Episode 0897

Sesame Street
Big Bird imagines that he's married
Air date	April 20, 1976
Season	Season 7 (1975-1976)
Production February 23, 1976 Sponsors V, Y, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird, not having gotten enough sleep, sits on the steps of 123 Sesame Street to take a short nap. He sets an alarm clock next to him, which will go off in a few minutes. Cookie Monster happens by, spies the alarm clock, and eats it. Maria wakes Big Bird up, and Big Bird notices his clock is missing. They search for it, but soon figure out where it went when they hear ticking and ringing every time Cookie opens his mouth. When asked why he ate it, he says it's because he thought it was a toaster.
	Muppets	"It's Funny"
	Film	Four Song (Song of Four) (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall. (First: Episode 0439)
	Muppets	Maria reads "The Boy Who Cried Monster." A terrible, cookie-stealing monster helps to teach a mischievous Anything Muppet boy an important lesson. (First: Episode 0412)
	Cartoon	Elephants have 4 legs. (First: Episode 0560)
	Film	A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0429)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another one. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0439)
	Film	Male and female snow people narrate their own construction. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	A child runs through a crowd shouting for MAMA. (First: Episode 0458)
	SCENE 2	Grover encounters Big Bird, who's imagining what it's like to be married. He and Grover play husband and wife, but it tires Big Bird out, so he suggests playing pirate instead.
	Muppets	Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4. (First: Episode 0132)
	Cartoon	Triangles are found in various things such as a see-saw, ice cream cone, etc. (First: Episode 0544)
	Film	Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0416)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola count fingers. (First: Episode 0464)
	Cartoon	A man goes to the grocery store to buy apples, but he can't decide how many to get. This frustrates the grocer, who has to keep adding and subtracting the amount of apples on his scale. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132)
	Insert	Child voiceovers declare the street wastebasket is empty. The adults and Big Bird toss their trash into it, making it full. After a garbage man (Richard Hunt, making a cameo) collects its contents, the kids announce that it is now empty. (First: Episode 0854)
	Muppets	The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches. (First: Episode 0287)
	Cartoon	Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0506)
	Song	David sings Three of These Things: Three kids riding one seat bicycle, and two kids riding two seat bicycle (First: Episode 0450)
	Cartoon	One of these shoe pairs ... (First: Episode 0503)
	Celebrity	Edgar Kendricks sings a song about body parts.
	Animation	Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626)
	Cartoon	The life of a Yellow Yahoo (First: Episode 0043)
	Film	Various sporting events involving throwing things are shown from around the world. (First: Episode 0809)
	Cartoon	A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y. (First: Episode 0470)
	SCENE 3	Grover encounters a sad Maria, and tries to cheer her up with a coloring book, a joke, and other methods. Maria feels better, knowing she has Grover as a friend.
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: With Kermit's help, Don Music manages to rewrite "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as "Drive, drive, drive your car."
	Cartoon	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353)
	Cast	Luis tries to open a door marked with a "CERRADO" sign. He gets a running start, when Maria changes the sign to read "ABIERTO." She opens the door and Luis runs right through it, crashing. (First: Episode 0596)
	Film	Lizard! Music: Joe Raposo (same as "birds") (First: Episode 0407)
	Cartoon	In Spanish, a man makes everything in the room cerrada, and considers making the basket abierto if only for the guitar band inside. (First: Episode 0771)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie thinks that he isn't special. Bert tells Ernie to feel his nose -- "That's an Ernie nose!" -- and then feel his hair, and wiggle his fingers. Bert says that nobody else is just like Ernie. Encouraged, Ernie tells the audience to do the same. (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507)
	SCENE 4	Oscar the Grouch tells a version of Cinderella to his nephew (Richard Hunt) and sings him "The Grouch's Lullaby".
	Cartoon	This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507)
	Animation	A dune buggy is assembled. (First: Episode 0506)
	Cartoon	Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat (Features the voice of Daws Butler) (First: Episode 0770)
	Film	Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527)
	Film	Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475)
	Cartoon	Counting 10 to 1. (EKA: Episode 0515)
	Film	Empty / full subway car (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415)
	SCENE 5	Oscar falls asleep, but his nephew wakes him up screaming. Grover announces the sponsors.

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