred explains that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference between front and back. "That is a terrible, mean, cruel thing to say to me, Fred!" Marshal Grover exclaims. "It is true, but..." Fred tells Grover that he's facing backward, and if he turns around, he'll see Fred's head. Grover turns around, and cries: "Oh, Fred! I've missed you! Oh, it's good to see you!" Fred says that if he stays turned around, he'll be able to see where he's going. Grover tries it, and he's proud to know the difference between front and back. Unfortunately, now his head is resting on the saddle, with his feet in the air. (First: Episode 0629)
	Animation	Sand A/a (First: Episode 0628)
	Cartoon	Two men compete to be in front. (First: Episode 0789)
	Film	A girl narrates a film of her grandpa putting a horseshoe on their horse. (First: Episode 0505)
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird meets a new girl named Alice, whose name begins with “The Sound of the Letter A”.
	Animation	Arthur and Annie look for the letter A, while a shadowy figure observes all the A words they say. Features the voice of Jim Thurman (First: Episode 0781)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola observe a letter A. Ernie calls out, "A, Bert!" (First: Episode 0551)
	Cartoon	Five stripes make a circle. (First: Episode 0780)
	Cast	Bob, Maria and David demonstrate in, on and under in their own ways. (First: Episode 0796)
	Cartoon	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0158)
	Insert	In voiceover, kids count out twelve in a deck of playing cards. (First: Episode 0480)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie brings an umbrella, a flashlight, and Bert's bowling ball to the bathtub, just in case the electricity goes out, the roof leaks, and somebody shows up asking to borrow a bowling ball. Bert thinks that Ernie is being ridiculous -- but everything happens, just as Ernie predicted. (First: Episode 0269)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird, Snuffy and the kids play hide and seek; Snuffy hides behind the newsstand at Hooper's Store. Meanwhile, Mr. Hooper blindly looks around for his glasses. When he feels Snuffy’s furry snuffle, he thinks he's found Maria's lost fur scarf, so he picks up the snuffle and goes to find Maria. Big Bird encounters him, but Mr. Hooper gives him the “scarf” to give to Maria while he looks for his glasses some more.
	Cartoon	A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413)
	Cartoon	A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be. (First: Episode 0406)
	SCENE 5	Before stepping out, Oscar sticks a note on his can: “GONE TO STORE FOR GOOD MUD SUNDAE. –– OSCAR”. When he leaves, the wind rips off half the note, so now it says “GONE FOR GOOD –– O”. Luis, Maria and Mr. Hooper see this note, and mourn over Oscar’s disappearance, remembering all the good times they had. They are relieved when Oscar comes back with his mud sundae.
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie asks the baker to send him the bill. (First: Episode 0481)
	Cartoon	The front and back of a costumed horse follow an ice cream truck. (First: Episode 0782)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0237)
	Muppets	A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return. (First: Episode 0698)
	Cartoon	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008)
	Film	Rectangle bridge no. 5 (0:26)
	SCENE 6	The sponsors are announced.

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