Episode 0887

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird makes a sign for David
Air date	April 6, 1976
Season	Season 7 (1975-1976)
Production	January 21, 1976
Sponsors	H, Z, 5

Picture	Segment	Description
	Muppets	Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made?
	Film	Counting 1-20 (planes taking off) (First: Episode 0798)
	Cartoon	A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail. (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	The Count sings "The Song of the Count." (First: Episode 0469)
	Cartoon	"Poverty H” (First: Episode 0020)
	Film	A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0096)
	Cartoon	A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284)
	Insert	Mr. Hooper reminisces about his childhood and sings "When I Was as Little as You Are." (First: Episode 0697)
	Cartoon	What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Painting of Bert — Ernie modifies Bert to match his painting of him. (First: Episode 0365)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: H for Hand (First: Episode 0771)
	Song	"Sawmill" - Folk singers detail how lumber is made into usable wood. (beginning edited) (First: Episode 0657)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings a rock song about his cookie obsession. (First: Episode 0506)
	SCENE 1	Gordon has a picture of 123 Sesame Street on an easel, and asks Elisa, Chrissy, and Lena to put the missing pieces back onto it. After the kids put the door, the windows, the stairs, the flowerbox, and Oscar's trash can in the proper places, a miniature Oscar pops out of the cut-out can, telling them to be quiet and stop bothering him.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie notices that none of the lampposts are on, and the lights won't turn on. Bert says that there is a blackout, but has to repeat himself when Ernie suggests they watch TV, play a record, and listen to the radio. Ernie decides to call someone to see if anybody else knows about it. He calls Oscar the Grouch, who grouchily asks who's calling and threatens to "see to it that you don't sleep for a week." Ernie says "It's Bert" and hangs up. (First: Episode 0652)
	Film	Joe Raposo: Wet & Dry (Falls in pool; kid VO's) (First: Episode 0467)
	Cartoon	King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345)
	Film	You can't see the wind. (First: Episode 0774)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count five fingers. (First: Episode 0125)
	Film	Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. (First: Episode 0589)
	Cartoon	Willie Wimple: Tree Destruction Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0516)
	Muppets	Grover and Oscar the Grouch recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0229)
	Cartoon	I am dry, he is wet (circus elephant) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309)
	Film	Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497)
	Cartoon	A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail. (repeat)
	Cast	Luis serves as the announcer for a ping pong match between Maria and David, who can't find his paddle. Once they're ready to go, they're pelted by several dozen ping pong balls. (First: Episode 0683)
	Film	A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella at the Ball — Kermit interviews Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. (First: Episode 0516)
	Cartoon	Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281)
	Muppets	Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two) (First: Episode 0359)
	SCENE 2	Gordon plays a “Three of These Things” game with Rena and Elisa, sorting by function using pictures of a flashlight, a lamp, a candle, and a frying pan.
	Celebrity	Clive Thompson and Tina Yuan of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater perform an intimate dance in limbo.
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0424)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird finds David making an “OPEN/ABIERTO” sign for the Spanish-speaking customers of Hooper's Store and offers to help. Big Bird senses at first that David doesn't think he's capable of making one, but David gives him the okay and Big Bird leaves to fetch his supplies.
	Cartoon	A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Big Bird returns with the sign he just made, which turns out to be an enormous one. (He claims it was made from a garage door.) David tells him that it's nice but he needs one that can fit on the store's front door, and asks for a smaller one.
	Cartoon	H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Big Bird returns with his second attempt, which is much, much tinier. It's so small he can fit it in his beak, but it's much too small for the store. Big Bird gets flustered, but understands why David needs another, slightly bigger sign.
	Cartoon	A red man illustrates abierto, while an angry blue man shows cerrado. (First: Episode 0784)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Big Bird returns with a sign that’s just the right size, but the words are bunched together as “OPENABIERTO.” David flips it over and shows him how to make the sign correctly. However, he still can't use the sign - it’s time to close the store. Big Bird offers to make a “CLOSED” sign, but David tells him to just help with the closing up of the store. Gordon announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Bob and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and David holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.